Vera Cruz Shelled by American Battleships
Special to the Graphic reports President Wilson reestablishing the embargo on arms to Villa and Huerta forces at Vera Cruz. Dispatches note American deaths and the threat of broader intervention as Carranza rebels gain strength and plans for swift action against Mexican forces unfold.
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Washington
D. C
Amateault Carranea
Vera Cruz
Villa
Huerta
Tampico
United States
Mexico City
Navy
Army
Admiral Badger
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
New York
Pemi
Carranzas
Carramzas
Mexico
Carranza
Bryan
Galveston
Phila
Werrow Castle
el Paso
Texas
The
Star Tonight
Talk Creamery Meeting To Discuss Local Proposal
A special meeting of business men and farmers will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Court Room to discuss the creamery proposition. Farmers from across the Williston area will attend as interest grows, with the project viewed as bringing business to the city and offering farmers a market for cream to promote diversified farming and dairying.
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Court Room
Williston
Woodmen Offer Force For War From Omaha
W A Fraser sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World reported to Senator Morris Sheppard that regiments are fully organized and drilled for service against Mexico if invasion becomes necessary. A full regiment stands ready near the Texas border, uniformed and trained, and he asks that it be given first duty across the border.
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Omaha
Neb
W. A. Fraser
Woodman of the World
Mexico
United States
Morris Sheppard
Fraser
Texas
Start Work on New Post Office In City
L Delahanty representing Geo W Stiles Construction Co arrived Sunday to begin excavations for a new government building. John Penson and Norman Dickey won the contract. work to finish next week and occupancy planned in ten months to a year. Building to be 60 by 80 feet two stories with Beed ford Limestone exterior. Materials include stone and 300,000 common bricks. Main Fourth streets will feature a twelve foot granulothic walk with granite curb and terraces. Government officials expected to move in by April 1.
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L. Delahanty
Geo. W. Stiles Construction Company
John Penson
Norman Dickey
Mr. Delahanty
Graphic
Beedford
Fourth Streets
Main Street
Fourth Street
Delahanty
Many Farmers Purchase Silos in County Rally
A. C. McFernsworth state representative for Fargo Silo Company, aided by W. W. Keltner, sold twenty two cement stave silos to area farmers. Silos are cement stave, two and a half feet high, ten inches wide, two and a half inches thick, with concave and convex edges and steel hoops every fifteen inches. Inside lined with cement plaster and enamel for water tightness. Delivery expected by late June, train of 25 to 30 cars. List of buyers includes A L Burdick, J Stewart, W H Denny, Wm McCheaney, J I Brown, O A Hamilton, John Hamilton, R A Reider, Noah Short, G M Holland, Evans Bros, James Cooper, W W Keltner, Abram Miller, M C Webb, Palmer Anseth, Paul Olsen, John Harp, W S Davidson, J A O'Banion, E C Sharp.
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A. C. McFernsworth
Fargo Silo Company
W. W. Keltner
MacFernsworth
A. L. Burdick
J. <. Stewart
W. H. Denny
Wm. McCheaney
J. I. Brown
O. A. Hamilton
John Hamilton
R. A. Reider
Noah Short
G. M. Holland
Evans Bros
James Cooper
Abram Miller
M. C. Webb
Palmer Anseth
Paul Olsen
John Harp
W. 8. Davidson
J. A. O'Banion
E. C. Sharp
Biggest ships leave Sunday for Mexican waters
New York and Texas, the world’s largest battleships, are poised for duty near Mexico. The New York, recently commissioned, will sail from Brooklyn Navy Yard to Guantanamo on Sunday for shaking down and possible joining the Atlantic Fleet. ammunition is aboard both ships and the Texas is ready for duty on short notice.
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New York
Texas
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Yard
May Day Dance by A D U W Lodge at IOOF Hall
A May Day dance will be held at the I O O F hall on Friday May 1 by the A D U W lodge. Tickets including lunch are one dollar.
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I. O. O. F. Hall
A. D. U. W. Lodge
Electric Road a Possibility for Farmers North of Williston
Farmers north of Williston consider a northward electric line of about fifty to sixty miles. A Commercial Club meeting voted unanimously in support. A committee will attend the Rudser meeting to discuss power for the road and 1 dollar per acre subscription within six miles of the route, 50 cents per acre for six to twelve miles.
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Williston
Here
Commercial Club
Arthur
Reclamation Service
Rudser
L B Burns of Moline Visits for a Few Days
L B Burns of Moline attended to business here for a few days last week.
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L. B. Burns
Moline
Seed Contests Attract Large County Participation
The corn and potato seed contests draw strong interest with over five hundred fall pupil enrollees. County superintendents have sent seed corn to contestants and the commissioners contributed $40 in prizes. Potatoes use early Ohio variety seeds. corn prize totals amount to $42 and $170 for potatoes.
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Attead
Ohio
Family man Frank Williams dies after dance near Williston
Frank Williams yard master for the Great Northern died suddenly Friday night after feeling unwell at a city armory dance. He rested on a yard swing near Williston Grocery and expired minutes later. His body was shipped Sunday to his old home in the Twin Cities with nephew Wm. Disney aboard. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Frank Williams
Great Northern
Williston
Wm. Disney
Filipinos Set for New York Bound Battleship Duty
A car load of Filipino nationals traveled through here early this week heading to New York for assignment aboard the battleship New York to aid in service during the Mexican trouble.
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New York
Colquitt Urges Border Invasion To Occupy Mexican towns
Governor Colquitt of Texas asks Congress to press President Wilson for an immediate invasion of Mexico to seize Matamoros New Laredo and Juarez Diaz. He cites 25 000 to 30 000 Mexican refugees on the border as a threat and urges action to protect the United States. Representative Garner says invasion unlikely.
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Washington
Colquitt
Texas
Garner
Wilson
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Matamoros
New Laredo
United States
Suffrage Tea Held at Library Hall by Mrs McIntosh
A suffrage tea was held in the library hall on Wednesday at 4 oclock. A brief musical program and a reading by Mrs Geo McIntosh highlighted the event. About forty ladies attended. Dr Goldschlager hosted and served an elegant luncheon, making the afternoon enjoyable.
City Managers in Your Town Promote Local Prosperity
A call to residents of Williston to support home town merchants and keep spending local. The piece argues price differences arise from materials and workmanship, urges readers to act as city managers of their own town, and warns against shipping money out of town to mail order houses. It stresses revitalizing property values and local taxes through buying locally and investing in community growth.
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Noth
Williston
Williston Graphic
Moon
Mars
Mexico Land of Old Witchery
A syndicated column from the Gorgan County Ohio Democrat offers a vivid, traveler’s view of Mexico. It contrasts quiet Mexican life with historical mysteries, Toltec ruins, and modern contrasts, noting language, culture, and tales from Cortes to present.
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Mexico
Land OF
Armed Forces of Mexico Estimated at 40 000
Washington reports war department estimates place Huerta government troops at about 40 900 stationed nationwide. Major garrisons include 6 000 in Mexico City region, thousands across Saltillo Torreon Sonora Sinaloa Tepic Jalisco Colima and Zecatas with hundreds in Guerrero and other southern provinces.
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Washington
War Department
Huerta
Mexico
Department
Saltillo
Torreon
Sonora
Sinaloa
Tepic
Jalisco
Colima
Zecatas
Guerrero
Nueva Laredo
San Luis Potosi
Vera Cruz
Puebla
Morelos
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M. J. Brown
Villa de
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Cortez
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Michael Hofer
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