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History of New Rockford: February 15, 2021

On Nov. 7, 1903, John Welsh took three carloads of cattle to South St. Paul; he returned on Nov. 10.

At noon on Sunday, Nov. 8, William Bryant Taylor and Mamie DeMoss, both of Perry, Iowa, were married in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Buck by Rev. C.F. Sewrey. Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Petitt of New Rockford and Mr. and Mrs. Harper of Larrabee attended. The couple would live in the Larrabee area.

On Nov. 9, Mrs. R.M. Kennedy returned from Moorhead with her young son Harold, who was much improved in health. Carrie Dutee and George W. Justice came in from eastern Eddy County. W.J. Carroll was up from Barlow. J.D. Carroll went to Fargo on business.

On Nov. 9 and 10, J.T. West brought grain in from his Tiffany area farm. Joe Dutee was in with a load of grain and to shop. Misses Irma and Ruth Sunday of Edmonds were up to visit Mrs. Guss Gullicks. State’s Attorney J.A. Manly and stenographer Dora Yegen were in Fessenden on legal business.

On Nov. 10, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Marriage were in to shop and collect subscriptions for the new Barlow Congregational Church. Mrs. Burrill A. Daniels and daughter were in to shop. Mrs. W.J. Morris and her niece were in town. Morris postmaster D.D. Dailey was in with a load of grain. Mrs. Lila J. Brown went to the Twin Cities. Will Young’s mother returned to Shardon, Ohio, after a three-months’ visit with her son at his farm east of Tiffany. That afternoon the New Rockford Orchestra went to Carrington to play for a dance in the evening. C.E. Hoffman came in from Tiffany.

On the morning of Nov. 11, a daughter was born to Charles and Frances Turner of Washington Lake. E.F. Wright of Tiffany and W.G. Carter came in on business, as did Claude Phelps of Carrington. Dr. William Bartley came down from Sheyenne. Martin Walsh brought in a load of grain. Fessenden attorney J.J. Youngblood and family were in New Rockford. Verne Norton and William Plasic [Placek?], who had worked for George Treffry two to three years, left for a winter in Marshalltown, Iowa. George Rosenberry left for a winter at his old home in Indiana. John Hogan accompanied P.J. Walsh to Duluth, where Walsh was to marry Miss Mary McCrank. That evening the AOUW Lodge, P.J. Braman, Recorder, elected new officers: R.M. Kennedy, Master Workman; W.C. Schwoebel, Foreman; E.H. Martin, Overseer; W.C. Beardsley, Recorder; C.H. Babcock, Receiver; P.J. Braman, Financier; J.W. Rager, Guide; A.W. Johnson, Inside Watch; James Hamilton, Outside Watch. Also that evening Frank Allen Peake entertained “a number” of people at the Opera House; he gave them “their money’s worth.”

That day a two-year-old red roan steer “with Jersey nose” strayed from the John Welsh farm. There was a reward.

On Nov. 12, Albert West left for three weeks in the Twin Cities, but actually he didn’t return until December 16. That evening the 2½ hour comedy “Mr. Plaster of Paris” was presented in the Opera House.

The Nov. 13, 1903, “Transcript” stated that the Carrington School students were so well trained, they could empty the building in a fire drill in a minute and ten seconds.

That issue commented that a large amount of fall plowing had been done.

A Letter to the Editor from G.W. Justice claimed that the Oct. 16 edition of the “Eddy County Provost” attacked him under the headline “Justice and Injustice,” but did not publish his answer in a later edition.

G.W. Brownell sold Patton’s Sun-Proof Paint; the following gave testimony as to its effectiveness: J.E. Bennett, Charles Culp, W.C. Dresser, Mrs. Anna Edmonds, Henry Hudson, P.J. Lorig, Dr. Charles MacLachlan, Samuel McDowell, Donald Niven, J.V. Roffler, Rodenberg & Schwoebel, and Brownell himself.

The Trustees of the Phillips Academy were asking that those who had signed the subscription list to pay their first installment to E.S. Severtson at the Bank of New Rockford so construction could begin in the spring. Much of the building material was already on the ground. Ed Nystrom was singled out as the first man to pay.

During the week the Tiffany Ladies Aid met at Mrs. A. Larson’s. Also that week the seventh graders were studying the National Parks; the eighth grade Grammar class was studying the inflection of nouns; the English II class was studying the paragraph; George Cahill entered the third grade; Fred Ackerman, Beulah Burnett, Elsie Tarbell, and Mary O’Keefe joined the seventh grade.

A note said the 30-student second primary room had perfect attendance [probably for October].

A news item appeared which said that Richard Baker, who farmed southeast of New Rockford, had suffered a short crop and became depressed over his debts. The previous week he took off for “parts unknown.” His wife received a letter postmarked Mandan, saying he had left her and the children forever and would soon commit suicide.

The previous week a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Johnson southwest of New Rockford.

On Nov. 13, Peter Michel and Frank Goodrich were in on business. North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction W.L. Stockwell visited the city schools and inspected the classification of the high school.

On Nov. 14, James Renfrew from northwest of town and Louis Shaykette were in on business. Herman Olson from northwest of New Rockford, Jeremiah Carroll of western Eddy County, and Charles Rosenberger came to town. Alec Austin came home after working on the George Pincott ranch in the Sheyenne Valley during the summer and fall and would resume his job, painting in his father’s wagon shop. J.W. Richter passed through New Rockford with five carloads of fat cattle for the South St. Paul market. Frank S. Dunham went to South St. Paul to check on the cattle market; he returned on Nov. 20, saying the market for fat cattle “is way off.” Thomas Hrach and family left for Chicago for the winter and possibly permanently.

On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 15, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Utz, their first child; they lived on their own farm, the old Dailey place about four miles south of town. Christ C. Hanson hosted a turkey shoot at his farm southeast of town.

On Nov. 16, John Noxon came up from Valley City to put a hot water heating plant in the Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Maddux residence on Stimson Avenue West; he finished the job and returned home on Nov. 25. George Lake returned from a visit with his brother at Steele. J.A. Wilson left for a winter on his homestead near Balfour. That evening Rev. Willard Fuller of Jamestown lectured on “Anchors and Wings” in the Baptist Church. Admission was 25 cents. It “was attended by rather a small audience, owing to the inclemency of the weather….”

 
 
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