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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
2
Baudette Region reports Baudette farmers earn $300 an acre on clover land while Townley takes $18 of farmer earnings. Editorials critique County politics, voter age questions, and the Townley La Follette influence amid Wisconsin and North Dakota election notes.
Wheat exports clear 1,243,000 bushels and 75,000 barrels of flour totaling 1,580,000 bushels. Since July 1, 1920, the US shipped over 85,000,000 bushels, with a 770,000,000 bushel crop reported against 930,000,000 last year. State owned Drake mill criticized for secrecy, higher costs, and tax losses, amid broader debate on socialism. O'Connor profile defends steady stance on major issues and opposition to red rhetoric.
An Independent note declares O Conor will not be silent and will voice his views throughout the campaign, dodging no questions. The leader asserts there is no cause for withholding his statements or remaining quiet.
The Fargo Forum denounces Governor Coxs North Dakota remarks as old, demagogic rhetoric about big business and vested interests. It questions his Golden Rule claim on strikes, mocks attacks on Boss Barnes and Tammany, and warns voters against prefacing appeals to prejudice with political theater.
Rain slowed threshing for a couple of days as Andrew C Nelson and Jens Rens agreed to Kathryn last Tuesday forenoon on shopping. Mrs Johanna Henrikson and Mrs Jens Henrikson visited Tuesday forenoon. Eddie was a business visitor at Kathryn last Tuesday. Minnie Opsahl helped Nelson with threshing last week. Erickson and Arvid Henrikson agreed to Kathryn Wednesday afternoon on business. Edwin Stevens and Ernest Olstad visited John F Henrikson Monday afternoon. Henry and Melvin Hanson went to Kathryn Tuesday afternoon on business. Conrad Jacobson helped Jens Henrikson.
Reports detail Peters A Anderson transacting business in Kathryn, Alfred Anderson aiding Andrew Nelson, Christ Hagen threshing for Helge Olson, Hovde shopping in Kathryn, Aas and Monson Fargo and Valley City trips, Henrikson visiting Conrad Jacobson for feed, Carla Henrikson and Myrtle Nelson meeting, and various brief outings by Olson, Aas, and Thoreson among others in the region last week.
Ira Andrews, Terra Haute city clerk, participates in Sunday school. He asks about Ruth and the gleaner. A student replies Ruth as a baseball star who hit twenty nine home runs last season, per the Indianapolis News.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for rural carrier vacancies in Barnes County North Dakota. The test will be held October 9 1920 at Wimbledon and Valley City for openings on rural routes from area post offices. Citizens domiciled in the county may apply, with men and women eligible if qualified. Women may be considered only as widows or spouses of disabled or deceased veterans, per Form No 1977. Applications from offices named or from Washington should be sent promptly.
Chicago reporter Alice tite comments that flirting is a lost art for girls. She claims the glow of a demure glance has faded as women today are more openly familiar with men, and that genuine courtship has diminished in modern times.
An August notice in the Clinton Iowa Herald reports Carl D Thompson a Chicago Socialist joined the Bank of North Dakota payroll as a special representative of the Public Ownership League of America Thompson also billed as farmers northerner of North Dakota and linked to anti pacifist tactics. The Federated Press group prints the socialist payroll connection alongside W G Ro ylance of Idaho now a paid propaganda worker and claimed socialist correspondents in Fargo.
Charles Johns, an elderly man from Sand Point Idaho, traveling to Boston, was found by police early Sunday. He had slept outside for weeks, carried about 20 in money, wore dusty old clothes, and showed a mouldy pocketbook. Officials say he seems sane and may be released today.
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