Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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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...
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...
