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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
5
Stephen Leacock cites Jigging a man famed for extreme health routines. He mocked cold plunges, pore stretching, shadow exercises, and obsessive dieting as a path to fame and early death. The piece cautions against chasing radical regimes and labels such behavior as dangerous vanity.
Paris dispatches report the tradition of hand writing treaties continues as Joseph Carlo of the French foreign affairs ministry works on the new peace treaty. For about forty years the post of official calligrapher in the ministry was held by M Garapin, famed for his pen. He cherished the craft as a life’s work, contrasting it with the impersonal typewriter. The official calligrapher writes treaties conventions orders of decorations and other correspondence bearing signatures of the head of state or ministers.
A Missouri farmer loaded three crates of chickens and five bushels of potatoes in a trailer, drove toward town, and realized he had no trailer. He found the crates empty and the potatoes frozen. Returning home, he found all the chickens back in the coop, with no clear explanation of how they escaped.
A London Evening News writer recalls a master plumber and his demobilized men inspecting a leaking cistern. The master points to the leak and orders a patch. The patch is applied but mislocated, and the master notes the patch sits over the hole, while Jim laments following orders rather than logic.
Readers debate the League of Nations as villager Sor ghus complains about a flood of mail while the post office hums during a festive day. The fragment hints at ongoing civic interest and local humor amid wartime era language.
Notice is given by Gi A. Moe administrator of Jennie Moe late of Minnie Lake Barns county North Dakota deceased to all creditors and claimants to present claims with vouchers within six months after first publication at the administrator's late residence in Minnie Lake township Barns county.
W B DeNault and F L Robertson arrived from Jamestown yesterday and will stay until after the Victory Park Addition lot sale next Friday. Their visit centers on inspecting the properties and coordinating plans for the forthcoming sale event with local officials and bidders.
Valley City area notice lists a Saturday June 28 barn dance at Ed Guck's farm six miles east. Also for sale: fully modern residence on Normal Avenue near Normal School, contact H. C. Myhro. George Isensee returns from Texas. reports selling land to a group of seekers. crops look good across North Dakota.
The piece highlights Valley City as a desirable retirement and family town with a state normal school handily nearby, good public schools, a strong high school, a thriving commercial club, and a popular Champlain or Chau tauqua venue. The Sheyenne river offers fishing and boating, making Valley City an appealing summer resort and settlement location for prospective homeseekers.
Dr. E A Pray headed to state medical convention with his wife aboard No 4 yard afternoon. Train No 3 split into sections. delays and scattered travelers reported. Local updates include concert plans by Valley City Municipal Band at Elk’s Home veranda, a new Free Methodist church brick project on Main Street, and health notes about Capt Malpass. Paul Baarstad returns from France with Company G as Barnes County residents anticipate letters and crop reports. Miss Constance McPherson recounts cyclone fears in Fergus Falls. auto travel tales from Livingston Mont. Jim Manolis sells Liberty Gate business to Gust Arvanitis Co. and new cafe owners promise fast service day and night.
The park board has arranged with Peter Anderson to oversee the Chautauqua pools each day from noon to 9 30 PM. He will supervise bathers with life saving equipment to protect distressed swimmers. Anderson, once in charge of athletic work at the Normal, is praised for his suitability. Parents are warned to keep children from pools before dinner as no supervision will be provided in the forenoon.
Local residents and visitors arrive in the city for business and leisure. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Enerson move to Colonial apartments. Mrs. A. E. Lundy of Seal attends to affairs. S. A. Danford and wife from Bismarck spend the day in town. G. Price Boatman and H. Erts arrive from Milner then depart to Milner. A. G. Muller and wife from Enderlin handle business. T. Eilkers and wife from Leeds visit the city. Stedight and Debring stay overnight at the Hotel. Hi Stahdiey of Fargo plans to look into city matters. Adolph G. Johns from Fargo reports at the hotel. Mrs. Li-L. Pettay and children arrive from Spokane on Wednesday.
Local items recount visitors and residents at Valley City including Mrs. Enerson returning from Pasadena and Henry Brandon of Canton visiting, a wedding trip to Warren, Minn., and Shattuck students returning from Faribault. A new Northern Pacific time card effective June 22 1919 shifts No. 136 east at 6 20 a m. Burl Carr sells his section farm east of town to South Dakotans with a good price. Also notes marriage announcements of George H Walks and Jessie J Mellett and officials of the state board of regents visiting the Normal school. Construction by W J Curren on the new school tract proceeds with foundations underway.
Report notes trains not starting until late morning allowing crew to vote. Mrs Lloyd D Witter and three sisters visit from Hot Springs Ark staying with the Witter home. Lloyd accompanied them to Chicago where he pursued opportunities. A letter disputes the Harper farm sale as Barnes county’s largest land deal, suggesting earlier farm sale at ten dollars per acre was not as big.
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