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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
7
Oct 11 notices list dinners hosted by families in Getchell Prairie, visits by Ed Holcomb and others, Red Cross gathering at Clark City hall, and local social events. Also ads for team work horses, Percheron colts, a small riding pony, and a stray old sheep taken up near Leal North Dakota.
Melvin Lee displays at the Middlewest Trust Co. office several fine plums from his brother’s Fingal farm. The fruit rivals Minnesota and Iowa varieties, proving North Dakota farmers can grow plentiful fruit with perseverance.
A letter from J R Quinlivan now with the 164th Infantry at Camp Greene describes a busy camp near a city of 40,000, modern facilities, and social welcomes including church visits and dinners. He mentions sending photographs and asks relatives to kiss the children and report well from home. Separate items note a funeral in Aneta, Baptists in Jamestown and Phi Delta Theta pledges at the state university, plus government life insurance policy details for soldiers with monthly premiums and age-based rates.
London reports a Press Association economic review on central powers showing 40 percent wheat and 45 percent rye oats and barley yields below normal from 1917 harvest. Wheat rye total 7 500 tons vs 13 000 000 in 1932. Roumanian granaries may partly offset. Frost labor potato harvest outcomes will determine next year. Austro Hungary worse than Germany. Evenson visit Fargo Moorhead with sister-in-law Christ Jennom.
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