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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
2
Correspondence lists visits and social activity across Williams County. Residents such as Eugene Van Trees, Albert Hintz, Oscar Williams, and George Johnson are noted with visits, moves, illness, harvest, and community events. A Sunday service is announced for September 10 at the school house with ice cream to follow.
Several light frosts are noted. Social visits include Helen Snook with Lois Logan and Clarence Rensberger’s family with Jesse Brown, and R. C. Snook with daughter at Leonard Logan’s. Leonard Logan shows improvement after illness. Horses stray on Sand Creek and owners must curb them or they will be taken up. Mrs Jesse Brown and relatives visited C. R. Rensberger’s. W B Sease returned from Idaho and may relocate west. Many locals traveled to Williston last Saturday.
Aviation jokes and rural notes mix with farm updates. Mentions Marty O Toole as a big ball player and winter rye on the Tainter farm. Garretson Nelson and Helland secure hail insurance while Wilde seeds wintrye and Mr. McCrory visits from Indiana before westward travel. Vern McMurrin and family dine at C J Cooks. The piece ends with farming proverbs about plows and crops ahead.
Mrs Ole Lysgaard of Howard visited Mrs W Brooks for several days last week. Chas Murphy of Howard also called during the stay.
John W. McCrony of Ligmear Indiana visits friends in the area before leaving for Great Falls to spend time with his son Melvin. Rain delays threshing. several men seek work in eastern regions. Rev. D. F. Landis and Anna Bluebaker wed. Landis, an early settler, will reside in Minot. warm wishes extended.
In Rauim's Ferry Aug 23, locals note editors sometimes cut words in print. E Collings helps Vi zina stack wheat on the Bruegger place across the river as harvest nears a better yield than expected. Mrs Vance and Mrs Brown visited Rev Taylor's meeting last Sunday. Miss Anna Ackerman returned to work in Williston after a short home visit. Mrs Collings and children spent days with friends in Williston last week.
Heavy rains Friday and Saturday are expected to boost local crop growth. Mrs. Tadlock and Mrs. Fitch of Williston were guests of Mrs. Campbell on Friday. Miss Hattie Holbrook has been visiting relatives and friends in Wisconsin.
Consin and other pointages returned there. The ladies aid will meet with Mrs. £ DL. Haviland at Williston next Thursday. Mrs. , EB, Hyatt and little girls was in Williston on Thursday. Mrs. Alfred Brother has returned to his home in Wisconsin. Mr. Decker is starting up his thrashing rig soon.
Jens Dahl visited O B Bone son last Sunday and Otto Otterson hurried to Ambrose for John Nelson. The note mentions fall plowing beginning and widespread effort to gather grain and prepare threshing. Overall crop prospects are modest with crops failing in many areas of the northwest.
Real estate transfers recorded in the week ending August 30 1911 include multiple deeds involving properties in Westlawn Marmon Williston and Vinls additions. Transactions show buyers and sellers such as King Styles Lukins Heffernan Glimm and Fee with amounts ranging from $1 to $5000 and parcels identified by block and lot numbers. Prepared by Williams Co Abstract Company for archival notice.
Sealed bids due November 7 1911 to the Congregational Building Committee care E C Carney Williston North Dakota for five separate bids including excavation of parsonage basement concrete wall for parsonage erection of parsonage excavation of church basement and concrete foundation for church Plans and specifications available from E C Carney A certified check equal to one tenth of bid amount required Bids to be submitted as directed with reserved rights.
Complete line of Ansco films and supplies offered at Pusonaults studio with mouldings for frames. Amateur developing and framing services available. Call for samples and details.
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A Williston promotion details multiple club targets for new Graphic subscriptions at 1.00 per year with five renewals. Rewards include 31-piece wedding or berry sets, 6 or 7 piece designs, merchandise orders at Williston merchants, and cash bonuses ranging from 1.00 to 3.00.
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