Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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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...
On May 17, 1905, Nils Gunvaldson was in town. Miss Stacia Hennessy was up from Carrington to visit Miss Jennie Treffry. Peter Berge was in from his farm northwest of New Rockford on business. That afternoon a group of “crack shots” went out to J.M. Mulvey’s farm and shot gophers. On May 18, R.M. Kennedy returned from Grand Forks, where he represented the local lodge at the United Workmen Grand Lodge. Martin Walsh was in on business. Real estate agent G.W. Streeter returned from his busin...
On May 8 and 9, 1905, Misses Nell and Mabel Sheehy of Carrington were visiting Miss Mame Sheehy. From May 8 to 11, Father W.A. Gallahue was in Fargo. On May 9, despite inclement weather, almost all the eligible voters in town turned out to cast their ballots on the incorporation question, which was defeated by 22 votes. Dr. John Crawford came down from Esmond to visit. Miss Jennie Hendry arrived from Valley City to take over the position of the central operator at the telephone office from Miss...
On April 29, 1905, Mrs. Will Carroll came in from Washington Lake to visit. McHenry attorney J.F. Faytle was over on legal business. From April 29 to May 1, Miss Ida Sanders of Carrington was in town visiting. On Sunday, April 30, Miss Elizabeth Trainor went to Barlow to visit a few days. That evening, there was a service in the Baptist Church with an illustrated sermon and a song service. On May 1, Katie (Mrs. Thomas) Turner was up from Barlow to visit. Miss Harriet Waters returned from a...
On April 20, 1905, Herbert Treffry returned from his winter “down east.” He had been very sick for two months. Jacob Adam came in from the Kiner area northwest of town on business and to visit. Mrs. R. Zimmerman returned to her home in Black Duck, Minnesota, her visit with her aunt Mrs. Marcus Medved cut short by a telegram telling her of the serious illness of her mother. That evening, a 10-lb. son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyman. On April 20 and 21, Joe Trainor of Velva was in town vis...
On the evenings of April 10 and 11, 1905, the Crows appeared at the Opera House, first in “A Soldier’s Sweetheart” and the next evening in “Mavourneen.” John Algeo and Nyles C. Toll of Barlow saw the show on the first night, and Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Tausen of Barlow attended on the second night. On April 11 and 12, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Logan, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Utz, and a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Braithwaites, all delivered by Dr. G.D. Murp...
Alfred “A.C.” Buck died on April 6, 1905. [His large gray tombstone in Prairie Home Cemetery has a Masonic symbol and vines with leaves carved near the top. The stone rests on a base with the name “BUCK” carved on it. The inscriptions on the face of the stone read, “ABIGAIL P. BUCK BORN APR. 18, 1834 DIED JULY 22, 1888” and under that “ALFRED C. BUCK BORN MAY 18, 1861 DIED APRIL 6, 1905.” Abigail P. Buck was his mother; her funeral was on the afternoon of July 24, 1888, in the New Rockford Co...
On April 1, 1905, the Streeter & Cooling Company began doing business as a corporation with G.W. Streeter, O.G. Cooling, and W.M. Chamberlain as incorporators. The main office was in New Rockford for the land, loan, collection, and abstract business. Attorney D.F. Ellsworth was the legal advisor and would also do the abstract work. On April 1 and 2, T.J. Strande was in from the Morris area. From April 1 to 3, J.W. Perry was down from Esmond. At 3 p.m. Sunday, April 2, Rev. S.F. Beer preached at...
On March 24, 1905, Mrs. A.A. Pettit left for her old home in Iowa where her sister was very ill. John Collins returned from a visit to his old home in New York State. On March 25, George Pincott began selling a carload of heavy work horses. Hans Jensen returned from the Twin Cities. Perry Blomquist was up from his Barlow-area farm for spring supplies. Frank VanHeesch came in on business from the Guler district. E.R. Davidson returned to his duties in the State Auditor’s office in Bismarck a...
Jennie Grace Foster, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Foster, died on March 19, 1913, and is interred in Prairie Home Cemetery near the graves of her father and mother: Orrin H. Foster, 1855-1932 [or 1933, according to cemetery records] and Lovenda H. Nobles Foster, 1860-1935; and Carl W. Foster, 1894-1959, and Ivan Stillman Foster, 1887-1966, who might have been her brothers. On that Sunday, March 19, H.A. Grandy returned from a visit to his ranch near Anamoose and to Washburn and...
On March 16, 1905, G.J. Schwoebel and Marion A. Kasson were married in the bride’s parents’ home in Tacoma, Wash. After the ceremony, the couple left almost immediately on a train bound for North Dakota. The honeymoon trip was taken in stages and lasted until March 29, when the train arrived in New Rockford to the great surprise of the groom’s many friends. Schwoebel was the junior member of Rodenberg & Schwoebel and, according to the “Transcript,” had lived in Eddy County for 22 years. Th...
The March 10, 1905, “Transcript” stated that O.W. Bauer had retired from the Independent Dray Line and his partner A.J. Larkin had taken over ownership. Bauer was going to concentrate his attention on buying grain for the Farmers’ Elevator. A Dissolution of Partnership Notice was dated March 1. Roy Greitl of Barlow would assist at Nathan Stanton’s blacksmith shop during the summer. D.B. Wellman of Eddy County had been appointed as a State Inspector of Weights and Measures. Mrs. James E. Hyde ha...
On the evening of Mar. 4, 1905, the Amateur Musical Club presented the following program: “Young Marshall” by Mabel House; “Cricket” by Olive Bennett; “Sleigh Ride” by Pearl Goss and Mrs. H.J. Mitchell; “Les Etoiles Dor Waltz” by Florence Schwoebel; “Love Dreams Reverie” by Celestia Kellington; and a reading, “Handel and Mendelssohn” by Minnie Syftestad. Also that evening, the regular business meeting of the Christian Endeavor was held at the Rev. and Mrs. J.R. Beebe’s house. On March 4 and 5,...
On Mar. 1, 1905, R.M. Kennedy left for St. Paul to be with his son, Harold, when the boy was operated on for his hip disease. During the afternoon of March 2, the high school literary society hosted some literary exercises, including a debate on Resolved, “That more knowledge is gained by observation than by reading.” Lawrence Fisher and Elsie Tarbell had the Affirmative, while Evalyn Mattson and Walter Stitzel upheld the Negative. The judges gave the decision unanimously to the Negative. Som...
On the evening of Feb. 16, 1905, the New Rockford Orchestra furnished the music for “a large number of our young people” at a dance in the Hotel Davies. The Feb. 17, 1905, “Transcript” had a note from the editor, A.C. Olsen, asking for the public’s indulgence because during the illness of his brother Len J. Olsen, the editor would have to do all the work in getting the paper published, including typesetting. L.J., who had been at the paper for three years, had been confined to his bed for two w...
The Feb. 10, 1905, “Transcript” carried a notice for bids for 300 ounces of strychnine for the county up to 2 p.m. March 6. Also, both the county auditor, W.C. Schwoebel and the board of health (R.F. Rinker, W.C. Dresser, Dr. Charles MacLachlan) put in notices that under section 274 of the Revised Code of the Session Laws of 1903, if no physician was present at a birth, death, or the presence of a contagious disease of a child within a household, the parents or guardians must report such an occ...
The Feb. 3, 1905, “Transcript” said that recently, Lou Smith [former New Rockford band leader, June 14, 1902-July 28, 1903, and barber, Dec. 1902-July 28, 1903], had died of smallpox in Billings, Mont. The paper claimed that Smith’s band had played at a masquerade ball and some of the costumes were infected with small pox; the piano player also died of the disease. However, the “Transcript” of Feb. 10 said it had learned via a letter to Sheriff George F. Fahrer from the Billings police chief tha...
On the evening of Jan. 24, 1905, former Eddy County residents Katie (Mrs. Thomas) Turner and Nellie E. Buck were installed as Past Chief of Honor and Usher, respectively, at the meeting of the Barlow Degree of Honor. Also that evening, some young friends gave a surprise birthday party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R.U. Austin on Villard Ave. West for Albert Hill, a student at Phillips Academy; there were music, games, and “elegant refreshments.” On Jan. 25, Miss Ruth Reutenik left for a vis...
To continue from last week: On Jan. 16, 1905, W.C. Hayes died. He was born in New York State and lived in Pennsylvania 10 years before moving to Dakota Territory in 1882, arriving at Bartlett via the Great Northern Railway. He traveled across country to the southwest and homesteaded on land near Tiffany, where he resided until the previous three or four years when he lived in New Rockford. [He was the court house janitor from at least 1901-Nov. 1904]. He was a Mason and had joined the AOUW...
On Jan. 10, 1905, the Eddy County Commission appointed W.C. Dresser as vice president and Dr. Charles MacLachlan as superintendent of the county board of health, and C.J. Maddux and Dr. Charles MacLachlan to serve as commissioners of insanity and to act with the county judge as a board of insanity. On Jan. 10, Miss Nora Kennedy came up from Fargo for a visit. That afternoon, Berthal Roush and Rose Farrell, both of the Tiffany area, were married by Father W.A. Gallahue; they would live on the...
The Jan. 6, 1905, “Transcript” carried ads for or mentioned the following: “The New Rockford Transcript,” (A.C. Olsen, publisher and editor) [since 1883]; Thos. Ose Hardware [since 1901]; J.M. Mulvey Hardware [since 1888]; H. Peoples & Co. [since 1884]; Rodenberg & Schwoebel [since 1899]; Prader & Goss [since 1897]; J.E. Cady & Co. [since 1904]; The Independent Cash Store, E.G. Fitch [since 1904]; Babcock & Bucklin’s Drug Store [since 1902]; Central Drug Store, A.C. Buck & Orley R. Couch [by...
The Dec. 30, 1904, “Transcript” stated that the following had been elected as officers at the last meeting of the New Rockford Camp #2214, Modern Woodmen of America: Venerable Counsel—W.E. Radtke; Worthy Advisor—Peter Prader; Excellent Banker—G.M. Pike; Clerk—Marcus Medved; Escort—Gus Lauch; Watchman—Charles Logan; Sentry—John Olson; Manager—W.C. Dresser; Physicians—Dr. G.D. Murphy, Dr. Charles MacLachlan; installation would be on the evening of Jan. 5, 1905. Peter Dodds had taken up at his f...
The Dec. 23, 1904, “Transcript” School Notes indicated where the teachers would spend the holidays: Miss Carolyn Trainor was going to Manfred, N.D., with her sister Miss Sarah Trainor. Miss Edith M. Schmidt would spend the holidays at her Jamestown home. Miss Belle Hutchinson would remain in New Rockford. Miss Anna B. Weiss would go to Crystal, N.D., and Miss Lillian Lund would go to her home in Kindred. The previous week, Miss Jeanette Ernst came down from Belcourt for the holidays in New Roc...
On the evening of Dec. 16, 1904, the Yeomen Lodge elected officers: Foreman, W.O. Baird; Correspondent, J.N. Kunkel; Master of Ceremonies, Viola Woodward; Master of Accounts, Donald Niven; Physician, J.W. Rager; Delegates to the Fargo Conclave, J.W. Rager, Viola Woodward, H.M. Clark. Installation would be on Jan. 13, 1905. On that day, the North Dakota Supreme Court issued an order for Sheriff J.E. Bennett to release James VanKuren, who had been held on a charge of grand larceny. The case had be...
The Dec. 9, 1904, “Transcript” carried some School Notes written by the English Class: Lloyd Beardsley had been absent almost the entire week with illness. Each day after 4 p.m. an advanced arithmetic class was meeting in the high school to do review work. The Literary Society met on Dec. 8. Sam Swanson and Martin Mostue (Swanson & Mostue) of the North Star Livery Barn had a notice for the party who placed a 9-year old roan mare, a 6-year old dark bay horse, and a Harrison wide tire wagon in...
