Watered at the Postoffice in Valley City News
The Valley City Times-Record discusses local life and landscape beauty in North Dakota, contrasts with eastern papers, notes road changes from Dickinson to Daylum, and cites an agricultural bulletin about weeds as the farmer’s worst enemy. It mentions Gen Daniels advisory boards and regional features like the Bad Lands, Diamonds Ranch, and Killdeer mountains.
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Dickinson Press
Dickinson
Killdeer Mountains
Diamonds Ranch
South Heart
Heart
Blue Crane
Daylum
Medora
North Dakota
Times-Record
Barnes County
Valley City
Fragmented Editorial Snippets On Roads And Inventions
The piece mulls over the cost of poor road building and maintenance. It notes England reports an invention to protect battleships from submarines, but it arrived too late. It warns readers to be careful in wettings and mentions abbreviations for producers and consumers.
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England
Neutrality Would Give War Name Ideas for Pullman Cars
A wry remark about neutrality hints that if the conflict had not restrained it would supply many name options for Pullman cars. The speaker notes thousands of European women are employed in ammunition production and quips that powder is in their line of work.
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Pullman Company
Nowlin Joos Wedding in Jamestown Civil Ceremony
Floyd Nowlin wed Miss Mary Alice Joos at the Joos residence in Jamestown with Judge Hemmi officiating. The couple plans immediate housekeeping at 114 So First Ave in the former John Strong residence. Ed Briggs added a jitney bus to aid streetcar passengers.
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Jamestown
Floyd Nowlin
Mary Alice Joos
George Joos
Hemmi
J. J. Nowlin
Mr. Nowlin
Bride
John Strong
Flrst Avenue
Readable verse on planting trees and childhood memories
A mixed verse fragment celebrates planting a tree as a symbol of hope, peace, and vitality linking to Lucy Larcom and themes of youth immortality. It shifts to a nostalgic plea to time, recalling a fire at Devils Lake with neighborly aid, urging resilience despite losses.
Fire Threatens Webster and The Battle Yet To Come
A fragment from a historical page notes a fire threat to Webster with a stylistic line about battles and settlements. It also contains interleaved verses and a mix of quoted lines from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and other sources. The tone suggests a column of ragged poetry and a broadside feel without a clear news event.
Mothers Pension Act To Be Tested In Court
Stutsman county has granted three mothers pensions and fears more may follow so tests of the act passed by the last legislature will be heard on its operativity. Ten dollars a month per child is paid, with costs split between the county and the resident taxing district. Hettinger county has granted one application and Cass county shows others pending. Proponents argue the act is operative and cheaper than state institutions for supporting needy families and preventing crime.
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Grand Forks
Agricultural Experiment Station
Stutsman County
Hettinger County
Cass
Hastings Lutherans Install New Resident Pastor
The Hastings Luth erans welcome Rev. I. L. Lassesson as resident pastor after months without one following the previous pastor’s death. Rev. Moe of Oakes officiated the installation at Hastings church on Sunday July 11, with Sand yoare and Spring Creek congregations uniting for the service. The Hastings choir and male quartet provided musical selections as the community offered best wishes for the new minister and his wife.
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Hastings Times
Arthur Jotn
Spring Creek
Hauge Norwegian Lutheran Church
Moe
Oakes
I. L. Lassesson
Hastings
Hailstorm Strikes Train Near New Salem
In Dickinson North Dakota on July 23 passengers on No 7 witnessed a hailstorm lasting about 20 minutes between New Salem and Glen Allen. Ice chunks the size of teacups shattered windows on three coaches ripping screens and curtains. The train halted an hour while workers cleared glass and debris.
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Dickinson
N. D
New Salem
Glen Allen
English As She Is Spoke Judge Verse Repeats Shoreham Trip
The piece notes a comic verse about synonyms and precision from English as she is spoke. The Englert family left Shoreham Minnesota due to cold camping conditions and chose to return home to enjoy North Dakota’s current weather.
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Englert
Shoreham
Minn
North Dakota
Northwest urgently needs thousands of harvest workers
Soo line reports from 54 stations in North Dakota and northern Minnesota show 6,800 men needed for harvest and threshing this fall. An average of about 100 workers per station, Drake leading with 400, and wages disclosed in a public bulletin issued for general circulation. Diarrhoea Quickly Cured. A. Reko and family travel to Valley City to visit relatives.
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Minneapolis
Soo Line
North Dakota
Minnesota
Railroad Company
General Passenger Department
Drake
Sunday Visitors and Local Visits Report from Adrian ND
Don Campbell visited Adrian in Mansfield Sunday while Mr and Mrs Ray Swartout drove to Valley City. Mrs Frank Hinchberger hosted several ladies Monday evening and Mabel Kee entertained young ladies from Green township Wednesday. Boyd Thompson hosted a dinner last Sunday with home folks. Wm O Neal of Bismarck visited sister Mrs Gene Hinchberger last week. John and Mary Campbell plus other relatives were at E C Thompson's Sunday. Henry Evenson will host the Ladies Aid Thursday afternoon. Arthur Kee attended a picnic at Mortenson grove last Sunday and Arch Ferguson visited Jones home and church nearby. Carlson of Rhame and Miss Florence Jordan with Adrian orchestra members visited Campbell home Saturday. Miss Hazel Baker from Langdon, staying at Valley City, visited Mrs John Campbell last week.
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Sanborn Enterprise
Don Campbell
Adrian
N.D
Ray Swartout
Valley City
Frank Hinchberger
Mabel Kee
Green Township
Boyd Thompson
Wm. O'Neal
Bismarck
Gene Hinchberger
John Campbell
Mary Campbell
E. C
Florence Jordan
Jordan
Campbell
Hazel Baker
Langdon, N. D
Will Brock
Munz
Gust Komrosky
Sam Wolski
Alice
Anna Lettenmaier
Henry Saver
Alvin Noecker
Will Noecker
Martin Brock
G. Brock
Caroline Brock
William Kuehl
Chas. Munz
Anthony Stephan
Andrew Bommer
Sebastian Kirchner
Jacob Diss
Fern Stillings
Ora Kinyon
Arthur Kee
C. Lettenmaier
Alfred
Herbert
Rose
C. Munz
Anna
Ricka Lettenmaier
Alice Lettenmaier
Henry Sauer
Will Rambo
Frank Rambo
Louis Bommer
Sheyenne
Chas. Lovell
Albert Warner
Herman Kruslich
George Neustel
Sanborn
Sam Sparger
Jessie
Andrew Sauer
Charlie Wolski
Poplar
Montana
Sam
Henry Brohman
Abbie Sauer
Martin Akestad
Ed. Spaulding
J. A. Stoll
Verona
N. D
Ed. Dunske
al Walters
Oliver
Ida Olson
Wni. Schriever
Bert Lyter
Ford Noecker
Anna Barthel Alfred
Herbert Lettenmaier
Will Flack
Philip Sauer
Pross
Klein
Jake Sauer
Mr. Kirchner
Oriska Happenings and Local Notes
Oriska residents saw visits from W S Ferguson and neighbors. Mrs Fred Montgomery returned from Wisconsin. Howard Carlton began as substitute mail carrier on the south route. Crosbys left for Pine City. Fingal beat local baseball with Harvey Platt breaking a collarbone. Wesley Chapel Sunday school picnic drew a large crowd. Lena Buler left for Jamestown for a hotel job. Ex sheriff Stensoel adds to his home.
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Howard Carlton
N. H. Crosby
W. S. Ferguson
Thos. van Steenbergh
Wesley, Chapel
Farmers
Homer Pike
Eugene
Ore
Peter Ottinger
Fingal
Harvey Platt
Wesley Chapel
Burnell Grove
Lena Buler
Commercial Hotel
Jamestown
C. H. McGee
Washburn
Kasson
Minn
E. B. Crosby
A. A. Block
Minnesota
Local notices from Sanborn and area residents
A long list of Sunday and weekday calls, visits, and social events across the Sanborn and surrounding communities. Neighbors stop by at homes of Munz, Bommer, Lettenmaier, Sauer, Rambo, Wolski, and others, with several trips to Verona and Valley City noted. CORRESPONDENTS WANTED for The Times-Record to expand coverage.
Jolly Party at Prank Heimes Farm Hosts Ladies
A thimble bee on Thursday afternoon at the Prank Heimes farm brought together over 30 ladies. The event honored Mrs. Heimes's mother Mrs. Philips who plans to return to Detroit Minn next week, and Mrs. Matt Leithauer of St Paul. Refreshments followed. Ella Rude, recently home from Brookings S D, underwent appendicitis surgery at Platon hospital and is recovering. Photographer Tyler remains ill and confined to his room.
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Ella Rude
Brookings
Platon Hospital
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Valley City Times
Ee Qreenwood & Houghtaling
N. Dak
Badlands
Germany
New York
Boston
Chicago
McClusky
Fred West
Moorhead
Fargo
Gate City
Daniels
Sirree
Mart Mason
Fifth Avenue
Front Street
Ed Briggs
Cooperstown
Gladya
Regner
Vinnie
Castoria
Laththiikn
Leaf
Zephyr
Wayfarers
Lucy Larcom
Yease
Devils Lake
Webster
Otto
Flick
Higgens
McKay Blacksmith Shop
Bide Dudley
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York Tribune
St. Louis Globe
First Nee Bank Capital
Tod
Hastings Lutherans
Northwest
W. C. Jones
Buford
Chamberlain
Siegfried Pharmacy
A. Reko
The
Reko Land Co
Mansfield
Oriska
Fred Montgomery
Wisconsin
Sherif Stensoel
Bia
Heman
Tyler
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