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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
5
In Wahpeton and vicinity, local residents are noted in a string of brief items. Mrs. Martha Farnsworth and Mrs. N. E. Rice are among the deceased, while wedding plans, engagements, and moves fill the community record. Local meetings, auctions, and vacancies at the telephone office are also listed along with shopping at cost and employment notices.
Harold Winkle arrives to spend the summer with grandfather Henry Winkle. The Wolfe family and their children arrive to stay in a cottage. Chicago visitors Mr Gamble and nieces Lucile and Sarah Scott rent a summer cottage. E S Babcock visits with family. Miss Tillie Matereck of Tyler joins Mrs Wallace. Theodore Albrecht and George Wallace visit with families. Mr and Mrs Bassett and family travel to Lake Clitheral for the week. Annie Braun and Frances Braun arrive to open a cottage. McLaughlin family moves into a new cottage for the summer.
A barn dance is set for Saturday evening July 1 at the John Matereck barn one half mile east of Tyler. The event is hosted by the Tyler Race Ball team.
Elizabeth Dietz and Joseph I Keller united in marriage at St John’s church on a Sunday evening. Father Ridder officiated as guests filled the large church. The bride wore cream crepe with pearls, roses, and was attended by Mary Bell as maid of honor and Laura Dietz among bridesmaids. George Lynch of Fargo stood as best man. two little cousins Loretta and Hildgard Dietz were flower bearers. The ceremony included a wedding march by Fandel, with Mrs Fandel and Thressa Dietz singing. Reception followed at the bride’s parents home. The couple planned a short wedding trip and will reside in Fargo.
Mr Carl Jacobson and Miss Katie Harles united in marriage Wednesday morning at St Johns church officiated by Father Ridder. Miss Schiller served as brides attendant and Joe Smith acted as best man. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home.
Tommy Ward and May Rinderman wed at St John s Parsonage officiated by Father Ridker. Attendants were Miss Kate Richar and Tony Stukes. The couple departed on a night train for their wedding trip.
Wahpeton North Dakota council passes an ordinance banning the keeping of swine in any barn pen yard or enclosure within city limits. Violations are misdemeanors with fines from five to twenty dollars or jail from two to ten days or both. Ordinance repeals conflicting provisions and takes effect after passage approval and publication. First reading May 1 1911 second reading June 5 1911 approved June 7 1911 publication June 8 1911 Attest Clark M Otsox City Auditor.
The text argues that women in working classes are socialized to shop and factory work, showing the lady’s economic influence while the gentleman declines. It notes the lady’s adaptive behavior, perceived strength of female influence, and evolving social sentiment toward female predominance.
An Alaskan pioneer recalls temperatures as low as 69 degrees below zero and explains how people protect faces hands and lungs. He notes breathing through the nose and using air warmed bags for horses, while authorities in Canadian districts regulate horse treatment to prevent suffering.
Archaeologists studying bricks found in Venice’s Campanile show they came from earlier arches fortifications and walls rather than Venetian work. The first century bricks preserve undisturbed layers and include a horse-shoe mark suggesting Romans used a horseshoe like ours, contrary to common belief that theirs were strapped.
A shy young curate is puzzled when prayers for Lucy Gray lead to the parish winning favor with the steeplechase yeomen. The clerk quips the curate has been praying for a horse, and the curate discovers his prayers have stirred the sporting locals and earls alike.
The essay argues that music embodies beauty as a union of spiritual fact and material form, a language of the heart rather than mere sound. It presents music as a tie between impulse and expression, a bridge from external sound to inner self, with speech described as the language for ideas.
A small classified item advertises plastering or mason work with contact Albert Granrah. It also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to improve digestion, listing it as available from all dealers and referencing a healthy woman as a model of correct living.
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