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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
4
Rates listed for advertisements include fifteen cents per inch per insertion with contract options lower rates. Reading notices priced at six cents per line per issue or $35 per thousand lines for yearly contracts. Professional cards at six cents per inch monthly or seven dollars yearly if prepaid. Fantasy advertisements charged one cent per word per issue.
The City of Williston North Dakota enacts Ordinance No. 111 to establish a City Weigher, regulate weighing and measuring of coal hay fire wood and merchandise, and require bond salary and duties. It designates location on First Avenue East and sets testing penalties and reporting duties for the Weigher with fines for false weights and private scales prohibited on streets without permits.
A brief note highlights a graphic ad urging quick results from a string of tests. It emphasizes speed and visual appeal to attract attention.
The text argues that survival depends on more than IQ, noting that in foxes wolves ants and humans selection varies with intelligence and social traits. It emphasizes prudence temperance loyalty sympathy cooperation and self sacrifice as key fitness factors for a society to endure against imprudence.
English traveler recounts gifting a single bar rel gun to a native in Africa. The man uses it to shoot an eland but the blast blinds him and wounds his face. He recalls the tale with humility, saying the weapon is too powerful for him and expressing farewell with a plea for wiser leadership.
A Hinckley shepherd dog owned by Elmer Decker attends church weekly. He walks to the pulpit area during service, peering from the shadow while the minister prays. An automobile interrupting prayer alarmed the dog and chased off the intruder, shortening the sermon in the Kennabee Journal account.
In a tense exchange after the dance, he asks why she led him to propose. She denies wrongdoing, saying she never loved him and explains her actions were to protect her own feet as he clung to her shoulders and was a poor dancer.
A Cassel dog show drew demand beyond borders with a French buyer offering 12 000 marks about £600 for a pace dog named Tell. Sergeant Decker owned the dog and refused to let Tell leave Germany at any price, asserting loyalty to his homeland.
A catalog item shows a large variety of items offered in multiple sizes with prices of 3.50, 5.00, 7.50, 8.50, 10.00 and 15.00 dollars.
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