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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
2
A fragment from the Weekly Times Record of Valley City discusses democracy, corruption, and national impotence with a defense of representative government. It references a Hancock Copper Journal remark about White House suffrage pickets.
A mosaic of readable verse and letters focuses on wartime sentiment, German loyalty, September’s return, and social commentary. It includes a plea for American loyalty, reflections on occupation, and snippets from editorials, poems, and community notices, all echoing 1910s U S zeitgeist.
The proposal advances a compromise to exempt bond interest from taxation up to five thousand dollars. It authorizes issuance totaling 7.54 trillion in 4 percent convertible bonds, with allocations for allied loan, existing issue takeover, and conversion of outstanding bonds. Certificates of indebtedness and war savings certificates are also authorized. Foreign bonds must sell at or above purchase price.
A fragmented editorial argues that E Z Mark erodes community structure by prioritizing private concerns over public duties. It contends personal life remains tied to local bonds and national structure, with the community both shaping and bearing the burden of Mark’s actions.
William H. Greenleaf of the University of North Dakota resigns from the extension division to become director of the division of education and publicity of Maine health department in Augusta. He will supervise public educational extension work with Dr. L. B. Bristol and receive a higher salary. His resignation takes effect November 1. The state board of regents also approved a telegraphy course at the University of North Dakota to train army telegraph operators for the signal corps.
A proposal from Dillon Montana argues for closer cooperation between the local normal school and Valley City city to cut expenses. It compares state and district costs, noting state funding covers supervisors and critic teachers while the district bears facilities and operation costs, urging fifty fifty budgeting to reduce per pupil expenses. The item also mentions U.S. Department guidance on fifty-fifty substitutes for wheat in bread making and a brief note about President Wilson rejecting the pope’s peace proposal.
The 28th annual W C T U convention will be held in Valley City September 20 to 24 at the Congregational Church. Miss Anna Gordon and Mrs Ida B Wise Smith are guests of honor. State officers meet September 20, program includes addresses by Elizabeth Preston Anderson and Attorney General Wm Langer, with youth events and a Children’s Rally. Delegates to National W C T U meet in Washington in December, and prayers are urged for September 14.
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