Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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On the evening of Dec. 26, 1902, the A.F. & A.M. (Masons) Lodge and the Eastern Star Lodge installed their officers. For the Masons, Installing Officer Rev. J.R. Beebe installed W.E. Biggs, Worthy Master; J.E. Bennett, Senior Warden; E.S. Severtson, Junior Warden; D. Niven, Treasurer; W.C. Hayes, Secretary; W.E. Radtke, Senior Deacon; George M. Pike, Junior Deacon; D.Y. Stanton, Senior Steward, A.G. Gardner, Junior Steward; and J.W. Rager, Tyler. Installing Officer Mrs. James E. Hyde installed...
The Dec. 19, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” carried an ad: Grand Christmas Opening, City Meat Market, D. Niven, evening of Dec. 23 till 10:30 p.m. beef, pork, lamb, mutton, veal, hams, bacon, lard, turkeys, geese, chickens, ducks, game, etc. Early in the week barber Lou Smith received his chairs and other equipment and began setting up in his new location, the basement of the J.M. Patch Block. Peter Mattson was a new clerk at Rodenberg & Schwoebel. A note said Leroy L. Boord, a former res...
On the evening of Dec. 11, 1902, the Eastern Star Lodge elected officers: Minnie Bennett, Worthy Matron; W.E. Biggs, Worthy Patron; Viola Woodward, Associate Patron; Margaret Morris, Secretary; Jennie Brownell, Treasurer; Lizzie M. Biggs, Conductress; Grace M. Mulvey, Associate Conductress. Officers appointed were Mrs. R.R. Woodward, Ada; Alice M. Rager, Ruth; Amanda J. Radtke, Esther; Laura Mitchell, Martha; Mary O. Baird, Electra; W.C. Hayes, Sentinel; Mary Stoddard, Chaplain; Anna M. Beebe,...
On Dec. 8, 1902, William Milne Jr. came down from the Sheyenne Valley to visit and do business. W.V. Stine, who had spent part of the summer in the area, and V.F. Snyder, who had edited the “Bowdon Guardian” for the previous four months for Steve Lewis, but who had resigned, left for the Pacific Coast. Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Anderson left for LaGrande, Ore., where they would probably live. Peter Schafer left for a vacation in his old home of Germany. That evening Mrs. W.C. Schwoebel and Mrs. Pet...
On Dec. 2, 1902, Alonzo Neutzel came in from his large ranch near Lake Coe, where he had started “a nice herd of cattle.” Ed Anderson was in from Plainview on business, as was D.D. Dailey of eastern Eddy County. Miss Martha Zimmerman came in from southwest of town to visit friends. Rev. E.T. Quam stopped in New Rockford for a few hours on his way from his Foster County parish to Sheyenne. Mrs. Joseph Christ and daughter Anna returned from Dickey County and a visit with relatives. Herman Hal...
On Nov. 25, 1902, F.E. Johnson came in from southeast of New Rockford. Whiteman & Prader pulled in their threshing rig, and Doc Whiteman got ready to go back to his veterinary work. On Nov. 25, the Bank of New Rockford, Ernest S. Severtson, cashier, had resources (assets) of $154,208.04, up $42,477.87 from the $111,730.20 of Sept. 15. Checking accounts amounted to $100,390.52, up $42,257.35 from the $58,133.17 of Sept. 15. On Nov. 25, the First National Bank of New Rockford, James E. Hyde,...
On Nov. 21, 1902, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oglesby came up from Valley City; he was employed by the telephone company and was looking over telephone matters. Advance agent for the Sanford Dodge Company A.C. Godfrey was in town putting up bills for their upcoming performance. Mrs. John Olson and children left for a couple weeks in Minneapolis. Dick Bohmbach and Jack O’Keefe were in from western Eddy County. Miss Helen Oliver returned from McHenry. H.J. Mitchell of H. Peoples & Company left on an e...
The Nov. 14, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” stated that Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Flater were settled in San Diego for the winter. The upper story of the Patch Block was completed and the carpenters were finishing quarters for the Buck & Couch Drug Store. Prader & Goss had just installed a new lighting plant for their general store and also a modern cash register. A.A. Pettit was a new salesman at Mulvey Hardware. Lawrence Butler had taken a position with Buck & Couch Drug Store and would learn the...
On Nov. 7, 1902, Roy Treffry and Chauncy Bryant left to hunt deer and moose in the woods of northern Minnesota. That evening Miss Lillian M. Phelps of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, lectured in the Tiffany School, sponsored by the Tiffany WCTU; a collection of $12 was taken up, part for the North Dakota WCTU and part to the Florence Crittenden Home in Fargo. Two honorary members joined the Tiffany WCTU. Also that evening there was a dance in Barlow in the new hall, with supper at the Hotel B...
The morning of Nov. 1, 1902, revealed the remains of the Halloween pranks carried out by the town’s boys and girls; the “Transcript” commented that in a few cases property was destroyed and that was “to be deplored.” On that day, Mrs. A.J. Larkin went to Leeds to join her grain-buyer husband. Frank Lewis, who had suffered the previous several years with paralysis, died at his home near Tiffany. He had been bed-ridden for two or three years. He left a wife and five children. His funeral was on No...
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...
