Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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At 10 a.m. Oct. 28, 1902, Ira Studebaker held an auction at the old Swain farm 4 miles west of town. Up for bids were 16 work horses, 13 cows, five heifers, four two-year-old steers, four yearling cattle, eight spring calves, 10 shoats, two Deering binders, one McCormick reaper, one Deere gang plow, three Dutchman gang plows, one disc harrow, one Dowagiac drill, one Van Brunt drill, one five-section steel harrow, two corn plows, one truck wagon, one single buggy, one Empire cream separator, five...
On Oct. 21, 1902, Mrs. James Belch of Oberon visited Mrs. F.G. Haver. Chris Fahrner was in on business. From Oct. 21 to 22, Katie (Mrs. Thomas) Turner and children of Barlow visited in New Rockford. From Oct. 21 to 24, Henry Davis was down from Rugby to close out his business interests before moving to Rugby permanently; he sold his property north of the James River to drayman E.H. Martin. On Oct. 22, P.C. Peterson came up from Barlow. Peter Michel drove in from the Guler district. William...
The Oct. 17, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” said the flax crop was disappointing with a six to eight bushel per acre average; however, some was running 16-18 bushels. The 50 acres of winter rye H. Peoples had drilled in was above ground. A Card of Thanks from Mr. and Mrs. Otho Lathrop thanked their many friends who provided aid and sympathy during the illness and death of their son [Oct. 12]. A multi-page letter from C.J. Maddux described the trip he and his family made to southern California....
On Sept. 7 and 8, 1902, John Oard visited friends in New Rockford before leaving for his Ward County claim. On Sept. 8, heating stoves were fired up because the day was chilly. Mr. and Mrs. R.R. Woodward returned from the Minnesota State Fair and a buying trip for fall and winter goods for his store. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Putnam and daughter went to Sheyenne to see Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Lundin. Thomas Adam went to Tower City on business; he returned on Sept. 11. J.T. Wiltsie went to Barlow to take...
On Sept. 4, 1902, F.M. Fife of the Fife & Thomas store in Barlow was in New Rockford between trains. Farmer John R. Schutz was in from southwest Eddy County on business. Freeborn postmaster J.J. Anderson was in New Rockford on the return leg of his southern trip. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Boord arrived from Covington, Ind., to visit their daughter Mrs. W.E. Biggs and family. John Williams and Miss Streeter arrived from California via Red Wing, Minn.; Williams would remain until after threshing. Mrs....
From Aug. 15 to Aug. 18, 1902, Mrs. Will Carroll and Miss Helen Oliver were in from Lake Washington to visit relatives and friends. On the afternoon of Aug. 16, the Republican county convention was held in the court house. George Gillette and George A. Lovell came in as delegates. The chairman of the central committee, E.B. Thomson, called the convention to order. James Hackney and R.M. Kennedy were elected temporary chairman and secretary respectively. J.D. Carroll, a candidate for the North Da...
On Aug. 12, 1902, County Superintendent Grace Putnam went to Fessenden where the Tri-County State Teachers’ Training School was held from Aug. 11 to 30. She was in charge of the afternoon sessions devoted to the course of study. Other Eddy County educators in attendance included Misses Addie Haugh, Laura Dafoe, Annie Ducke, Mayme T. Keefe, Emma D. Owen, Susie Monahan, and Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Bennett. Visitors from New Rockford included Winsor Holgate and Mrs. Riley. On that day, Daniel O’Connell r...
On Aug. 5, 1902, Iver Vick of Sheyenne, John T. West of eastern Eddy County, Fred Laasch from his farm southwest of town, and G.W. Johnston were in town. Frank Graham and Went Mcgee, both of Tiffany, and Charles Albright came in on business. Mr. and Mrs. M. Mattson were down from the Sheyenne Valley to shop. Daniel Sullivan arrived from the Twin Cities to work the harvest. R.P. Allison went to Fargo on legal business. George M. Pike left for the Twin Cities, Duluth, and Chicago to purchase a fal...
The Aug. 1, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” carried an article on the Eddy County State Bank which “was no more.” During the week, it became the First National Bank of New Rockford. Officers were Thomas L. Beiseker, president; F.A. Rising, vice president; James E. Hyde, cashier. Hyde was formerly the cashier of the Red River Valley National Bank of Fargo. The State Bank president P.J. Hester was going to remain for a while in charge of the collection department. (On Oct. 11 the directo...
On the morning of July 18, 1902, the following went to Carrington to sing in the Catholic choir during the 40-hour devotion: Mesdames Ben Fay, Fertig, Miller, and Messrs. Ray Hester and Dr. Charles McNamara. Andrew Ohrner returned from St. Paul, where he had an operation on the tumor on his head. [The operation was deemed “successful,” but Ohrner died of carcinoma on February 25, 1903.] Teddie Richter arrived from Oshkosh, Wis., to visit his brother A.J. Richter and family southeast of tow...
On July 12, 1902, Nils Gunvaldson was in on business. Dick Bohmbach was in New Rockford. William Bucklin, F.C. Davies, William Farley, Hans Jenson, H.C. Johnson, Charles Logan, and J.C. Whiteman went to McHenry to cheer on the New Rockford baseball team, but to no avail: McHenry 13; New Rockford 9. Ray Hester, Guy Thompson, Albert West, J.W. Stoddard, George Norton, Charlie Baird, and Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Cady went to the Chautauqua. H.G. Hudson returned from the Chautauqua. George Barton, employed...
On July 4, 1902, County Superintendent of Schools Grace B. Putnam went to Minneapolis for the National Education Association meeting. John Dutee, Sr., was in town. Jacob Allmaras took second in the “Fat Man’s Race” in Fessenden. On the morning of July 5, two of Peter Dodds’s colt were killed when a bolt of lightning hit the wire fence they were standing near. Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Rantz went to the Chautauqua for seven to 10 days. Going to the Chautauqua for two weeks were Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Mulvey a...
On July 1, 1902, two locomotives had to pull the northbound freight train. Frank Graham was in on business from Tiffany. Gussie Stoddard (Mrs. Frank E.) Diemer arrived to visit her relatives for a few weeks. Judson Gilbreath returned from Oberon. James Walsh was down from Leeds for the Fourth. A daughter, Frances B. Pottner, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Pottner. July 1 was caucus day. The following Republican delegates were elected: Sheyenne precinct— M. Mattson, J.W. Richter, L.D. O...
On the morning of June 20, 1902, a collision on the Northern Pacific Railway at Eldridge, Minn., killed 18 people. The wreck was the reason the northbound passenger train into New Rockford was six hours late. William Mattison of Freeborn and Thor Bollingberg of Wells County were in on business. Mrs. John Bollingberg went to Fargo to visit her sick sister. That evening there was a moving picture presentation, but the “Transcript” commented, “The moving picture show... is said to have been consi...
On June 17, 1902, H. Peoples received a 27 h.p. Buffalo Pitts threshing rig, the first of the season; it came complete with a 40x64 separator. Frank Graham was in on business. Henry Von Almen arrived from Elizabeth, Minn., to visit his brother John Von Almen. Creameryman George and Mrs. Brown left for their Valley City home. Rev. C.F. Sewrey left for Bowdon to assist Rev. Wylie with a series of revival meetings, after which he would go to Jamestown to substitute for Rev. Danford, who would be...
On June 11, 1902, veterinarian J.C. Whiteman received an automobile and had given just about everyone in town a ride over the next two days. [This is the first mention in the“Transcript” of car-ownership by a New Rockford resident; the appearance of“Horseless Carriages” in a July 15, 1898, circus parade was the first recorded instance of automobiles on the streets of New Rockford.] On June 12, Peter Michel was in town on business. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Prichard [Pritchard?] arrived from Oil Cit...
The June 6, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” offered an opinion on the Minnewaukan baseball team. On May 30, New Rockford had played “the gentlemanly Carrington team,” but on June 3 they played in Minnewaukan against a team that exhibited “rottenness and ‘baby play.’” Most of the team from up north were a bunch of “bluffing, blatting hoodlums” who didn’t know how to play clean baseball. “Prune out your low-lived, dirty ball players, Minnewaukan” because they’re just “rag-chewing scalawags…” In...
At 1:45 p.m. May 30, 1902, baseball was played on the local diamond. The score was New Rockford 6; Carrington 1. Rand and Stickney made up the New Rockford battery. Umpires were Bucklin and Galehouse. Five hundred people attended, including Fred Zimmerman, Jr. W.L. Bennett, G.S. Newbery, and Misses Nell and Kathryn Sheehy came up from Carrington for the game; Kathryn stayed overnight with friends. Miss Pearl Henry was in town. Mrs. Philip Brandt and Miss Nelly of Sheyenne were in New Rockford. D...
On the morning of Sunday, May 25, 1902, Union Memorial Services were held in the Congregational Church. That evening Rev. Samuel VanTassel preached in the Methodist Church “for Rev. Sewrey and his people.” Baker John Weimals was in Jamestown. On May 26, Judge S.L. Glaspell was in New Rockford so that people could take out their naturalization papers; several people obtained citizenship. In the afternoon he and his court reporter E.S. Rose opened the District Court session. Cases included— J.W....
The May 23, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” carried an item stating that Chauncey Lathrop, the manager of the Hotel Davies, would have an $18,000 three-story brick hotel building erected on Chicago Street [it wasn’t.] W.O. Baird had several cows and heifers for sale. Recently J.W. Carroll had taken three carloads of young cattle to Carrington from his Lake Washington Ranch. H. Peoples was expecting a shipment of DeLaval Cream Separators sometime in the next week. A Card of Thanks was print...
On the morning of May 19, 1902, the little daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. J.E. Bennett caught her index finger on the right hand in the cog wheels of a washing machine. Her finger was badly torn, but could be saved. Miss Hamberg, the 12-year-old stepdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weipert, was hunting gophers. Carrying her .22 rifle in her right hand, she accidentally touched the trigger and shot herself in the left arm, just above the wrist, with the bullet lodging near the elbow. Dr. McNamara had...
The May 16, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” stated that President Theodore Roosevelt had just closed out his cattle interests in western North Dakota, selling his last herd to S.M. Ferris of Medora. H.A. Williams had sold the “McHenry Tribune” to A.L. Lowden. At R.R. Woodward’s store 21 lbs. of prunes sold for a dollar; eight lbs. of A1 Coffee was a dollar; Spearhead or Climax tobacco sold for 45 cents a pound; Woodward was renovating his store’s interior. An announcement said there would be no...
On May 3, 1902, Mrs. Richard Baker and daughter of Tiffany, Mrs. William Starke, and Mrs. W.J. Morris from southeast of town were in shopping. Guss Gullicks was in from Sheyenne. Miss Inez Sampson visited in town. F.R. Ponto and Peter J. Hallquist were down from the Sheyenne Valley on business, as was O.H. Olson from his farm northwest of town. William Erdelbrock was in town. Mail clerk E.G. Allison and his wife were up from Jamestown to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Allison; E.G....
On April 29, 1902, Mrs. W.E. Curtis of Tiffany and Mrs. Ed Walsh shopped in town. Mrs. Martin Walsh visited in town. Peter Michel was in from the Guler district. Sheyenne Valley carpenter H.H. Moen was in New Rockford. S.A. Olsness of Sheyenne, Bismarck attorney M.T. O’Connor, and Joseph Christ were in town, the latter on business. On April 29 and 30, Rev. C.P. Shanafeldt, general Baptist missionary for North Dakota, was in New Rockford; he was preparing to select a pastor to replace Rev. S...
The April 25, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” carried ads for Prader & Goss, who sold Emerson and Rock Island plows; R.M. Kennedy, Dray and Express Line; and H. Peoples, who was selling Double Disc Drills. Horace Courtemanche offered a reward for the return of his bay mare, three years old, 900 lbs., with a white spot in her forehead; she had strayed from his farm two and a half miles northwest of New Rockford. Much of the spring plowing and dragging had been completed. J.F. Dembiczki had sol...
