Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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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 Acade...
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...
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...
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, was presented...
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 rooms to th...
On Oct. 2, 1905, County Commissioners Dafoe and Gunvaldson and the Eddy County Superintendent of Schools had the portion of T150, R63 [Eddy], north of the Sheyenne River annexed to the Washington School District 9; the portion of T150, R64 [Hillsdale], north of the Sheyenne to Tiffany School District 8; the portion of T150, R65 [Bush], north of the river to Rocky Mountain School District 11; and the portion of T150, R66 [Gates], north of the Sheyenne River to Sheyenne School District 12. On...
On Sept. 27, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Rosenberger took their infant son Raymond to St. Paul for an examination of an enlarged gland in his neck. Sheriff George Fahrer and Mrs. John Collins transported Edith, the 15-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Neutzel, to the State Asylum in Jamestown for treatment; she had been suffering from a long bout of melancholia brought on by “over-study.” That afternoon, Lawrence Butler was helping to lath the Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Severtson residence when the sha...
The Sept. 22, 1905, “Transcript” carried an ad stating that the Hotel Davies, J.W. Hedges, prop., was “Strictly a $2-a-Day House in Every Respect.” It had steam heat and gas lighting. Mrs. Bena Crepps and Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Crepps had a Card of Thanks to their friends and neighbors who had aided them in their recent bereavement. The Postmaster General was calling for bids for a tri-weekly mail delivery between New Rockford and Freeborn, beginning on June 30, 1906; the present delivery was twice a...
The Sept. 15, 1905, "Transcript" listed the high school courses for the year as Latin, Algebra, Geometry, Ancient History, Physical Geography and Elementary Meteorology, English Composition and Rhetoric, Political Economy, Business Law, Drawing, and Oratory. John Anderson was painting the new residence of Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Aldrich. An item said that D.B. Wellman's brother had recently died in Maine. During the week Charles Goss brought in a load of No. 1 Northern Wheat which ran 15 bushels to...
On the morning of September 9, 1905, Harry Hawthorn, the 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawthorn, and two boys from the gypsy camp along the river went out on the water in a boat. A shotgun they had along was somehow discharged and the pellets lodged in young Hawthorn’s left leg, just below the hip, along with parts of the wooden paddle. He was taken to the Ed Martin residence and the doctors were called. They dressed the wound and decided that amputation might not be necessary. H...
On Sept. 4, 1905, the Eddy County Commission (Dailey, Dafoe, Gunvaldson) met and voted to pay the following: $29.20, Mrs. M.E. Pottner, care of Mrs. Clara Swantz and for bedding destroyed; $102.50, Mrs. Carrie E. Fay, care and nursing of Mrs. Clara Swantz and for bedding destroyed; $7.20, New Rockford Light & Water Improvement Co., June and July lights; $4, H.W. Wilson, Aug. and Sept. rent for telephone; $90, Mrs. A.G. Gardner, register of deeds’ clerk for July and Aug.; $80, John Collins, j...
On the night of Aug. 29, 1905, three residences were targeted by burglars. About midnight, a burglar entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Mulvey on Lamborn Avenue West through a window. His movements awakened Mulvey, who “turned a searchlight on the intruder” who was ten feet from the bed. The man fled through the window and a search failed to find him. An attempt was made to enter the home of Dr. and Mrs. Charles MacLachlan, but their dog frightened the would-be thief away. A successful ent...
On August 22, 1905, Estelle Conklin left to visit friends and relatives at Oakes. Mrs. C.D.W. Lewis of Carrington sold 160 acres of land to F.S. Dunham west of New Rockford, land that adjoined that of Dunham. At 5 p.m. August 22, Mrs. W.T. Buck, hosted a dinner for ten of her friends. The rooms of her house were decorated with garden flowers and the table centerpiece was a large bowl of nasturtiums. Cards with descriptive verses were found at each of the ten places set at the table and eac...
On Sunday, August 13, 1905, “Carrington Independent” editor Albert Estabrook was in New Rockford to visit, as was Miss Maud Sterns and M.C. Hammond. That evening Rev. J.G. Moore preached in the New Rockford Methodist Church. On August 14, Fred Laasch of western Eddy County and Horace Courtemanche were in for harvest supplies. James Davidson, William Erdelbrock, and William Thorn came in on business. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Knable were in shopping. Miss Norah O’Connell returned from a visit to...
Up to 2 p.m. Aug. 5, 1905, Sylvanus Marriage, clerk of Superior School District #19, received bids for the purchase of the school building in the northwest quarter, section 12, T148, R66 [Superior Township], known as the Dodd [Dodds?] School. On the morning of Sunday, August 6, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Treffry southeast of New Rockford. Mrs. L.M. Newell of Chicago spoke at churches in Sheyenne at 10:30 a.m., Tiffany at 3:30 p.m., and in the New Rockford Baptist Church at 8 p.m....
On July 26, 1905, Edna Stickney and Charles W. Hoffman were married at the bride’s home in Brainerd, Minnesota. Edna Stickney was a former student in the New Rockford School and a former Eddy County teacher; she, her mother, and her sister Corna Stickney moved to Brainerd on October 26, 1900. On July 26 to 27, John Morris was down from Minnewaukan with his small son to visit his parents Sgt. and Mrs. Morris. On July 27, barber W.A. Mendenhall’s mother from Adel, Iowa, arrived to visit him. The...
The July 21, 1905, “Transcript” stated that during the week Peter Crain had been hauling lumber to his Tiffany farm for the 44x84 barn he was having built. It would have a full stone basement and the stone work was done. Rudolf Indergaard was in from the Plainview district. During the week H.P. Carr sold his interest in the Davies Livery stable to G.W. Streeter. The previous week Mack MacLachlan, his wife, family, and sister-in-law Miss Lindelle, arrived from Grand Rapids, Michigan, to vis...
On July 12, 1905, Herb Losee and John Schaefer left for the West Coast to take in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, visit some western states, and look for some land to buy; they returned on August 12. On July 13, Went Mcgee came in on business. Miss Harriet “Hattie” Davidson returned from a visit in Bismarck with her brother, E.R. Davidson. Frank Hudson, Frank Reed, Mrs. W.T. Buck, her son and daughter went to the Chautauqua. Painter John Anderson went to Sheyenn...
On June 28, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Johnston were in shopping. B.W. Hersey was in on business. Matt Fautsch left to visit his old home, Elizabeth, Minn. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance agent W.S. Farquhar left to visit his family in Farmington, Minn.; he returned on August 17. Mrs. G.W. Brownell and Mrs. W.C. Schwoebel went to Grand Forks for the Grand Lodge of the Eastern Star as delegates of Ionic Chapter #29; Mrs. Schwoebel was elected Grand Warden. Mrs. William Bartley and children of...
From noon June 19 until noon June 20, 1905, A.J. Miller substituted for D.D. Sullivan, the Fargo eye specialist, at Kunkel’s Jewelry with eye exams and the fitting of glasses. On June 19 and 20, Dewey Alexander was in from eastern Eddy County on business. On June 20, David Twist was down from Twist Post Office, buying goods for stocking up his store. Mr. and Mrs. Will VanHorn were in shopping. Mrs. W.C. Dresser’s mother and sister came in from Devils Lake to visit. A.F. Prouty and his lit...
On June 13, 1905, Mrs. May M. Keime and Mrs. Walter Priest went to the WCTU Convention in Oberon. Alice (Mrs. J.W.) Rager and Mrs. H.G. Hudson were the New Rockford delegates. Miss Fena Carlson, Miss Mabel House, and Miss Mildred Keime were the New Rockford entries in the Gold Medal Oratorical Contest, with Miss Carlson winning the medal. On June 14, Pat O’Connor was in on business from western Eddy County. Horace Courtemanche and S.P. Pisel came in on business. Burton Hulbert went to the G...
On June 7, 1905, Dr. and Mrs. G.D. Murphy went to Minneapolis for a short visit; he returned on June 10, while she remained until June 23. On June 7 and 8, George M. Pike attended a Shriners’ meeting in Fargo. From June 7 to 12, jeweler J.N. Kunkel’s father of Fessenden visited him and his family. On the morning of June 8, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hans Tuffli southwest of town. Paul Hartman came in on business from eastern Wells County, as did Peter Berge from northwest of town. J.F...
On the morning of June 1, 1905, Clinton Kennedy was driving a team to Barlow. The horses became unmanageable and galloped down the road, pulling the boy off the wagon seat. He held onto the reins although he “hit the ground several times” before he managed to clamber back into the wagon where he was able to quiet the animals down. He suffered several bruises. The June 2, 1905, “Transcript” mentioned the “Steele Ozone” and the “Denhoff Voice.” Principal L.J. Aldrich of Phillips Academy had a c...
The May 26, 1905, “Transcript” said that several very large pickerel had recently been taken from the James River. The previous week H.W. Hastings, a musician who had played with the New Rockford Orchestra in 1903 and 1904, died at his home in Oberon. Also that week several New Rockford businessmen worked on the race track and ball park west of town to get them in shape. On May 26, Herman Olson came in on business. William Erdelbrock was in to do business and to visit. Rev. and Mrs. C.F. Sew...
Sealed bids were received by county auditor W.C. Schwoebel until 4 p.m. May 22, 1905, for three steel bridges: 1) between sections 3 and 4 and 3 and 20, T150, R65 [Bush] to replace the old Nunn coulee bridge; 2) between sections 10 and 15, T149, R64 [Tiffany], to replace the Robinson coulee bridge; 3) across the James River between sections 3 and 10, T148, R66 [Superior], to replace the Hulbert bridge. Also bids were received up to 11 a.m. for grading in Eddy County. On May 22, the Eddy Cou...
