Rural Williams County Barn Dance Scene and Local Visits
Community events and visits fill rural Williams County notes. Gladys Carl Mehus builds a new living house while neighbors like Olaf Svare and Narve Narveson attend services and harvest efforts. A barn dance follows a field day with Albert Sinstad winning a horse race and Andersons orchestra providing music. Rev Roe plans a farewell sermon as ministers relocate, and a new mail route aids farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Carl Mehus
Clarence Hagen
Wisconsin
Olaf Svare
Williston
T. O. Svare
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Mat Engelsen
Lewis Sorkness
Narvey Narveson
Gladys Hall
Rustad
Borsheim
Red Hills
Howard
Lutheran Ladies Aid of Synod Church
Svare
Rolf Svare
Fergus Falls Woolen Mills
T. O
0. H. Svare
Rev
Roe
Mehus
Gladys
Marmon
Albert Sinstad
Oscar Lewis
Andersons Orchestra
Buford News Letter Highlights Local Visitations
Buford readers relay a flurry of Monday through Thursday calls and visits. Residents from Williston, Trenton, Marley, and Mondak mingle with Westview neighbors as church choirs form, dray work shifts, and a new separator arrives for threshing.
Missouri Ridge Social Notes and Local Updates
O A Wicks bought a gasoline engine to pump water. Rev E S Shaw dined with Mr and Mrs B C Keihle. E W Howe slowly recovers from earlier injuries. Mrs H C Blankenship suffers hay fever. Herbert Blankenship painted the Oaks Ridge schoolhouse and H C Blankenship's barn and hen house. Missouri Ridge line of Farmers Northwest Telephone Co. progresses slowly. Farmers club will meet with Mr and Mrs B C Keihle August 22 to plan Fair exhibit. Mr and Mrs Huntley and family enjoyed Sunday dinner at A C Wagenman’s. Ridge group picnicked at Chinaman's Coulee via Williston Township Farmers Club. Mrs S M Clark undergoing os: topathic treatments in Williston spent Sunday at home. Charley and Hugo Clark and Julia Honek visited the Clark home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Twich@ll
Jim Beisel
Ernest Scott
Buford
M. J. Taylor
Warren Holloway
Chas, Akers
John Akers
A. E. Twichel
George Saunderson
C. M. Smithwick
W. W Corbett
Ira Jones
Walter Haas
George Nichols
J. E. Frasch
Sunnyside Ranch
J. J. Moses
Joseph Evans
I. J. Moses
Jas. P. Beisel
Stranahan’s Grove
Mr. Nelson
Trenton
Froid
Montana
Charles Bradley
Williston
Wm. Dishon
F._M. Shatswell
E. M. Wright
Ralph Johnson
Mondak
H. W. Holloway
R. L. Holloway
Hill Top
John McNary
Shatswell
William Dishon
Nellie
Ethyl Bradley
Melody Johnston
Ritter and Corbett
Benton van Inman Place
Hanson
Tia Jones
Ed Jones
Joe Leiser
Bri
Copeland
Iry Croy
Dougal MacMaster
Charbonneau
Mr. MacMaster
Mercer
Mr. Ellithorpe
E. W. Howe
H. C. Blankenship
Herbert Blankenship
Oaks Ridge
Farmers Northwestern Telephone Company
Farmer’s Club
B. C. Keihle
Hugo Clark
Julia Honek
Clark Home
Garden Valley school notes sigh for new teacher
Miss Alberta Francis resigns as Garden Valley teacher due to eye issues. Miss Amelia Skindred of Fergus Falla Minnesota is hired to fill the position and taught the school for two years prior. Nearby families visit, and naval relatives return home. Notice also invites sealed bids for school district funds deposits with August 21 1915 bid opening and right to reject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Francis
Garden Valley School
Amelia Skindred
Fergus Falla Minnesota
Skindred
Garden Valley
Francis
Richard Harding
Hin
A. L. Blankenship
Rosco
Theo Blankenship
U. S. Navy
Eureka School
Williams Co
N. Dak
Johnson
Marmon
GETS-IT Corn Cure Advertises Painless Quick Relief
An advertisement promotes GETS-IT as a painless quick solution for corns and calluses, claiming two seconds to apply and immediate relief. It targets corns warts and bunions, touts safety over knives, and lists Chicago based E. Lawrence & Co as the supplier with Williston distribution and endorsements by Erick Rather and S. J. Creaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co Chicago
Williston
Erick Rather
S. J. Creaser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Williams County
Maze
Hegg
Fladmark
Squires
Buford News
Jack Lambert
Westview
Larson
C. T. Ryan
John FeNary
Ed Jack
J. S. Carey
Chris Anderson
Family
Harvey Rogers
Tourtillott
W. W. Corbett
G. L. Welsh
Tom Owings
John Hart
Southside
Nellie Dishon
Hallie Carey
Marjorie
Dorothy Ryan
Harry Scott
Catey
Victoria
Hallie Catey
Russell Dishon
J.P. Beisel
Ritter and
Corbett
Benton
Jim Hartle
McKenzie County
W.T. Tice
Cecil Vaughn
G. Larson
C. W. Borst
F. M. Shatswell
M. L. Helgerson
Corbett and Ritter
A. F. Young
Marley
Jansel
J. Morken
Frank Stiehl
Henry Hinch
J. M. Hinch
Annie Hinch
Round ‘Prairie
Alex Lester
M. H. Holloway
Congregational Church
Lundy Holloway
Mr. Dooley
R. F. Elmore
O. J. Morken
Sievert
Ellingson
Carl Rustad
Cartwright
Art Shaidi
Cartwright Owneh
A. B. McHenry
Scott Stranahan
William Baker
Elsie Baker
Ansel Evans
Chester
Marjorie Danielson
Vincent Dais
Ansell Evans
Joe Goode
William Stranahan
McNary
Ed Copeland
Sioux Crossing
Mole Atany
Ware
Hutchinson’s
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E. S. Shaw
Twine
Deering
C. D. Milloy
Powell Mine
Penson & Wilson
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