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  • 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...

  • History of New Rockford: July 3, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jul 3, 2023

    On the evening of Jan. 26, 1906, two sleighloads of public school students and their chaperones Miss Anna Weiss and Miss Julia Shirley went out to the Mr. and Mrs. George Treffry farm and surprised Miss Alice and Master Ray Treffry. They spent a very enjoyable evening. Also that evening, a large number of dancers enjoyed the dance at the Opera House. On Jan. 26, 27, and 29, eye specialist F.W. Soule was at Babcock & Bucklin’s Drug Store. On Jan. 27, John Welsh came in on business. Henry B....

  • History of New Rockford: June 28, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jun 26, 2023

    On Jan. 20, 1906, F.F. Fisher returned from a family reunion in Wisconsin. Perry Stanton returned from Bismarck to remain with his parents the rest of the winter; his work in the drug store there was too confining for his health. Mrs. T.E. Lahart left to visit friends in Minneapolis. On the morning of Sunday, Jan. 21, Olof H. Arveskaug, 33 years and six months old, died at the home of his brother Hjalmar Arveskaug. He had gone to bed late the night before, feeling fine, despite a heart...

  • History of New Rockford: June 19, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., NRHS Class of 1962 - Drayton, N.D.|Jun 19, 2023

    On Jan. 13, 1906, Mr. H. Tyler the tailor returned from a business trip to Maddock and other towns. Nels A. Johnson, junior partner in the Johnson Bros. meat market, arrived from Fergus Falls to check on the business and his farm east of New Rockford. Stephen Beauclair returned from a lengthy visit to his former home, Quyo, Ontario [there appears to be no town by that name in present-day Ontario]. George Pincott left to buy horses in Montana; he returned on Feb. 6 and the carload of horses...

  • History of New Rockford: June 12, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jun 12, 2023

    On Jan. 10, 1906, O.O. Wolden was down from Sheyenne. Henry Miller was over from McHenry. John Bergman received a telegram with the news his brother Bennie had died in Spring Grove, Minn.; he left for the funeral on January 12. That afternoon, the New Rockford Improvement League met at the home of Mrs. W.E. Radtke. On Jan. 11, Miss Jennie O’Donnell of Valley City came in for a visit. Joe and John Dutee were in from eastern Eddy County to see their friends and do some business. H.M. Clark...

  • History of New Rockford: June 5, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Jun 5, 2023

    The Jan. 5, 1906, “Transcript” had the following New Rockford advertisers: “The New Rockford Transcript,” Olsen & Maddux (C.J. Maddux, publisher; A.C. Olsen, editor and manager) [since 1883]; H. Peoples & Co. [since 1884]; Rodenberg & Schwoebel [since 1899]; Prader & Goss [since 1897]; The New Rockford Tailor Shop [since 1904?, but the business may have recently closed]; Thomas Ose Hardware [since 1901]; P.J. Lorig & Co., furniture [since 1905]; Central Drug Store, Orley E. Couch,...

  • History of New Rockford: May 29, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., NRHS Class of 1962 - Drayton, N.D.|May 29, 2023

    The following New Rockford merchants agreed to close at 6 p.m. from Jan. 1 to March 15, 1906: Rodenberg & Schwoebel, H. Peoples & Co., Prader & Goss, D.H. Fowler, J.E. Cady & Co., J.W. Rager, Johnson Bros., J. Wenz, Thomas Ose, Elias Saad, and J.M. Mulvey. On Jan. 1, Sylvester, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuster, died; his gravestone in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery has his dates as Nov. 12, 1905 – Jan. 1, 1906 [the Jan. 5, 1906, “Transcript” names the date of his death as...

  • History of New Rockford: May 22, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|May 22, 2023

    On Christmas Day 1905, there were Masses at St. John’s Catholic Church at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., and High Mass at 11 a.m. The three hotels (Brown, Davies, Mattson) served “elaborate” dinners. That afternoon and evening, the children of the Congregational Sunday School gathered at Phillips Academy for games, music, and good things to eat; each teacher, pupils, and friends of the Academy received a gift. The Central office of the telephone company was closed from noon until 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m....

  • History of New Rockford: May 15, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|May 15, 2023

    On Dec. 20, 1905, Mrs. A.H. “Hope” Crawford and children went to their old home, Elizabeth, Minnesota, for a visit; they would remain until Hope came back from Canada, then return to New Rockford. Fred Von Almen accompanied them. That evening, the New Rockford Improvement Society had a sale of Christmas articles in the Opera House; supper was served and the event proved to be “a brilliant success” both socially and financially. The fall term of Phillips Academy ended on Dec. 21....

  • History of New Rockford: May 8, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr., NRHS Class of 1962|May 8, 2023

    The Eddy County Commission (Dailey, Dafoe, Gunvaldson) met on Dec. 12, 1905, and voted to approve the following bills: $150, L.D. Ostby, balance for work on the Lee grade; $7, G.W. Egbert, barber work on prisoners; $12, New Rockford Light and Water Improvement Co., lights for Nov. They added the following to the jury list: John Alldred, Andrew Anderson, Aslak Aslakson, Sven Aslakson, W.C. Beardsley, J.E. Bennett, Chris Berge, Ole Berglund, P.J. Braman, Chares Brolin, J.D. Carroll, H.M. Clark,...

  • History of New Rockford: May 1, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|May 1, 2023

    On Dec. 5, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Flewell left for Wimbledon and a visit with relatives after visiting their daughter Mrs. H.W. Wilson and her husband for three weeks; they would then go to Kansas for a while. Mrs. H.J. Radtke left for Kansas, where she would spend the winter, hoping to overcome her lung trouble. From 1 to 5 p.m. the school and institution lands in Eddy County (nearly 80 parcels) were auctioned off at the court house; the sale would continue each afternoon at the same time un...

  • History of New Rockford: April 24, 2023

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

     On Nov. 29, 1905, E.B. Thomson broke a trail through the snowdrifts to get in from his farm northeast of town. The sixth, seventh, and eighth grades had a short Thanksgiving program in the sixth grade room. Frank T. Busch was out with his camera, taking pictures of the snow-covered town. That evening, the Degree of Honor Lodge of Barlow sponsored a dance in that village.  At 3 p.m. Nov. 30, Frances V. Thomson and Lloyd A. Whiteman were married by Rev. J.R. Beebe at the farm home of the brid...

  • History of New Rockford: April 17, 2023

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

    The Nov. 24, 1905, “Transcript” mentioned the “Hankinson News,” “Rugby Optimist,” “Jamestown Alert” and “Washburn Leader.” The “School Notes” were edited by Elsie Tarbell: On Nov. 20, Carl Zehrfeld entered the seventh grade. Clifford Johnston enrolled that week. Jennie Hersey had been absent due to illness. Grace Miller and Anna Olson had been absent that week, as had Birdie Campbell, who had been in Jamestown visiting. Lorina Bucklin had left school and gone to...

  • History of New Rockford: April 10, 2023

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

    On Nov. 16, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Williams came in to shop. E.C. Overton came in from west of town. The funeral for ten-year-old James Welsh of Sheyenne was held; his uncle William Welsh had come up the day before to attend. Mrs. H.J. Row and Mrs. F.P. Roush, both of Tiffany, were in to shop and visit. That afternoon, Lenora Marriage and Earl Harris visited Phillips Academy. Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Hudson went to the Twin Cities; they attended the Minnesota-Nebraska football game and returned...

  • History of New Rockford: April 3, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Apr 3, 2023

    The Nov. 10, 1905, “Transcript” listed the New Rockford School students neither tardy nor absent during the second month of school: First Grade: Bessie Bennett, Hugh Brownell, Ralph Brownell, Lorina Bucklin, Sadie Claren, Perry Goss, Willie Kennedy, Leo Leonard, Russell Maxwell, Ruth Maxwell, Alice O’Connor, Lyle Prader, Bertha Wenz, Roy Wilson. Second Grade: Ruth Aldrich, George Brown, Edith Carlson, Harvey Clark, Anna Foose, Pearl Foose, Kenneth Gardner, Picie Hylton, John Johns, Ellen...

  • History of New Rockford: March 27, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 27, 2023

    On Nov. 6, 1905, Charles Carlson began the second year’s work in the Commercial Department of Phillips Academy. Entertainer S. Platt Jones addressed the Academy students at chapel that morning. Veterinary Surgeon F.R. Patterson drove over from McHenry to collect some bills. Mrs. Frances Wilson was down from Sheyenne. William Erdelbrock came in from west of town. Nels K. Mattson came down on business from Sheyenne, as did O.B. Stedman. G.A. Erickson left on a ten-days’ hunt in the Missouri...

  • History of New Rockford: March 20, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 20, 2023

    About 3 a.m. Oct. 30, 1905, a fire alarm brought people to the corner of Stimson and New Haven, where J.T. Wiltsie’s barn was on fire. “Strenuous work” got the flames out before any real damage was done. Early in the evening, a pan of lignite ashes had been thrown near a manure pile; they smoldered unnoticed until they burst into flame. [There was no mention of the NRFD.] On Oct. 30 Sena Thompson entered the Commercial Department and Eva Hawthorn the Academic Department at Phillips...

  • History of New Rockford: March 13, 2023

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

    On Oct. 24, 1905, P.J. Hester came back from a business trip to the western part of the state. Sheyenne druggist Frank L. Kermott was down on business and to visit. E.R. Davidson came in from Bismarck to check on his farm northeast of town. James Davidson was in from his farm on business. J.M. Mulvey returned from a hunting trip with some nice geese. H.J. Mitchell and grain buyer J.E. Bennett brought in some geese from a two-day hunt. W.H. Wilder brought six large potatoes from his farm to the...

  • History of New Rockford: March 6, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Mar 6, 2023

    On Oct. 17, 1905, S.P. Pisel sold his livestock, farm machinery, and household goods at his farm northwest of New Rockford, in anticipation of moving to western Nebraska. Rev. S.F. Beer returned from the annual Methodist Conference in Fargo, where he was reappointed to the New Rockford charge. Henry B. Johnson came in from Plainview on business and to greet friends; he still had eight days of threshing to do with his big Nichols & Shepard threshing machine. Miss Kittie Anderson returned to her...

  • History of New Rockford: Feb. 27, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Feb 27, 2023

    On Oct. 10 and 11, 1905, Secretary Lead of the Congregational Education Society spoke at Phillips Academy. T.H. Cousins was in town looking over the business of the Andrews & Gage elevator. From Oct. 10 to 12, Dr. G.D. Murphy, H.W. Wilson, C.H. Babcock, and A.J. Clure went hunting ducks and geese near Minnewaukan and came home “with slathers of game.” On the evening of Oct. 10, “Hooligan’s Troubles,” a farce-comedy based on the “Happy Hooligan” comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper,...

  • History of New Rockford: Feb. 20, 2023

    K.C. Gardner Jr.|Feb 20, 2023

    On Oct. 5 and 6, 1905, Minot optical specialist E.J. Miller was in New Rockford at the Hotel Mattson. In the Oct. 6, 1905, “Transcript” student Roger Mattson provided the School Notes: On Oct. 2, Arthur Syftestad entered the sixth grade. On Oct. 3, the program committee of the Literary Society met and arranged a program for Oct. 26. That day Jennie Hersey taught the Primary students while Miss Schmidt was at the depot to meet her uncle. The “water tanks” had been moved from the grade roo...

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