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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
5
Wednesday arrivals include W. B. Jordan and wife of Laverne and M. A. Anderson of Basted. Delegates for the M W A convention come from across the state. News of Royal Neighbors convention, hospital day plans for May 12, and progress on Third Avenue bridge reflect active community life with visits from J J Hoover and DuVall relatives.
Miss J M Pickett telegraph editor of Lewistown Democrat News visits Valley City on vacation and promotes Catfish basin oil stock amid reports of new gushers. Local drivers Seigfried and wife plan Pacific Coast trip. library drive and show Flockleberry Finn to raise books. Officials Kribbs and Thorn visit. county commissioners meet. assessors near completion of city check. birthday party for Susan Rushy. police cautions on drinking for minor officers.
Delegates at Memorial Continental Hall marked the American Revolution event with a White House reception for North Dakota attendees by President and Mrs. Harding. The Fargo Forum notes committees raise stock for a proposed country club featuring a nine hole golf course tennis courts and a dance pavilion. Bankers meet in Fargo May 13 amid talks on depositors guaranty fund taxation and bank help while Shylock driven bonus claims are slated for bottom of payment lists. Oriska plans a strong baseball team and Casselton game as local fields gear up for spring action.
A local post office report notes shipments of baby chicks to Valley City from Mirneapolis, with peeping chicks expressing discontent at parcel post transport. Officials say a recent batch from Ohio had only six of one hundred deaths on arrival, a remarkable survivorship given the distance.
Mr and Mrs C E Burgess depart for Wimbledon today to establish their future home as he becomes cashier of the local bank there. Earlier, Valley City friends hosted many farewell parties in their honor reflecting warm esteem for the couple. Also noted are a Royal Neighbors district meeting at Enderlin with Valley City attendees and a Community Club Music Art and Drama meeting featuring a high school quartet and art lectures.
Monday's report from Valley City covers street weather improving as rain clears, plus local notices. People named include A W Lee Ganalitar Rose Mary, A MecPaul, H H Jensen, AL Personius, Dorothy Brenner, R Gergerson, Johanna Esby, Carl Nelson, Dell Link and C C M Axtell. Joblessness rises with strikes. road drags busy. Mrs. Brenner awarded 45000 for loss of limb.
Senator Frank Playbar is spending several days in Bismarck to oversee matters at his gas plant. He will meet local officials and discuss energy developments and regional needs during the visit.
Valley City Royal Neighbors traveled to Enderlin for the district R.N.A. meeting. Delegations from Valley City and other cities joined trains and cars as plans for a large gathering unfold tonight with high expectations.
Fred Care rode to his farm with a new corn planter traded for twenty bushels of onions from Barnes County Implement Company. Cash is scarce as Farmer Friend Cowell trades machinery for onions or other cash convertible items. Carr says his work clothes are real and he intends to work.
Printers nationwide face a serious dispute over the 44 hour work law alleged by the International union. The Times-Record reports that Valley City Typographical Union agreements with local employers prevent trouble, with arrangements described as satisfactory among all parties.
A double feature screens tonight with The Ghost in the Garret starring Dorothy Gish at the Grand Theater. Also shown is Suda featuring Mary Pickford at Normal School to aid Philomathian Society with furnishing a room worth about $300, offering 25 cents admission to help the cause.
Rain kept country shoppers away on opening day as Valley City merchants reported strong city business. Vendors plan another sale in a month hoping for better weather to attract rural customers.
Rev. Thomas E. Nugent preached on Help to Keep Valley City Clean. He praised new street corner boxes sponsored by the civic league but noted vacant lots back yards and alleys remain unclean. He urged moral physical and religious self cleanliness as well as city improvement.
Miss Paula Kittel reads The Three Things in chapel. Mary Andrews author Mary Rayon Andrews writes The Perfect Tribute about Philip Morton Landicutt, a wealthy American who undergoes a radical shift in race prejudice and faith after war experiences in France.
The speaker recalls teaching himself to call their foes brothers. Upon Philip’s return wounded, he tells his mother that with three aspects of life, he now agrees with her. The moment reflects a turning point in their relationship and shared values.
The Boy's and Girl's Club of Barnes County under Clara L. Larson will exhibit at the county fair in Valley City July 5 to 8. Only club members may enter. notify the Valley City County Club Leader by July 1. Exhibits may be mailed or sent by express to Clara L. Larson and must arrive by 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Valley City women traveled to Jamestown for a Woman's Benefit Association rally. Mrs. Wylie Nielson of Yale City led the welcome and speech, with Mrs. De Mars of Fargo and Mrs. Annie Wilkinson addressing. A full day featured initiation, team work exhibits, a banquet, and a concert program at Orlady hall.
A large audience at Normal Auditorium enjoyed the Sixth Annual Municipal Band concert under L. W. Hubbard. The band showcased improved performance, discussed a possible city tax levy to fund future support, and planned summer park music plus county trips. The program included Proclamation, Lady Luxury, Comin Then the Rye, Forge in the Forest, Grand March from Aewhightingale, and Our Hero's Return.
For sale a carload of fence posts, drained ash and oak timber. Includes a parcel description W 1 2 of N W 1 4 Sec P O Box Lowtt. Contact George Holzman at 28 dtwp for details and prices quoted at 17c per 100 lots.
The American Legion Hyde Park Post 84 in Chicago gains use of the old Field Museum building for an indoor rifle range. The large structure, once the World’s Fair era museum, now houses a 200 yard range and shorter distances. Other Chicago groups sought use but only the Legion post’s request was approved.
A Plymouth Rock rooster at Cimarron Kansas drew crowds by scratching and crowing for five hours in a main street window. The hungry bird consumed 284 grains of Kansas corn after 1,000 grains were offered as bets, raising funds for the American Legion Auxiliary.
Twice returned to the women the grain sale yielded a total of 328 dollars, about 11 dollars per grain. Mrs Lelih L Klein, national executive committee member from the Kansas department of the Auxiliary, led the contest. Mrs Rein, a prominent Auxiliary worker, educated at Wellesley College and the New England Conservatory, is married to a captain who served in the medical corps and was gassed in the Meuse offensive.
Miss Margaret Sousa daughter of John Philip Sousa earns the title after starring in the Legion motion picture Lest We Forget portraying disabled veterans’ struggles and efforts to obtain justice and fair unemployment conditions for World War I survivors.
Reporting to Davy Jones, Sam on board the transport had just been issued his first pair of hod. He jokes that if Ab falls overboard they will surely sink. The remark captures rough humor aboard a weary ship and the crew’s camaraderie amid danger.
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