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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
4
Minot Optic reports on November 25 4 PM incident at Mouse River ice where 18 year old Leon Conley fell through thin ice while skating with friends. He vanished after a second immersion and efforts to recover his body failed, with rescue attempts recorded as unsuccessful.
Official notice lists city assessments for sidewalk and curb constructions across numerous parcels. It names owners including Geo W Ene Brueeger Mercantile Co Herman Nelson Albert Pattercott George Marelius and others, with block and lot references, parcel sizes, and incurred costs totaling various sums.
The text details revisions to Ordinance No. 80 and related amendments for the Main Street grade in Williston North Dakota. It specifies grade elevations along blocks, edge lines, and boundaries from the southwest corner of Block 21 to the Bruegger addition, plus west side measurements near the Great Northern Railway. It includes section changes, effective dates, and official signatures. It also contains a separate notice of a chattel mortgage sale by The First National Bank of Williston, outlining default on a note dated April 9, 1902, and the plan to sell described chattels at the courthouse on a specified December date.
Beall of Beats Minnesota touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption claiming his wife was cured after four bottles and warns of severe illness if untreated The ad urges buying from Brownell druggist with trial bottles offered and forecasts cold weather mid month Also promotes Dr King s New Life Pills for dyspepsia headache liver and bowel complaints as gentle thorough and effective at Brownell s drug store
George Kresee of Embden reported a grain loss due to fire while threshers were on dinner break. Fire broke out on the ground where men worked, consuming stored grain as they paused for meals.
In County Court before Judge A A Austill the State of North Dakota cites all interested parties in the estate of Frederika Moekel deceased to appear December 5 1901 at 10 o clock for the purpose of showing cause why Adolph Moekel should not be deemed sole heir. Publication ordered in Williston Graphic Williston North Dakota.
Land Office at Minot announces that Selma Maderson (formerly Selma Carlson) will prove up to establish residence and cultivation on the Nis in section 17 town 1 range 1. The hearing is before Zeno Bruegger at the Williams County District Court in Williston North Dakota on December 14, 1904. Witnesses include Herman V. Smit, Jack Hicketheir, and John C. Dwyer of Williston North Dakota.
Notice that a mortgage held by W. H. Strader on property of Frank and Parthens Youngkin will be foreclosed. The sale, at 3 p.m. on December 10, 1905, at the front door of the Williston court, covers land described as North Half and Northeast Quarter of certain sections in Williams County North Dakota, totaling about 160 acres more or less. W. H. Strader mortgaged property, with W. B. Ornsact as attorney for the mortgagee.
Land Office in Williston announces a land claim hearing for William C. Halterman on December 14, 1906. The commissioner's office lists witnesses Henry J. K., Martin Bartholomew, B. Finicher, A. Fietcher, all of Williston, for the proof of occupancy, cultivation, and residence on the lands in section 21, township 155, N. in Williston, N. De.
Land Office at Minot N Dakota gives notice that Andrew Hlocher B E 25544 filed for final proof on his claim in section 21 and 2 BoM section 24 township ? range ? with witnesses Pattieuna residence and cultivation to be examined before Brownson U S Commissioner Williston North Dakota on December 14.
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