Christmas visits and community notes in Rural Williams County
Gladys Prederick from Williston visits Pherrin over Sunday. Mrs. Ray Brown and children visit relatives in Laporte Indiana. H. H. Club held by Mrs Clara Phillips December 17. Several locals listed as sick. Jack and Ira Hanna report five jack rabbits killed in four hours. Palmer school Christmas exercises and tree planned by Mrs B F Alexander and pupils. Numerous visits, travels, and holiday preparations noted across several families. Muddy Valley Farmers' club meets December 29 with program and noon meal. School programs planned at Pleasant View and Louix Trail township central school contributes 7.60 to North Dakota Children's Home. Local social visits and preparations for Christmas discussed, with mentions of travel to Williston, Chicago, and Omaha. Christmas gifts stocked by Earl Smith. Marmonites store praised for variety. Miss Fannie Mac Stine recovers from typhoid and plans eastern visit then returns to Ward Stine’s homestead.
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Minn
Gladys Prederick
Willston
Vis
Pherrin
Ray Brown
Laporte
Indiana
Clara Phillips
H. H. Club
Earl Thompson
Alex Carlson
R. W. Young
Jack
Ira Hanna
Palmer School
B. F. Alexander
John Durham
Earl Swimley
W. C. Coon
Cing H. T. Smiter
Oriday
South Dakota
Larkin Hart
E. G. Schollander
Frank Siewert
Otto Nelson
O’banion
Chicago
Omaha
Henry Pagel
Jack Schaffer
J. W. Brown
LaCrosse
Wisconsin
Muddy Valley Farmers’ Club
Palmer School House
G. Owens
Williston
Pleasant View School
Local resident notes and visits in Ambrose area
Louis Herness travels to Ambrose for freight while Ole Rude heads to Canada for a claim. Martha Hansland visits her sister in Ambrose. Louis Paulson of Ambrose seen as a Stady visitor. Families move, meetings planned, and Christmas visits noted as area residents keep up with friends and chores.
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Louis Herness
Ambrose
Ole Rude
Canada
Spring Coulee Community Notes and Visits
Floyd Hyatt photographed the S. S. school on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Robacher visited at Elmer Haviland’s. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brant and Mrs. Synider of Williston visited Mrs. A. Hyatt. Agnes Heaton and Wanetten attended Sabbath school. The last session ends this winter. spring planned. Asher Hyatt returns from Vandalia Montana where he worked at a U S R S camp as blacksmith. Rev. Brown of Cottonwood Lake will preach Sunday 28th at 8:30. all welcome. Geo Addyman and wife were in Williston. their new house to replace the burned one.
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Floyd Hyatt
the. S
Fred A. Robacher
Elmer Haviland
J. 8
Brant
Synider
Williston
A. Hyatt
Agnes Heaton
Wanetten
Brown
Cottonwood Lake
Geo Addyman
South Side Ice Crossing and Weekend Visitors Brief
South Side residents report safe river crossing on ice. Ray Hyde of Stroud called from the Collins home last Monday. A potential white Christmas seems unlikely this year. Mrs Eva Vizina and children Chas and Betty traveled by train Sunday to visit relatives in Chicago Illinois. Mr and Mrs Jas McCutcheon and Megers Besan along with E Cillings, A Rubble and C Vance visited Williston Friday. Nelse Peterson and his mother and brother went to Arlington South Carolina to visit his old home. Mrs Peterson and Wi spent the fall there.
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Ray Hyde
Stroud
Collins
Eva Vizina
Chas
Betty
Welsh and Brower Families Share Holiday Times
Boen Valley notes a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year greeting as Mr. and Mrs. Brower dine with Ben Franks and later host guests at O. A. Myers. Gerrity visits home for a two week vacation. A school program last Wednesday drew praise while W. W. Keltner and Levi Bontrager traveled to Trenton for services. A Brethren church Christmas program invites all, with lively singing and growing attendance.
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Mrs. Brower
Ben Franks
Old Year Thoughts and the Wash Tub Farewell
A reflective piece notes the old year ending with thoughts of gloom and hope, urging a better page next year guided by virtue. It then analyzes the wash tub as a symbol of rural hardship and promotes cooperative laundries tied to creamery cooperatives to relieve farm wives and boost efficiency. New barley varieties Hannchen and Swan Neck show promising yields, with 1000 bushels seed distributed and potential statewide barley output gains.
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Cooperative Laundry
Chatfield
Minnesota
Dickinson
N. D
Waldron
Obituary and Magazine Notices from Williams County and Beyond
Obituary records the death of George C. Heisler at Williston Hospital from Brights disease, born 1882 in Mankato Minnesota, died 1913, survived by wife Sophia Johnson, three children Leigh Chester Harold, and relatives in Williams County. Also notes the January American Magazine with Tarbell on Domestic Relations court cases and a feature on better boys by Charles K. Taylor, plus fiction and sketches by listed authors.
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Howard
Rudser
George Heisler
Williston Hospital
Bright
George Charles Heisler
Mankato
Minn
Minnesota
Williams County
Sophia Johnson
Eagle Bend
Leigh
Chester
Harold
Heisler
John Heisler
Cassie Mirriteal
Williams
John
Fre
Eagle Byead
Eld
Ida M. Tarbell
Court of Domestic Relations
Chicago
Charles K. Taylor
Edna Verber
Henry Wallace Phillips
Alfred Ollivant
Maravene Thompson
Phillip E. Curtiss
James Montgomery Flavge
Kin Hubbard
Richard Roe and the Jails of the Idle Rich in Verse
A satirical verse laments detainment for debt and the social cost of unemployment. It portrays Richard Roe facing ten dollars or ten days in jail, fed meagerly by a jailer, with workers outside bearing the burden of support. The piece condemns economic injustice and calls for better management to prevent idle poor from weighing on taxpayers.
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Richard Due
Richard
Comrads
Richard Rees
Magon
Walt Mason
Less Bowel Trouble In Williston
Williston residents learn of Adlerika a German remedy that claims to relieve constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The simple buckthorn bark glycerine mix is said to draw off old foul matter and once cured appendicitis was alleged. Williston Drug Co 27 Adv.
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Williston
Williston Drug Co
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Pherrin News
Louix Trail
North Dakota
Fargo
Marmon
Gudor Loken
R. E. Dillree
Albert McIntosh
Helm’s
Albert Raber
J. F. Newman
Dillree
Frank Smith
Vern
Pauline Loken
Clarence Hagan
Northwood
Earl Smith
Marmonites
Stady
Martha Hansland
Louis Paulson
Sora Cahil
Mrs. Foss
Aug. Sandeen
Alexander
R. R. Barry
Westby
Ed Halvorsen
Wagner
Henry
A. J. Robinson
Olaf Myler
Crosby
Divide County
Dr. Pierson
Ed Tague
Arrivee Mercantile Co
Tague
Boen Valley
V.c
Richard Roe
Eace
Botton Bros
Williston, North Dakota
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