Shadowed woes and North Dakota drama in 1917 issue
The Williston Graphic issue from February 1, 1917 highlights editor A Corbett and local notes including a poem by Riley and Emerson quotes. It reports on the Dakotan Drama at the University of North Dakota and remarks on local law enforcement, newspaper taxation debate, and a Topeka radiator incident. It praises student plays written by Dakotan students and urges broader regional theater production in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akin Society
Drasociety
University of
Chicago
North Dakota
Dakotas
The Party Crowd and The Town Parade of Dresses
A fragmented scene contrasts the disguises and ambitions of party goers. Susie, plain and poor, remains proud, while wealth and appearances drew attention as larger figures and families parade through the social scene.
North Dakota appreciates its newspapers during Appreciation Week
The speaker extols the modest leader who aids the party and praises North Dakota editors for uniting to show why the state is great. North Dakota's newspapers are highlighted as a valuable asset, with schools and other forces contributing to a successful second Appreciation Week, led by the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Apsreatetisn
Eek
Thut
Ice Harvest Proves bumper crop at Williston firm
The Williston Ice Company runs a large crew harvesting ice from the Missouri with a 28 inch thick, sediment-free crop. Their houses have expanded capacity to pack more into storage for city and regional orders. Work paused Tuesday and Wednesday due to extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston Ice Company
Missouri
Old Muddy
New Books Added To Library
New library additions include The Heart of the Sunset and The Rainbow's End by Rex Beach, Seventeen by Booth Tarkington, The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey, The Five Nations and The Seven Seas, two Kipling poetry collections, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir, Jack the Young Explorer by George Bird Grinnell, The Boarded-up House by Augusta H Seaman, The Cave Boy of the Stone Age by Margaret MelIntyre, Kathleen in Ireland by Etta Blaisdell in the Little People Everywhere series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Booth Tarkington
Zane Gray
Kiplins
John Muir
California
Alaska
Jack
George Bird Grinnell
Augusta H. Seaman
Margaret MelIntyre
Kathleen
Ireland
Etta Blaisdell
West Williston School News Highlights and Basketball Notes
The Williston school column reports strong attendance in the first semester with named students excelling. A junior high and senior high assembly praised basketball, noting a 37 32 loss to Poplar and a promising upcoming game with Minot. Lincoln birthday plans and new typing room equipment are also featured alongside senior enrollments and class A gym work.
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West Lawn
Virgil Hogan
Donald Sheldon
Dickie Gilmore
I. T. Berry
Kiam Davis
Lyle Herbst
Everet Hogan
Evelyn Hval
Alice Mitchell
Mildred Nelson
Harry Burton
Ralph Perry
Miss Rehnke
Minneapolis
Poplar
Minot
Lincoln
Typ
Senloe
Kipling
Upil
Manuel
Gladys Fredii
Joseph
John Kellar
Fans to hold mass meeting for 1917 baseball team
The baseball board calls a mass meeting of all interested in the team for 1917. It will be next Tuesday at 7:30 PM in the west room of Odd Fellows' Hall. The notice aims to organize and start the preparation for the next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baseball Board
Odd Fellows’ Hall
German Officials Had Information From Von Bernstorff Probe
New York Jan 30 semipublic inquiry into leaks heard Archibald White testify that he had long friendship with German ambassador Count von Bernstorff and had been asked to arrange a meeting with him Richard Lawson’s confidential man McSweeney proposed the contact White denied advance information from any German official and stressed his independence from public officials His profits from foresight in interpreting speeches were set at 476168 amid claims of a nonexisting stock exchange cartel investigated by Sherman Whipple and other witnesses
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New York
Sherman Whippie
House
Ambasandor von Bernstorff
Archibald White
White
Whipple
Mr. White
Inquisitor
von Bethmann Hollweg
Lloyd George
Wall Street
Fish and White
Lawson
McAdoo
MsAdoo
Stock Exchange
Og Anieine
Count von Bernstorff
von Bernstorff
McSweeney
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Williams County
Wilke
N. D
Williston Staffice
Phillips
James ‘Whitcomb
Riley
Mne
Emerson
A. W
Bottineau Courant
Ole Brenna
Grand Forks
Horace Greeel
Aer
Liege
Susie
Bill
Frieds
Bruegger Morantilet
Everett
Ripplette
Hagen
NERA
Grocery Department
Ade
Williston
Trenton
Fargo Forum
Uncle Sam
Mexico
Panama
Commercial ‘Club
Marth Dakota
Cole Tion
Fargo
T. N. ‘Whitten
Trentin
Grand River Valley
Aes
Greece
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