Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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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...
Probably between April 14-17, 1902, Lloyd Whiteman, his sister Mrs. Edna Flater, and their mother moved into the former John Olson residence, which had been purchased by Mrs. Flater. Jerry Van Heisen [Heizen?] was in town. B.T. Fay had been seen on the streets of New Rockford. H.G. Hudson started up his soda fountain. On April 18, L.A. Arbogast was in town on Dakota Elevator business. J.W. Perry came over from Cooperstown. P.J. Hester advertised that he had taken up three stray pigs, but by the...
On April 15, 1902, Nels Farr, Klem Moe and Martin Walsh were in New Rockford. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Aldred were in shopping. Former resident Mrs. Charles Rattinger came up from Fargo to visit friends; she returned on April 24. Dentist F.D. Norton took the northbound train to places where he practiced his profession. J.C. Whiteman left for his old home in Laurance, Mich.; he said he would return about May 10 to open a veterinary surgeon and dental office over Thomas Ose’s hardware store. Mrs. Fran...
Rockford Transcript:” C.J. Maddux, publisher; A.C. Olsen and H.L. Lyon, editors and managers. “We are informed that Rev. S. Van Tassel has resigned his pastorate of the Baptist church of this city, the resignation to take effect the first Sunday in May. Mr. Van Tassel has been in our city a little more than two years and has made an army of friends here and the surrounding country who will regret his departure. He is a man of excellent judgment, strict attention to his pastoral duties and one of...
On Sunday, April 6, 1902, James Hamilton entertained a small group of young people with a dinner at the Hotel Mattson. Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Severtson visited Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Severtson in Sheyenne. Rev. J.R. Beebe was driving home after conducting services in Barlow. Upon crossing the large coulee one mile north of that village his horse came near to drowning. Beebe jumped into four feet of icy water and was able to push and pull the animal to safety. At 3 p.m. that Sunday, Mrs. John Dutee, 67,...
The April 4, 1902, “Transcript” said Edna Flater had purchased the cottage between the Clure Implement office and Mr. and Mrs. R.U. Austin’s residence on West Villard Avenue and would put on an addition and fix it up for a rental. F.C. Davies was fixing up his barn in back of the Hotel Davies. During a recent wind storm G.W. Brownell’s water tank was blown over and was considerably damaged; Brownell had it up again by late July. John Olson was having a cellar dug for his new house on Lamborn...
On the evening of April 1, 1902, the West Side Kindergarten Whist Club hosted “…the Swellest Affair In The Social History of the City.” About 40 members and their male escorts gathered at the Hotel Mattson. At 10 p.m. they walked to Ohrner’s Hall, which had been decorated with flowers. Places were set for 80, but two places were empty due to illness. Many dishes were April Fool’s jokes made up of inedible or unpalatable portions cleverly disguised by the ladies. Prizes were awarded to the most g...
On March 28, 1902, George Fugina returned from three weeks at his old home in Wisconsin. Richard Cahill was down from Esmond to visit his family. Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Ford were in town shopping. Miss Myrtle Yegan came in from Bismarck to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott moved to their homestead northeast of Kenmare in Ward County; a large number of friends saw them off at the station. The couple had to stopover in Kenmare due to Mrs. Scott’s rheumatism. At 7 p.m., a new singing class w...
On Mar. 27, 1902, State Veterinarian F.W. Tompkins was in town on official business. Henry Johnson's brother arrived with a carload of fine livestock. J.W. Rager's brother and family arrived from Indiana to work his farm that summer. That evening a 25 cent charge got you into a supper of oysters, meats, etc., followed by cake and ice cream, a meal that would normally be 50 cents, and a musical entertainment, speeches and recitations at the Methodist Church. The men of the church sponsored the...
The March 21, 1902, “Transcript” said during the recent storm the barn door on Jacob Valer’s farm was somehow left open and five young cattle wandered out into the driving snow. They were discovered dead three miles away. During the previous week (March 9-15, 1902) C.E. Clure had sold his large house and barn in west New Rockford to J.L. Prader Sr. The Clure family would move to their farm south of town. About two weeks prior, two of Walter Priest’s horses strayed. On March 14, one was found dea...
On March 15, 1902, Albert Hendrickson, son of Eddy County Treasurer Hendrickson, was visiting relatives near Sheyenne. He misjudged the intensity of the storm and started out for another relative’s home a short distance away. He was caught up in the thick blizzard and wandered in the snow for three hours before he found shelter. His badly frozen face and hands would require a long time to recover. About 11 p.m. that day, the delayed passenger train arrived with 83 passengers. After the hotels f...
On March 4, 1902, M. Mattson was down from Sheyenne, as was August Kiehlow from the Sheyenne Valley. Jack McCrum was in from Tiffany. W.G. Carter came in from east of New Rockford; he was finally able to get around with only a cane. Barlow farmers C.L. Hatch and William West came up on business. J.T. Smith visited in town, and Chris Fahrner was in on business. Tony Haas returned from several weeks visiting his brothers. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Larkin. A literary meeting that...
On Feb. 25, 1902, J.F. Voigt, editor of the “Oberon Reporter,” purchased the “Benson County News” at Leeds from editor Garver and would take possession between March 1 to 15. Went Mcgee came in from the Tiffany Flats. W.C. Manz of Freeborn was in on business. George Price was in town from near McHenry. David Bailey and Fred Dutee were in town. Pat Byron was up from Barlow. R.P. Allison returned from Jamestown; Mrs. Allison had recovered sufficiently from her recent Royal Neighbors’ initiatio...
On Feb. 19 to 20, 1902, H. Arveskaug, manager of the Thomas Ose hardware store, was in Leeds. At 10 a.m. Feb. 20, there was a public auction at the Fred Martin farm eight miles west of New Rockford, where all his farm machinery, stock, and household goods, including eleven work horses, five cows and two calves were sold. At 2 p.m. a free lunch was served. F.C. Davies was the auctioneer. That day J.N. Kunkel came over from Fessenden to remove his household goods to that town; his family was to...
On Feb. 15, 1902, John West and his son Eddie were in from Tiffany. Martin Walsh and Peter McAvoy of Morris were in on business. Two young farmers from Iowa, John H. Scherer and Oral A. Heather, filed on a quarter of land in Eddy County after looking around North Dakota for three weeks. About noon on Sunday, Feb. 16, fire destroyed the house on B.G. Allen’s farm 4 miles northeast of New Rockford. The fire was of unknown origin. That evening a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. William E...
On Feb. 11, 1902, May M. Keime came up from Jamestown to visit for several days. Fred LaHue was visiting in New Rockford, as were Sheyenne harness maker M.H. Oliver, S.P. Pisel and H.A. Buffington. Jacob Allmaras, T.M. Huff, and Christ Berge came in on business. W.G. Carter was in town for the first time since a horse kicked him and broke his leg; he was using crutches. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Shoemaker were in from Tiffany to shop. A.P. Melberg came up from his farm near Barlow for material for th...
