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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
2
In Rural Williams County, residents share illness updates and social events. visits, hospitalizations, school openings, and church activities are reported along with local club meetings and charity efforts. notable names include Bernice Rutledge, Will Clark, R T Wicks, Amelia Skindrud, and Rev. Monson amid a busy community calendar.
Buford villagers share holiday visits and family news. Geo Noble called Tuesday while L red Wall made a business trip to Alexander Saturday. Mrs D McMasters hosted guests on Christmas day. Several locals and out of town visitors from Williston and Helena are noted during the holiday week. Money to loan on farm and city property. Insurance. J Arthur Cunningham Rawson Block.
Local social items At Frida the Larkin Club met with Mrs Josephine O en. Mr and Mrs C O Hanna and family spent Sunday at J W Browns. New Years dinner at Munson home. Mr and Mrs Alex Carlise and Williston friends New Years Day. H H Club to meet at home. Bertha Smeltzer January 1. Oscar Martinson and wife visited B F Larson. B B Ryal and daughter Zethra visited Barney Larsons. January fire caution urged as no winter weather yet. Farmers Club meets January 16 at Frederick school house. program planned. L C Hart entertained New Years Day with Theo Moen and H T Smiter. prairie fire eastern Pherrin township Monday burned hay land and buildings.
Oscar Nelson visits Weatby and A J Robinson spends time in Crosby. Local residents travel to Williston and Minnesota. Bankers Olson and Bjerke visit Ambrose on business. Ladies Aid to meet Mrs A J Robinson on January 8. Basket social and dance planned at Rudger hall January 9 for hall benefit. Kids head to school after Xmas break. G Lem Isaacson returns for Xmas dinner. Miss Winnifred Watt’s friends celebrate her sixteenth birthday.
Ed Severson spent part of the week in Williston. Chas McGee of Ray was a business caller in Wheelock Monday. Emil Person left Sunday to visit friends in Staples Minnesota. R J Severson and L N Amsberry are in Williston on the jury this week. H N Peterson and family and John Dahl and family visited in Ray. Mrs Henry Hanson left Friday for Kenyon Minnesota. H E Foley, Ed Severson and Carl Helling attended the Ray show Tuesday night. Fred Kaunberg learned his brother died in Chicago. E C Myre learned his Wisconsin brother died suddenly. Chas Maloney returned from Cando where he collected for M Rumley Co. Gust Lindgren took his daughter to Minot Monday for another operation on her eyes. Wheelock folks at the Epping New Years dance included Misses Pederson and Groven, Jim Wilson, Ole Larson, John Severson, Chester Hanson, David Hylden, Ralph Severson, Hans Hylden, Carl Helling and Oscar Larson.
Rose Hill residents are reminded of the box social on Saturday January 17. Alma Albrecht is back in the area and visits note Mr Jno Albrecht and Mrs Jno Albrecht dropped by Thoms, Francis Smith called on Alberta Francis, and Mr and Mrs Albert Hints and family were seen in the vicinity.
Sunday gatherings include Rose Hill youngsters abating and a call for German Lutheran services at Rose Hill schoolhouse. Local folks share jokes, new Ford, and community events. Farmers club, literary society box social for library books, and dances at Westcott home highlight a busy week.
Mr. Decker has gone to Montana to feed for land. Mrs. Decker called on Mrs. Pike Thursday afternoon, Mr. Everson made a business trip to Epping last week. Charlie Axen, Herb Ingraham and Earl Evans went to the coal mine Thursday for coal. Mrs. Decker, Earl Evans, George Gatlin and Dan Woods and family spent New Years day with Herb Ingraham's. Xmas exercises at school house were a success with a fine crowd and a treat of nuts, candies and apples.
WCLU notes discuss a tale of liquid bread with a Liverpool pub sign. Dr Samuelson analyzes beer as water plus alcohol with little nourishment, claiming brewers aim to extract bread rather than supply it, and noting wine and spirits offer scant nourishment.
Williston readers are advised to guard against appendicitis by using a German remedy Adler-iki made from buckthorn bark and glycerine. One dose allegedly relieves sour stomach gas and constipation by drawing out old foul matter. Also notes a claimed water discovery on the brain by Dr Taeapane Sliggits in 1878.
Fred Hoellyer and Miles Williams visited last Sunday near Havre Montana along with Charles Hellyer and Elmar Landes. Walter Mitchell and family spent New Year’s Day with Mr and Mrs Yatt’s people and Mr Hyatt returning to Montana Friday. The community saw two more births two new sons and two daughters with warm wishes. P A Campbell lost a valuable colt found dead on the prairie and a yearling last summer. Rev Brown of Cottonwood Lake will preach Sunday at Marmion Spring Coulee and Marmon will meet him on the way. Local residents from Stady and Angie will provide a lift home after services.
J. W. Haw of the Better Farming association in Cavalier County reports results from eighteen tests of Marquis wheat, a Canadian bred variety. He notes the grain matures seven to twelve days earlier, yields better than fife wheat varieties, and has shorter heavier straw that resists lodging on rich land.
Mr Barnes of Warren County Tennessee says exposure caused threat trouble and health ruined. After four bottles of Peruna he claims full recovery though three doctors failed. He warns catarrh of the throat invites disease and urges throat health to guard against germs. Free Peruna “His of Life” and 1914 almanac offered via Peruna Co Columbus Ohio.
Mr Haw notes Marquis wheat benefits on summer fallowed land and cautions against full-scale adoption. He cites Carl Amoth of Wales planting Marquis and fife together, with Marquis maturing ten days earlier and yielding 23 bushels per acre versus 17 for five. Sorghum also praised for pollinating crops or winter forage when timed right.
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