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History of New Rockford: Feb. 3, 2020

On Jan. 1, 1903, hardware merchant H. Arveskaug went to Leeds for New Year’s and to spend a couple days with friends. The January 2, 1903. “Transcript” was Vol. XXI No. 18. C.J. Maddux was the publisher; A.C. Olsen was the editor and manager. That issue mentioned the “Devils Lake Inter-Ocean.”

The “Transcript” was upset that New Rockford had “allowed a foreign telephone compa...