Spring Arrives Amid Snow Melt Floods and Civic Happenings
The thawing snow reveals spring as lark songs fill meadows. Sandy Creek overflows, flooding wells and washing away a watering trough and a borrowed sled used as a foot bridge. Tranberg brothers return from Wisconsin with a sister to help, while J O Manger completes final proof on 80 acres with witnesses Geo Tranberg and John Nilson. Halvor Tweet joins music class taught by C L Gohlson. Good Friday services held despite rain. communion planned for Sunday April 21. Choir plans and song books underway, Petra Erickson expected home soon to tend her homestead.
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Williston
Geo, Tranberg
John Nilson
Halvor Tweet
C. L. Gohlson
Twet
Ellisville
Petra Erickson
Local Notes From Willistown Area On Sunday Visits And Weather
Howard Trowbridge and family along with M. E. Lippincott spent Sunday with Thomas Mathewson and family. August Hines visited A. L. Barnhart and family. Spring brings farming thoughts as seed grain is hauled. The creek is rising causing reported damage. Mel How broke his arm in a horse incident. Willistown area residents, including Chas Prather and Chas White, were seen at various local calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Trowbridge
M. E. Lippincott
Thomas Mathewson
August Hines
A. L. Barnhart
Hick’s
Chas. Prather
Chas. White
Dick Gahert
East
M. C. Lippincott
Epping
Jim Rollands
Williston
John Abramson
Mr. Tuffee
Mel How
Mary Mathewson
Mel
Missouri Ridge Farm Seeks Early Spring Work and Gopher Control
Estimating better conditions with snow gone, Missouri Ridge prepares for field work this week and recommends early poison for the plentiful gophers. Local social notes mention dances at Hederich ranch with Hugo Clark and others, visits to Williston, and a bachelor marriage offer from Justice S. M. Clark to the first couple to wed. Julia Honek plans to work in Antler, North Dakota this fall.
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Hugo Clark
Frank Honek
Albert
Christian Blankenship
Ada Ford
Louise Guthrie
Hederich Ranch
Pearl
Myrtle Clark
Maud Poe
Williston
Guthrie
Gramatka
Julia Honek
Antler
North Dakota
Lonesome Garden Valley
S. M. Clark
Justice of the Peace
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Farmvale
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West Bank
Marshall
East Fork
Tyrone
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Bull Butte
Athens
Dublin
Oliver
Golden Valley
Lindahl
South Meadow
Elliaville
Orthell
Bara
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Scorio
Rock Island
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Buford
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