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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
2
A discussion urges stronger home school cooperation to improve attendance and grading, urging parents to review grade cards, investigate demerits, and contact teachers directly. It advises mothers to visit schools, support teachers publicly, and promote calm, factual discussions amid wartime tensions and debates.
The Times Record urges Valley City and surroundings to recognize the abundant advantages the town offers. It runs through river scenery, parks, lights, schools, churches, hospitals, a normal, theaters, and well-kept homes, noting many citizens fail to appreciate these benefits and calling for reflection on Sundays.
An opinion argues that American sympathy in the current European struggle will favor the underdog, noting many soldiers die from a cancer of which they know little. It suggests public sentiment will be toward the widows and families of those killed, while criticizing ignorant men.
The Democrats push a platform plank turning the N. D. Agricultural College into a political issue, but Burke appointees still hold the board. The move risks turning education into a political battleground and may harm the prestigious institution.
The piece urges reducing gossip and false tales about neighbors in Valley City. It cautions that those who spread evil stories often hide faults themselves and suggests better community dialogue to improve life without harming residents.
A strong movement grows to halt shooting of all birds in North Dakota for a term of years. Report notes prairie chicken and duck once abundant in several states are now scarce due to earlier laws. The piece urges legislative action to curb wholesale slaughter and protect game for seasons.
A group of boys aged 12 to 15 were seen near a street corner using pens to mark objects. The writer hopes it was harmless fun but warns it could lead to a troubled path, stressing that proper amusement is vital to prevent a fall toward a wrecked life.
Delinquent pas per subscribers have been mailed notices during the past week. Collectors may be called as publishers urge payment under postal law permitting removals for papers in arrears beyond a year. The total owed by several thousand small accounts would be substantial. Readers are asked to help at this time.
A Fargo Forum piece titled Cannon Fodder debates war’s human cost. It contrasts French and German reservists returning home to fight, questions racial motives, and argues wars are funded by future generations. It invokes Napoleon and Shakespeare to warn that common soldiers bear the burden of state conflicts.
The piece argues that Europe’s war and light crops in Canada push people toward the United States. It notes expected higher immigration, especially from war-affected regions, and urges North Dakota style statewide publicity to attract settlers. The governor backs the campaign and supports organizing communities forWide public outreach to realize plans.
The Sept 12 issue highlights Edison’s newest devices the pransophone and the telescribe. The pransophone records through the typewriter with phonograph tubes and repeats words when touched. The telescribe will deliver messages from remote locations to the user upon tapping a button. The article envisions Edison’s lasting influence and calls for a successor to continue his electrical invention work. The piece ends noting the Tuesday club’s first meeting of the year on September 29, with the venue to be decided.
The narrator recalls a plan to visit Stuttgart to meet cousins and discreetly deliver a thousand dollars from his father. He misleads the family about his stay, befriends cousin Anna, and plans a charity ruse through a romance. After money slips to his uncle, the narrator marries, then continues gifting via his wife while his father later assumes the business and reunites with the relatives.
After thirty years the Congregationalists announce plans for a new church to be modern and up to date. Exhibits will run this week showing floor plans and a fourfold development of worship with committees chaired by Ex-Gov. Frank White and others. Budget between 40000 and 45000 dollars aims to finish the plant amid active social welfare work in Jamestown and neighboring cities.
Valley City lauds Rex theatre dubbed home of the pipe organ and a top vented venue west of Minneapolis. Managers Robinson and Burch welcomed patrons, emphasizing comfort for families and orderly atmosphere. Also notes upcoming services at All Saint's Episcopal Church next Sunday.
Reports from Washington indicate President Wilson may not endorse the freight tax in the war revenue bill until he approves. Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee says no action will occur until Wilson signs. Meanwhile Woody Wilson is said to favor the wine tax despite protests from California wine growers who fear ruin.
Mrs. M J Galagher of Geneva New York reports year long indigestion and constipation. After trying many remedies she bought Chamberlain's Tablets from Slogfried Pharmacy and saw immediate relief after taking two bottles enabling her to eat heartily without ill effects.
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