Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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The Oct. 30, 1903, “Transcript” said the school library had added volumes on American, English and Ancient History. George Hawthorn was back in school after an absence of four weeks. There had been no tardies so far that month. An ad— Go to Leonard’s Restaurant for a square meal, H.C. Tarbell, mgr. Tarbell also managed the East Side Livery Barn and solicited the farmers’ trade. R.M. Kennedy had his five-room cottage on Lamborn Avenue East for rent. The Treasurer’s Report for Plainview S...
The Oct. 23, 1903, “Transcript” contained a letter from Sheyenne minister Rev. E.T. Quam describing his recent railroad trip through Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. An ad—“Trousers Swell London Stripe For $8, $9, $10 and $12. SCHERRER, the Tailor.” There was a half-page ad for the New Rockford Roller Mills, Kellington and McDonell, which was open for business. There were also half-page ads for F. Howard, Jeweler, for a 14-K solid gold ladies’ watch for $25; H. Peoples & Co., “The U...
The Oct. 16, 1903, “Transcript” contained a lengthy background written by Rev. J.R. Beebe on establishing Phillips Academy in New Rockford. The Academy was named for Charles H. Phillips, who was born on Aug. 24, 1854, in Fairfax County, Va., but grew up on a farm near Cambridge, Ill. In 1885 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in North Carolina and immediately moved to the portion of Dakota Territory that became North Dakota. He formed Congregational churches in Cummings and Buxton and se...
On Oct. 9-10 [postponed from 2 to 3], 1903, the FEW Tri-County Teachers’ Association met in Fessenden. Several teachers drove over for the meeting. Eddy County participants included a discussion of psychology and education with New Rockford principal Robert T. Muir; Miss May H. Young of New Rockford presenting “Organization of a School and Value of Daily Program”; a discussion of “The Value and Selection of Seat Work” led by Miss Olive Saunders of New Rockford. On Oct. 10, R.U. Austin, W...
At 9 p.m. Oct. 2, 1903, the 15-man committee meeting at the Congregational Church selected the J.H. Hohl property west of town between Maxwell’s property and the city limits as the site for the new Academy. They purchased 100 acres running to the river with a 40-rod riverfront for $5,500. On the morning of Oct. 3, Frank Reed was operating a circular saw in the Charles Culp carpentry shop when he accidentally cut off a portion of the fleshy part of his right thumb. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hulbert w...
On the morning of Sept. 28, 1903, a big dray team belonging to Bauer & Larkin ran away and bolted down Lamborn Avenue East; they lost most of their load of wood before they were stopped. Dexter Knolton of Knolton Bros., a banking firm in Freeport, Ill., came in to visit his cousins Mrs. G.W. Brownell (and her family) and Dr. F.D. Norton at the Brownell residence on Stimson Avenue West. Former resident J.H. Rodenberg came in from Los Angeles to spend a few weeks. George Pincott of the Sheyenne Va...
On Sept. 21, 1903, McHenry attorney W.O. Lowden was in New Rockford on legal business. Dick Bohmbach was in from northwest of town on business, as was Thomas Turner of Barlow, who came up with his mother and son Carroll. Christ Jensen left for Battle Creek, Michigan, where he would work in an acetylene plant. Alice (Mrs. J.W.) Rager hosted a surprise birthday party for seven-year-old Gertrude Putnam; she received a large wax doll with eyes that opened and shut. Guests were little Misses Grace...
On Sept. 7, 1903, rain caused “a throng of farmers and threshermen” on the streets of New Rockford. John Von Almen and A.H. Crawford went to Elizabeth, Minnesota, to attend the wedding of one of Von Almen’s sisters; Von Almen returned on Sept. 11, accompanied by his brother Fred, who would remain for a while. Miss Blanche Brownell went to Jamestown to continue her studies at St. Joseph’s Academy; her mother accompanied her and came home the next day. That afternoon Judge W.C. Beardsley married...
On Sept. 2, 1903, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lahart returned from the Twin Cities. Miss Ida Saunders came up to visit her cousin Miss Laura Reams. H.W. Clark and crew went to Barlow to begin building the Congregational Church. Miss Effie Treffry left for her home in Denver, Colo., via her former home, Marshalltown, Iowa, after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Treffry. Miss Nellie Oliver returned to McHenry after a visit with Miss Sarah West. On Sept. 2 and 3, the Congregational Academy...
A letter from former resident C.E. Clure in the Aug. 28, 1903, “Transcript,” said he and his family had moved to Palouse, Wash., where he would run an implement business. Fourteen-year old Ernest Kennedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kennedy, was very ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. J.R. Beebe had been ill with catarrhal fever, but was better. While working on a building, Ben Larkin was struck near his left eye by a piece of wood; there was no serious damage. Rains during the week had set harvest bac...
At 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, 1903, Rev. Dr. Swenson, president of Bethany College, preached in Swedish at the Greenfield Church, rural Sheyenne, followed by a dinner at the schoolhouse; at 3 p.m. Swenson made the same address in English, and on the evening of Aug. 24, he spoke in English in Sheyenne. That afternoon Leon Galehouse, Carrington druggist, and Miss Lucia Nelson came up to visit. On Aug. 24, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Matt Endres. Mrs. George R. Williams received word that her...
On August 18, 1903, William Cahill, having been found guilty of the murder of his brother, was taken to the State Penitentiary by Sheriff J.E. Bennett and George Nunn in Bismarck to begin his 10-year sentence; the court had extended the time in which he could request a new trial for 60 days, but refused to stay the execution of the original judgment. On that day the partnership between Charles Lyman and George J. Ellis in the Lyman & Ellis Cigar Company was dissolved with Lyman taking over the...
On Aug. 13, 1903, John West hauled a new Garr Scott threshing rig to his farm in east Eddy County to replace the one that had burned the previous year. Mrs. C.C. Campbell and children returned from Jamestown. John Noxon came up from Valley City to install a new boiler for the Maddux Block’s heating plant. That evening John Dutee, Sr., was in town, as was Indian agent Major F.O. Getchell of Ft. Totten. A.W. Healey went back to Churchs Ferry after looking over his business interests. On the e...
The August 7, 1903, “Transcript” mentioned the “Bismarck Palladium” and the “Jamestown Alert.” A new ad: Hotel Davies, Davies & Buesing, props.; “Traveling Men’s Headquarters” “Steam Heated and Gas Lighted Thruout.” All the machinery had been placed in the roller mill, and the crew was building wheat pits and flour chutes. A note said that barber and band leader Lou Smith had left New Rockford [he did so on July 28], maybe for Montana. He had left several debts owed to various New Rockford...
A notice in the July 31, 1903, “Transcript” from Swanson Bros. [John and Sam], the Cash Store: “We now make our bow to the purchasing public of New Rockford and Eddy county, and as an introduction, we desire to state that new goods are arriving on every train and our store will be stocked up with the very best line of General Merchandise ever shown in this city with prices as low as consistent with GOOD GOODS. Give Us a Call Soon.” The brothers were successors to R.R. Woodward and their store wa...
At noon on July 22, 1903, Knute O. Vick and Sigrid Rude were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.K. Rude of Freeborn, the bride’s parents, by Rev. S.S. Wold of Bue in Nelson County. Attendants were Miss Malla Rude, Miss Annie Vick, Andrew Vick, and Adolph Samuelson. The bridal party carried bouquets of American Beauty Roses and carnations. About 200 relatives and friends were in attendance. The ceremony was followed by an outdoor wedding dance. On that day Trueman [Truman?] House and family a...
On July 17, 1903, Walter Immel and Mr. and Mrs. George M. Pike and family returned from the Chautauqua, as did the younger members of the Treffry family. Joseph Maxwell went to the Chautauqua; he and his family returned on July 19. H.G. Lathrop was in town. James Dafoe was down from Sheyenne on business [but see the next paragraph]. Miss Norah Kennedy went to Moorhead, Minn., with her little brother Harold, who would be undergoing another operation. That evening there was a dance at the Mr. and...
The July 10, 1903, “Transcript” carried an ad for Ulrich Sprecher: For sale at his farm 5 miles southwest of New Rockford until October 1— two mowers (one McCormick and one wood), one 6-foot hay rake, one 7-foot disc harrow, one 14-inch breaking plow; one wide-tired wagon with grain box, one buggy. For sale— milch cows, one fresh; they will be sold cheap, H.A. Buffington. Clayton Hall had a number of horses and pigs for sale. Stonemason Gustave Lauch had completed the stone foundation for Willia...
July 4, 1903, was chilly. There were New Rockford people at the Chautauqua Grove (J. Adam Bede was the orator; Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Thomson and family were there; they returned home the next day; Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Hyde and Miss Eddys Cole were there; they returned on July 6; Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Mitchell and family, Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Clark, Miss Harriet Jefferson, Donald Niven, Lloyd Whiteman, and A.C. Buck were there); Harvey (including John Anderson); Carrington (Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Flater); and...
On June 30, 1903, Mrs. A.W. Cady, who had been in New Rockford for two years, sold her millinery business to Mrs. G.K. Gullicks, who would move the stock to her residence south of the H. Peoples & Company store on South Chicago St. Mrs. Burton Hulbert was in shopping. Frank and David Bailey of the Gudgell Ranch and Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Lathrop were in shopping and visiting. Sheyenne merchant L.G. Lundin was in New Rockford. Morris postmaster D.D. Dailey and W.G. Carter and Freeman Shoemaker of...
On June 24, 1903, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Leslie and son Myron of Carrington and Mrs. Emma F. Shields and son James of Glen Falls, N.Y., drove up from Carrington to visit Mr. and Mrs. James Hyde. Mrs. Shields and James had been on the Pacific Coast and were returning home. Miss Norah O’Connell arrived from the Twin Cities to visit her parents west of town. Jacob Roffler returned from “a short trip down the line.” Mrs. A.H. Wilson returned from Stewart, Minn. J.W. Perry went to Esmond on busin...
On June 17, 1903, James B. Dafoe and George Nunn drove down from the Sheyenne country. Carrington cigar maker Dan Condlin/Condling was in town, looking up business. “Sheyenne Star” editor C.C. Manning was in town. Paul Duda was in from the Superior district. Fred Laasch came in on business. Daniel O’Connell, employed in a Minneapolis wholesale business, arrived to visit his parents west of town. K. Knudson of Dawson, Minn., arrived to visit his daughter Mrs. John Swanson. Grain buyer B.G. Arbog...
The June 12, 1903, “Transcript” said that Mrs. B.M. Rantz was recovering from her appendectomy and could sit up. Blacksmith John Olson’s little daughter was slowly recovering from her illness [“stomach trouble”]. Taken up on June 7 by H.G. Lathrop at his farm: one black broncho, 750 lbs., with “ST” on its left shoulder. For Alliance Hail Association insurance, see H.M. Clark, agent. Mulvey & Babcock had formed a company to put up the Superior and Eastern telephone line to connect 28 farmers to...
On Sunday, June 7, 1903, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Dailey were in New Rockford. The Children’s Day exercises at the Congregational Church saw the building “crowded to the doors.” A large number of New Rockford residents went to a baseball game in Barlow. Miss Lillian Phelps of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, a WCTU worker, spoke in Brown’s Hall in New Rockford at 4 p.m. June 7. She was also scheduled for Tiffany on June 8 and Morris on June 9, but a later note stated the historical lecture set for 8:30 p.m. J...
On June 3, 1903, Bank of Sheyenne cashier S.G. Severtson was in town on business. Peter Nelson of the Sheyenne Valley attended court. F.B. Ewald [Ewals?], Jr., was in from his farm “down south” on business. Miss Gertrude O’Connell arrived from Minneapolis to visit her parents west of town; she returned to her nursing duties in the St. Paul City Hospital on June 15. That evening a large chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling onto the sleeping infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Dresser; she w...
