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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
15
The Rye school announces commencement week activities featuring a program with many interesting features and includes a comic opera performed by the Music Department.
The State Normal School will begin its twenty second commencement on Sunday June 21 with the senior sermon. Diploma ceremonies for over 170 graduates are scheduled for June 25. Alumni Day activities, a banquet at the dormitory, and prize distributions will close the year on June 26, amid plans for a homecoming.
Valley City headlines report Mr Farrer visiting for business, John Gray alias John Smith sentenced to four months in the state penitentiary for bootlegging after pleading guilty before Judge Coffey. City council special meeting discussed library needs and cage for Bruins with a conference group appointed. Also noted are travels of J J Early Mrs Small and Mr Peake from Fargo, Miss Farnsworth guests, Minnie Nielson’s travel, John McDermott en route to Carrington, and Senator Whitcher visiting Getchell Prairie farm home with wheat seeding under way.
The Coburn Players stage features a male quartet whose music opens acts and plays between scenes. Hidden among stage shrubbery, the mellow strains heighten realism and transport the audience to past eras, especially in outdoor performances, by blending real sky and air with the play.
Mrs Burchill recovers after Riverside hospital operation. Mrs Otto Zetterberg hosts auction bridge at home. Rogers visitors Fred C Stearns James E Sumpkins M D Kiser attend in Valley City. Mrs Helen M Russell resigns deputy register of deeds for rest. Miss Ethel Pool and Miss Hazel Pool visit with Tl B Pool. Gordon house bought by Mr and Mrs C G Lund. Mrs Persons hosted eight ladies with two auction bridge tables. Elden Lum ill with mumps. Middlewest Loan and Trust Co bid lowest at city meeting. Otto Neumann family to move Sept 1. James Collins Republican Railroad Commissioner candidate touring state. E D Lum resigns Times-Record local editor for Melrose Mina. Two films shown continuously at Grand with pause between reels. Advertising must arrive by 10 o'clock day of publication.
A guide to pronouncing Mexican place and personal names for American readers. It lists several terms with phonetic renderings such as Huerta, Villa, Queretaro, Texcoco, Tampico, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila, Guerrero, and others, indicating typical pronunciations and stress patterns.
The upcoming Blizzard annual, produced by the senior class at the State Normal School, is selling well with about 350 copies moved since Saturday. The issue features an alumni section, above average art, and many illustrations reflecting the institution.
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