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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
2
A garbled Valley City Times-Record column parodies political pages and notes in-jokes about Bryan, war, taxes, and weather. It riffs on endless slogans, poems, and quips, mentioning Germany, the Spanish-American War, and upcoming June weddings among scattered cultural tidbits.
State lands sold by Commissioner F S Henry bring good prices and go to local buyers. Bowbella sale disposed of nineteen acres at an average 31 dollars per acre, top price 24.50. Total about 76 000 with one fifth cash. Crosby Divide County sale totals 285 164 40. Large crowds attended both sales and all land went to local adjoining landowners. Several more sales scheduled in coming days.
In Washington talks of South American trade ties contrast with Argentina's banquet for Brazil and Chilean ministers led by President de la Palaza. Foreign Minister Murature praised peace among nations as Muller asserts Brazil, Argentina, and Chile pledge friendship and vows of peace with Europe. A Glendale incident followed when Frank Towne’s car rolled near ball grounds. no injuries, car totaled.
A playful poem from the New York Tribune extols a gardener’s battle against pests. The speaker vows to use sprays and remedies to beat aphids, blight, and worms, aiming for blooms from June to fall while dismissing pessimists. The verse blends whimsy with practical garden zeal.
A nostalgic verse in the New York Evening Sun recalls a white house on a hill and a garden with an old lady, told in memory by a child who rode away long ago. The fragmentary lyric meditates on dreams and love from a bygone era.
The Newark News humor column snippets a running gag about a complaining husband and a sharp wife. Lines play with playful domestic banter, teasing the wife’s fashion, temper, and tea serving as comic remedies. The brief feature reflects light social humor.
Poetic reflection on censorship in reporting war. Rallies readers to seek clear, uncensored accounts of European battles and the war’s progress. The speaker asserts that once censors remove every factual word, war reporting becomes unsatisfactory and misleading.
Quoted from Puck, a humorous contrast shows fathers as drivers of policy and builders of earth while mothers manage the home and domestic affairs. The piece uses playful verse to reflect midcentury gender roles and social expectations.
Notice is given of the regular annual meeting of The Barnes County Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. for electing five directors and other business. The meeting will be at the company home office in Valley City North Dakota on Friday June 25 1915 at 2 o clock p m. W W Smith secretary. First Pub May 20 Last June 17.
Chicago June 9 The national executive committee of the socialist party met and drafted two memorials to President Wilson. One concerns the Mexican situation urging noninterference and warning against armed intervention. The other seeks an investigation into Colorado mine strike elections under justice department authority. The group vows to oppose any action they deem meddling in Mexican liberty.
J M Foley recalls a 26 year old trip to Hursekeeper ranch eight miles from the Little Missouri near Deep Creek and a Cold Turkey creek camping stop near Bowman. They hunted ducks using 25 shells for 25 ducks while Woodman checked horses. The site included two dilapidated buildings, a dwelling and a stable, the latter in better repair, with tales of a haunted barn associated with Hash Knife Cattle Co. line camp.
An ad for Continental Mortgage Company offers 6 percent financing on real estate through Petty & Company in Chicago. The piece then shifts to a winter cattle line camp story from the 1886-87 era, where two men faced brutal cold, one succumbs, his body left in a stable. Locals spoke of a haunted rider on a white horse, with belief in doubles mirroring the soul.
A large list of harness racing entrants across multiple classes with detailed horse names, sires, dams, and owner information. Notable entries include Rithward, Lady Alice, Okenheart Jr, Sea Fire, and many others from Minn, Mont, Wis, and Dakotas. Ownership by Flack, Fries & Lyon, J. Hunter, and others is shown alongside horse origins and locations.
The document catalogs numerous standardbred horses including Lady Winnette, George Durbin, Clara Strong, Sunrise, Lulu McKenny, Star Kid, and others. It lists sires and dams, owners, and breeding locations across North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Wisconsin, and beyond, with class and pace details for a racing card. Multiple entries name breeders, owners, and trainers, reflecting a regional harness racing meet lineup.
El Paso audiences packed the El Paso theatre Tuesday to see the Old Virginia Minstrels. The show delivered real fun with standout contortionist Hi Henry Hunt and juggler Arthur Prince. Watson and Edwards provided lively singing and comedy acts that drew strong laughs from both black and white patrons. Express Here ald, El Paso, Texas.
Readers are advised that bilious attacks occur when the liver falters causing constipation and stomach fermentation with nausea vomiting and a severe headache. Cham berlain's Tablets are claimed to tame the liver clean the stomach and restore health. They cost a quarter and are sold at Siegfried Pharmacy.
H A Pherizo of Nome spent Thursday and Friday in the city stopping at the Kindred and enjoying local sights and hospitality.
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