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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
Local items note the threshing machine in use and daily activity in Wiliston. Mrs J Cook and Mrs W W McMurrin transact business, R C Olsen wins a school painting contract, and residents visit, travel, or recover from illness. Weather brings a damaging hail storm affecting grain. several community members attend events and plan trips.
Marmon Guy Smith finishes cutting wheat with a notably good yield. Bonetrails man Mr. Quamme visits Elder Jorgensen's on Tuesday. Ducks are plentiful along the creek with several teams slaughtering young birds. Citizens call for game protection until season opens. Curt MacDonald builds granary while Mr. Green plans a barn and a new residence. He toured Idaho Oregon Washington and Montana before settling in Williams County North Dakota. A three week nursing period ends as a relative returns home. A threshing rig reports 3000 bushels from 100 acres. J N Silker finishes cutting and stacks his crop. Mrs Edwin Larson of Eudaire Wis remains in town.
Most crops in Garden Valley are threshed. Traveling salesman Nels Swanson of Rumley Threshing Machine Co. called on O. C. Keberg and W. C. Francis last Sunday. The Literary Society met Saturday with Mrs. Dahl and Mrs. McWilliams serving as editors of the Astonisher.
Nelson of Kay travels through town to reach his farm and tend ripe chickens. Woods of Grinnell seeks threshing nearby. Many locals left last week to thresh in eastern districts. Clara Hickey visited Grace Westcott. Tancre family and Will Manning spent Sunday together. H A Nelson reports five binders cutting grain for days. Mrs Littlefield and family and E linger nearby.
A lyrical autumn scene describes fields, orchards, and native wildlife across Belle Prairie. Local notes mention Leslie Wilde's convalescence, Dr Hagen evaluating appendicitis symptoms, Plummer's vacation at home, Lane’s coast trip visit, Mrs Dochterman’s farm trip, and a county surveyor inspection for a Painted Wood creek bridge that will not be built. Community events include the Aid society social on the 21st with ice cream and cake, and well-attended song services and youth meetings led by Mrs Cooper.
Valley City State Normal School announces a music department expansion to conservatory scale for the coming year. The board has hired Robert Boico Carson, Chicago tenor, as Dean, with his wife teaching voice, while Miss Amidon continues class teaching and will form a music supervisors class. Faculty includes Carson, Mabel E. Underwood, Lillie G. Healey, Knute Freysan, and Una Brassfield Herrick with plans to add more instructors as demand grows. Students from nearby states have reserved quarters to pursue specialized music study integrated with the normal school.
An auction will be held at the J Wesley Scott farm eight miles east of Williston on Nelson trail Sec 21 154 89 on Tuesday September 8. The sale is a combined sale with Alex Walker and features a large listing of property including stock farm machinery and household goods.
United Lutheran Church conducts services in the county court house on the second and fourth Sunday each month at 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m Sunday school starts at 10 00 a m Pastor Albert Johansen leads the congregation in this neighborhood notice
Mass at 10 30 a m on the first and eighth Sunday each month Sunday school at 2 30 p m and evening service at 7 30 Pastor J Arsenault leads the church indicating regular worship and educational times
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