Various City News and Socials in Fargo
Wednesday's notes cover visits, teaching moves, and Labor Day outings with names like Mrs. Brewster Miss Granger and Kenneth McFarland. Local events include a Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting at the church and a jolly party for Miss Jeasie Gale as she nears marriage.
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Kenneth McFarland
Dorothy
Fargo
Ladies Aid
The
Lutheran Free Church
Christoffereon
Thomas Gale
Fourth Avenue
Jeasie Gale
Intruder Steals Watches After Break-In at Kettilson Home
A letter from the morning mail recounts a Sunday break in at J. O. Kettilson’s residence. The thief took two gold wrist watches a pocket knife cash and underwear while the family was out. Doors and windows showed no signs of disturbance.
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Morning Mail
J. O. Kettilson
Suitcases Stolen After Minnesota Visit
Rev A Andreason returned from Minnesota to find two suitcases and a handbag missing from his front porch. A day later the containers were found in brush behind the Teachers College buildings with only minor items missing, suggesting a botched theft seeking clothes.
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Minnesota
Rev. A. Andreason
Human fly Jack Hughes to stun Fargo crowd tonight at courthouse
The American Legion backed performer Jack Hughes, billed as a fearless human fly and daredevil, will scale the courthouse walls at seven tonight. He will also balance on his head atop the building and hang by toes from a rope ladder, thrilling attendees. Nearby, Fargo reports note a spate of late night mischief as valley city streets see car theft attempts and other odd activities, urging car owners to take precautions amid a rising demand for whiskey running cars and possible stolen vehicle activity.
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Jack Hughes
American Legion
Court House
Fargo
Equity
Disabled Veterans of
Fair Grounds
Hughes
Valley City
Chautauqua Park
Darey
Local Corn and Potato Show Promoted Across County
County communities host annual corn shows featuring farm crops, canning, baking, and sewing to boost local interest and product quality. County Potato Shows have drawn seven associations competing for a silver cup, last year won by Leal Association. The 1920 show site undecided as towns with Potato Associations vie to host.
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Farm Bureau
Valley City
Sanborn
Sanborn Community Club
Leal Potato Association
North Dakota Dairy Show Delegates Named for National Event
Twelve dairymen from Barnes County will be appointed by Governor Frazier as delegates to the National Dairy Show. Names will be suggested by the County Agent for the New Salem circuit's participation in the excellent dairy exhibit.
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North Dakota
New Salem
Barnes County
Frazier
Getchell Prairie News Roundup and Social Notes
Local social calendar centers on Mrs. William Martins dinner hosting and a busy pattern of visits. School preparations are detailed with teachers named for Getchell, South, and Whiteher districts, as well as Sunday services led by Rev. Nugent. Community members Me. Rogers and families frequent Valley City homes, with several dinners and calls noted across Getchell, Grand Prairie, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Sampson
Thomas Maresh
Irvin Bergan
Alfred Alderman
John
Ben Wilson
Clara Christianson
J. H. White
Valley City
Harris Wilson
Levi Getchell
E. P. Getchell
Rogers
Esby
J. H. Whitcher
Jean Getchell
Roger
Miss Large
Mr. Large
Oriska
All Que to the Women Lecture Credits Pilgrim Wives
Prof Arthur Keith argues in a Royal Institution lecture that American success stems from the women who came with the Pilgrim fathers. He contrasts English settlement with Spanish colonization noting that removing wives produced a weaker hybrid in Central and South America.
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Royal Institute
Arthur Keith
Central
South America
Diner Patronal Banter Over Walter Tag Sparks Caution
In a Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt a diner quips about a figure called the head walter with several aliases. The exchange hints at concerns about whether he is a safe person to serve drinks, provoking discussion on identity and trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Hakon
Birmingham Age-Herald
Weekly wants for sale and building material for sale
Classified notices offer small lots and rooms for sale in Valley City area. Listings mention a one room house and lean-to kitchen on Elder Avenue, a farm for sale with cash price details, and sale of several carloads of second hand building material two miles east and five miles south of Valley City. Contacts include P O Box 57 Valley City and Robert A Storm with location notes.
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R. P. Ramsland
Elder Avenue
D. F. Bush
Inneapolis
Minn
Shed
Valley Cit
Robert A. Storm
Poor But Proud and the Piano Player in a Movie House
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a manager claiming a new pianist would stay in town though some doubt his aim. The actor says he took the job due to reverence for the craft, insisting he won’t compromise his intellect by watching films.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
That's Different Bacon You're Looking Fine Old Man
Dialogue humor about an elderly man who overstates his actions and jokes about giving up coffee. Egbert explains his indigestion from coffee cake, so he quits eating it. The exchange plays on misunderstandings and wordplay for light comic effect.
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Egbert
Photoplay Gossip Sparks Casting Clash in Homely Hero Debate
A playful exchange mocks a film studio casting for a homely leading man while plotting love triangles among Pilsa Fon and rivals. The dialogue riffs on financial stringency and industrial strike era concerns, blending satire with backstage banter about actor looks and romance.
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Hueer
Lim
Pilsa Fon
Ivan Offulitch
Not the Kind for Present Crisis in Flatbush Comic
A terse exchange between Mr Subbubs and his son centers on a match with the city youth. The elder mocks the genealogical boast and jokes about burning pine or hickory for lack of coal. The gag escalates as a baby’s thinking is playfully debated.
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Mr. Subbubs
Shakespeare q poacher prompt leads to deer theft joke
An erudite voice questions if Shakespeare was a poacher, dismissing the truth of the tale while suggesting that modern dramatists could benefit from a basic lesson in deer stealing. The remark blends literary satire with rustic criminal lore.
Prospects Good for Mail Order Bride Scheme
A Louisville Courier-Journal item notes an agent and a young female clerk exchanging coy correspondence with Jim as part of a mail order nonse for a wife scheme. The brief suggests feasibility of completing the order.
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Jim
Louinville Courier- Journal
Real Temptations in a Rusty Page Header
A fragment quotes a sentiments about George Washington as a truthful man and notes a public interviewers omission about a golf score or fish count, reflecting a playful aside on public figures and private curiosities.
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George Washington
Fragmentary quotation on work pay and social roles
A jumbled excerpt presents dialogue about compensation, smoking, bonds, and social distinctions. Mrs Corntossel asks about the difference between a farmer and a landed proprietor, answered with a quip about farming and status, amid garbled phrases and stray references to gasoline and cigars.
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Fermer
Notices of Estates for Becker and Holmes Deceased
Legal notices publish claims against Frederick William Becker of Rogers Barnes North Dakota and John Holmes of Valley City Barnes North Dakota. Administrators urge creditors to file with vouchers within four to six months after first publication dated August 1921. Executrix Sarah J Holmes seeks claims by September 1921 with attorney support from Combs and Ritchie in Valley City.
Summons in Barnes County North Dakota District Court
State of North Dakota summons defendants including Julia Volstad Arthur Volstad and others in Wells and Dickey Company v Volstad case. Defendants must answer within 30 days or risk default judgment. notice dated July 12 with first publication Sept 1 and last Oct 6.
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State OF North Lakota
Barnes
First Judicial District
Wells and Dickey Company
North Dakota
State OF
Grand Forks baking champions to demonstrate in Valley City
The Grand Prairie team that won first in the State Contest at Grand Forks will stage a public demonstration at Valley City on Monday September 12 inviting all to watch young ladies Edith Northridge Helen Noxon and Clara Nearing bake ginger bread biscuits and desserts using baking powder pudding and more.
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Grand Prairie
Grand Forks
Valley City
Edith Northridge
Helen Noxon
Clara Nearing
Farm Bureau News
Notice to creditors in estate of George Holzman
In the Matter of the Estate of George Holzman Deceased notice is given by Middlewest Trust Company administrator with will annexed of Valley City Barnes County North Dakota to creditors and all persons having claims against the deceased to exhibit them with vouchers within six months after the first publication to the administrator at its office in Valley City Dated August 16 A D 1921 A P Paulsee attorney for administrator with will annexed Valley City N D Ist pub Aug 18 last pub Sept 8
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Frederick William Becker
Henry A. Becker
Rogers
Barnes
North Dakota
Barnes County
John Holmes
Sarah J. Holmes
Valley City
Combs & Ritchie
First National Bank
Valley
August Fist
N. Dat
George Holzman
Middlewest Trust Company
Isaid Barres County
A. P. Paulsee
N. D
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Bismarck
Mertice Jobe
J. W. Koehne
Bismare
Charles P. Stearn
Henry Beal
Lisbon
D. R. Witter
Council Bluffs
Iowa
W. L. Witter
Minneapolis
Clarence Shrum
Pingree
A. C. Thomas
Joe Brophy
Jamestown
C. V. Anderson
L Patterson
O. C. Halvorsen
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Minot
California
Wm. Carr
State Historical Society
Calgary Black Sox
Sox
Canada
Moe
Dave Smith
Jack ‘Eegan
John Arthur
Texas
Red
Jimmy
District Court
Belinda Seperay
Young Peoples, Society of the Utheran Free Church
Amanda
Edergon
Pederson
Seberg
J. van Houten
N. W
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New York
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PROUL
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Fiatbush
Mele
Orown & Ilmourine
Flora
Julia Volstad
Arthur Volstad
E. C. Pollard
Johnston Elevator Company
Powers Elevator Company
Lewis Baertsch
Wesley C. McDowell
First National Bank of
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Julia Vostad
G. K. Volstad
Charles Baertsch
Kate Baertsch
Elmer Baertsch
Orin Baertsch
Delwin Baertsch
Dewey Baertsch
Allan Baertsch
Elsie Baertsch
Theodore Baertsch
A. W. Aylmer
Plaintiff
James River
Bank Bldg
Oak
William Harris
B. Ritchie
First National Bank Fuilding
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