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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1904
Page
5
A brief notice lists a lignite coal burner called Coles Hotblast for sale at Bruegger Mere Co. Various local updates follow about residents, visits, illnesses, and social events including a dance, theft of $30, and upcoming services at the M E Church.
A chaotic mixture of ads and notices describes unrest and medical cures. Electric Bitters marketed for various ailments, local dressmaking, and cigar ads sit beside county news about impending dissent and a planned editorials column called Kicker’s Coloma. A physician advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cure for croup with testimonials from Mrs. Crimpton.
For sale notice offers 10 or 12 good broke teamn st a Car gain with inquiry invited to Pioneer Land Office. Stray notices describe a large brown gelding branded 7 on left shoulder with white face and hind feet and a two year old boy Gilley brande d 1-B on left thigh. Rewards promised for information. Also mentions birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Thoms A Bond in Trenton North Dakota dated December 20 1904.
A critical look at Representative Hill of Connecticut pushing a bill to redeem silver certificates in gold and to create a $150,000,000 gold reserve. The piece argues the plan would revive the endless chain, drain the treasury, and worsen public debt while urging monetary reform to take a broader path. It labels the proposal unnecessary, illogical, and dangerous, urging Congress to pursue change elsewhere.
Williston Lodge No 37 A 0 0 W elects officers for the ensuing year at Tuesday evening meeting. Installation set for January 10, 1905. Listings include W. A. Smith as Worshipful Master and Maurice Abbott as Senior Warden. Also noted are foreman, overseer, financier, recorder, receiver, and trustees. Also mentions a 160 acre farm for sale near Williston, with 90 under cultivation and buildings. Novelty sale at Bruegger's December 21 to 31.
A careful analysis shows Roosevelt's large plurality reflected a rebuke to the opposing party rather than broad support. Roosevelt's lead over McKinley was large in raw numbers but the total 1904 vote was 455,000 less than in 1900. Parker's comparatively weaker showing implies Democratic weakness was tied to plutocratic associations and party management, not Roosevelt's appeal. The piece cites the Grand Forks Evening Press and notes local notices about real estate sales, life insurance, and a lodge donation.
A mixed roll of terse notices from Williston and North Dakota towns. Property prospecting in Williston, oil depot plans by Standard Oil, and local commerce chatter mingle with farm reports, fires, legal matters, resignations, criminal notes, and civic shifts across towns like Minot, Harvey, Mayville, Milnor, and Carrington.
Cleveland December 25 arrangements are under way to secure bail for Dr Laroy Chadwick and his wife Mary Cassie Chadwick who were indicted by the county grand jury on charges of forging and uttering a six million dollar note signed Andrew Carnegie. Chadwick is en route to New York and extradition papers will be sought.
Armada Mich December 25 Mrs Abela Brown aged thirty six was murdered yesterday on her husband's farm the husband left in the morning to work a neighbor farm and upon return found her body at the foot of the cellar stairs the body crushed with a whiffletree found nearby as the murder weapon no clue as to the killer.
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