High School Contest Delights Library Audience
A large audience attended the High School pupils' program at the library with Mrs. M. D. Wickard praised for guiding the event. Contestants performed Mark Twain pieces and poems by Dickens Kipling and Tennyson with first and second prizes awarded among boys and girls. The Boys Glee Club closed the evening with strong choral numbers.
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Library I
Jiston
M. D. Wickard
James Shikany
Mark Twain
Fisses Hazel Glass
Alice Anderson
Chas. Bradley
Manuel Barony
Tennyson
Theodore Hopkins
Genoa
Master Hopkins
Miss Baldwin
Ednarant
Dickens
Little Nell
Margaret Heffernan
Flava Musick
Paul Ambey
Dolly Douchty
Willie Winkie
Rudyard Kipling
Lily Wilkinson
van Dyke
Glee Club
Militia Bill Passes Senate To Align With Regular Army
Washington April 24 The senate without debate passed the volunteer bill as agreed with the house. It purports to cure defects in the law governing volunteer forces and aims to place these forces on a wartime footing nearly equal to the regular army. The main difference remains that the volunteer army may be disbanded by presidential action at the close of hostilities.
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Washington
Senate
House
Heavy Snowfalls Across Northwest Boost Moisture and Seeding
Snow fell Monday night and Tuesday across the region with six inches reported in places. The storm disrupted communications east of here, leaving news from the east scarce until late Tuesday. The moisture is welcomed for seedings as the heavy fall is expected to soak in and prove as good as rain, benefiting agricultural plans.
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Here
Great Falls
Havre
MINE EXPLOSION IMPRISONS 187 AT ELLA SHELL? (Note: placeholder due to constraints)
Eight bodies recovered from shaft No 6 of New River Collieries Co after an explosion. Sixty seven pulled from debris, 178 believed trapped in shaft No 5. Rescue efforts hampered by twisted timbers and earth. engineers and doctors assist as coffins and medical staff arrive.
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Eccles
W. Va
New River Collieries Co
Per
Salsare
Gaver Harta
Henry
Bureau of Mines
North Dakota Sets Sail for Tampico with Battlefleet Lined Up
The USS North Dakota left New York Navy Yard bound for Tampico after a three month overhaul. The battleship now carries ten 12 inch guns and fourteen 50 caliber high velocity guns with updated turbines aimed at fuel efficiency. Captain Plunkett notes capacity to land 600 men in an emergency, while 300 remain aboard.
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New York World
Dakota
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mexico
Turnpice
Brooklyn Bridge
Navy Yard
Tampico Harbor
North Dakota
Washington
Tampico
Louisiana
Navy
Vard
United States
Shin
Delaware
Tamnica
Plunkett
Ensien Searles
Ensien Schviteosayd
Fourten
Sinning Against Your Home Town in Mail Order Bias
An essay argues mail order pricing tricks lure buyers away from local shops. It contrasts two dollars sho es with cheaper mail options, then traces how order handling inflates costs and hurts home merchants. The piece urges readers to support local business and envision Williston’s growth through community investment.
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Williston
Ninety Fifth Anniversary Observed by Odd Fellows in Epping
Sunday morning about forty Odd Fellows and Rebeccas from the city traveled to Epping for the ninety fifth anniversary observance. The program at the lodge hall featured music speeches and Rebecca degree rituals.
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Epping
E. Uggen
J. C. Field
Williston Lode
Rebecca Deree
Geo. H. Morshing
Rawlodee
Rev. Thornel
Ennine Lodge
Wm. G. Owens
H. W. Brantelien
C. Ellithorne
Williston Lodge
Mesdames Brown
Pangerennkn
Williston
Rebercas
Mocram
Reberen Decree
Odd Fellowshin
Mastine
Ennine Lode
Willieton
Ray
Shinebrook
Wheelock
Brothers
Eppingledees
Crowing Lodge
March on Mexico would be hard for troops to reach city
The piece argues a President Roosevelt era act to send troops to Mexico City would be among the toughest campaigns. It notes rail routes via the Interoceanic and Mexican railways, altitude challenges up to 8000 feet, rugged terrain, guerrilla threats, and the need for acclimated troops amid limited rolling stock and supply lines.
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Wilson
Mexico City
Huerta
General Scott
Vera
Mexico
National Railway
Vera Cruz
Stott
Ten Killed In Mine Battle In Colorado War
Reports from Forbes Boulder and Denver on April 29 describe a violent clash in the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co fields as seven lie dead at Forbes camp with many buildings burned and defenders missing. Other camps in northern Colorado are reported orderly as mediation talks are urged in Washington with mining groups and troops on duty. Notice from Muddy Valley Telephone Co warns subscribers unpaid by May 1 will be cut off.
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Forbes
Col
Rocky Mountain Fuel Co
Ning
Colorado
Boulder
Louisville
Denver
Chase
Lasanimas County
Berwind Canon
Washington
Kentucky Mine Operators’ Association
Alabama Mine Operatives Organization
War Department
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Trinidad
Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Russell
Cheyenne
Canon City
Muddy Valley Telephone Co
R.A. Rieder
Sec
Treas
Best of Seed Corn for Sale by Farmers Elevator
The Farmers Elevator offers top seed corn at a favorable price with high germination and careful selection. A letter from W. W. Brown confirms shipment from Amenia to Williston, noting over 90 percent germination and superior quality. Prof. Randlett says Northwesters are truer to type than most Northern Dent grown in the state. The corn, costing $2.00 at Amenia, is priced at $3.40 locally, and is recommended for planting despite potential weather impact on ears.
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W. W. Brown
Amenia
N. D
Williston
E. W. Hall
N. 1
Brown
Amenia & Sharon Bond Company
Randlett
The
Agricultural College
Tyne
Death of KR 1 IRVING Filear J Tevine
Irving Filear J Tevine longtime city resident and former Missouri River Lumber Company member died at home last Sunday. Born August 6 1867 in Empire Dakota County Minnesota he married June 25 1889 and is survived by his widow and four sons Percy Kenneth Vernon Teonard and by a brother Elmer all in Willington. Funeral services were held at the family residence 427 7th Ave W Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 conducted by Rev E S Shaw with music by the Congregational choir. A hounnet from the Y Re attended in honor of Teonard.
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Irving Filear J. Tevine
Missouri River Lumber Company
Filear T. Irvine
Auenst
Empire
Dakota Co
Minnesota
Percy BE
Kenneth E
Vernon A
Teonard
Elmer T
Willigton
7Th Ave. W
E. 8. Shaw
Conererational Church
Yre
North Dakotans Visit Wisconsin Farmers Tour
North Dakota farmers from Williston and nearby areas visited Wisconsin last week to learn dairy prosperity strategies and the Wisconsin formula for success. They met with the Madison Board of Commerce and heard plans for cooperative farming and greater tonnage for the Great Northern Railway. Bryan Will Not Lecture Mandan ND April 27.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Farmer
D. E. Mowry
Great Northwest
James 4. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
North Dakota
Williston
Badger
Madmen Board of Commerce
Bryan
Mandan
N. D
Mandan Chautauqua Association
William Jennings Bryan
U- 8
Treas
John Burke
Creamery Co-op Meeting Advances Stock Drive
A Saturday courthouse meeting on a cooperative creamery drew strong support. A stock agreement form was prepared and local canvassing will seek buyers for shares at 25 dollars each, with 140 shares needed and cream from at least 1000 cows pledged.
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Thee Court House
Co-Operative
Mvor
Hollar Sees Ball of Fire During Thunderstorm
W O Hollar reported a thunderstorm last Friday where a ball of fire, about the size of a man’s head, shot past him and struck telephone poles. He saw a puff of smoke, found two shattered poles, burnt wire, and ground scorchings the next day.
Interest in large estate prompts eastward trip
Harry A. Glass left this week for the east to manage interests in his brother's estate valued at about $40,000. He is expected to obtain a substantial share of the estate.
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Harry A. Glass
East
Harry Glass
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R. Kalink
Northwestern Dent
Farmers Elevator
Towle Wall
Mathai Et Fnisconal
Oskaloxa College
Unon
Wall
Bates College University
Maine Law School
Garret Biblcal Institute
Yale University
Jor Norman Dickey
John Penson
Inv Court House
Hollar
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