New Wardrobe Clothing Store Aims To Elevate Valley City District
Valley City prepares for a major retail expansion as the Wardrobe Clothing Company breaks ground on a new flagship block on Main Street. The Marquise brothers secure a 15 year lease, with E M Lavery as contractor and Fred Schultze overseeing the project, promising modern design, glass frontage, tiled sidewalks, and up to date furnishings for a premier shopping experience. The plan signals strong local confidence in Valley City’s retail future and the Marquise policy of delivering real value.
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Main Street
Wardrobe Clothing Company
Valley City
Marquisee Brothers
Brakeman Shot Near Eldridge in Freight Incident
A west bound freight train between Jamestown and Eldridge left Wm. Paulson with a gunshot wound to the ribs and arm. The shooter, described as 5'8" and 150 pounds, fled north. Paulson in James townospital for shock, expected to recover. Store changes hands in Valley City as Theo Booralis sells to Burton K Stern and A Stern. Teachers Institute planned at county courthouse with Henry S Curtin and Supt. Richard Hayward attending. Lisbon may acquire Laughlin Spring for pure water supply.
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Jamestown
Eldridge
Wm. Paulgon
Paulson
Berner
Valley City
Theo Booralis
Burton K. Stern
A. Stern
Booralis
Minneapolis
Third and Hennepin Avenues
Mr. Stern
North Dakota
Bearman Fruit Co
B. K. Stern
Minot
May
Sheyenne Apartments
Sheriff’s memory leads to capture of fugitive Elms
Fargo reports Bert Elms alias Bert Shotter arrested by Boston detective H W Morgan. Wanted in Bradford Vermont for an offense against a 14 year old girl years ago. Deputy Sheriff John Ross of Cass County provided crucial witness memory after spotting Elms at a Chaffee farm auction.
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Fargo
Trallea
Bert Elms
Bert Shotter
H. W. Morgan
Boston
Elms
Bradford
Morgan
John Ross
Cass County
Rose
Elma
Chaffee
Escape drama at West Virginia penitentiary
Reports detail two escapes from the Moundsville facility on Sept 30. Harry Howard, a 1,100-prisoner setting, slipped from a wall using a hook and fled after leaping to the ground. Alexander Childs, a 20-year inmate, slid down an eighty foot rope from a roof, fled with a revolver, and was spotted moving ten miles from the prison at daybreak.
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Moundsville
W. Vi
West Virginia
Harry Howard
W. Va
Alexander Childs
Childs
Wan Ween
Long Experience joins Valley City Furniture Firm
C A Olson arrives in Valley City after purchasing a controlling interest in Valley City Furniture Company. He brings a long and valuable background in the trade from Cooperstown and other cities. M B Mason and Geo Fridd retain interests.
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C. A. Olson
Valley City Furniture Company
Valley City
Cooperstown
M. B. Mason
Geo. Fridd
Local Social Notes From Jamestown Area
Mansfield residents Mesdames Jones and McLee with Misses Anna Jones and Edna McCully shopped in Jamestown. Milford Olson of near Valley City visited the Campbell home last Sunday. Elmer Cowdrey called at Jnd front and spent Sunday with his parents. D. R. Jones toured Wimbledon and Valley City last week. W. F. McLees of Lebldon visited his brother A. McLees. Roy Cowdrey rode to Valley City Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Rob Kee of Sanborn visited Arthur Kee Sunday.
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Valley City
Rob, Kee
Sanborn
Arthur Kee
Scutt of Harvey Named Highest Bidder for News on Stores
Scutt of Harvey, former North Dakota lawmaker, bid for the entire News on drug store chain with real estate. Julian Syott’s $37,000 offer for Benson stores tops other bids. meeting to show cause why bid should not be allowed set for Oct 4 at 10.00. The plan may keep Benson management under receiver Stern, with Benton likely to continue operations.
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Tullus Scutt
Harvey
North Dakota
Newson Drug
Mr. Syott
Benson ‘Drug
Carrington
Velva
Mr. Pawley
Minneapolis
Fargo Drug Store
Front Street
H. Tenney
Pargo
Minot
Paul McCoy
Alex Stern
Julian Syott
Emerson H. Smith
Sgutt
Bentson
Stern
Italian Manerino Sentenced To Two Years In State Prison
State's Attorney Chase told Judge Coffee in Jamestown North Dakota that Andre Manerino the Italian who recently faced assault with a dangerous weapon was guilty. He was sent to two years in the state penitentiary after firing at a railroad crew near Spiritwood and wounding watchman Frank De Bellis. An investigation into using the mail to defraud is also noted as pending against Manerino.
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Jamestown
N. D
Chase
Coffee
Andre Manerino
Manerino
Northern Pacific
Spiritwood
Dagoes
Frank de Bellis
Post Office
Recital Postponed For Pipe Organ In Methodial Church
Recital postponed due to factory advice delaying setup of the new pipe organ for the Methodial Church. No date set until shipment and firm representatives arrive. railroad handling and arrival timing now critical. Professor Ripley Dorr will give the recital in Fargo this week to demo the New Hall Organ for St Marks Church.
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Ripley Dorr
Fargo
New Hall
St. Marks Church
Two-Cent Rate On Railroads Exposition Travel to Bismarck
State railways offer a two-cent rate to Bismarck for the Exposition with special trains on peak days. Threshing should finish by opening day, making this a prime time to visit. Exhibitors may win cash premiums up to $500 for grains grasses and five stock exhibits.
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Bismarck
Entombed Miner Fed Through Pipe In Rescue Effort
Wilkesbarre Pa October 3 Signals reached Thomais Toshesky a miner trapped in the Continental mines near Centralia since last Friday Forty men worked to rescue him and two inch pipe was driven through rock to feed him The pipe will reach him after about eighty feet of solid rock and rescuers plan to lower clothing and food by canister amid cautious work with the pillar crumbling
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Wilkesbarre
Thomais Toshesky
Centralia
Fred M. Chane
Lehigh Valley Company
Tos
Toshesky
Frank Dombinski
Rhodes Scholarship Examination Schedule North Dakota
A qualifying exam for Rhodes Scholarship candidates in North Dakota will be held at the University on October 14 and 15, 1913. The tests include Latin and Greek translation, Latin and Greek grammar, prose, arithmetic, algebra or geometry. For details contact the Chairman of the Selection Committee, President's Office, University.
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North Dakota
Offce
University
N. D
Sulzer Wins Points Over His Accusers in Impeachment Trial
Albany Sept 30 Governor Sulzer scores a triple victory over accusers in impeachment trial as Judge Cullen bars evidence of alleged corrupt bargains with Assemblymen Patrie Sweet and Prime and excludes charges not in articles. Trial moves toward completion as managers plan two more witnesses and further contributions come to light. The witness Frederick L Colwell, described as the governor’s dummy in Wall Street dealings, is in a sanitarium but may testify under stipulation.
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Albany
Sulzer
Cullen
High Court
Patrie
Green County
Sweet
Oswego Country
Prime
Essex County
Frederick L. Col
Wall Street
Frawley Investigating Committee
Homeseekers Excursions to State Exposition in Bismarck
Railways announce homeseekers excursions inviting visitors from outside North Dakota to the State Exposition in Bismarck from October 7 to 19. Farmers and business people from across the United States, many aiming to become North Dakota residents, will attend. Sellers and neighbors can showcase lands and opportunities, using facts and exhibits to attract prospective homesteaders.
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Bismarck
United States
North Dakota
Man-Hunt Ends as Williams Captured Near Windsor
Jamestown North Dakota reports a two day man hunt ending with the capture of Edward Williams the suspect in the Will Paulson brakeman shooting Williams confessed to firing toward the brakeman and attempted to derail a caboose after the incident State's Attorney Chase secured statements from Williams and two accomplices remained in custody Williams claimed to be the son of a New York broker Williams will face a hearing with absent witnesses sought by the state attorney Also noted are local church notices a farewell sermon at Prairie and social luncheon reports plus a three year old horse loss and family visits
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Jamestown
N. D. Ool
Wright
Edward Wiliams
N. P
Will Paulson
Williams
Wince
Lo. Paulson
Gring
Binmarck
Windsor
Chase
New York
Hat
Getchell Prairie
M. M. White
Briorley
Sewing Society
Chilberg
Milas Nellie Whitcher
Amanda Zahel
Valley City
J.H. White
J. R. Getchell
Millie
H. White
Safety Feature Aims at Caution on Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific railway through its bureau of emergency promotes safety by posting red warning cards in shops yards and stations. Clerks and other staff carry and attach cards to cars near lifting levers to reinforce careful procedures. Education through bulletins and lectures guides employees on accident prevention and the shift toward efficiency.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Bureau of Emerency
Northern Pacific
Burcau
Campaign for Equal Suffrage Opens in City Hall
The opening address for the Equal Suffrage campaign will be given in City Hall on Thursday evening October 2 at 8 o'clock by Mia Lulu L. Shepard of Salt Lake City Utah. Shepard, a nationally renowned lecturer on Temperance Purity Suffrage Education and evangelistic subjects, is president of the Utah W C T U and speaks under the auspices of the local W C T U to discuss Equal Suffrage. Milas Marie Metcalf of Valley City will begin a school term in the Chiiar tlana district north of Sterling next Monday. she is a graduate of the rural department at the State Normal School in Valley City and is the daughter of the Metcalf aeroplane builder.
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City Hall
Mia
Lulu L. Shepard
Salt Lake City
Utah
Milas Marie Metcalf
Valley City
Chiiartlana
Sterling
Metcalf Io
Metcalf
Driscoll
Bismarck Tribune
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N. P. Brakeman
WM. Paulson
Teachers’ Institute
Court House
Henry S. Curtin
Olivet
Michigan
Curtin
Playground Association of America
Richard Hayward
Grand Forks
Lisbon
Eldding
Sorosis Club
Otto Zetterberg
Anna Sternberg
Amidon
Charlton Andrews
Bessie Ashton
Traesuren
Scutt
Benson
Amuck
Homeseekers
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