Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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From the evening of May 16, 1904, to the next morning, Dr. G.D. Murphy and R.R. Woodward were in Fessenden on business. On May 16 to 18, Sheriff J.E. Bennett was in Fargo. On May 17 to 18, Arthur Larkin was in Fargo. On the morning of May 17, Mary, the two-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCrackin, died of brain fever. Mrs. M.A. Garry came down from Knox to help the local WCTU. Miss Gussie Bray arrived from Newark, N.J., to visit her sister Mrs. Frederick Skidmore, at Tiffany. Lawrence Bu...
At the Republican county caucuses on May 7, it was a battle for delegates between forces either pro- or anti-Peter Mattson. The “Transcript,” an enemy of Mattson, crowed that it appeared that the anti-Mattson forces had gained a clear majority. Delegates chosen were the following: Township 150, Range 67 [Grandfield]—Axel Erickson and Lars Sylling elected; ten men tied - Christ Berge, Christ Hauge, Halvor Hendrickson, Christ Kvalle, Andrew Lee, Nels Olson, Lars Ostby, Oscar Seadal, Ed. Seast...
From April 30 to May 3, 1904, bank cashier J.E. Hyde was in Fargo on business; he also visited his farm near Hillsboro. From April 30 to December 1, the Louisiana Exposition [“St. Louis World’s Fair”] took place in St. Louis, Miss. On May 2, the Eddy County Commission (Braman, Dailey, Dafoe) met and paid the following: $1.60, Powers Elevator Co., coal for L. Williams; $2.06 [$2.00?], Noxon and Oglesby, April telephone; $40, W.C. Hayes, April janitor work; $45.11, S. McDowell, coal for court...
According to the April 22, 1904 “Transcript,” because of the amount of water running in the James River, there were fears that the dam built the previous fall, east of the island, might be washed away. Almost a foot of water was running over it. Recently, Helen Oliver and Dr. T.H. MacLachlan of McHenry were married; they would be home at McHenry after April 25. For the previous two weeks, W.A. Coleman, proprietor of the Hubbard-Doss ranch southeast of New Rockford, had been in town, after rentin...
The April 15, 1904, “Transcript” said barbers Judson Gilbreath and Granville Egbert had to vacate their quarters next to the H.G. Hudson fruit store, as jeweler J.N. Kunkel was going to occupy that spot. As soon as a plate glass front could be installed, they would move into the basement of the J.W. Rager harness shop, which was being painted and papered. [They opened for business on April 23.] As soon as painting and wallpapering was finished in the former D.Y. Stanton barber shop occupied by...
On April 7, 1904, Van Dorn Gilchrist returned from a long visit to Wisconsin and Minnesota; his wife was confined to a Milwaukee hospital with an illness that had lasted most of the winter. George Abbey was in town, looking after his business interests. Frank Parker, salesman at Prader and Goss’s, left on the train for the Twin Cities and other Minnesota points; he returned on April 13. The April 8, 1904, “Transcript” said that Paul Baeder was a new clerk at Prader and Goss’s general store....
On April 1, 1904, Clayton Hall and George Pincott came down from the Sheyenne Valley on business and to visit. C.C. Lyford, new owner of the C.W. Hall farm in the Sheyenne Valley, came down on business. J.W. Perry passed through on the train from Esmond, continued on to Fargo on business, and returned on April 2. Edgar Wilson left for Jamestown to work in the Capital Hotel, where his brother Will was the chef. On April 1 and 2, Mrs. Guss Gullicks offered for sale to the ladies of the area, her...
At 6 p.m. on March 25, 1904, the Epworth League of the Methodist Church sponsored a supper at the Opera House for 25 cents. Over 100 plates were laid. After the meal, R.P. Allison acted as the emcee for a musical program (numbers by the League choir, and solos by Miss Lou Arnold and Mrs. R.R. Woodward), and a debate between teams from Sheyenne, who took the Affirmative, and New Rockford (Charles A. Babcock, Mrs. B.W. Rantz, James A. Manly), who had the Negative on the question, “Resolved, T...
On March 18, 1904, H.B. Johnson returned from a visit to his old home in Wisconsin. That evening, a meeting was held for young men interested in organizing an athletic club. The meeting had been called after a similar meeting on March 12 had failed to attract enough men. Those present decided to have a canvass of the community, which was undertaken by James A. Manly and Sam Swanson and they secured enough support to warrant starting such a club. That evening, there was a grand ball in the Opera...
On March 14, 1904, the Phillips Academy trustees (Rev. C.H. Phillips, Jamestown; Rev. E.S. Shaw, Fargo; Rev. Robert Paton, Carrington; Rev. J.R. Beebe, New Rockford; Messrs. A. Baldwin, Oberon; James Buchanan, Buchanan, N.D.; and John Rager, John Goss, and E.S. Severtson, all of New Rockford) met in the Congregational Church. They took final action on plans and specifications for the building and voted to advertise bids for a two-story, 44x70 building, with a basement and steam heat. The board m...
On March 9, 1904, an eight pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Hoffman of Tiffany. Jennie Read of Stuart [Stewart], Minn., came in to visit Mrs. A.H. Wilson and family. O.J. Schutt came in from his 320 acres on business and to visit. Will Albright returned from a winter spent “back east.” George Fahrer, owner of a meat market on Chicago Street, went to Barlow and purchased the Barlow Meat Market. That evening, the Methodist Ladies’ Aid held a social with music, singing, games, and l...
On the night of March 1, 1904, a heavy snow began to fall and it continued all of March 2, giving New Rockford more snow than it had had all winter. The storm stopped all trains that day, and on the morning of March 3, a snow plow came up from Jamestown to clear the tracks. Then the wind kicked up on the morning of March 4, filled in the cuts with snow, and both the northbound and the southbound trains got stuck in the hills north of New Rockford. On March 3, Chris Jensen returned from Iowa,...
On Feb. 23, 1904, J.R. Engberg was up from Barlow on business. Frank Bailey came down from the H. Peoples farm on the Sheyenne River. Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Anderson and family left Sheyenne, where he had operated a lumberyard, to go to Minot to live. That afternoon, Mrs. W.O. Baird had the high score at “Ladies’ Day” at the bowling alley. That evening, a large crowd enjoyed a basket social and a dance at Mr. and Mrs. M. Reames’s farm south of New Rockford. On the morning of Feb. 24, a son was bor...
On Feb. 16, 1904, George William Robinson, born March 16, 1840, near Montreal, Quebec, died at his home in Thief River Falls, Minn. He married Sarah A. Millen on Aug. 5, 1861, and they had seven children, three of whom survived him—William Robinson, St. Paul, Minn.; and Mrs. Jessie Jackson and Mrs. Anna Shea, both of Thief River Falls—as did his widow. [The Robinsons had come to Eddy County in 1883 (Foster County then) and they moved to Thief River Falls on May 10, 1901.] H. Peoples left on a bu...
On Feb. 11, 1904, a real estate transaction in the Charles J. Maddux law office saw Edgar College sell a quarter of land, just over the Foster County line, to John A. Dolle of Jackson, Minn., but formerly of the New Rockford area, for $2400; the acreage adjoined land already owned by Mr. Dolle. Joseph Dutee was in from eastern Eddy County. F.N. Chaffee came up from Carrington on business. Rev. Fred Culp returned to Carrington after visiting his nephew Charles Culp and his family. Nellie...
On Feb. 2, 1904, Julius Ponto of rural Sheyenne was in Devils Lake at the U.S. Land Office. He had recently been discharged from a Fargo hospital, where he had been confined for a year after a serious head operation. During his absence someone had contested his homestead land, so Ponto was in Devils Lake to prove his claim. That evening, the Commercial Association met in the law offices of C.J. Maddux. Prof. Vernon P. Squires of UND, lectured in the Opera House on “American War Songs and B...
On Jan. 27, 1904, a “dynamite cartridge” exploded and sent a piece deep into Willie Christ’s left eye. After Dr. MacLachlan examined the eye, he recommended sending the young man to Dr. Archibald, an eye specialist in St. Paul. That afternoon, Anton Haas accompanied him to St. Paul, since Willie’s father was visiting in South Dakota. By March 5, the boy had had six pieces of the cartridge removed from the eye and Archibald had “strong hopes” of saving the boy’s eyesight. On Jan. 28, John McCr...
About 8 p.m. Jan. 9, 1904, Charles Ducke, 26 and unmarried, went out of his farmhouse with a lantern to check on the livestock, leaving his aged mother in the house. When he did not return, his mother thought he went to a neighbor’s house and stayed there. He still had not returned by morning, so she thought he had spent the night at the neighbor’s. However, by noon she was alarmed enough to walk to the neighbor’s, only to discover he had not been there. Some men accompanied her home and continu...
On Jan. 4, 1904, the New Rockford Schools reopened after the holidays. Lloyd Whiteman returned from Dickinson, where he had been two months visiting and helping in a drug store during the holidays. Alonzo Neutzel came in from Lake Coe on business and to visit. Horace Courtemanche was in town. The Eddy County Commission met on Jan. 4 to 9. On Jan. 4, in line with a new state law, P.J. Braman was nominated and elected as the Commissioner from the second district. He was also elected chairman. On...
The Jan. 1, 1904, “Transcript” [Vol. XXII, No. 18] mentioned the “Mouse River [Westhope] Standard,” the “Cooperstown Courier,” and the “Binford Times.” Major New Rockford businesses included “The New Rockford Transcript,” Olsen & Maddux (C.J. Maddux, publisher; A.C. Olsen, editor and manager) [since 1883]; Thos. Ose Hardware; J.M. Mulvey Hardware; H. Peoples & Co.; Rodenberg & Schwoebel; Prader & Goss; Swanson Bros.; The New Provision Store, James Hamilton; New Rockford Meat Market, D. Niven, p...
The Dec. 25, 1903, “Transcript” mentioned the “Portal International” newspaper. That issue carried some school notes: the Primary room students had been holding “secret communications” with Santa Claus. The Intermediate room students held a debate: “Resolved, that rain is better than snow.” The Negative side won. Vada Aultman and Pearl Anderson had gone to their rural homes for Christmas vacation, as had Mary Goodman, on Dec. 21. Albert West had been absent all week. Samuel McDowell was se...
On Dec. 19, 1903, County Superintendent of Schools, Grace B. Putnam, came from Grand Forks for the holidays with her husband; she returned on Dec. 26. Blanche and Irene Brownell arrived from Jamestown for the holidays with their parents; they returned on Jan. 2. Lorne Ireland arrived from Canada to work as the manager of Niven’s meat market. Charles Dinnetz was in on business. Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Huff were in shopping. Frances Thomson arrived from Dickinson to spend the holidays with her p...
On Dec. 14, 1903, E.M. Morris was in to visit his family. Peter Hallquist, from northwest of town, was in on business. George Norman came over from Denhoff for business and a visit. F.C. Davies was in Portal, N.D., on business. On Dec. 14 and 15, Newman’s “Le Fascinatione Mentale,” hypnotism direct from Paris, performed at the Opera House; tickets were 25 and 35 cents. There was a large audience for the first night. On the evening of Dec. 14, there was a joint installation of the officers of th...
On Dec. 7, there was “a good fall of snow.” However, it wasn’t enough to provide good sleighing. The morning train brought in Charles Mann. He and his wife took the afternoon train to begin their trip home to Sioux Falls, S.D. She had been visiting her sister, Mrs. Frederick Skidmore, and family at Tiffany since Nov. 19. C.O. Tomlinson of Barlow, John McIver of eastern Eddy County, Henry B. Johnson of Plainview, and Ole Johnson were in town; the latter had nearly recovered from the injur...
From Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, 1903, telephone manager William Brueske’s father, mother, and sister were up from Wimbledon to visit him and his family; his sister then remained a week or two longer. On Nov 30, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Richter and Miss Floy were down from Sheyenne. J.N. Kunkel came over from Fessenden on business and to visit. F.B. Ewald [Ewals?] of Barlow, Toller M. Huff from southeast of town, and Rudolph Indergaard were in on business. Clayton Ellis left to spend the winter in Chicago. M...
