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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
1
Valley City business men plan paving two main streets this spring after sewers water and gas work. Residents note reduced further digging as gravel pits nearby provide material while cost estimates remain undecided. Petitions may seek early spring work with possible special assessments for benefited property.
Dazey North Dakota reports locals visiting neighbors and traveling to nearby towns. Many residents like C P Stearns Sever Ose and Miss Nate Urquhart are noted with short trips and visits. The piece also notes church conference attendance and a fire near J M Vaughn farm causing hay loss.
Fred Wallace and Chas Penkes were each sentenced for breaking into box cars in Lisbon. Wallace received three years while Penkes got one and was paroled immediately. Penkes was drunk when arrested and carried a concealed weapon. He confessed to boxcar robberies, naming loot locations. Wallace later admitted guilt. Wallace has prior prison terms in South and North Dakota and had been out of Bismarck less than a year.
Dickinson North Dakota October 21 Henry Pierson 17 from White Bear Lake Minnesota came here to earn wages and help his parents He was arrested with Mike Chernishow alleged cattle rustler The pair are accused of stealing sixty cattle from Mr Peters pasture in Bow County driving them eighty miles north of Belfield to butcher and sell at Dickinson Chernishow fled officer and was shot in the arm Pierson may be innocent and likely to be released after his employer’s case is concluded Miss Wall teaching in Sanborn was here Saturday
Dr. F. L. Wicks has nearly completed a modern two story brick structure on Fourth street north. The building will house the owner's business offices and living quarters on the first floor with two apartments on the second, costing about 8000 dollars and adding a substantial new block to the north side business district.
Report from Fargo says Bishop Cameron Mann of the Diocese of North Dakota may be transferred to the Diocese of Florida. No confirmation yet as parishioners of Gethsemane doubt the change. Mann is in New York City for the Episcopal Conference session awaiting news. The Right Price Store reports strong results from a big sale advertised in the Times Record with crowds lingering until nine.
Colonel W. P. Tuttle of Dawson announces candidacy for Congress in North Dakota's second district at the June primary. A stalwart Republican, he has long been active in state politics and was narrowly defeated for the nomination last year by George M. Young. Tuttle serves on the Chicago Board of Trade and is described as wealthy.
Provisional President Huerta says he has not resigned or fled Mexico City and would only leave office to take a six foot grave, or if he resigns to seek a place in the soil. He states he would join the ranks to fight rebels if he flees the capital. He addresses circulating reports from the capital and U.S. inquiries about his plans. Dr Wicks and James McIntire head to McHenry for several days of hunting.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, noted British suffragist, won admission to the United States on her own recognizance after a deportation order was reversed by President Wilson and Secretary Wilson following a conference. The decision allows her to lecture here but requires departure after her engagement.
Berlin reports a monumental airship tragedy as the VII crashes during a trial, killing twenty six military personnel including admiralty board members. Lieutenant Baron Von Bleul survives with critical injuries as crews battle flames and recover bodies along a 900 foot fall.
Robert Coleman chief naturalization examiner states that the seven year limit between first and second papers does not apply to those who filed before September 27, 1907. Clerk C H Olsby reports receipt of this decision affecting foreign-born applicants who took out first papers over seven years ago.
Williston North Dakota October 21 a new departure in coal mining comes from the firm of Husebye and Dulthrope who have opened a mine on the first hill two miles east of Williston. They found rich ignite ore beneath a ridge and plan a sixty foot shaft with hoisting to surface to mine coal directly high quality lignite.
Sherbrooke North Dakota October 21 John Jensen a well known farmer was instantly killed when his auto turned turtle. The edge of the car caught him on the ground and broke his neck Bakken who was also in the car was thrown some distance and escaped serious injury. They had been to Sharon. A broken radius is thought to have been the cause of the accident. George Milton returned this morning from Tower City where he spent Sunday with his family.
Thomas Cooper elected director of the North Dakota Experiment Station succeeding President Worst. He will assume duties January 1, 1914, after the board accepted Worst's resignation and praised his eighteen years of service. The change unites Hetter Farming with the station under Cooper and Worst, sparing the college president substantial duties.
A woman placed a one week want ad in the Times-Record to hire help as she receives many calls. Lois Bates, a Fingal school teacher visiting the area, notes the ad’s effectiveness during her Saturday stop.
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