Line of March marked by blackened ruins
Thousands of refugees arrive as Antwerp bombardment escalates. German forces shell forts and towns, destroy road networks, and drive civilians toward Antwerp. Royal ministers depart, while priests aid the wounded amid a retreating populace and shattered infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Reuter
Ostend
Antwerp
Palace of Justice
Avenue de l Industria
Nethe
Senne
Scheldt
Aixla-Chapelle
Brussels
Termonde
Cathedral
Valley City Lecture Association Elects Officers
The Valley City Lecture Association elected D. W. Clark as president Prof W M Wennett as secretary and F W Heidel as treasurer for the coming year. Committees were formed to canvass the city for season ticket sales. A. J. Smith of Minneapolis visited to assess the situation urging large corn acreage for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley City Lecture Association
D. W. Clark
W. M. Wennett
F. W. Heidel
A. J. Smith
Minneapolis
Mr. Smith
Marsh Township Notes on Prospecting and Weather Fire
Miss Holda Benson left last Thursday for Goodall North Dakota to winter on her claim. Axel Nelson John Gartland and Ole Jensen attended the auction sale at Frank Nelsons farm. The King brothers lost a stack of hay when a smoldering straw stack fanned by a high wind caused a prairie fire. The school pit was threatened and several nearby areas were noted.
Community notices and social updates from Valley City area
A crowded social scene is recorded with visits, travels, and greetings. Mr Stenshoel’s pasture damage and burnouts are noted alongside bystander rescues. Families including Amundsons Larsen Priebe Munson and Nelsons are mentioned visiting, moving, or traveling to La Crosse Cuba Oriska and Litchville for weddings hospital stays and shopping.
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Harry Hillyard
Riverside Hospital
5Th Avenue
Annie Kenney
Badden-Pools
Grand Forks
Bismarck
Soo
Washburn
Kenney
Teachers’ Institute
Adythe Ward
Herbert Hanson
Joe Mann
Mary Deem
Valley City League
Dickinson
Beach
Montana
Fargo Courier- News
Lallum
Long Beach
California
Hazel Crow
L. P. Hyde
New Rockford
Ralph Rohn
Rogers
Wsa
Mr. Rohn
Pennsylvania
J. J. Moe
Fargo
Chas. Jameson
Orisha
B. J. Haaland
R. N. A. Lodge
F. L. Wicks
Hans Hanson
Kathryn
N. P
New York State
Grand Prairie News
Elmer McKay
Greenville
Ill
Henry Bond
Mat Miller
Ben Northridge
Ole Fremberg
Lewis
Ralph McKay
Ralph
Otto Kuester
Harry Northridge
Jake Gigson
Tom Kingston
Miller
Iva Sunde
Valley City
Anton
Miss Nace
Dazey
Nace
Levi Etzel
THE
Clothes
Main
S. J. and
J. R. Marquisee
Stenshoel
John Amundson
King
Sam Mikkelson
Mrs. Larsen
la Crosse
Wis
Jerome
Axel Nelson
Ruth
Danielson
Cuba
Carl Priebe
Fritz
Adams
Sam Larson
Tom Carlson
Noltimier News
Bernhard Grotberg
Emma Beil
Wolski
Joe Grotberg
Ed. Holcomb
Platou
Adolph Kramme
Andrew Anderson
Louis Noltimier
Reva
Norway
Rasmus Munson
Olaf Amundson
Tena
Ole Anderson
Litchville
Paul Henning
Mary Priebe
Oriska
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