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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
1
John Neustadter of Valley City has been granted a patent dated September 30 for a new handdle design that stays handy and never breaks. The device uses a spring driven retracted handle that stores flush within a box. Neustadter reports interest from manufacturers and expects profitable deals soon.
James L. Swar a Pryor Mountain sheep rancher in Carbon county wed Miss Rachel E. Cole a Boston schoolteacher after a matrimonial bureau ad. An exchange of letters led to marriage in Red Lodge with a license from the county seat. The couple will form a new home at Pryor mountain base.
In Drake North Dakota on October 6 George Schmaltz allegedly barred Attorny H Van Fredenburg and Marshal Koehler with a shotgun when they attempted to serve garnishment papers. Schmaltz and a nearby threshing crew then beat Fredenburg twice leaving him unconscious. By 3 am he was back on his feet but badly injured. Schmaltz his wife and son were arrested with warrants out for others.
Melbourne reports eight ringleaders of cannibals linked to the murder of John Henry Vernen, a German-American miner, during a New Guiana radium expedition. Officers met resistance, four natives were killed, several wounded, as Papua sources relay the event. Also notes Valley City Lecture Association officers meeting and L. M. Kuhry's city visit from Oriska.
In Herried Nickalous Nickaluaus is dying in Bismarck hospital from four gunshot wounds after a Wednesday attack by Chris Leidle, once Mrs Leidle’s former sweetheart. A posse captured Leidle nearby. Neighbors fear Nickalous will not survive while Tinholt’s $25,000 store burned, and Tinholt is believed dead, linking the blaze to the feud.
The John D Gray Department store offers rich values in ready to wear suits with fall fabrics and new novelties. Gray’s emphasizes tailoring and fitting quality in line with Fannon era styles, while the Big Store showcases practical fall dresses in ratines serges and bedford cords. Moon earth measures and distances mentioned alongside local moving notices and a Sunday school official from Fargo.
Chicago officers dispute Henry Spencer's boasts of twelve murders claiming two or three true. Det. chief Halpin says four alleged killings occurred in prison and many others lack records. He brands the confessions as fantastical, with proof only of Mrs. Rexroat and Mrs. Wright slayings and notes Ida Oliver's body matches a described victim. States Attorney Hadley and DuPage officials demand Spencer be turned over for trial.
Miss Helen Chaffee of Valley City stayed in Carrington from Friday to Sunday visiting her uncle F N Chaffee. She also spent time at Barlow visiting her aunt Mrs Albee, according to the Carrington Independent.
Boston October 6 Congressman Augustus Gardner declined to back the Republican platform and announced he will seek the governorship on his own slate. Democratic nominee David J. Walsh supports the party platform after the convention. The Democratic convention was held today. Progressives meet Monday. Governor Foss, denied renomination, may run as an independent amid a New Haven war sentiment.
The chicken shooting season nears its end, opening Sept. 7, with birds wary and able to evade hunters. Jackrabbits offer a fallback for dogless parties, as season shifts toward duck and goose hunting with changing weather. The Laties' Ald Society of the Bast church invites all ladies to a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Anton Olson's home.
The Third Annual North Dakota Industrial Exposition opens at 2:30 with counties readying larger varied exhibits. Booths show corn grains and garden produce. judges face a big task. Schoolchildren visit the first day as displays attract broad attention.
The City Council met in regular session and awarded two water main extension contracts and a sewer extension to the lowest bidder, the Hageart Construction Company. They approved a plan to print and bind the five ordinances, arranged for costs, and handled bills including aid for needy county families.
A Fargo report details that eight Lutheran missionaries, two children, are captive at Tsao yang China as brigands press government troops. Albert E. Andre describes Tsao yang, its 20,000 residents, walls, and nearby stations, naming captives and noting leaders among the bandits. The state department seeks full information and may urge aid if needed.
Washington report recounts Secretary Tumulty's sightseeing ride in an incognito car with two friends. A guide jokingly notes the president’s secretary resembles Mr Tumulty as he and the party view White House offices and the grounds during an auto tour.
Nome is nearly destroyed by a historic storm and fire. The south Front Street area and two miles of land to the sea are devastated. Fire hit the Pacific cold storage plant, potatoes butchered, electric and telephone services cut. An estimated loss reaches a million and a half amid urgent calls for outside aid as winter threats loom.
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