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  • History of New Rockford: March 18, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 18, 2024

    The Oct. 12, 1906, “Transcript” stated that threshing crews were leaving as fast as circumstances and the railroads would allow; the paper said it was the earliest departure at any time. News from the Morris area: Rev. Kristoff had gone to Pennsylvania for the winter; Fred Dutee was still threshing with his Buffalo Pitts machines; Joe Dutee and several other farmers were doing fall plowing. On October 12, G.A. Krueger of Freeborn and A.O. Krider, who farmed northeast of New Rockford just...

  • History of New Rockford: March 11, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 11, 2024

    On October 5, 1906, F.A. Rising, vice president of the First National Bank, was in town on banking business. A telegram that day informed J.B. Somers of the death by drowning of one of his sons at Tagus, N.D. That evening, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson. That evening, a dance was held; Messrs. Theo Quam, Nels Mattson, Edward A. Faust and John Hultberg and Misses Jet Richter and McFarland, all of Sheyenne attended, as did Dr. Charles McNamara and Frank Fahrer, both of Barlow. On...

  • History of New Rockford: March 4, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 4, 2024

    The Sept. 28, 1906, “Transcript” stated that Mr. and Mrs. P.H. West and family had moved into their new home on Lamborn Avenue East. The Consolidated Elevator, managed by J.C. Smith, was planning on a 40,000 bushel addition. Miss Edna Lloyd was a student at Phillips Academy. On September 28, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Stout came in from Granville, N.D., where they had been looking over some land; they owned land at Tiffany, next to the William Cornish farm, and were planning on living there in the sp...

  • History of New Rockford: Feb. 26, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Feb 26, 2024

    On Sept. 21, 1906, S.O. Lee came in from his farm southeast of town; he had finished threshing his wheat (17 bushels per acre; #1 Northern) and oats (50 bushels per acre; 44 lbs. per bushel). C.E. Blackwell, the manager of the Gull River Lumber Company’s yards, inspected the local yard managed by Ray Erwin and found it in fine shape. On Sept. 22, the “Gander,” a large hunting wagon, made its initial trip to eastern Eddy County with hunters J.A. McAuley, M.R. Fritz, Dr. G.D. Murphy, and...

  • History of New Rockford: Feb. 19, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Feb 19, 2024

    The Sept. 14, 1906, “Transcript” said the fixtures for the Farmers & Merchants Bank had arrived and were being installed. Mrs. P.J. Butler had all her household goods, a buggy and a set of single driving harness for sale. Assistant Principal Miss Lillian Lund had lost her watch and was hoping for its return. Due to the heavy freight business, an extra locomotive had been stationed in New Rockford to do switching and yard work and to haul some freight cars to Carrington. Also, because of the...

  • History of New Rockford: Feb. 12, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Feb 12, 2024

    The Sept. 7, 1906, “Transcript” stated that the previous week Miss Hattie Harrison had come in from Marlette, Mich., to see her sister Mrs. Nathan Stanton and family. Also Miss Anna Haskell had arrived from Illinois to act as the stenographer and bookkeeper for Streeter & Cooling. On the morning of Sept. 7, Miss Mabel Sheehy began work as a saleslady in the dry goods department of H. Peoples & Co. Andrew Johnson, Sr., brought in two loads of wheat that was rated No. 1 Hard and weighed 60 lbs...

  • History of New Rockford: Jan. 15, 2024

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jan 15, 2024

    On Aug. 11, 1906, Mrs. H.R. Campbell went to Minneapolis to order her fall stock of millinery; she would be assisted in her shop by Miss Vera Keime; she returned on Aug. 25. From Aug. 11 to 15, Miss Josephine O’Connell, who was teaching at Sykeston, came in to visit relatives; she was accompanied by another young lady from Sykeston, Miss Margaret Murphy. On those days, Mrs. S.F. Beer visited her daughter, Miss Dora, at Valley City. On Sunday, Aug. 12, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Carroll were in Morris....

  • History of New Rockford: Dec. 4, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Dec 4, 2023

    On June 30, 1906, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Radtke returned from Fargo, where they had attended the Grand Lodge meetings of the Masons and the Eastern Star. Fred Von Almen went to his old home in Minnesota, called there by the death of his grandmother. Barber W.T. Buck left for a visit to his old home at Adel, Iowa; he returned on July 20. “While driving thru a door,” Mose Reams was “squeezed” and received a broken rib. From June 30 to July 5, Anton Lill was visiting in Minnesota. The North...

  • History of New Rockford: November 13, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Nov 13, 2023

    On the evening of June 6, 1906, a son was born to Rev. and Mrs. F.L. Gehrs of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. That evening, the First Annual Graduation Exercises of the Phillips Academy took place in the Opera House. There was a large audience. The hall was decorated in the class colors: white and red. The program consisted of Prof. L.J. Aldrich making a few remarks; Invocation, Rev. J.R. Beebe; Cornet Duet “My Creole Sue,” Messrs. Erickson and Comer; Oration “The Three Martyrs,” Ethel Tre...

  • History of New Rockford: October 30, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Oct 30, 2023

    On May 24, 1906, Alice (Mrs. J.W.) Rager left on a visit to her former home, Jamestown, N.Y. Mrs. B.W. Hersey left for Kansas City, Mo., to visit her parents. The New Rockford Band played an outdoor concert that evening. That evening, Miss Mame Sheehy hosted a souvenir party for Miss Lynne Tyler at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Lahart. Twelve young ladies were guests. Miss Mae Herbert won a cake in a cake-guessing contest. White satin ribbons and bells decorated the dining room where the delicio...

  • History of New Rockford: October 23, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Oct 23, 2023

    On the morning of May 12, 1906, daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Larson. Twenty-eight friends of Louise Dunham surprised her at her farm home west of town on the occasion of her 11th birthday. Many suitable presents were given to her and refreshments were served. That evening Principal E.S. Youngdahl and his wife entertained the high school students and the teachers at their home on Villard Avenue West. There were games, music, conversation and light re...

  • History of New Rockford: October 16, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Oct 16, 2023

    Two of the three Eddy County Commissioners (Dafoe and Gunvaldson) met on the morning of May 7, 1906, and the third, J.G. Dailey, joined them that afternoon and on May 8. They voted to pay the following: $15.05, R.M. Kennedy, wood and coal for Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Cahill; $45, Mrs. A.G. Gardner, register of deeds clerk for April; $4, Matt Fautsch, hauling ashes; $22, New Rockford Light and Water Improvement Co., lights for March and April; $40, John Collins, janitor’s salary for April; $3, J.L....

  • History of New Rockford: October 9, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Oct 9, 2023

    On April 27, 1906, Mrs. C.C. Schmidt came up from Jamestown to visit her daughter Miss Edith Schmidt, the Primary teacher at the New Rockford School; she left for home on May 2. Matt Mattson, Jr., was in visiting. Miss Vera Keime went to Fargo to consult an ear specialist on inflammation of her auditory nerve, an affliction she had for some time; she had an operation on April 30 and began feeling better. The baseball team hosted a social and put on a program at Phillips Academy to benefit the te...

  • History of New Rockford: October 2, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Oct 2, 2023

    Ads in the April 20, 1906, “Transcript”: Buster Brown boys’ and girls’ stockings, 25 cents a pair, Rodenberg & Schwoebel. M.M. Keime had a horse, buggy, harness, plow and mower for sale. Early in the week Alec Austin had a bout of tonsillitis, but was better. Ray, the 13-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cornish, had been very ill for some time with blood poisoning. Len J. Olsen, the Linotype operator at the “Transcript,” had been confined to his bed for three weeks with rheumatic...

  • History of New Rockford: Sept. 25, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Sep 25, 2023

    On April 11, 1906, Otho Lathrop came up from Fargo to visit with the Lathrop family for a few days. Thomas Olson went to St. Paul, where he would enter a hospital and have an appendectomy. On April 12 a fall of snow melted almost as soon as it fell, but it made things slippery. Mrs. J.D. Carroll of Lake Washington was out in her yard when she slipped and fell, breaking her right arm above the wrist. A doctor from McHenry set it. The Lowell Literary Society presented a program. The April 13,...

  • History of New Rockford: September 11, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Sep 11, 2023

    On March 30 and until noon on March 31, 1906, Fargo optician C.J. Sullivan was at Kunkel’s Jewelry Store. On March 31 Phillip Ackerman was in from west of town doing business and greeting friends. Miss Bertha Hopper arrived to be a trimmer at Inez Gullicks’ millinery shop. J.T. Gudgell, owner of the Gudgell Ranch southeast of New Rockford, was in for spring supplies. Joseph Dutee came in from eastern Eddy County. Andrew Johnson, Jr., returned from Minneapolis, where he had been studying...

  • History of New Rockford: Sept. 4, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Sep 4, 2023

    On March 23, 1906, H.J. Mitchell, C.J. Stickney, and L.C. Oefstedahl went to Jamestown for a meeting of the Elks Lodge. H.L. Rood returned from a trip “down the line.” Daniel Labhardt and Richard Zehrfeld returned from northwest of Edmonton, Alberta. That evening Miss Mildred Keime entertained members of the Loyal Temperance Legion at her home on Villard Avenue West. On March 24 Fred Allmaras, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Allmaras, returned from Richardson [Richardton?], where he had attended...

  • History of New Rockford: August 28, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Aug 28, 2023

    On March 16, 1906, T.H. Bollingberg was in from the Twist neighborhood of eastern Wells County on business and to visit; he was interested in reports of a new railroad line that might pass near his farm at Twist. In the evening the Phillips Academy Glee Club (a boys’ double quartette) gave a concert of solos, duets, quartettes and eight-voice songs in Sheyenne, assisted by Miss Carolyn Waters at the piano and Miss Hazel Hall. Rev. J.R. Beebe accompanied the boys and introduced them to the larg...

  • History of New Rockford

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Aug 21, 2023

    Having recovered from his recent illness, John McVey shipped a carload of cattle to the South St. Paul markets on March 10, 1906. F.D. Dunham took a carload of cattle to the same market; he returned on March 14. Miss Mae Herbert arrived from Polo, Ill., to work as the stenographer and bookkeeper at the Maddux Law Office. C.C. Hanson came in on business. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wren came in to shop and planned to stay for the concert and dance. That evening the Claude Corus Baker Concert and Dance...

  • History of New Rockford: August 14, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Aug 14, 2023

    On March 5 and 6, 1906, National Bank Examiner F.B. Chapman of Buford, N.D., examined the financial status of the First National Bank and announced it was “in excellent condition.” Sealed bids were received by County Treasurer W.C. Schwoebel until 3 p.m. March 6, for materials and construction of a bridge over the Sheyenne River on the section line between section 7, T150, R64 [Hillsdale], and Section 12, T150, R65 [Bush]. On the afternoon of March 6, in front of the three Eddy County Commis...

  • History of New Rockford: August 7, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., Drayton, N.D. - NRHS Class of 1962|Aug 7, 2023

    On March 1, 1906, Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Whiteman came down from Sheyenne to visit. W.B. Whetham came in from eastern Eddy County on business and to greet his “army of friends.” That afternoon, the Lowell Literary Society met and put on a program; Mable Kennedy attended and her friends were hoping she would soon return to school. A number of Phillips Academy students attended. That evening, the New Rockford Camp 2214 of the Woodmen Lodge met; Marcus Medved was the clerk. Initiated into the Lodge...

  • History of New Rockford: July 31, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., Drayton, N.D. - NRHS Class of 1962|Jul 31, 2023

    On the afternoon of Feb. 22, 1906, the New Rockford Improvement League met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Allison. At 2:45 p.m., the Lowell Literary Society presented the following program: Song, Society Members; Recitation, Amy Crane; Oration, Lawrence Fisher; Duet, Marie Roush and Sarah Johnson; Recitation, Celestia Kellington; Newspaper, Verne Wiltsie and Merrille Pike; Mandolin Solo, Miss Lund and Edwin Wiltsie; Debate, “Resolved, That Washington did more for the United States than...

  • History of New Rockford: July 24, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., Drayton, N.D., NRHS Class of 1962|Jul 24, 2023

    On Feb. 15, 1906, William Farley and Gull River Lumber Company manager Ray Erwin left for the Twin Cities; Erwin would then go on to his former home at Prescott, Iowa; W.S. Woods would manage the yard in his absence. Erwin returned on March 17. Farley returned on March 2. That evening, the Modern Woodmen Lodge initiated the following: Charles Anderson, Bruce Clouser, Eugene Corry, Glen Hays, George Healy, Tony Heart, George Johnson, W.S. Knable, Martin Larson, Jay Mulvey, Albert West, and Willia...

  • History of New Rockford: July 17, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jul 17, 2023

    About 5 p.m. Feb. 9, 1906, W.S. Farquhar suffered a stroke and died at 11:15. He had shown no signs of ill health during the day. For six years he had been the representative of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. in New Rockford, but his home was Farmington, Minn., where his wife and daughter lived. They were reached by telephone and went to Minneapolis to catch the train, but another call informed them of his death, so they did not board the train. Instead, his brother-in-law took the...

  • History of New Rockford: July 10, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jul 10, 2023

    On the afternoon of Feb. 2, 1906, Larrabee farmer David W. Huntley and Frances Turner of Fargo were married by Judge C.W. Hall in his chambers; the couple would live on his farm. That evening, the Phillips Academy Musical and Literary Society presented the following program: Music, the Society; Quotations by the members; Essay, Minnie O’Neill; Vocal Solo, Charles Griffith; Reading, Lawrence Prader; Debate, “Resolved: That the newspaper has done more for civilization than the locomotive” Af...

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