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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
3
On Monday September 28 1914 Valley City High School lost 0 to 0 to Jamestown in a opening practice game described as a pre-season scrimmage against a college team. Under coach Fitzgerald the squad anticipates a stronger season ahead.
Deputy Sheriff Kelley captured four men early yesterday morning at Oriska on a complaint of holding up travelers. The quartet were in a box car when found with five guns, three flashlights, and 100 rounds of cartridges. They were escorted to Valley City jail. A hearing is planned for today.
Valley City hotels turned away a dozen men last night due to no rooms or beds. The crowded hotels signal strong local employment and business, not merely scarcity. Visitors C. M. Bristol of Velva and C. W. Athey of Grand Forks, North Dakota Mutual Insurance, toured Valley City and then continued statewide duties.
MART'S MART offers buy or sell on commission with a large mixed listing of houses and land. Properties include 5 room to 9 room houses in multiple areas, a 640 acre farm in Barnes County North Dakota, and parcels on Riverside and East Main streets. Also accepts furniture and other items for sale, with long terms and guaranteed satisfaction after 25 years in the area.
An elderly Okarche man credits Peruna with curing his stomach catarrh after 17 years of illness. He asserts full treatment cured him and claims ongoing health with Peruna always available. He offers permission to publish his picture and testimony.
The United Stock Breeders Association of Esmond North Dakota shows strong progress with 19 pure bred bulls brought into Benson county. Eight farmers form a club contributing 20 dollars each, feeding the parent association. Milking shorthorns favored. two Holsteins included. Members pay one dollar service fee, non members three dollars. Bulls rotated every two to three years to curb inbreeding. Local clubs to spread, keep to same breed, and raise cattle to pure bred standards. News staff seeks births deaths parties and other items. readers urged to contribute. C EB Burgess visited Cooperstown over Sunday.
LaMoure North Dakota September 24 Edward Lawrence shot and killed his stepdaughter Miss Hardy Fate then turned the gun on himself but survived. He is jailed on murder charges. The shooting occurred at 7 am Sunday as family relations soured. Fate, about 25, engaged to be married, fell dead from four shots. Lawrence, pool hall proprietor, aged 34, reportedly questioned after the act about a mysterious “black man” and another man linked to the incident. Funeral held Tuesday amid sorrow. Mrs. Lawrence distraught and nearly blind. Lawrence remains in jail, briefly sightless, while asking about the alleged accomplice named by him.
Chief Swanson returned from Fargo with data on the alleged murder and began dragging the river to recover the body. He started Monday, September 28, 1914, and aims to find the missing person following Saturday’s report.
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