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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1914
Page
1
A chaotic wartime bulletin reports German mine laying feared along Ireland’s north coast and ongoing heavy fighting across Belgium France and Prussia. Dispatches detail British French Belgian, Indian forces delaying German advances with significant losses, plus casualty and prisoner tallies amid shifting fronts.
William Jennings Bryan voiced strong support for woman suffrage to a delegation of local suffragists, yet said the Democratic Party needs both suffragists and anti-suffragists. He argued women’s jail and prison rates are lower and church membership higher than men, as a practical argument for future efforts.
London reports near the Yser river, German assault trains and fresh troops pressing across the canal. In one night seven attacks were repulsed by Belgian defenders despite rifles and mitrailleuse fire. The German force remains numerous, with prisoners taken and continuous reinforcements arriving.
The Trip Around the World event drew over two hundred attendees on October 28, 1914. Participants praised the show and it raised money for the new church building funds. G H Trimble, county Democratic committee secretary, was arrested on embezzlement charges but released after a hearing with no evidence of guilt.
Thursday evening program at the State Normal School auditorium features the Zoellner String Quartet hailed as a premier ensemble of its kind. President McFarland travels to Minot for a trustees meeting. the board concludes sessions in Valley City.
James Kelly states the sheriff's office workload prevents in person calls and asks voters to elect him sheriff next Tuesday. He promises to provide the best service possible if elected.
The Barnes County Pioneer plans its annual Old Settlers gathering at Valley City on Friday November 13 featuring a joint afternoon literary program dinner and dance at City Hall. The event aims to recall pioneer days with music incl
Chief Swanson and Deputy Sheriff Kelly went to Fargo Sunday to bring back Geo Benitt and Clarence Viaintinn arrested by Fargo police for holding up four men on a freight train on the High Line Friday night stealing about $100 and watches. They will be brought before Judge Monto lay. The four victims will be brought to appear against them.
Dispatches report Montenegrins defeated an Austrian attempt to turn their right flank along the Drina in two days of fighting. Austrian losses cited as 1,000 killed and a battery of artillery, while Montenegrin losses are listed as 170 killed.
The summer school program and a basket social are set for Saturday November 7. Everyone is invited. Mina Aletta Schroeder traveled to New Rockford last week to visit her sister Connelly.
Reports from Battle Front Paris and London describe renewed heavy fighting along the Western and Eastern fronts. Allies gain ground near Armentieres and Labasse while Germans press at La Bassée and Arras. Russians claim success along the Vistula as German retreats continue.
A Valley City Chautauqua story boosts local pride as the Country Gentleman plans a November 7 feature. The letter from Wm Harper Dean notes national magazines seek Valley City for lessons in community living and that the issue will include a picture page.
London dispatch reports 5 000 German infantry crossed the Yser in Belgium with hardly any returning. Belgian and cavalry forces repelled a north and northeast advance near Dixmunde, driving troops to the river and canal while heavy shelling and shrapnel wrecked buildings. Dixmunde remained contested as German casualties mounted and Allied lines shifted.
Parla October 26 German shelling again struck Artis destroying the town hall belfry and other public buildings. Wounded soldiers and civilians were killed as burials became impossible with the road to the cemetery under ongoing shell fire.
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