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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1916
Page
3
The Home Circle column extols sweet minded women shaping family life. It quotes Ella Wheeler Wilcox urging duty, self control, and considerate conduct to earn love and respect, then moves to The Little Bad Boy poem and a moral on making others happy.
A satirical critique mocks political talk and pork barrel spending, noting pretentious rhetoric and partisan shifts. It toys with war peace funding, gendered money handling rumors about Mrs Galt, and a joke about comparing babies, all in a wry, opinionated tone.
An Observations piece laments neglect of aging parents and urges letters to mothers. It recalls a poor woman at the post office and reflects on family duty, then muses on national days like Pay Up Week and Go to Church. It suggests a simple Write Mother Today day would mean much to mothers nationwide.
Prominent McLucas rancher from Cherry Creek drowned last Friday while crossing the creek near his home six miles south of Schafer. A hired man saw the incident and reports the man, after failing to free his team, was struck by a hoof or wagon pole and rendered unconscious. He died after trying to save his horses, leaving a wife and five children.
Automobile painting business operates three blocks east of the Great Nor eet at O. A. Mattingly’s Hotel. Prop. O. A. Mattingly.
Elihu Root as temporary chairman at Carnegie Hall denounces Democratic policy and warns of national peril. He cites postwar trade, Mexican intervention, and tariff failure, arguing the United States must defend independence, territory, and prosperity against imprudent governance.
A library page reviews Jean Webster's Dear Enemy sequel and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Lost Prince, noting its Samavia throne legend and prince training. It also recommends two reference volumes The World's Almanac for 1916 and Who's Who in America for 1915 for shelves.
A look at letter writing as an art form and how the writer’s skill shapes the quality of a letter. The piece notes that teachers often overlook the needs of poorer students seeking help with letter composition and the expectation of a well formed message.
The piece notes that a cheerful tone in a letter can be seen as appealing yet may affect evaluation in education. It cites a county superintendent receiving many school applications and includes excerpts from a letter by Miss Anna Petergon.
Grover C. Diggs and Vina D. Diggs defaulted on a 1912 mortgage to T. E Helneker. The property, described as the southwest quarter and south half of the northwest quarter in section 12, township 153, range 100, will be sold at public auction in Williams County, North Dakota, on May 1, 1916, to satisfy the overdue balance of $694.11 plus taxes and costs. The date is recorded April 12 1916 with attorney Fensenden ND.
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