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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
3
Rural Williams County reports a Push for cooperative farming education led by Dudgeon and local speakers. Meetings in Spring Coulee, with Miss Peterson and Mr Hall, promote schooling and practical business methods for farmers and families.
Standley Keltner starts work for Mr Jellison and Miss Arena Frank called on. Mrs Grace McCoy visited Sunday while O A Myers family attended services in Trenton. Cora and Mable Miller dined with Will Marsh. Ray Kratzer sick with cold and sore throat. Ruth Myers uses crutches as she recovers. Myer family and Ruth visited site of opportunity Friday. Daniel Kauffman walked home after sled ride in thaw. Winter returns with light snow blizzard on January 28 and temperatures plunging below zero. Allen Keltner and Goldie Joyce ill with cold. W W Keltner suffered toothache. George Harmon died in hospital last Thursday January 29 and will be buried February 8 at Trenton cemetery. Rev C A Myer to preach. Attendance noted.
Henry Hanson on the sick list. Fred Kannberg ill at Williston hospital. Olaf Winger and Nellie Hinch spend Sundays in Williston. Nelson Nolan back from Shafer Minnesota. Birth: January 31 a boy to Mr and Mrs C P Johnson. Tadies Aid to meet Feb 11 with Ole Hylden couple. Mrs Olaf Winger convalescing in hospital. Wheelock youths attend Martin Bol wedding dance at Enping with good times.
Mrs. Grant A Rutledge and friends visit Will Posey while various locals attend clubs and dances. A Missouri Farmers Club meets at S M Clark with plan to discuss Lincoln's birthday program. An unnamed young farmer praises farming for future work, independence and health, highlighting seasonal variety and wage comparisons to city jobs.
The weekly library notes list books for all ages and interests. Titles include The Camp Fire Girls Torch Bearer by I T Thurston, Mrs Jim and Mrs Jimmie by Stephen Conrad, A Guide to the Great Cities of Western Europe by Esther Singleton, Peggy Owen Patriot by L F Madison, The Monkey that Would Not Kill by Henry Drummond, and Jack Benson's Log by C Nor ton, with notes on content and appeal.
A Toronto election grants married women voting rights, joining widows and property owners. Canada and the U S push for 1920 national prohibition amid concerns about enforcing liquor bans. Archbishop Blenk endorses constitutional prohibition and calls fasting and prayer. The Kenyan Red Light Bill seeks to make owners liable for nuisance and allow seizure of property. Citizens urged to lobby Congress for a cleaner capital.
The piece surveys state funding for roads in 38 states with New York leading spending and bond-financed construction rising nationwide. It notes 1913 road bonds near 70 million and 1914 prospects, plus tests of iron straw surfacing. Ohio bricks in Cleveland prove durable highways with minimal repairs. A proofreading anecdote about Willis Brown ends with a quip.
The next regular teachers examination will be February 12 and 18 1914 at the courthouse in Williston. The program lists sessions on Reading Rules Pedagogy Physiology and Hygiene History Geography Grammar Arithmetic Civics and Psychology with optional subjects for second and first grade certificates. Examinations begin promptly at 8 30 A M. bring pen and ink. Martha P. Tatem County Superintendent of Schools. The Presidents Thirteen notes Wilson’s ties to the number thirteen with multiple references to 13 in dates names and events.
Week ending January 31 Williston North Dakota carries letters listed for the post office. Names include Sara Arnold Geo Bleistine Chris tenson Bertha Estby Florence French Joseph Frederickson Oscar Hagenston Ida Johnson Bert Lamfrd Geo Olsen Nels Van Patten A St Clew Stroud Geo Thompson C A Wis ley Carl Puill J B Williston Brick.
A reflection on the scale of type and the seven misplacements that can occur in a single letter. The text muses on how a column’s 10 000 pieces of type may be misaligned and the resulting effect.
A speaker notes the vast risk of errors in typesetting with 70 000 chances to err and 2 759 022 possible errors from transposition for the line To be or not to be. The remark underscores the printer’s vulnerability to misprints.
Weather Bureau report from Williston North Dakota shows high of 25 and low of 24 degrees for the week ending January 28 1914. Precipitation measured at one inch. Another line notes extremes of temperature in 1913 with a high of 41 and zero or below weekly low. John Craig observer.
Williston Drug Co advertises Adlerika a German bowel and stomach remedy claiming a single dose relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly and supposedly draws off old foul matter. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and notes past claims of curing appendicitis.
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