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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
9
A light verse describes enduring friendship found at home. The speaker travels through cold weather to reunite with a beloved companion named Dear Old Pipe, praising its comforting presence as life grows sweeter and longer with use. Maude Mabel Bessie Kit are mentioned as playful labels for the friend.
The Williston Graphic edited by A. Corbett is published every Thursday in Williston North Dakota and entered at the Williston Postoffice as second class mail.
The Duluth Herald cites John L. Sullivan predicting fewer saloons as drinking becomes harder to sustain under modern competition. It also explains Easter dating by the moon, noting Good Friday origins and cross bun traditions, then reports H Aaken of Fargo entering the gubernatorial race on the Build Mose ticket criticizing both parties as sectional.
Panama plans to declare Panama City and Colon free ports for world merchandise. The move aims to turn the isthmus into a wholesale market drawing merchants from Central and South America and shipments from the United States and Europe. Current 15 percent import duties fund about $2 million yearly, with new revenue sources sought alongside warehousing projects at both canal ends. Opposition may arise over bonded warehouses on canal zone land.
Lieutenant Turner of the United States Army inspector instructor with the North Dakota regiment, accompanied by Col. Fraine, inspected Company E last Saturday and Saturday night. Forty six men and three officers present, ten away. Inspection satisfactory. 31 new men enlisted in the first year. The North Dakota regiment will go to Sparta Wisconsin this summer and to the Panama Exposition in California for two weeks next year.
London April 6 Mrs Flora Drummond militant suffragette shrieked in police court during a suffragette disturbance at a unionist demonstration Saturday. She refused to let anyone speak and shouted that magistrate and prosecutor must not utter a word. Carried out by wardens she accused the court of doing the dirty work of Premier Asquith.
Chicago reports saloons driven from sixteen counties as women voters backed prohibition in many towns. Downstate areas show Springfield and others remaining wet or switching to dry, with several towns ousting saloons. Other notes cover recall in Superior Wisconsin, congressional winners, Milwaukee mayoral results, and Minnesota dry towns. Rural Route 4 announces upcoming mail carrier exam.
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