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Newspaper

Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1916

Page

3

Social Visits and Guests Highlight Local Week

Mrs Roy Marsh spent Thursday with Mrs Will Marsh. Ralph Clair spent Saturday night with the Keltner brothers. Miss Georgia Brown spent Sunday with Miss Arena B. Frank. The Keltner boys and Omer Colley spent Saturday night in the city. Mrs W W Keltner and Mrs Ben Frank were callers on Mrs Rigdon McCoy Saturday evening. A kitchen party was hosted at I Kauffman’s last Thursday. Rev Abram Miller and family visited near Buford. J W W Keltner left for Minnesota to stay with his sick mother. Mr and Mrs Clide Stratton and RJ of their family visited O A Myers for Saturday night into Sunday. Bay Stayer called at Ben Frank’s Saturday evening en route to Indiana to care for his sick mother. he will be away about a month. He left Sunday morning.

Roy Marsh Will Marsh Ralph Clair Keltner Brothers Georgia Brown Arena B. Frank Keltner Boys Omer Colley W. W. Keltner Ben Frank Rigdon McCoy I. Kauffman Abram Miller Joe Evans Buford J .W. W. Keltener Minois Clide Stratton Arnette Ray, N. D O. A. Myers Bay Ben Frank’s Indiana Pearl Aun Oscar Booke Albert Anderson Ruth Lindholm Graham Wil Alex Lind Lyndh Fife

Social and visitor notes from Medicine Lodge area

In Medicine Lodge and South Side notes residents report visits, social events, and ongoing harvest activity. Albert, Mildred, and Genevieve Henry from Williston visit Ray family. Jean Huntington stays with her sister Mrs Roy Penman and attends the Ice Cream Social at the schoolhouse. the Ladies Social Club plans a meeting with Mrs Henry Johns on August 24. Noah Pan hosts a pleasant surprise. Haying winds down as wheat harvest continues.

H. P. Hendrickson Wm. Penman Mildred Genevieve Henry Williston Ray Girls Henry Johns Medicine Lodge School House Jean Huntington Royman Roy Penman Nelson Len

Sunday School and community notes from Spring Coulee

Spring Coulee locals report healthy conditions with balmy air and ample room. Farming remains busy with wheat and haying as the harvest moon approaches, plus for stock and family needs. Social life includes visits, dances, and chatter about crops, varieties, and yields across the ridge.

Europe

General Offensive Against Bulgaria in Balkans News

London reports highlight Balkan developments with Italian and Russian incursions at Salonika and a Russian push in Bukowina near the Romanian frontier. The Daily News notes a probable general offensive against Bulgaria that could sever German eastward links and force a capitulation, while Romania's stance remains a key uncertain factor in Entente plans.

London Balkans Saloniki Bukowina Balkan The Daily News Bulgaria Sarrail Romania

British repulse German assaults on Thiepval Somme front

German forces launched two heavy assaults on a sow newly won by the British at Thiepval on the Somme front last night. They gained a footing in British trenches but were driven out again, the war office announced today.

Thiepval Somme War Office

Game laws in brief for busy sportsmen

Open season dates for prairie chicken grouse and others, season limits, licensing rules, penalties, and enforcement notes from the North Dakota Game and Fish Board. Includes bag limits for prairie chickens ducks geese snipe plover and combinations, license requirements and penalties for hunting without a license or other violations. Also lists advertisement for unclaimed letters at Williston post office week ending August 22, 1916.

Aunset Herae North Dakota Game and Fish Board Williston N. Dak Adder Vinderson A. Chase Co. W Clayton A. Giera Nelson G. W.i O'Connor J.C. Rs Schmitz Fred R Stevens Dan Tionn Peder Waldo Leonhardy P. M

Card of Thanks for Wil mer's Funeral and Community Help

A note of appreciation expresses gratitude for kindness shown after the accident. Thanks are given to the Elk and Moose lodges and the Helping Hand group for flowers and support. Signed by Mrs. Lennora Eckert and Mrs. John Levi of Portage Ohio. Also posted is a job notice seeking a school nurse for three months starting mid September in Williston North Dakota.

Wilmer Elk and Moose Lodges of P Lennora Eckert John Levi Portage Ohio Williston N. D County Board of Health

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