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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
7
The Fingal school district completed proceedings to enlarge its boundaries. The added area extends about three miles south and east of the village, expanding the district to cover regions that previously sent pupils to distant schools.
Miss Helen Chaffee and Miss Minne Filingson hosted a Friday noon dinner for their Sunday school classes at Chautauqua park. The children rode in the Chaffee car, enjoyed a plentiful meal, played games, and waded in the river before returning home around 3 p.m.
Farmers may advertise stock poultry grain machinery or farm produce free of charge. Ads may be signed or answered at this office and forwarded. The right is reserved to reject. FOR SALE Clydesdale stallion colts gaddlers drivers and work horses sold light and cheap Leal Stock Farm Leal North Dakota 5 C W Leghorn eggs for hatching 1 15 Mrs C E Miller.
Washington July 23 President Wilson has called for reports on national defense. The reports will be submitted personally to him by the heads of the navy and war departments. He is considering a reasonable naval program to propose to Congress at the proper time. He will study the subject on his return to Cornish to be prepared to discuss it with his advisers.
Enrollment at the Valley City summer school shows Minnesota and Wisconsin leading non North Dakota states with 28 and 19 students respectively. Indiana cities supply six, while Idaho Michigan Iowa Montana South Dakota and Missouri contribute one to three each. Forty eight counties are represented, with totaling 643 in the summer school and nearly 100 in the Model school. The final week is expected to push attendance to a record high.
Last week the Dazey Commercial noted the Dazey band’s rapid improvement as it won top prize at the Valley iy Chau ’auqua tournament, surpassing expectations of older groups. The Times-Record of Valley City reportedly promoted Wimbledon’s band and $5,000 in instruments, and Carey’s victory was briefly announced.
The article discusses claims that Wimbledon may have received more publicity than Dazey, with Chantauqua handling advertising and publicity for the band tournament. It notes the potential charge that excess publicity was improperly allocated to Wimbledon.
The Times Record states it will publish information about worthy Barnes county organizations and events, expressing a commitment to fairness and Prosperity for cities and villages. It notes trouble often comes from complainants and invites bands and other groups to furnish progress details for publication.
The State Normal School will crown the class of 1915 with 34 diploma candidates as the summer term ends August 10, part of a record class of 215 graduates this year. Names span standard, two year, one year elementary, and four year elementary courses plus several music and domestic science tracks, with graduates from Valley City to Hope and beyond. Frank White returned Friday from Minot, Bottineau, and Grand Forks to attend board of regents matters.
Grand Forks July bulletin from the Better Farming Committee reports plowing stores more moisture than disking. Tests show heavier rains leave soil with higher moisture content on plowed land due to surface stirring and deeper soil mixing.
The excerpt discusses plowing and disking as methods to control weeds and manage moisture. It notes that plowing can kill weeds and help catch rain, but disk work may not always achieve this. When soil blows in fall plowing, plowing stubble fields may be preferred, though often impracticable due to soil dryness.
A quiet home wedding at the groom’s brother’s Wimbledon home united Miss Pearl Wellman and Walter W. Nelson in a ring ceremony conducted by Rev. C H Lucker of Courtenay Lutheran. The bride wore white embroidery and veil while the groom wore blue serge. Afterward a dinner for 25 followed and Christine Larson hosted for visiting Mr and Mrs F W Shortridge.
In summer 1886 I suffered a severe cholera morbus attack. Two doctors gave no relief and warned I might die. I bought Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took a double dose, slept, and rose well enough to travel. For sale by Siegfried Pharmacy.
At about 8 am the steamer Eastland capsized after a crowd of more than 2,000 passengers surged aboard for a Chicago river excursion. Three hundred are believed drowned, many women and children trapped, while rescuers saved others clinging to the hull as the vessel drifted into mid river. The incident follows a day of tragedy on the Chicago waterway.
Dr. George C. Enders of Defiance College Department of Education served as chapel speaker at the Normal school Thursday morning. He was en route to the National Education Association meeting in San Francisco and paused in Valley City for a visit to the school.
The mint makes it and under the terms of the Continental Mortgage Company you can secure it at 6 percent for any legal purpose on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will cooperate with you. Petty & Company 1419 Lytton Bldg. Chicago.
Hilda Nelson of Fingal visits over Sunday at N L Stablem home. The document, dated July 21 1915, reiterates U S refusal to discuss Great Britain relations with any power and upholds neutral rights amid German submarine actions. It stresses the need for adherence to law and humanity and condemns retaliatory measures that endanger neutrals.
Receipts and expenditures for Ellis School District No 3 in North Dakota county Beraes for 1915. Beginning cash, state apportions, county tuition, taxes collected, and various expenditures including teachers, officers, and incidental costs, with year end balance and approval date.
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