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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement claims 350 people daily in the United States succumb to illness but notes many cases are preventable with timely treatment. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nutrient that builds tissue and blood, strengthens lungs, and aids recovery, used in camps for tuberculosis, and stresses it contains no alcohol.
An article from All Outdoors discusses estimating duck flight speeds for better shooting. It lists several species with velocities in feet per second, notes wide variation among individuals, and explains how wind and surprise bursts affect hit probability. The piece emphasizes that shotgun skill must compensate for unpredictable bird speed.
Fargo Oct 17 Joseph Blatchford reports his son Max and a party of North Dakotans long living in Mexico left Mazatlan Oct 9 for the United States aboard the gunboat Buford. The group includes three Grand Forks ladies former University of North Dakota faculty, and Mr and Mrs Geo Fifer of Reeder with Carl Lykken of Grand Forks. They plan to winter in Los Angeles and do not expect to return soon.
New York October 17 Lieutenant Charles Becker is reportedly willing to confess to reveal blackmail and gambling secrets if it saves his life. District Attorney Whitman would not confirm the report while Becker grows nervous as the court of appeals decision nears. He fears a death sentence and contemplates a last desperate bid to gain clemency by exposing higher ups.
Lisle Johnson, famed Minnesota football figure, lies critically ill at St James hospital in St James Minn six weeks into typhoid fever. Officials report a slight improvement this morning but refuse to predict recovery, stating only that he has a bare chance without encouragement.
Harvey North Dakota October 17 Mrs William Lamb living a mile west of Harvey almost became a fatality after swallowing a teaspoonful of carbolic acid by mistake for medicine. A portion was swallowed and the rest spit out causing severe burns inside the mouth. She is expected to fully recover with time.
Lisbon North Dakota October 17 Albert Peterson age 22 son of Ed Peterson near Ft Ransom is missing after a runaway team incident near the Gordon place west of the city. He and Otto Vold and Misses Anna Henrikson and Nettle Paulson were returning from the corn festival when a trap failed. Peterson, thinking the team ran away, leaped from the buggy and vanished. The other two young women were unharmed. A search found Vold nearby while Peterson fled after snatching Vold's hat claiming the girls were killed. Peterson later boarded the Soo at Enderlin and disappearance remains unexplained.
Federal court will convene in Minot October 28 with Judge Amidon presiding. Seven cases are set, led by a damage suit for 25 000 dollars brought by D A Dinnie against the Chicago Portland Cement Company. Dinnie, contractor on the new normal buildings, says defective cement forced partial rebuilding of the main wall earlier in the summer.
Rutland North Dakota October 17 health officials ordered quarantine of the Rutland hotel after a smallpox case. Pupils in local schools must be vaccinated to prevent an epidemic. L. H. Platou was a business visitor in Fargo Friday.
Valley City business leaders recall a smooth operator who offered portfolios at fifty cents monthly with a promised free premium such as a library table or lamp. After four months the seller disappeared, leaving 20 folios to come and no premium, and no verified proof of the promised gift.
The Oxford Company performs November 4 followed by Montagille Flowers November 10 and Boston Musical Co. on November unknown. Zoehner Instrumental Quartet performs November 26 with Gov. Hock on December 10 and C Edward Clark baritone on December 15. Kellogg Haines Singing Party and Katharine Ridgeway appear in February and Thue Buroham Ptaniat plays in February. Mme Hortense Paulsen and Glenn Frank perform in March with Sarah Mildred Willmer on March 19.
Congressman Geo M Young and his wife returned from Washington to spend weeks at home eight months after leaving for the capital. He urged giving the tariff law a fair trial and predicted the currency bill would be improved by the Senate. He endorsed free banking and optional reserve bank membership for honest banks. He added there is nothing to do in the House until the Currency Bill returns.
Beach battles to be the permanent county seat as Golden Valley formed last year and Sentinel Butte seeks central placement. Medora in Billings county faces pressure at next election while Fryburg, a newer town, bids for the seat amid central location debates. Custer county earns a $200 premium for best vegetable display at the Helena state fair.
Northwestern Fuel Company seeks adverse claims to Lots One and Two in Block Four, Lots Three and Four in Block Five, Lots One and Two in Block Six, Lot One Two, and Four in Block Seven, Lots One Two Three Six Seven Eight in Block Eight, and One Two Three Four in Block Nine in Zingg's Addition to Sanborn. The case names Albert B. Zingg and others as defendants. Dated August 25, 1933, Wahpeton attorneys Wolfe and Schneller. Also reports a separate injury incident: Perry Morrow, 12, seriously injured by a kicking horse near Rolla. kidneys severely injured but prognosis for recovery.
The 1913 graduating class of the State Normal school will earn about 76 707 30 teaching in 1913 14. Average salary per month is 77 with top 100 and bottom 55. Several graduates already teach in Oregon Idaho Minnesota South Dakota Montana. Demand indicates growth in the profession.
Chicago reports Jack Johnson has naturalized as a French citizen and the U S bonds of 30 000 tied to a white slavery case are ordered forfeited. Johnson writes that his home will be in Paris and he will never again set foot on American soil. The State Normal School board of trustees plans a meeting at the local Normal school on October 24.
In Pukwana South Dakota on October 17 a major deal tied to a railway time card saw 250 head of cattle change hands. The seller Cuthbert moved the stock to John C Anderson of Chamberlain for a total of 11000 dollars.
North Dakota Educational Association peeks ahead to Fargo for the annual meeting on November 5 to 7. Officers and local guests organize programs with Kimon D. Fess Henry Patterall Dean Joseph Kennedy and others set to speak on altruism humanity education and health as the association grows from 300 members in 1909 to an aim of 1500 by 1913.
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