Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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On the morning of Sunday, Oct. 2, 1904, McHenry merchant R.H. Howden came over for a couple days for business, and Mrs. Annie Oliver came over from that community for a visit of several days. At 8 p.m., Prof. H.H. Aaker of Fargo, the Prohibition Party’s candidate for governor, spoke to a large group at the Methodist Church on “Prohibition.” That evening, Francis Pottner took up at his farm one black muley cow, one red cow with a broken horn, one red and white cow, and one three-year old black mu...
Around Sept. 26, 1904, Leslie’s telephone line was transferred to the “Central” location in Babcock and Bucklin’s drug store, making a total of five such lines in the “Central” office. On the evenings of Sept. 26 to 28, the Nix family appeared in the Opera House; “they are good.” On the morning of Sept. 26, Jacob Chamberlain sold his 960-acre farm, five miles west of New Rockford, to Jacob Allmaras for around $20,000; Chamberlain was going to close out his business interests and leave for his h...
At 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 18, 1904, Phillips Academy principal L.J. Aldrich preached at the Smith schoolhouse in the Sheldon district on “Success in Life.” At 7 p.m., the Epworth League held services conducted by school principal Robert Muir with a lesson on “Is the World Growing Better?” The forepart of the week [Sept. 19?] the material for the steel bridge arrived; construction was set to begin on Sept. 26. Also “the first of the week” Lawrence Prader threshed his oats, getting 80 bushels to...
On Sept. 10, 1904, the following were named to the County Republican Central Committee: Dr. Charles MacLachlan, New Rockford; John Schaefer, Tiffany; Joseph Christ, Hall; J.J. Anderson, Dutee; H.B. Johnson, Pitt; L.B. Garnaas, Sheyenne; Peter Hanson, Rocky Mountain; I.W. Sheldon, Sheldon; Duncan Ferguson, Colvin; Samuel Lyman, Fay. S.N. Putnam was named committeeman-at-large and chairman. A light frost early on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 11, did very little damage, but heavier ones the...
On September 5, 1904, Will Wilson was up from Jamestown; he came to visit and to hunt prairie chickens. Sylvanus Marriage was in from his Barlow farm on business. A party made up of Dr. and Mrs. G.D. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. McAuley, and Ernest Ohrner returned from a camping and hunting trip of three days; they brought back four Canadian geese averaging 22 lbs. and “slathers of other game.” A report on September 6 showed the following: The Bank of New Rockford, Ernest S. Severtson, cashier, had...
On the evening of Aug. 29, 1904, a hail storm passed west and northwest of town, but its effect was not general as many crops were not hit; losses were 20 to 30 percent, with most covered by insurance. On Aug. 30, it rained. John Welsh of the Sheyenne Valley brought in the first load of wheat for the season and sold it to J.A. McAuley of the Dakota Elevator; it was graded No. 1 Northern and brought $1.01 a bushel. Welsh had threshed around 300 bushels so far, and it was running 28 to 29 bushels...
On Aug. 23, 1904, Lois Fairbanks came in from Valley City to visit her brother Albert Fairbanks; she was accompanied by her friend Annie Darelius of Enderlin. Mrs. Sarah Bacon, Mrs. W.C. Hayes, Mrs. P.J. Braman, and Alice (Mrs. J.W.) Rager went out to the Goodrich farm, where they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Clark B. Goodrich, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Laverne Goodrich. Mrs. W.T. Buck, her son and daughter, and Mrs. Lucy Duck and son Bernard, left for a visit with relatives in Adel, Iowa; Mrs....
On Aug. 17, 1904, Beth and Harriet Davidson returned from a visit with their sister Mrs. John Medlicott at Balfour. Mrs. Charles Martin of Chicago arrived to visit her sisters, Mrs. C.F. Sewrey, and Ella Grierson. Frank Graham of Tiffany and O.R. Pomranke were in for harvest supplies. Carrie Jensen arrived from Forest City, Iowa, to visit her cousins, Hans and Christ Jensen. Lawrence Prader started his binders in a field of macaroni wheat and planned on moving to a field of oats in a few days....
The Aug. 12, 1904, “Transcript” completed the article on Phillips Academy I had last week by saying that new faculty appointments would be made as the demand for them increased. Private lessons in painting and drawing and special lectures in ethics, etiquette, hygiene, etc., would be available. The goal of the Academy was not to be a rival of any North Dakota high school, but to serve as a method by which students would be prepared for college entrance and the practical world of business and...
On Aug. 8, 1904, Mark H. Dunnell died at his home in Owatonna, Minn.; he was one of the original Trustees of the New Rockford townsite and was an early resident (on West Lamborn Ave., today’s 1st Ave. N.), a bank president (1885-1890), a real estate developer, and the man who financed the construction of the first school building. John Dutee was in buying supplies. J.W. Skerry, of the Union Sunday School, was in town looking after the interests of the Sunday school. James Hackney went to J...
On Aug. 1, 1904, Mr. and Mrs. William Brueske and family left for Wimbledon, where they would live. On Aug. 1 and 2, J.T. West was in from eastern Eddy County getting parts for his farm machinery. Fargo attorney H.R. Turner was up on legal business. On Aug. 2, W.A. Cornish, Herb Losee, Burrill A. Daniels, Ellis Hoffman, and Cyrus Ruland, all of Tiffany, and W.G. Carter, and Fred Peitsch were in on business. M.E. Trainor returned from Minneapolis, where he had attended a medical school the past...
From July 25 to July 28, 1904, E.S. Severtson was in the Twin Cities. On July 26, Walter McDonell returned from Valley City. O.E. Nash was down from the Sheyenne Valley to visit and on business. Charles Hatch came in from his farm southeast of town for supplies. Father McDonell [sic, McDonald] was up from Carrington between trains, visiting his old parishioners. John McVey returned from his trip to the Canadian Northwest; during the trip, he visited former resident Nathan Flater, and family....
On July 20, 1904, bricklayers began their work on the Phillips Academy building. Cyrus Ruland came in from the Tiffany Flats on business. Otto Henning, the manager of Dr. Charles MacLachlan’s farm southeast of town, came in on business. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Forbes were in shopping. Martin Dwzrsman [sp?] was in from his farm northeast of town on business. Ida Radtke of Sparta, Wisc., arrived to visit her brothers W.E. and H.J., and their families; she left on Aug. 8. Mrs. A.A. Pettit left for a len...
On the afternoon of July 12, 1904, the Great Pan American Shows, a two-ring circus with water-proof tents, featured a Grand Free Street Pageant; a Roman Hippodrome; elevated stage; museum; the Cooke Sisters (Anna and Edna); “The Premier Lady Equestrienne Somersault Riders of the World”; 25 funny clowns; Captain Santiago, champion high diver of the world, diving backward from a 300 foot-high tower; and a menagerie with a herd of Philippine cattle, a herd of trained elephants, and trained lio...
The Eddy County Commission (Braman, Dailey, Dafoe) met on July 5-8, 1904. On July 6, the Eddy-Wells telephone line was connected to the local central office and linked the farmers of eastern Wells County with the outside world. Susie Monahan returned from visiting her brother Eddie in a St. Paul hospital; he was improving after his second operation and was able to be up for several hours a day. Agnes Ewald [Ewals?] was in shopping. J.P. Welsh was down from the Sheyenne Valley. Miss Lou Arnold...
On the evening of June 30, 1904, Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Johnson came down from Sheyenne. That evening a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dodds. On June 30 and July 1 and 2, the eyesight specialist F.W. Soule was at Babcock and Bucklin’s Drug Store. The July 1, 1904, “Transcript” mentioned the “Pierce County Tribune” and the “Emmons County Record.” The Reed-Bennett Company of Minneapolis was offering a five dollar reward for the address of former New Rockford jeweler [Jan. 1898-Jan. 190...
On June 24, 1904, around 2000 people attended the Early Settlers’ Association’s annual picnic in Peoples’ Grove, despite the heavy rain of the previous night. The Ft. Totten Indian Band played throughout the day. After picnic dinners there was a musical program in the pavilion, with the Indian Band assisting. An election of officers resulted in the following: A.M. Greely, president; F.O. Getchell, vice president; M.B. Hersey, secretary; Peter Prader, treasurer; executive committee—J.W. Richter...
The June 17, 1904, “Transcript” said Mrs. Guss Gullicks had been ill all week, but was improved. In the latter part of the previous week, Mrs. Lucy Duck and son Bernard arrived from Adel, Iowa, to visit her sister Mrs. W.T. Buck and family for the summer and, hopefully, to improve Mrs. Buck’s health. On the morning of June 17, a fifteen-minute rain freshened things up. Gus Larson from the Twist area, and George A. Prior from Freeborn, were in on business. Bertha and Mabel Gullicks came in from...
The June 10, 1904, “Transcript” said that recently a 9-lb. son—Frederick Emerson Hambrecht—was born to Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Hambrecht at LeRoy, Minn. [Hambrecht had been a lawyer in New Rockford, Aug. 1897-Jan. 7, 1901.] A.N. Hegvold had for sale all of his household furnishings—one bedroom set, a cook stove, one air-tight wood heater, a combination bookcase, an eight-foot oak dining table, one oak buffet, chairs, etc. B.C. Larkin was having a barn erected on the east side of his property....
The June 3, 1904, “Transcript,” carried a notice from Judge S.L. Glaspell defending his supporters at the Judicial Convention in Carrington from the unwarranted attack on them from a New Rockford newspaper [the “Eddy County Provost”]. A two-year-old brown mare colt, 500 lbs., with a “large bunch” caused by a wire-cut on her left hind leg, strayed from the H.T. Kennedy residence in New Rockford. Fred Neiman, three miles southwest of New Rockford, had taken up a bay gelding, 1,300 lbs., white...
The May 27, 1904, “Transcript” said that seeding of wheat and oats was almost done and the farmers were ready to seed flax and the later grains. S.O. Lee had taken up a red heifer at his farm fifteen miles southeast of New Rockford. A three-year old sorrel mare, white stripe in face, one white hind foot, had strayed from the C.E. Clure farm northwest of New Rockford. Contact W.F. Bailey. The Belgum and Schlong Studio had received its “new machine for taking pictures.” Cigarmaker H.J. Radtke...
The District Court convened in New Rockford on May 23, 1904, and concluded on May 31. Judge S.L. Glaspell presided; the court reporter was [A.C.?] Olsen; the clerk was [C.J.?] Stickney. The jury list was composed of F.F. Allmaras, Henning Anderson, T.H. Backe, Gust Bekke, E.R. Davidson, James Davidson, George Fahrer, F.F. Fisher, Thomas Hanson, B.W. Hersey, Eugene Lamounte, Peter Larson, Jacob Laterna, George Lovell, L.G. Lundin, Hans Lyness, Erick T. Moe, H.J. Miller, William Murry, Harry...
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...
