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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
3
Rural Williams County residents report visits and gatherings. Dillree family news includes sales, sleigh rides, and social events at Pioneer Hall. Luckie and Dillree losses cited, along with dances, cream route plans, and a farmers club meeting detailing ice for socials. Obituary notes James Patterson's passing and community sympathy. Chick Walters returns to mail duties. multiple small-town updates on health, travel, and local life.
Violet and Baby Young are ill this week. The Larkin Club will meet with Mrs Tone next week. Mr Ben Shartle is visiting relatives in Ohio. R W Young bought barley from John Wagenman Monday. The Wagenmans visited Frank Sigee Monday evening. Oscar Durham has 401 work in Williston this week. Bertha Bellach and Vernie Hagen visited C O Hanna Sunday. Effie Brown and children have returned from Laporte Indiana. Moon butcher work reported by Sennett Palmer installing electric lights at Evang farm. Harry Brokaw returned from six weeks with relatives in southern Iowa. Spring Hill Farmers Club met Feb 10 at Frederick schoolhouse. report unavailable. Frank Siewert hosted dinner Feb 8 for fourteenth wedding anniversary guests. L C Hart lost a valuable mare last week found at a straw stack. horse died. John Hamilton reports farmers finding cattle down at straw stacks this winter. Cold wave restrained attendance at Williston Farmers School. attendees listed. Mae Durham and Adolph Myre wed in Williston on Feb 4 with Gladys Frederick and Oscar Durham as witnesses. Wedding supper and dance in Epping followed. John Hanna accidentally shot left arm by falling shotgun hammer Jan 28. arm injury with possible amputation. He was moved to Williston city hospital. doctor Hymar faced storm to treat him. Ira Hanna and Rantham assisted.
Roy Mantz visited Meek on Monday while John Flatley called at Eli Walters’s place last week. Billie Zodron called Knute Brenek on Sunday on business. Dances occur two or three times weekly. Roy Mantz Vern Meek and W H Zodron were Bonetrain callers last Tuesday. Helmer Maram and Frank Van Burkirk called at Flatley’s Thursday evening amid a cold, stormy spell.
Consumption takes 350 people daily in the United States and most cases are preventable with timely treatment. Scott's Emulsion is presented as a rapid medical nourishment aiding tissue growth and blood formation, strengthening lungs and physical vigor without alcohol. The ad claims its use in tuberculosis camps due to body-building properties and urges insistence on Scott's.
Pete Rasmusson spent a week on vacation at St John s. Bryan Kuetzel Bruce Christian and others visited Pete last week. Wm Battes of Medicine Lake Montana plans a few weeks at his parents home. The Thom children missed two weeks of school due to colds. Formora school entertainment postponed from February 21 to March 7 with a basket social and program. Roy Ryner Hazel Elsie and Miss Estley visited the Thom home Sunday evening.
Local notes report Oscar Books named janitor at Missouri Ridge and other visits by Blankenship and Lindholm family members. Weather, cattle strays, and a masquerade planned at Nels Tasndil’s. Andrew Amer dies at daughter’s home after paralysis. Students receive recognition for attendance and prepare for Lincoln’s birthday program and a Valentine box event at school. The first issue of The Missouri Record will be read then placed in the exhibit book.
Nelson E. Q0 Westcott hauls tools for the White City. Mrs. Charles Austin and Noelle Ames miss time home sick with colds. Guy Renberger visits F C Westcott. Wm Maning and wife from Montana visit uncle J W W McKay. J M Craig returns from Williston. Cold weather continues with 40 below temps. Bert Louchland expands with gas saw and feed grinder. Burn Black Diamond Coal for more heat and lower cost. Order from N B Tur... Phone 168, 31.
Lougen WHEELOCK made a business trip to Williston before midweek. A G Knutson of McKenzie Co called in town Wednesday. Farmers Institute attendees Barney Hole C E Gleyson were in Williston last week. Mr and Mrs Wm Jack and family returned from Northfield Minnesota Thursday evening. H E Foley H N Peterson went to Williston Thursday returning Friday morning. Mrs F H Crook and children returned from Minnesota Monday evening. Miss Ethel Seaton returned to Minot Friday after a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Gulsrud. Ola O Kone Ralph Severson at Williston Thursday and Friday. A Severson R J Severson Ole Hylden and Baskin attended Farmers Institute at Williston Saturday. David and Hans Aviden returned to Langdon ND after six weeks with Ole Hylden. East bound Dinky held four and a half hours Wednesday due to box car derailment at Ray. N Amsberry F H Crook E O Hougen and Ed Severson attended the Odd Fellows convention at Williston Wednesday night.
A fragmented roster of names appears under adverts for letters to be delivered. The list includes multiple individuals such as Christofferaon, Rev Mra A, Eaton Harry, Ferrill Sallie, Husehye Glara, Haslem Miss Head Goa, Johnson Lareda, Jones J C Lindley It Eat Ma Max, Mann D Vullen Ruby, Marknson Martin Maze Walter Oveson J Raymond Wm Stendahl Anna Sauer Gov J Sam Inelson Enoch Sarment Mamie.
In Spring Coulee items from Nov 20 1913 residents discuss a March 7 1914 caucus for township officers while noting good news about Mrs S Mitchell and a general lack of weather. The write up muses on education, editors, local cooperation, and a playful weather prophecy tied to coal and glaciers with reflections on future forests and coal beds.
Local notes report Mr E Collings staying in Williston Tuesday night. The Grail school closed Friday with Mrs Alice Collings teaching. A H Ruble bought a gasoline engine and woodman. Walter and Robert Collings recover from a severe cold. Miss Mame Ackerman had a swollen face last week. Miss Myrtle Collings visited the Vance home over the weekend. Richard Vance received callers including Charison, Choa, and W D Brown west of Williston. Frank Banks and wife of Williston endured a runaway near Baum's Ferry hill last week. no injuries.
Hyatt family visits and illnesses noted in Opportunity on Wednesday. Mrs. Addyman recovers at home, A Hyatt and Floyd visit Mrs. Williams. Farmers Club draws attendees despite weather. School plans a social with children preparing speeches. Groundhog sighting mentions expectations of nicer weather ahead.
The Gayworthys by Mrs A D T Whitney is a New England tale. To the Lions by Alfred J Church covers early Christian persecution. Our Little Austrian Cousin by Florence E Mendel explains Austro-Hungarian Empire for young readers. The Little Water-folks by Clarence Hawkes offers animal stories for varied ages.
A readable fragment presents a girl's playful reflections on gender roles and origins. The piece quips that man was made first and that Eve surpassed Adam, then turns to playful complaints about boys wearing out everything but soap and the idea that half the world should be girls.
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