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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
5
Attorney Van R Brown of Bay and editor Hughes of the Bay Pioneer visited the city. Several residents moved, returned from trips, or planned travel. A public sale of Belsonet property is announced for Saturday, August 13, near Williston, north of LaLim.
The Williston Graphic announces a move from nonpartisan stance to active political engagement against the prevailing dominant party. It pledges free speech on party methods while urging broader circulation and patronage. Also reports Julius Stram and Emma Oleon marriage, a Leap Year party at the Opera House with cedar evergreens, dressed in bowers, and Williston’s caterer F L Gordon.
Community notes show Johanie Heffernan’s health restoration after an appendectomy in St Paul. Langford Bros sell the Arlington Hotel to Parshall and Adams, with Schierbeck leasing the property as landlord. Rev H Keratette arrives to preside over St Peters mission duties and will stay with Mr Arnold. Republican caucus hints at Hos Palmer securing Williston representation. church services feature special music and a salmon sermon, plus a Williston Palmer M E Sunday School picnic with Dahl’s grave observance and abundant lemonade and swings.
A letter from J F Hughes of Pont Ga credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with curing a severe lung infection after an “abcess on my right lung.” The piece promotes a health cure and notes local election praise for John Bruegger on the Democratic ticket, praising Williston’s leaders and state honor. Wheelock items cover social visits, land seekers, travel, and business improvements at the Wheelock livery.
A caution urges new settlers and long-time residents to guard fields and pastures around the prairie, noting dry conditions and no county free breaks this year. Individuals must protect their own property as careless acts like dropping a match or cigarette can spark fires.
The Williston Graphic reports that local smokers and dealers in nearby towns are banding to send a local young lady to St Louis on the Keystone Maid and Fern cigar promotion. Voters are urged to support our candidate by purchasing these cigars, with every smoker given a vote. The paper asks dealers and citizens to unite to win the prize for the town’s representative.
A local notice touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a cure for dizziness backache liver complaints and constipation. It notes Brownell's Drug and W. L. Austill of Logansport arriving from Seattle to seek a water works franchise for Williston. The piece argues city leadership can fund a water system cheaper than outside firms.
Rose Valley residents share visits with Mina Betty Hereford and Mrs Hattie Snow while Mrs Narcissa Johnson visits Mim Maria Exell of Trenton. Meetings plan a local school building as seventeen children are of school age. Store progress and early sales boost local commerce amid breezy winds.
Ordinance No 31 regulates billiard and bowling alleys in Williston North Dakota and repeals Ordinance No 11 adopted January 6 1897. It requires licensing fees and public use restrictions, designates licensed premises, and states nontransferable rights and notices by mayor countersignature.
In Williston, an ordinance titled spinordience shall take effect from sterite passage and be in force publicly as dictated by law. The Veation Council of the City of Williston approves the measure, with August Zod listed as mayor and TM H. Denny signing the document in 1904.
An ordinance repeals Ordinance No 7 from 1894 and establishes licensing for hawkers, peddlers, draymen, and tram services within Williston North Dakota. It defines license terms, fees, penalties, and mayoral authority to issue, deny, or revoke licenses, with provisions for refunds on revocation and durations for on and off street operations. It also lists exemptions for farmers, mechanics, and livery keepers and notes enforcement by the city.
For sale or rent notices appear with listings of good houses and land options via Pioneer Land Office. An estray notice describes seventeen cattle without brand including varied colors and ages, with rewards for returning or notifying Chua F. Peterson of Kay P.D. in North Dakota.
Geo H. McKay advertises a three year old Norman Stallion weighing 1400 pounds. The animal will stand at stud until November at the Negion, North Dakota farm.
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