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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1907
Page
3
The Register and Receiver at the United States Land Office in Williston North Carolina directs publication of notice after due due diligence shows personal service cannot be made. The contestant Victor Chaffee, Receiver, Bach Minot, No alty for contestant, 24.
David L. Woods of Trenton North Dakota has filed notice of intention to make final proof for his homestead entry number 357 dated August 20 1906 covering Lot 4 Section 4 Township 153 Range 102 and W 4 SW 2 Section 33 Township 114 Range 102 before A L Butler County Judge Williams County at Williston on December 23 1907. Witnesses Edwin S. Lapham Harry B. Hull George W. Sweezey Jack Adams all of Trenton ND.
The notice promotes Model Tailor on South Main Street offering warm winter overcoats in the latest style with price info. It also directs readers to the Great Northern Livery one block east of Main on First Street with the phone number 15 for services.
Advertising a 1911 Joseph Weelye sale of second hand goods inviting call and inspection in his building on East Broadway.
A Sunday program lists M. E. Church activities including a Selinol and Men Bible Class at 10 a.m. An Epworth gathering is mentioned with prayers and preaching. The record cites Pastor Hulu and local organizers, with mention of a Batty Franks event and a light evening service.
In a rural Arkansas setting trackwalker John Hains tries to steal a speeder to intercept a train. He inadvertently aids a gang planning a robbery, misplaces a torpedo, and after a gunfight and explosion the express passes as the robbers flee. Hains survives, ducking into Black Lake, later revealing the escaped raider’s retreat.
A Vienna correspondent reports the municipality, having bought out principal funeral firms, will offer a ten class burial insurance covering funeral costs graves and monuments. Premiums run from 4d to 7s 6d monthly for ages 18 to 50 in good health. Separate policies exist for monuments and a capital plan keeps graves tended on All Souls Day.
A World article notes New York markets hold vast diamond value with total rough diamonds entering the city in recent years and estimates duty impacts for 1906. It cites a large portion of national jewelry consumption and private speculation on the stone trade.
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