New Ideas in Handing of Garniegie Library Funds
Mayor Frank White outlines library finances and staffing to maintain Valley City Public Library. He argues for paying skilled librarians, discusses janitor duties, fuel, lights, and rebinding, and notes 2488 borrowers and 12,000 books read last year. He stresses service to schools and public demand for current books while weighing cost vs value.
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the Times-Record
Frank White
Valley City Public Library
Valley City
Board of Education
Ieteaae
Reading Publc
Getchell Prairie News Notes and School Openings
Hazel Chilberg left for Hampden North Dakota Sunday to resume teaching. Mrs C H Cummings and her Lincoln, Nebraska guest Whitcher visited J H Whitcher last week. The infant daughter of Rey and Mrs Farrer is improving after two weeks of illness. The Sewing society did not meet last week due to threshing. Miriam Getchell will leave Thursday for Hope to begin the new school year. Ella Getchell returned from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Louise White returned to her school in Fairmont. Getchell school opens September 15 with the building repainted cream and brown trim.
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Hazel Chilberg
Hampden
N. D
C. H. Cummings
Whitcher
Lincoln
Nebraska
J. H. Whitcher
Rey
Bew‘ing Society
Miriam Getchell
Hope
Ella Getchell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Louise White
Fairmont
Getchell
Ancient Eggs Cause Murder in Lakota Tramp Shooting
Fred Mitchell age 35 from Providence Alabama killed a fellow tramp in a disputed camp breakfast brawl over scrambled eggs. Mitchell was wounded self inflicted and survived. coroners jury held him for murder. Three witnesses described the incident in the Jungles near Lakota North Dakota as both men had been drinking earlier.
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Lakota
N. D
Fred Mitchell
Providence
Mitchell
Devils Lake
India
Tally
Larimore
J. Jennings
G. W. Lewis
Herbert Simons
J. J. Lynch
A. H. Smart
F. Hogan
Great Northern
Devils Lake Hospital
Valley City Ducking Morning Rain Washes Streets
Heavy rain swept Valley City this morning amounting to a cloud burst and leaving streets flooded. Reports say rainfall was general across the county. William Karr at Riverside hospital shows improvement after a recent relapse, sparking relief among friends and family in his health battle.
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Wm. Karr
Riverside Hospital
Hanna couple invite teachers to Friday party
Supt and Mrs W G Hanna extend invitations to city school teachers for a party at their home on Friday evening.
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Supt
W. G. Hanna
City
Phome
Sold His Farm in Cavalier for 18000 Dollars
Isaac Moritz sold his home farm two and a half miles southeast of Cavalier to Thomas Hawkes of Town. The half section commanded 18000 dollars, about 56.50 per acre, the highest price yet paid for farm land near Cavalier. Moritz will stay until March 1 then move to Buffalo Lake Minnesota to manage 240 acres there.
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Cavalier
N. D
Isaac Moritz
Thomas Hawkes
Morite
Buffalo Lake
Minn
Hiasgn Urying
Three Local Nimrods Bag a Lone Rabbit in Wild Hunt
Herman Stern of Straus Clothing and professors Knute Froy and Meyers joined a hunt at the Nester farm hoping to bag many birds. They returned with one rabbit said to bear a club mark, amid misfires and a gun mishap that blew the barrel off a firearm. A farmer observer corroborates the scene of the hunt.
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Wedneday's
Herman Stern
Straus Clothing Company
Knute Froyran
Prof
Meyers
State Normal
Nester Farm
Marie
Herman
Freysan
Meyer
Local Man Appointed On Peace Commission
In Bismarck on September 10, steps are under way by the National Association of Vicksburg Veterans to plan a national reunion and peace jubilee in Vicksburg Mississippi in October 1915. The event honors the Civil War ending and the 1815 New Orleans battle centennial and the 1815 treaty with Great Britain. North Dakota Governor Hanna named the joint commission members: S J Hill Fargo G B Vallandigham Valley City J W Foley Medora A T Crown Dickingon C A Heguard Mandan.
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Joint Commission For
North Dakota
S. J. Hill
Fargo
G. B. Vallandigham
Valley City
J. W. Foley
Medora
A. T. Crown
Dickingon
C. A. Heguard
Mandan
Chattanooga Visitors Will Leave Friday
A jolly crowd of veterans with their wives will depart on No. 4 Friday for Fargo. They will join others in a special car for a through trip with no changes. Final arrangers include Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bes, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Vallandingham and daughter Catherine, J. B. Weiser of Valley City, Comrade C. P. Stearns of Rogers, and Rebt Kee of Sanborn.
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Fargo
Henry Bes
G. B. Vallandignam
Catherine
J. 3. Weiser
Valley City
C. P. Stearns
Rogers
Rebt. Kee
Sanborn
Tariff Bill Passes Senate La Follette Votes For
Washington dispatch reports the tariff revision bill clearing the Senate amid applause at 6:43 PM with Sen La Follette and later Sen Poindexter casting pivotal votes. President Wilson lauds the end of a lengthy struggle as Simmons chairs the finance panel through passage. The measure cuts rates about four percent from the House bill and nearly 29 percent from the current law, with a conference to reconcile differences set to begin.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Senaor Poindexter
Ransdell and Thornton
Louisiana
Itaballatia
Poindexter
Wilson
Simmons
Finance
Fnance Committee
Democratic Caucus
House
Thehouse
Marshall
Stone
Williams
Johnson
Fenrose
Lodge
Underwood
Kitches
Raine
Payne
Fordney
Clapp
Nelson
McCumber
Sterling
Crawford and Gronna
Internal Revenue
Dry Farming Congress Prizes For Best Grain
North Dakota farmers are urged to enter the International Dry Farming Congress in Tulsa Oklahoma October 22 to November 1. Prizes include a 1250 threshing machine for the best bushel of wheat and a $50 cash prize for the best peck of tax seed grown in any state. North Dakota Improved Seed Growers Association plans an January Fargo contest with wide prize range. Include seed samples and enter early.
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North Dakota
Tulsa
Oklahoma
North
al. Rumley Company
LaPorte
Indiana
North America
C. C. Williams
Edstorial Department
Dry Farming Congress
North Dakota Improved Seed Growers’ Association
Srassen
Structurial Steel On Brick and Tile Plant Being Erected
Steel workers erect the steel frame for a large brick and tile plant near Valley City. Labor shortages have caused delays, but with steel in place workers will be increased and brick laying push forward. Yard sidings fills and foundation excavations cost thousands, and the completed plant will signal Valley City as a genuine manufacturing town to passing trains.
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Valley City
Sons of Veterans To Organize Friday
Valley City prepares for the formal organization of the Sons of Veterans this Friday. George W. Turner, the lodge organizer, plans to install officers after securing members during spring visits. The local society already has about twenty members and expects growth after regular meetings begin. Banker M L Rye of Nome stopped in Valley City Tuesday and praised Nome’s business growth.
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Lecd
The
Sons of Veterans
Valley City
George W. Turner
M. L. Rye
Nome
Seed Testing and Judging Process in the Contest
The article notes that all samples must first be submitted to the Pure Seed Laboratory for purity and viability testing. After passing, they are entered at the contest where they are judged for commercial quality.
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Ling
Garnegie Library
Ryder
Charles Powelson
Charles
Saniy
Pimen
Getchell Prairie
Comrade
Self
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
H. J. Bolley
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