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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1913
Page
8
A local man claims to have perfected a scheme producing concentrated champagne tablets that instantly fizz in water. He promises cheap, portable sparkling wine, a pistol and caps for effect, and plans to seek capital to launch the venture, imagining a splashy publicity stunt in public waters.
Farmers delay plowing until frost leaves. Visits, marriages, and recoveries noted around Land Creek including Miss Anna Guthrie, Mr. and Mrs. Head, and Clifford Head. Head coal mine drainage restored, Clifford Head home from hospital, and community greetings from Sand Creek and Williston residents.
Local residents report fast relief from sour stomach and gas using buckthorn bark glycerine and Adledika mixture sold by Williston Drug Co. The remedy is claimed to antisepticize the digestive system and remove impurities in a single dose. The piece notes divorces as examples of "easy come, easy go."
Representative Halvor Steenerson of Minnesota introduced a house resolution asking President Taft to provide Congress with all available government information on the feasibility of a two-year postage rate between the United States and Scandinavian countries. He noted inquiries from the Northwest about extending the two-cent rate to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, criticizing the existing bias toward Germany and Great Britain and mentioning interest from the Netherlands and other Nordic nations.
Danish private donors raised 136000 by subscription offering the money to build a fort on the north front of Copenhagen. The minister of war delayed decision after lawmakers barred fortifications at that place and officials hoped to satisfy donors with a workable plan for capital defences.
Stockholm notes Sweden’s neue budget has grown from 14.9 million to 71 million dollars in forty years. The Thorpe case sparks calls for laxer amateur rules amid disputes over paid training. rail accidents at Malmelatt and Himhult cause costly damages. A Dorothea magistrate dies of heart failure in Bracke. General von Matern backs conscript age reduction to 20.
Plans begin spring on Taabak fortifications near Copenhagen. The Norwegian American line will ship the chorus Mandssangforeningan to New York, with the Christianiafjord sailing June 14 from Trondheim and Bergenfjord later. NorwayReadies new cabinet led by Gunnar Knudsen. Alfred Eriksen ousted. Magnus Nilssen gainsSeat. Major reforms include curbing monopolies, transport, church state relations, language, labor laws, and social programs. Telecommunication deal with Marconi to link Norway and New York approved. Kristiania 1914 pavilion site chosen. Chief Justice Thinn joins the socialist movement.
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