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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
2
Valley City Times Record lists L. P. Hyde as Editor and Manager with subscription at $1.50 yearly in advance. The paper is entered at the Valley City North Dakota post office as second class mail matter and serves as the official paper of city and county.
The piece argues meat price trends versus livestock costs, cites Woodrow Wilson, and questions economic laws in export markets. It endorses Valley’s commission form of government, notes petitions and timing for a council election, and urges swift sewer construction near the State Normal School to prevent epidemics.
Valley City residents raise a large fund for a chautauqua outing meeting in July. Alex Kure is secretary and general manager, organizing a high quality program. Valley City offers summer camping appeal with boating and timber resources.
County towns push for better approach roads to attract traffic and business. Valley City trails others in road improvements, while farmers seek better routes. Times-Record corrects earlier reports tying a local arson to prohibition enforcement, stating the Aneta incident was a boyish prank and perpetrators were paroled.
Omitted parts on Mr Johnson's local mill role were clarified as he has served the mill for over a decade. He began in an author capacity and for five years has been mullmeyer and head management. The mill adopted many new methods to modernize and expand its operations, fostering harmony with city residents.
Signers have been secured repeatedly for a proposed commission plan. The city council will consider formal recognition of the movement at its next meeting.
The funeral for the infant child of Mr and Mrs Louis Rohde, who died Wednesday night, was held today at Zion Lutheran Church at 2 o'clock. The Times Record notes a correction: Darby O Malley, John Skretting and J H Thomson were misnamed as petition circulators and did not participate. Mrs Clerk Weston, who had been in Cuba with Horning, returned home this morning and was en route to Minneapolis. she is expected home Sunday.
Saturday social scene reports numerous visitors and residents from Fingal Leal Harvey and Sanborn in Fargo and Valley City. Notes include Mrs Bordwell of Fargo hosting Mrs Keene, Clara Lillethen guest in Fingal, John Kretachmee visiting Oriska, Anton Lee injured, and Chaffee Store staff travel. Additional items cover towns including Enderlin Wimbledon and group meetings.
A group of detectives swap tall tales about small incidents leading to big results. One man recalls a frontier love story aboard a streetcar, where he redirects a gold piece and ends with a later arrest. The crew ribs him, pointing out the tale circles back to a marriage to the shoplifter he once admired.
In a fable set at the court of King Dionysius, Damocles envies the king’s wealth and status and is allowed to trade places for a day. A hanging sword over the throne reveals the peril that accompanies limitless power, leaving Damocles to crave a plain life rather than grandeur.
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