Pherrin Valley News Buzzes With Births and Visits
Rural Williams County notes report a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Noah Short on August 13. Visits color the week as families like Amos, Beard, Lissie Brierbeck, and Hagen host relatives from Wolf Point and beyond. Local events include farm talks, a Wheelock baseball win, and prairie fire drills by the Busy Bee Club as Rev. Close illness spurs care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pherrin Valley
Noah Short
Walt Amos
Dad Hollar
Hanna
Gettie Sutherland
Clearance Beard
Bundsy
O'Tell
Lissie
Marmon Notes Harvest Work And Frost Damage
Miss Ryan visited Loken’s on Tuesday while Frank Kelly completed his barn. Dillree painted his residence this week. Oie and Peterson of Williston visited Marmon Sunday. Mrs Brooks and daughters visited Dillree Friday. Newman and Olson exchanged harvest work. Tom Freeman of Coberg Montana works for R Dillree this season. Sweet corn and butter are popular though frost damaged cucumbers and muskmelons. Burke hauled pigs to Wildrose, then starts threshing for Wheeler of Williston. E F Brown family visit Lokens. Pauline Loken will stay at Island Park during E F's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Oie
Mr. Peterson
Wil Miston
Marmon
W. ©. Brooks
R. E. Dillree
Jno
F. Newman
Martin Olson
Tom Freeman
Coberg
Montana
R. Dillree
Burke
Wildrose
Mr. Burke
Mr. Wheeler
Williston
E. F. Brown
Strudor Lokens
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Pauline Loken
Island Park
E. F
Local notes from Williston to Montana trip and visits
Wet, uneven notes reveal a string of social items: WHEELOCK H N Peterson sets lightning wads on his house. O E Alexon and J B Heinze spent Sunday in Williston. Matt Amundson sold his team to Tinius Jacobson last week. Ethel and Glen Seaton visited Mr and Mrs Gulsrud. Pearl Jell and Vera Amsbury called on the Misses Lynch. Tillie Peterson returned from Reserve Montana. Christ and Ralph Siverson drove to McKenzie county. Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid to meet Mrs Anne K Helling on Sunday August 30. Harvesting wheat nearly finished nearby. Rev Deerlawn visited R Vance Tuesday night. Helge Helerson back from Minnesota. Mrs Sarah Vance and Chas Vance spent Sunday night with Mr and Mrs Vance. Ella my arrived Thursday from Henou with father K Treadwell. Vizina and Mr FA drove to a city with various visits. Lavra and others given a visit from their people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Amundson
Tinius Jacobson
Ethel
Glen Seaton
Gulsrud
Pearl Jell
Vera Amsbury
Lynch
Tillie Peterson
Reserve
Montana
Christ
Ralph Siverson
McKenzie County
Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid
Anne K. Helling
Fram Farmers Club Meeting Near Arnsons in August
The Fram Farmers club met at Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arnsons on August 9 and was well attended. Harvest is underway as farmers stay busy. The town board held a special session with the Bonetrails board last Saturday evening. Erek Hoff and sons harvest with their gas tractor. Carl Eggen filed on the last quarter of land as a new township settler. Hans P. Johnson traveled to Medicine Lake last week after delivering lumber for schoolhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strandahl
Fram Farmers Club
Sam Arnsons
Bonetrails
Erek Hoff
Peters Appointed Animal Husbandman in North Dakota Station
C W H Peters, professor at Manitoba Agricultural College, is named Animal Husbandman at the North Dakota Experiment Station. He will devote full time to investigative work and has built Manitoba’s live stock department into a large unit. Peters led two Manitoba livestock demonstration trains and aided with North Dakota’s program, bringing relevant experience for the station’s growing livestock work beginning in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. H. Peters
Manitoba Agricultural College
North Dakota
Peters
Canada
Agricultural College
Manitoba
North Dakota Experiment Station
Spring Coulee Visit and Ladies Aid Meeting
Charles Allred and his wife were in the city on Thursday. The Ladies Aid plans to meet at Mrs. Carlson's this Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Allred
Ladies Aid
Grand Forks War Echoes Reach North Dakota Residents
Grand Forks Aug 19 The war declaration stranded many North Dakota residents abroad with non honored funds. Citizens faced suspicion in war zones but Washington provided relief. Geo B Winship former Grand Forks Herald publisher recounts travels aboard the Mauretania with a perilous return to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Washington
Geo. B. Winship
Grand Forks Herald
Mauretania
Liverpool
Women Gain Vote Boosts Liquor Prohibition Efforts
The article surveys global and regional suffrage gains from 1860 to 1912, noting Finland 1907, Norway 1908, and U.S. states like Colorado 1893 and Washington 1910. It links women’s enfranchisement to rising dry towns and bans on alcohol sales, highlighting Prohibition trends and legal age limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Europe
Finland
France
Colorado
Idaho
Washington
California
Kansas
Oregon
Arizona
United States
North Dakota Building Crisis Sparks Bank and Housing Talks
North Dakota reports from Grand Forks Aug 19 indicate Eastern Bankers tracking pensions and ongoing construction. Notes on rising countrywide advances, core of future development, and growing supply in cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Grand Parks
North
GetS-IT toe remedy praised in old ad copy
An ornate patent medicine advertisement touts GetS-IT for corns calluses warts and bunions. It claims quick 2 second application with no sticking or irritation and promotes 25 cent bottles via E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
North Dakotans Return From Mauretania Voyage
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a ship event near Halifax involving a forced reroute to Halifax instead of New York, with a late afternoon Aug 4 timing and a vessel listing. The text mentions Mr Winship and a poet and notes other North Dakotans who returned aboard the Mauretania. The readable fragment ends with an incomplete list of returning individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
New York
Shipboard names tied to Imperator sailing amid cancellations
The list includes E. T. Halaas and 'Ole Halaas of Carrin Otto Thorn Bisi Peer Fortaboster Grand H. Grondahl Bechanont Tena Jenson all booked to sail from Southampton on the Imperator as telegraph cancellations occurred. Dr. Chas. Mayo of Roches Sonne Riess also sailed in London isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Halaas
Ole Halaas
Carrin
Otto Thorn
Pan F. Bisi
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Eden Valley
Fred Bontrager
Ben Frank
Trenton
Elsie Ryner
Arena Franks
Florence Brown
Mable Miller
Albert Zimmerman
Alice Clair
Fri
Kauffman
A. Johnson
Ops Hougen
Epping
Mason Smith
Wm. Vader
Kermit B.C
Vaders
D. W. Vader
Vetere
Farmers Club
Paulson
Missouri Ridge
Oscar Booke
Bonetrail
Harvey Mitchel
Cascar Harrington
Nunatiee
Hugo Clark
Henry Poe
Breesger Mercantile Company
Clintie
Mr. Wick
B. . Keihle
Senda
Carl Kahn
Conger
Crosby
Don
Miss Alice
John Lindholm
Liz
Organic Ae Pany
Puiing &Chine
Joe
Gromatka
Herbert Blankenship
New York City
Newark
Bloom
Minot
Shaw
A. C. Wagenman
Busy Bee Club
Blankenship
Bart Blankenship
J. L. Smith
Garritsin
Mr. Lougheed
Leslie Holland
H. C
H. C. Blankenship
J. W. James
Julia
Fannie Honek
Vohs
Baker
Willis
Miss Ryan
Loken
Frank Kelly
ED Dillree
Wheelock H. N. Peterson
O. E.alexon
J. B. Heinze
Deerlawn
R. Vance
Helge Helerson
Minnesota
Sarah Vance
Chas Vance
Mra
Ance
Henou
K. Treadwell
Vizina
Alexander Viseae
Gibeen
Fey
Eae
Dane
Tianson
Sid
Eptember
Witter
Chasinate
Alfred
Andiention
Grand
N. D
Fay Y
Deborah Knox
New Zealand
New South Wales
Rose
South Austral
Norway
Utah
Hed
Williams County State Bank
Daniel Bell & Co
Spence
Williston, N
W. N. Dickinson
Red Willis’ Ton
N. Dak
B. Lindstrom
Main St
Eee Mino Ide & Fr Co
First Street Minet
Wiliston Tailoring Co
Be Hasner
Prop
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