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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
4
Rates shown include fifteen cents per inch for column space under contract to 1200 inches yearly. Twelve and a half cents per inch applies when 1 inch or more is contracted for a year. Want ads cost one cent, reading notices five cents per line per issue. Professional cards are seventy five cents per line per month or 87.50 per year prepaid.
The Department of the Interior ruling denies entrymen credit for residence before final proof. It requires five years residence after entry, harming many who have lived on land but cannot prove up. Citizens are urged to contact officials to annul or modify the ruling. The column also digresses to sports and politics references.
A Nebraska Journal editor describes a rough drawing of a butter cooler. The sketch illustrates a well or pit seven to eight feet deep, well covered, as an effective factory cooler for milk. The article notes the plan may aid understanding though not all details are explicit.
W. B. Adams describes a fence technique using a wheel attached to a cable to tension wire, with clamps and a brace to hold it while stapling. He notes bolted 2x6 clamps and suggests three or four strands, or a single wire with the same approach, as a satisfactory method despite cost.
District financial report shows total receipts for the year 2959 65 and expenditures 9228 78 with cash on hand 15948 20 including sinking fund transfers 3000 00 and 2000 00 balance. Indebtedness totals 10096 66 with warrants and bonds outstanding and district officials approved July 15 1911.
In a fragmentary account from page one, pitchers labeled the chief dominate early frames as batters struggle. No runs cross through five innings with repeated fielder choices, errors, and strikeouts as Reed, Bromley, and Parker figure among the few retouched touches of action.
The narrative covers a baseball clash where Mitchell and others produce scoring moments in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, Williston fans tallying six, and multiple errors and hits shaping the half innings. The following game features strong hitting by Sidney’s squad, but a late arm change slows Orioles scoring, finalizing a tough, high- tension doubleheader with detailed fielding and pitching notes.
This week adds Barclay The Rosary an English story from Nevin's song widely read and reviewed. Quiller Couch True Tilda follows a London waif who rescues another and finds a path to independence. Mason The Godparents tells of a young woman nearly ready for Europe who is whisked into unforeseen events.
The Williston Concert Band presents another Friday evening program with entries including Entry of the Gladiators and Orpheus Overture. The audience is urged to enjoy a warm, community event as cooler weather sends players and listeners to home firesides.
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