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Newspaper

The Weekly Times Record

Location

Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1914

Page

9

Wimbledon tohave electric light plant soon

Wimbledon May 23 A new electric light plant is planned for Wimbledon. The Wimbledon Electric Co. organized with 10000 capital, to be located in the Wimbledon Motor Co. garage. Directors include F. H. Etter H. C. Bitter H. H. Etter A. E. Dennatedt and Robert Clendening. Construction will begin after equipment arrangements and service is expected by September.

Wimbledon Now & Certainty Wimbledon Electric Co F. H. Etter H. C. Bitter H. H. Etter A. E. Dennatedt Robert Clendening Wimbledon Motor Cos

Music festival expands programs with top artists

The festival adds two more programs for the same price and features high class professionals and artists causing favorable comment. Tickets go on sale next Monday morning. Advertising shows no local organization numbers this year. Management has booked recognized artists for all three days including a popular prices comic opera during commencement week.

Engraving on Tablets Quote by Daniel Webster

Education quote by Daniel Webster on enduring values across marble and brass. It argues that only noble acts and love for fellow humans leave lasting marks beyond time and material.

Daniel Webster

Side Lights on Cabinet Men in Time of Stress

Washington correspondent for the New York Post profiles three cabinet members under stress Secretary of State Bryan Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Garrison. Daniels remains optimistic and facetious while Bryan is unconventional and eager. Garrison, with gold spectacles and gray curls, works late into the night and returns early, keeping army maps and books in view.

Erlais Bryan Navy Daniels Garrison Washington New York Post Secretary Daniels William J. Bryan Mr. Bryan Secretary of the Navy Mr. Daniels

Good Citizens Decalogue on keeping yards clean and safe

A fifteenth century sounding decalogue urges residents to cover garbage cans, cut weeds, rebuke dirty yards, clean stables, prevent fly breeding, and keep premises spotless. It warns health risks from flies, dirty dairies, and unclean premises, promising long life in the land if followed.

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Campaign Against Flies Brings Health Drive to Barnes County

Miss Nielsen county superintendent launches a school based fight against house flies in Barnes County. Folders distributed to schools urge cleanliness to eliminate breeding sites and promote traps, kerosene sprays, and poison methods while warning of disease transmission.

Barnes County Les Miss Nielson

Flies and Filth Prompt Citywide Cleanup Drive

A temperate winter and spring portend a surge of houseflies. Officials urge immediate action to eliminate breeding sites by cleaning up filth and waste. Public awareness campaigns stress preventive sanitation to reduce maggots and flies before they hatch and spread.

Swat

Leonora Allen to Sing with Minneapolis Orchestra June 3

Leonora Allen, a rising American soprano based in Chicago, will appear with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra on June 3 for a tour of eight weeks. Critics note her pure timbre and refined technique after recent Apollo Club performances, marking her as a promising soloist for concert aria and oratorio.

Helligton Minneapolis Symphony Orcheatra Heighton Leonora Allen Chicago Miss Allen Maurice Rosenfeld Examiner Apollo Club

Bridal Hat Warms 59 Years of Weddings in Jamesburg

Jamesburg New Jersey Matt Eler ninety eight? no eighty worn a silk hat on every anniversary since his wedding fifty nine years ago after his bride died sixteen years ago. He wore the hat again recently noting it is less shiny and out of fashion but kept for each anniversary except the funeral year. He recalls buying it from John B Stewart of New Brunswick who died at eighty four.

Eler Jamesburg N. J Matt Eler

Two Men Injured In Small Wreck Near Washburn N C

In Washburn North Carolina May 22 the Soo line between here and the track failed causing a gasoline speeder run by Lineman Church of the SOC to derail. Harmon King of Washburn and Heber Merrifield age 16 of Underwood suffered serious injuries including a compound fracture and internal injuries while digging post holes for telegraph restoration work. The accident left both men in serious condition.

Washburn N. C Church

Truth and Truths in a Quotable Fragment

A fragment from a James Russell Lowell line asserts truth as mighty once spoken, standing above earthly tumult. The excerpt reflects on the power of truth to endure despite chaos, offering a meditative, literary perspective.

James Russell Lowell

Vandalism at Spiritwood Lake Reported

Vandalism at Spiritwood Lake described with two cottages broken into on May 23, 1914. H. H. Stallman cottage on the south shore had locks broken and valuables stolen. trunk rifled. Alexander Steinbach's cottage also entered. J. E. Bolinger noticed the depredations Sunday. Stallman offers a twenty five dollar reward for information leading to arrests. local cottagers will aid prosecution. Miss Hoff, Normal student, ill at Riverside hospital with appendicitis.

Spiritwood Lake H. H. Stallman J. E. Bolinger Alexander Steinbach Mr. Stallman Jamestown Alert

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Richard Czerwonky Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Normal School Daniels and The American National Bank Valley City N. D Berpius Macente James Grady Myhro C. Armoth A.C. Thorkelson Housefly & CO Minneapolis Emil Oberhoffer Heber Merrifield and Har Speeder Hoff Riverside Hospital Middlewest Loan and Trust Company Middle Eest Loan and Trust Company Frank White T. Melvin Lee J. Eb, Jones
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