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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
4
A 1912 Milwaukee court witness says seven thousand dollars a year cannot support his family. The column derides his income, floats migration to North Dakota, and hints at political and social debates of the era, noting inaugural ball attire and crowd behavior.
The commission form spreads to cities like Duluth and New Orleans with Faribault’s two year test guiding views. Mayor Alson Blodgett Jr. cites desire for fewer funds and quicker water mains as key changes. The system is praised as modern and businesslike while local talk hints at Williston considering it. Elias Day event noted for humor with 50 cent admission.
The Balkan war has devastated the region and Constantinople faces dire misery. The American Constantinople Relief Committee in New York, working with the Red Cross, appeals for aid to help wounded, refugees and victims of cholera typhus famine and cold.
The first annual Barnes County corn show, run by the Better Farming Association with Valley City support, drew many exhibits from over 300 county school children. An agricultural institute for teachers, a domestic science session for farm women, and an agricultural school for men and boys accompanied the event, with 150 teachers attending. The program emphasized practical rural education and livestock and crop lessons, attracting a large audience and strong interest.
The piece notes a new society named The Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving at Christmas and compares it with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Dumb Animals. It mentions factory goods like bathroom slippers necktie sets and smokers kits as wasteful, and cites Ohio efforts to end clawhammer coats boild shirts. It also references Democrats in Ohio seeking to remove barn from the inaugural ball amid high admission fees.
The Christmas skating event drew many spectators and participants as the ice rink was prepared for the day. Reported improvement in ice conditions suggested the surface would be even better as the day progressed.
The Mandan News reports rival records from Norton County on intensified farming. Potato yields reached 400 bushels per acre at Mandan and 126 bushels per acre at Glen Allin, with the state training school harvest showing over 2,000 bushels from five acres. Oats yielded a new high of record per acre on A W Lindstrom’s farm near Glen Wilin, with one and a quarter bushels of seed per acre and threshing weighed as harvested.
Clarence Nyhre of Carpio is constructing an aircraft after purchasing the engine from D. C. Dorman’s monoplane which burned a year ago. Nyhre reports rapid progress and hopes to complete the craft as spring opens.
An excerpt from Farm and Fireside explains trapping as a profitable farm boy activity. It notes trapping season around November 30 in much of the U S, earlier in the north and later in the south, and cautions to wait for real cold to produce prime pelts. Pelts rise in value with colder conditions, with minks worth 75 cents to 1.00 in October but 4.00 to 4.75 by December.
A reader asks about earning 800 to 1000 dollars an acre from market garden crops like cabbage and celery near small cities. The advice notes such income is possible but depends on local conditions, skill, and prudent investment, urging gradual start and avoidance of debt.
Bilina Day, famed as America’s greatest entertainer, delivers a remarkable stage show with rapid makeup and costumes. His performance disappears into character, while he dedicates remaining time to the Elias Day School of Lyceum Art teaching readers and musicians lyceum honors.
The November 1912 Extension from North Dakota Agricultural College details how birds eat insects. Wrens remove over 600 insects daily. robins consume many cutworms. chickadees and waxwings feed on plant lice and cankerworms. Stomach analyses show insects dominate diets across species, with meadowlarks and Baltimore Orioles relying heavily on grasshoppers, crickets, and caterpillars.
Washington December 15. The Democratic national committee spent 1 169 446 to back the Wilson Marshall ticket according to its final statements. Charles R Crane of Chicago led donors with 40000 while Cleveland H Dodge of New York contributed 35000 and Herman Ridder of New York as treasurer oversaw 80073. The committee reported 1110952 received from 89854 contributions, all but 1625 under 100.
A terrific acetylene gas explosion in the Hotel Fredeen addition used as a water system engine house wrecked the structure. North side windows, including 100 panes, were shattered while plaster fell from walls and ceilings of many rooms.
In January American Magazine's Interesting People section, G. H. Buck sketches Thomas Moran, now 76, praising his enduring influence on the Great West. Moran, born in Bolton to Irish English stock, traveled harsh paths, read widely, and remained eager to discuss any topic with a wealth of knowledge and a steady hand in art.
University of North Dakota study shows western students facing nearly Eastern cost pressures. Board and room costs rose 31 percent over twenty years, 16 percent actual increase, with additional curriculum fees pushing total increases higher. Real living expenses now about 40 percent more than twenty years ago.
Gov Hanna outlines a program to create a state business agent to promote North Dakota in other states, a fire marshal, rural school consolidation, a traveling voters franchise, and funding for Civil War veterans. He argues four year terms, rather than two, will allow complete policy work and appoint capable people.
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