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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
2
A Valley City weekly issue discusses Judge Burke’s long ND career and progressive court, regional weather and dust, Minnesota-North Dakota newspaper dynamics, local post office changes, and agricultural guidance urging steady corn acreage with homegrown seed for 1916.
Detailed dairy sanitation guidelines cover cow health, barn cleanliness, lighting, drainage, utensil washing, water quality, cleaning of milking tools, cooling and odor control. Emphasis on immediate cooling, sterilization, and avoiding contamination to maintain dairy product quality.
News reached the city on Thursday of the death of Mrs. J E Stevens of Cooperstown at 4 in the morning. P R Trubshaw took O Olson to Cooperstown to oversee the undertaking. Mrs Stevens, once a longtime Cooperstown resident, had been in poor health for a year and died of heart trouble. her husband died years ago.
A collage of verse and quips from the era, mixing poems about May and spring with social humor. It includes verses on wealth and memory, the present crisis, and a vignette about a homeless man, along with light satire on politics and progress. Notable lines reference New York papers and public life.
Secretary Daniels ordered the Atlantic fleet reorganized to place five older battleships in reserve and reassign crews to a destroyer division and the new dreadnoughts Oklahoma and Nevada. Several ships will join the reserve at Boston Philadelphia and Norfolk with reduced crews ready within 48 hours. About 4200 men will be allotted to six destroyers and the dreadnoughts as the new line of battle.
C J Ler announces candidacy for Republican nomination for state senator in the Fifteenth legislative district Barnes county at the June 28 primaries of 1916. Frank E Ployhar also announces for the same nomination and asks district support.
Local people completed subscription to organize a Rogers corporation to open a drug store. Articles of incorporation will be filed soon. The under construction building will house the store, expected to open within a month, filling a needed gap in the town’s business district.
Wind and dust storms caused considerable damage to fields, buildings, and movable property. Reports describe wrecks from the recent Sunday storm including collapsed machine shed at Tor Syvertson, roof torn from a box car, and damage to the Salthamer farm house deck and chimney, with further losses noted to N. J. Kor.
Wind damaged the H Stoneberg farm with Walds new barn and threshing shed twisted from foundations. Hay racks and wagon boxes lay shattered on the prairie. Reports incomplete but further damage is likely from Wednesday and Sunday winds.
Captain Ritchie reports a notice from Adjutant General Tharaldson about admitting militia members to West Point under an act of May 4. Twenty two candidates aged 19 to 22, unmarried and with at least one year of militia service, will compete in a June 6 examination at Fort Snelling, Minn. Three northern candidates will be selected to take the exam under the commanding officer.
The rural credits bill in the house was amended to permit the treasury to deposit up to 500000 dollars in each of the 12 land banks to meet interest on bonds. Representative Lever said the change would lower borrowing costs, while Chairman Glass and others warned of tying up treasury funds. The vote was x0 to x.
Petit jurors for the United States district court term to be called in Bismarck on May 23 have been summoned by the marshal. The criminal docket is expected to be light. Judge Martin J. Wade of Sioux City, Iowa will preside in place of Judge C. F. Amidon, who will be in St Paul to preside over a district court of appeals term.
The county court reports licenses issued this week. On Wednesday May 10 Theodore Amundson of Skandia township wed Rose B. Sather of Clearbrook Minnesota. On Thursday May 11 Norman A. Burch and Marjorie G. Coop, both of Valley City, obtained licenses.
A 16 member Williston North Dakota business and city official delegation toured St Paul including the Association of Commerce and local clubs and expressed they were in the city to observe and gather ideas. A related court notice in Barnes County lists Wood Brothers Thresher Company versus Ewell M. Kennaday and directs response within 30 days. The closing query asks for a lighter aside about relations between friends like Mexico and Uncle Sam.
Valley City residents Mia and John Neustaedter testify Doan's Kidney Pills relieve their backache and kidney trouble. The ad urges buyers to ask for Doan's at dealers, priced 50 cents, from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Dr. Mellenthin, a licensed physician, advertises free consultations during a traveling visit to towns and cities in the region. He notes he does not operate for chronic appendicitis gall stones ulcers tonsils adenoids and claims many successes in stomach liver bowel blood skin nerves heart kidney bladder bedwetting and other ailments. He invites those long ill without improvement to call and mentions a special nonoperative method. German spoken. Address 336 Bodton Block Minneapolis Minn.
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