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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
5
Tuesday’s Valley City items note arrivals from Minneapolis and Fargo, real estate and banking activity, a census and directory project, and local travel plans. Community events include a Lutheran mission meeting, a hardware firm trip, and a St Paul Boosters visit with a park concert scheduled for July 28. An aviator Harry Davidson rests and plans local demonstrations while Hutzel Metzer faces jail after a crash involving a borrowed plane.
Monday’s Valley City news highlights visits from Minneapolisl Fargo and Montana travelers, a large city park band concert drawing hundreds, and assorted local events. Residents report travel from Fargo Hoffman and Bemidji plus auto trips to Fargo and Shoreham Minnesota. Local business and civic notes cover court witnesses, drainage work, and preparations for upcoming community gatherings.
Travel notes recount Mr and Mrs W O Boughton’s Fargo trip with a tire detour into wheat fields on the return. Local appeal urges park improvements on east Main street to attract tourists, including a toilet and water. Grand Prairie students Helen Noxon and Annie McKay win bread baking prize at Grand Forks fair and secure trip to Sioux City to compete nationally.
N D was in from Minnesota to Binford and called on C A Olsen of Valley City Furniture Co. Idsvoog, a Griggs county pioneer, winters in California or other favored places. C F Luessen Sr had a Ford accident with steering gear. no injuries. Herman Stern family returned from Minnesota lakes and Stern heads to Chicago and New York on a buying trip. Mrs E J McMurray and children arrived from Seattle and stayed at a local hotel.
A. J. Hamm and his wife toured through Fargo to Valley City in a fast two hour ride in a Hudson Super Six. The couple, part of a four person party from Ithaca New York to San Francisco, plans seven weeks on the road and several days in Yellowstone Park. They say roads were good overall except for short rough stretches in Minnesota and Indiana.
From Friday's Daily Mrs. C. B. Smith who has been visiting her daughter Mrs. T. X. Calnan for the last three weeks, left for her home at Havre Mont yesterday. Eugene McFarland has moved his office into a suite of rooms over the new Bank of Valley City building. Mr McFarland's office formerly was over the Middlewest Trust Co.
J H Sampson and A E Thayer depart for Cando by car to help guide the team to a win. Valley City Band will play in City Park next Sunday if weather allows. all invited. Louis Lolling Art Mackey and Valley Hotel chef head to Fargo in a new Elear car, likely to be raced by Louis. W W Fritch returns from a Detroit trip with family. others stay in Iowa. Grain progress reported with fields nearing harvest despite black rust scare. farmers harvest plans continue.
Observer J. E. Switzer of the State Normal school records the season’s high of 98 degrees last Monday, narrowly surpassing the prior day’s record. He notes earlier days felt hotter due to muggy air, despite lower readings.
The Bank of Valley City plans to place its vault in the new building within days. Bank partitions are rising and the M. H. Dreyer Ladies Ready-to-Wear space nears completion. Alfred Anderson and relatives travel from Wisconsin with a St. Peter cousin and Janet Olds. Police Swanson warns owners to display both license tags. Two Rhinelander teachers walk to Yellowstone Park for summer vacation, touring local sites along the way.
The North Dakota Evangelical Missionary Association will host Ungdomsstevne at the Chautauqua Auditorium in Valley City next Sunday. A large state choir will perform under director Conrad Wuflestad of Couperstown with speakers Rev JH Josephson and A Silverson of Chicago. The opening meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. Join for a day of fellowship and activity.
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