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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
1
Berlin reports heavy resistance as German and Austrian forces press along the Belgian coast and in Galicia. Battles continue near Yser, Lille, Mizynies, and Przemysl with Russian and Romanian-linked actions noted. An explosion near a mined fortification allegedly annihilated three German battalions. A commentary argues women should have a say in production conditions.
An accident near Fingal left Wm. Schnurr near death as a freight collided with his rig killing the horse and wrecking the vehicle. He was thrown clear, later rallied, and is improving though unconscious at times. Community and family hopes for his recovery amid past ties to Valley City and local business.
The piece surveys Arras as a historic Franco British battleground and later commercial town. It notes its medieval role in the 15th century English campaigns, the 1435 Arras peace, and its present status with Vauban fortifications, Flemish houses, and notable art like the Angera tapestry. Robespierre is mentioned as born there.
Army circles say the United States will stop purchasing white or gray horses for general use. The quartermaster’s department confirms no new white mounts will be bought, citing sharpshooter vulnerability, though officers may acquire such horses personally.
Mr and Mrs Wilcox and Miss Eric son attended church at Kee school house. Valley City visitors Mr and Mrs Ray Swartout. Willie Murphy family Sanborn spent Sunday at McLees. Kee and Suby and Gordon drove to Nome to visit Subys parents. Mrs McKein Sanborn visited daughter Mrs Marsh. Thompson and Letterman young people called at Cowdrey. Hinchberger attended Proelick Stroud wedding north of Valley City. Fred Tabbert family weekend at daughter Mrs Rohde. Join Jones visited Fargo then parental home near Hope. Nellie Thompson visited Mary Campbell. Swartout and Brucske Wimbledon guests at D R Jones. Brucé returned to Wimbledon. Gertie Coe, summering with aunt Cowdrey, leaves for Ottawa. Ford Bignall and wife visited Valley City to see son Trussell in Riverside hospital after nasal operation. Jean Winchberger entertained Litchville guests.
A记roundup of farm work and social visits across Kathryn and surrounding homes. Neighbors haul coal and wheat, disc fields, thresh, and butcher at Henrikson and Gregerson homes. The Sheyenne Valley Ladies Aid to meet October 22 at 2 PM with Mrs Martin Thoreson hosting.
Submarine exchanges between rival nations escalate as two submarines are sunk in the conflict. Reports mention naval activity and ongoing tensions amid the broader hostilities.
Sasebo reports 284 crewmen aboard the Japanese cruiser Takachiho perished in the October 17 disaster near Kiao-Chow bay. Only three survivors remain. Captain Ta was recovered as part of the wreckage. Berlin confirms the British submarine E-3 was sunk October 18 by German warships in the North Sea. Tokio states the German torpedo boat S-90, which fled Taingtau, was found aground and destroyed by Japanese forces 60 miles south of Kino-Chow bay. S-90 was credited with sinking the Takachiho.
Forty eight more wounded Mexicans from Naco Sonora arrive at Douglas temporary hospital, raising total to 94 under Carranza government order. Only seriously hurt admitted. others return to Naco due to limited medical facilities and risk of execution by Yaqui if the town falls.
SMEYENNE VALLEY NOTES report G Aas was in Fingal last week after a wood load. Anton Anderson Sr visited with Peter A Anderson. Miss Nina Henrikson was at Dally. Thursday afternoon shopping. Mr and Mrs Erick Anderson were Valley City shoppers late Friday.
Describes desperate fighting in West Flanders with Belgian forces and Allies repelling German assaults along the coast. Western front reinforcements arrive as both sides claim progress. reports from Berlin and Paris differ on Lille operations while East Front activity remains unsettled with German and Russian accounts. Sarajevo is reported enveloped by Serbs as tensions rise surrounding Austrian Archduke murder aftermath.
Benny Beebe and his wife Amanda return from abroad and deride foreign cookery. He mocks European pies and clams while praising plain home meals like baked beans buckwheat cakes and eel soup. He laments lack of familiar foods and comforts of home, insisting nothing beats home cooking.
A Philadelphia Telegraph anecdote recalls Uncle Josh and Aunt Maria discussing their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Maria suggests perhaps they should kill two Rhode Island Red chickens as a lighthearted remark about the past. Uncle Josh questions why the chickens are blamed for events long ago.
Sunday night October 25 at the Salvation Army Hall Captain Chas Nelson will discuss From Sailor to Salvation Army Officer detailing his life and conversion in Skagway Alaska while in the US Navy. Commander Evangeline Booth will oversee the conversion meeting. Captain and Mrs Nelson will sing the songs that aided his conversion. Doors open at seven with no admission charge.
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