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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
3
Wanted for sale a pair of well broke driving horses four and five years old. Suitable as single or double team. Horses are gentle and fearless. Cheap if taken at once. Contact W. E. Grant in Cuba North Dakota. 93-2tw.
Sept 3 report from Berea notes threshing beginning last week with yields per acre of 6 to 10 bushels. Local residents Margaret Neakel Emma Neakel Sophie Kramer and others are mentioned with schooling visits and social visits. Families travel between Valley City Hankinson Dazey and Canada while Lincoln School gains new teachers and assignments.
The city prepares for the September 8 opening after renovations. Teachers arrive, pupils urged to attend first day, with six-year-olds eligible if turning six before June 1, 1916. Districts assign Lincoln and Ritchie schools by area, with staffing updates at the high, Lincoln, and Ritchie schools. Plans include athletic supervision and upcoming church events for students.
Misa Amelia Davila wed Rev. Olta Hofstad of Hafstad Minnesota in a quiet Norwegian Mian Church ceremony. Ruth Andreasen sang Sunrise. bridal party entered to Mendelssohn. Guests included relatives from Bismarck Caseelton Burlington Wis Coberg and Green Township. After, sixty guests dined. couple to spend time in Twin Cities then attend the Norwegian Methodist Conference in St Paul. They will be at home after November 1.
A writer suggests a home saloon with the wife as sole customer, detailing how a $2 initial purchase becomes $8 saved, funds a future and education, and ends with the widow’s plans after the man’s death. F. F. C. Tenney, ex Times-Record advertising manager, returns to Valley City with his wife.
A recipe explains making moist potato doughnuts using KC double baking powder. It details ingredients such as mashed potato, flour, sugar, eggs, milk, and spices, plus step by step mixing, shaping, and frying to keep doughnuts light, tender, and fresh for several days.
Mesdames W W Smith and Ray Bassett hosted Saturday at Mrs Smiths home for Miss Marjory McDonald whose marriage is near. Yellow decorations and luncheon framed an afternoon of sewing for the bride to be. Guests received work baskets with sewing tasks. a large basket held finished articles. Luncheon followed. Miss Foote arrives from Normal Illinois and seeks a suitable city location for next year as dean of women.
Long dispatches report President Poincare and French cabinet arriving in Bordeaux September 4 1914 to establish a temporary government seat. Paris trains bring officials while fortifications are built around the capital and security measures tighten with travel restricted after 8 pm. Also noted are war updates from Lemberg Jadar and air patrols over Paris, plus local notices from Mansfield and Valley City covers.
A fashionable high tea in honor of Miss Marjory McDonald, bride-to-be, was hosted yesterday at the Mudgett residence on Fourth Avenue. Twelve guests enjoyed a pink theme with Spanish embroidery, crystal baskets of sweet peas, hand painted place cards, and a pink crepe parasol centerpiece, followed by tea at five.
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