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Six miles from Grand Trunk railroad main line with good market. Four parties offer Ontario Farm address care Graphic Willis ton N. D. at Ott. Interest details and location noted for potential buyers.
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
8
Six miles from Grand Trunk railroad main line with good market. Four parties offer Ontario Farm address care Graphic Willis ton N. D. at Ott. Interest details and location noted for potential buyers.
The Spring Coulee district No 77 invites sealed bids for completing a 20 by 24 by 10 foot school house in section 19. Finishing includes lathed and plastered walls with plaster to floor under wainscoting, 31 inch high wainscoting, top moulding, and door and six window casings. Bid deadline September 1 1911 with completion by September 6 1911. Send bids to district clerk AT Tegan Marmon North Dakota.
May locate here Mr. C Gulbrandson of Kenmare has toured the west for piano tuning and is impressed with Williston. He left Kenmare in October and has worked through the Rocky Mountain states and Pacific coast towns and plans to return here by easy stages with the aim of settling permanently.
Edwin Milton Rayle presents The Squaw Man described as The Great American Play. The Gates Opera House hosts the drama on Wednesday August 30 with a full production and scenic equipment identical to the New York City run of over one thousand performances.
The virile Edwin Milton Boyle drama The Squaw Man set records as it toured New York venues. It drew unanimous critical praise and played over a thousand performances at Wallack's Theatre before returning to the Academy of Music for a three month run. In total, more than a million people saw the play across New York engagements.
The M E church plans a September 11 week performance of Minnie Madden Fisk's Dad's Girl under Tom Lennon. The production will have proper management and feature the best local talent in the cast.
Notice announces a guardian petition for Ingeborg D Svenson filed by Daniel Svenson in Williams County North Dakota with a hearing set for September 3 1911 at 10 am in Williston. The court cites Ingeborg to appear and show cause why guardianship of her person and estate should not be granted.
Reports from Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin describe suicides and accidental deaths including Frank Darst in Minnesota and August Henschel in Mapleton township. A fatality occurs near Orr Minnesota Billy Brown Indian found dead near Virginia. A rescue attempt ends in injuries to three at Baraboo Wisconsin. An Iowa butter makers convention with plowing contest announced. A fire destroys the Minnesota Western rain elevator at Willmar. Convicts escape Deception Pass quarry guards seized.
W C T U notes describe the first arrest under the Delmois law empowering railroad conductors to curb drinking on trains except in dining cars on August 4. The piece compares Maine and Massachusetts alcohol mortality, arguing prohibition’s national and international interest and contrasting Maine’s lower per capita death rate with Massachusetts. It also notes Maine’s favorable debt trend versus Massachusetts, and Maine’s higher per capita valuation growth from 1850 to 1900.
Edwin Milton Boyle's virile American drama The Squaw Man will be presented at Gates Opera House on Wednesday August 30 under H E Pierce Company. Critics praise it as the greatest western life drama in American theater with romantic stirring color and bold western characters.
Colonel Frank Ross of the graphic office is engaged in fishing this week, with whimsical remarks and nautical humor noted as he enjoys the outdoors.
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