Preparedness debate splits county voice in 1916 era
In a long discussion of war readiness the paper surveys pro and anti camp views. It describes warship and armament advocates, pacifist noncombatants, and moderates favoring a strong navy and a substantial regular army with a large National Guard. It notes congressional divisions on a continental army and the balance of state versus federal control. A lighter column on editor humor follows.
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Congress
Senate
House
Continental Army
National Guard
Washington
Some Songs of Home and Country for the National Week of Song
A fragmentary verse item celebrates patriotic songs with lines recalling Oh say can you see and the star spangled banner. The text includes garbled phrases about dawn and flag imagery, reflecting a collage of national song lines and a wartime cadence.
Home Sweet Home poem lines and authors noted
Excerpt presents the poem Home Sweet Home with refrains about exile and returning home. It credits John Howard Payne as lyricist and Sir Henry R. Bishop as composer, noting the American origin and the thatched cottage ideal.
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Home
Sweet Home
John Howard Payne
Sir Henry R. Bishop
Old Folks At Home Lyrics Reflection on Home
The excerpt presents the song Old Folks at Home with verses about longing for the Swanee River and a distant homeland. It recalls childhood happiness, family, and memories of the plantation, noting wanderings and songs once sung with a brother. The chorus envisions returning to a humble home and familiar tunes.
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Swanee River
Marching On and Lined Verses of War and Nature
A fragmented OCR item blends lines from Battle Hymn of the Republic with stray notes about a caterpillar’s growth. References to marching, divine judgment, and faith contrast with a stray zoological fact, creating a garbled mix of historical religious verse and an unrelated observation of caterpillar weight gain.
Dixie Land Song Chorus and Paraphrase
A fragmented historical lyric recounts Dixie song lines with rural humor and Civil War era imagery. It notes affectionate references to Dixie, singing about standing in Dixie, and a verse where a woman’s heartbreak influences actions. The piece ends inviting listeners to hear the song tomorrow.
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Dixie Land
Dar s Buckwheat Cakes and Ingen Butter Variant
A fragmentary dialect note describes buckwheat cakes and inferior butter. It hints at food that makes one fat and mentions traveling for land rights. The text reads like a rustic, humorous regional line from a historic column.
Bonnie Annie Laurie Love Ballad Fragment
The fragment recalls Annie Laurie with vows of undying devotion. The speaker praises her wintry brow and swan neck while noting her beauty and soft voice. The refrain repeats a pledge to lay down and die for bonnie Annie Laurie.
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Maxwelton
Bonnie
Annie Laurie
Bonnie Annie Laurie
Dee
Gowan
Williston School Notes Show Civics Program and Growth
The Williston schools report patriotic chapel exercises directed by Miss Cooper, a Lincoln tribute recital by Carl Hogan, and ongoing high school annual work with new picture printing plans. Sports saw seniors beat juniors and freshmen topple sophomores. mumps cases prompt isolation. Bank savings reform links three Williston banks to school savings, while staff visits and new enrolments appear amid weather-related closures and local family updates.
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Mira Shere
Lucile Miller
Central
Williston
Freshmen Win Last Quarter Holiday Amid Enrollment Notes
J H 8 notes Grace Bergen enrolls in the J H 5 freshmen class and Byron Baptie leaves school. Attendance committees list VII A Hazel Ike and Dorothy Tart, VIII B Gladys Borsheim and Katheryn Lamphere, VIII A Mary Townsend and Aleda Jacobson, IX B Rose Kelley and Hilda Thompson. Rose Kelley has had 100 in spelling for six weeks. June McChesney, Corma Sweetman and Agnes Westby return to school. Civic Committee includes William Mockel, Robert Garrison, Kristian Monson, Clayton Brown. Vernon Jones re-enters his grade Monday.
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Grace Bergen
Herbert
Saskatchewan
Byron Baptie
Hazel Ike
Dorothy Tart
Gladys Borsheim
Katheryn Lamphere
Mary Townsend
Aleda Jacobson
Rose Kelley
Hilda ‘Thompson
June McChesney
Corma Sweetman
Agnes Westby
William Mockel
Robert Garrison
Kristian Monson
Clayton Brown
Local society notes from Ray and area events
Miss Crane of Ray, Axel Carlson’s for a few weeks. The H H Club plan to meet with Mrs Josie Thompson February 23. Mrs L C Hart and daughter Ruth visited Pleasant View school Wednesday. Van k in Hart left Thursday for various parts of Iowa and Illinois for a few weeks visit with relatives. F P Siewert, B F Larson and C C Hart attended the Agricultural Convention held in Williston on Wednesday. Mrs E W Jeffrey has returned from Button South Dakota where she was called by the illness of her mother a few weeks ago. W N Thompson and family spent Sun at Albert Beards, W S Hanna and family at Na Resagon a Ma Ed Phillips at Mrs Monson’s, Walter Amor and family and John and Lester Hanna and William Coot oe evening at W W Thompson’s, Mrs Earl Swimley and children at Mrs John Durham’s.
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Miss Crane
Ray
Axel Carlson
H. H. Club
Josie Thompson
L. C. Hart
Ruth
Pleasant View School
Haug Attends Farmers Institute and Local Visits
Marmon M. Haug attended the Farmers Institute last week. Weather is favorable for coal trips. Miss Caroline Miller visits sister Mrs Hamann and Mr and Mrs Ward Stine, and Mrs Poe visit J A Silker and Chas Dusell homes Sunday.
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Marmon M. Haug
Farmers’ Institute
Caroline Miller
Mra
Wm. Hamann
Ward Stine
Poe
J. A. Silker
Chas, Dusell
Blizzard Keeps Children at Schoolhouse Enrolled
Mildred Green and Wyatt Silker were enrolled children held at Schoolhouse Thursday night on account of the blizzard as school work progressed nicely.
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Nicel
Mildred Green
Wyatt Silker
Fire insurance ad reads Connecticut firm offer
An insurance ad from E C Cars ey & Co promotes fire insurance for furniture with the tagline Read write insurance on your furniture and mentions Svea Fire Ins Connecticut.
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Yoo ‘Riters
SVEA
Connecticut
E. C. Carsey & Co
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Williston Graphic
Jean A. Corbett
Alaska
Mercury
Home, Sweet Home
Woodbine
the Republic
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Dixie
Will
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Dard Jellach
Ray Boyce
Jean Brodrick
Grace Linguist
Truax
B. Hole
Thor Hole’s
Mort Adam
C. J. Johnson's
B. Sawyer
Ham
Thom Bradburry
George Wise
Shake
River View
Simon Davis
Iver Grothe
George Wi
Wise
Bradbury
Janalp
Gamache Ranch
Vernon Jones
Dora W. Gardner
George A. Burton
Frank Rich Company
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