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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
2
Rural Williams County community news lists visiting relatives and neighbors in South Side and Williams County. It notes illness, farm work, barn building, harvest activity, travel mishaps near Willis ton and Medicine Lodge, and social gatherings with families named including Vance, Rasmussen, Blanken ship, Penman, and Henry. Several minor injuries from a runaway team are reported as not serious.
Mrs Thompson of Union visits her sister Mrs How. Tom Olson and Lewie Danielson fished on the Muddy Sunday. Jane Guthrie contracted mumps during a visit. Harvesting in full with most wheat to be in the shoes within ten days. Guthrie and Blankenship visited the Head coal mine Tuesday. Wagenman repaired Missouri Ridge schoolhouse for the upcoming term. Harden family with Mrs Albert Blankenship returned to Hinsdale Montana by auto. Farmers Club met at Keith's and held a session Sunday afternoon.
The Spring Coulee community reports a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Burgins and visits among neighbors including Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Heines. An ice cream social is planned at the schoolhouse Friday night. Moses Cartier has bought the Dicke Cunningham farm. Sunday school is set for 10:80 with Rev. E S Shaw at 11:30. a full house is hoped for. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. Foster, Will Haines and Lucas girls, Agnes Heaton, Tadlock, and Chas Alfred relatives. town illness unclear.
Last Saturday in Williams County farmers stocked up on groceries and binding twine. Albert Young dug a well with a pump and now has a water supply for house and stock. Harvest is under way but farmers found wheat rusted, delaying threshing since rusted wheat won’t mature like healthy grain.
Local residents report travel and visits across towns including Willis ton Williston Cedar Coulee and Charbonneau. Notable items include births outings shopping trips farm work visits to Hill Top farm and a move to Glenburn North Dakota with an elevator assignment.
Local notices recount small community events including a family connection on Wednesday night, a hospitalization and recovery of Mrs. Ed Copeland, return trips from Painted Woods, railroad grading by M. N. Owings, and a hail storm damaging crops north of Buford. Also noted are social visits at the Mercer home, a lost green silk parasol on the road between farms, a large Aid meeting with attendees at the M. E. Church, and an invitation for ladies to meet at Cedar Coulee.
A collage of editorials and jabs on prosperity, rail relief, changing fashions, and social manners. The piece skewers journalism dues, jokes about modern women, and asks readers to consider subscription value while recalling the Eastland disaster and wartime moral notes.
A Nostalgic essay from Farm Stock and Home discusses self-reliance and reform, warning that leadership born from benevolent despotism ends in tyranny. It argues farmers must control clubs, ignore outside influence, and cultivate local efforts to improve home life as training for future leaders. The piece cites The Brown Mouse story as a guiding example for rural uplift.
A reflection on pride as a barrier to true greatness, warning that ego can close the door to substantial achievement and growth. Frederick Lynch emphasizes humility as the path to worthy limits.
Ad copy touts Gets-It corn treatment as painless and fast, claiming removal within 48 hours. Presents warnings about tape and bandage irritation and notes wart and bunion use. Mentions EB Lawrence & Co Chicago as direct sellers and Erick Creaner endorsement in Williston.
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