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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
8
Classified notice listing Dr. F L Wicks an oculist at Wicks Block with special attention to fitting glasses and a contact phone 493 for appointments or inquiries.
Community ad notes Swanson's Shoe Shop offers re built footwear and prompts customers not to buy new shoes. Also lists various local sales including Duroc gifts breeding stock, straight shipments of millet seed, second hand items, and a granite and marble works promoting spring orders.
Bismarck March 23 William Langer announced his bid for the Republican nomination for governor with a Progressive Republican platform. He endorses decentralization of executive power state control of industries and state enterprises under non political management, plus state irrigation and tax measures. He faults A C Townley and pledges to serve all the people.
The sale at Northwest Cattle Congress netted 12 789 dollars and 50 cents with 9 Herefords selling for 2 170 dollars total, 47 Shorthorns at 8 530 dollars and 27 Durocs at 2 280 dollars. Top Shorthorn brought 610 dollars to Mr Large of Oriska. top Hereford 550 dollars to Mr Beckman of Min a. Valley City buyers include A J McInnes Darey and Howard Willson Leal among others. Livestock judging results list Herefords Durocs and Shorthorns with champions named from Hammer Bros Cooperstown and E Sayre Reynolds among others.
A read line list urges reforms including an impartial audit of industries, aid to veterans, cooperative enterprises, farmer representation on boards, protection from I W W influences, anti profiteering measures, a full time health officer at the capitol, return of education powers to the state superintendent, impartial law enforcement, tax reduction, free speech, and government by North Dakotans.
The record lists top placings in hog classes with names and towns. Winners include T J Sebby Fingal 1st in Bull 3 years and over and Bull 2 years and under 3, Burkhart Omemee 2nd, Williams Fairmont 1st and 2nd, plus champion Duroc Jersey Pig by Carl Maulby Sykeston 1st and 2nd, with Epungdale Livestock Co. 4th and Rector Lisbon 5th.
The Fargo Moorhead rabbit venture and a service corporation plan are under investigation by Minnesota blue sky authorities. W. E. G. Watson will check the prospectus, which outlines a $115,000,000,000 capitalized nonprofit industrial empire to employ millions and reach 1.5 billion consumers, while the rabbit scheme offers a 50 50 share of proceeds from rabbit sales to investors.
Ingrid Wedin widow of Andrew Wedin of Hobart township died Friday evening March 12 after a stroke of apoplexy. Born February 11, 1836 in Mislanda Sweden she married Andrew Wedin in 1861 and emigrated to the United States in October 1869 settling in Vasa Minnesota with her husband.
The notice recalls early settlers Samuel S Aas and family who moved from an Indian village to North Dakota in 1879 and later to Hobart township near Valley City. It notes Aas death on Sunday at 3 PM at his home 261 Seventh Avenue and mentions his four children. Another obituary details a Norwegian immigrant who settled in Minnesota in 1871 and moved to Mint 1882, with services planned in Somdahl's chapel and interment at Aneta North Dakota.
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