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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
2
The Daily Express begins a campaign to restore religion to public life by urging readers to give up sin and vice and return to church and home prayer. It calls for revival of family prayers once common but now fading, aiming to influence the British empire and potentially inspire similar efforts abroad.
The speaker urges residents to keep funds in local banks, warns the Bank of North Dakota may be misused to fund farming of farmers, and cites frozen state funds and the Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo as example. He argues against depositing state funds in the Bank of North Dakota under current management.
Letter criticizes Courier-News cartoon depicting hard times tied to a royal election and national spending. Author blasts state officials, bonds sales in the East, Airedale dogs and public troughs, urging the cartoonist to reveal the truth and needs of the times.
A proposal to create a new national holiday named Candy Day to be observed by giving candy. The plan envisions a general day of love and goodwill with inexpensive gifts, benefiting families and all ages, to be celebrated on a Saturday.
The piece notes railroad workers threaten a general strike over wage cuts, with Senator Nelson warning the public against letting unions seize control of transit and fuel supplies. It also highlights the North Dakota Methodist conference in Valley City, expecting 250 ministers and delegates, and the local newspaper’s warm welcome and “editorial sanctum” hospitality for visitors.
Secretary of State Tom Hall issues the election notice for the recall set for October 28. The political scene centers on the contest between Frazier aligned factions and the Independents with talk of no third governor candidate. Voters face a campaign of claims about wasteful state governance, taxation, and calls for a businesslike administration amid recalls and public scrutiny.
The Courier News ridicules North Dakota as Klan free while praising I W W protections and laments political blunders by Governor Lynn J. Frazier. It notes a Jamestown convention resolution against unlawful I W W tactics and endorses Nestos for governor. Also discusses golf spine claims and critiques state politics and railroad safety notices amid a chaotic clipping of recent events.
In Grand Forks today a large gathering awaits as Bishiarck organizers push the old big business line. Farmers show little enthusiasm citing the absence of tangible benefits and a demand to judge by actions. The writer predicts a political shift after this month.
Attorney Lee Combs returned from Helena and Great Falls Montana after a week of busy court work. The report notes the yard grading on the Sixth Avenue residence and predicts a fine lawn next year.
Early yesterday freights derailed on the high line and blocked the road for No 2. The plan shifted to running the down town train in the middle of the day, with a wish that the high line be blocked daily so No 2 could pass through the city each day.
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