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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
4
The Williston Graphic references discussions in The Chicago Tribune about educating young women for exams on currency and politics. It also notes a forthcoming Grand Forks mid winter fair and a King Corn prize funded by Geo. C. Clifford, a Grand Forks investor.
George B. Clifford of Minneapolis donates 500 to the Grand Forks Agricultural Society to award for the best acre of corn raised in northern North Dakota in 1914. The contest divides into three districts with prizes of 100, 40, and 25 dollars in each, announced by Sec. D. W. Moore.
The Wisconsin Income Tax meeting runs from January 13 to 14 with morning and afternoon sessions. Speakers include H. E. Wheeler, Hon. George E. Wallace, Hon. R. A. Nestos, and Prof. S. H. Wolfe. Topics cover income tax, home rule, mortgage taxation, and the single tax debate. Officers to be elected for 1914.
The district court convened with several cases resolved or continued. The Grotta case settled out of court while State vs Geo Johnson found Johnson guilty of paternity, but judgment pending. Pasenault won return of a $250 diamond stud after lender Harstein claimed sale. The docket shows about twelve of forty six civil cases likely to be tried before adjournment.
County commissioners in session name Wil liston Herald Tioga Gazette and Mixer as official papers for the ensuing year, outlining routine bills and formal duties.
A 1913 national tally records forty four lynchings, the lowest since counts began rising, with most victims Black and concentrated in the South. No women victims. North Dakota and Montana mark rare northern cases. Notable incidents include a Spartanburg sheriff halting a mob and later finding the accused not guilty.
Last Monday meeting notes detail Bible School attendance averaging over 100, with a new teacher training class and 16 teachers. Mission funds totaled 221.68 with 2.90 in treasury. Clerk Florence Bennet reports 154 members, 11 additions, 1 death, 7 baptisms, 17 marriages, 14 funerals. Trustees urge budget increase to cover new church construction and related expenses.
A pastor praised church officers and workers for growing support as plans unfold for a new church building, dedication, and hosting of the State Conference in late September. The article lists church officers, trustees, and notes a recent A O U W lodge installation, plus city council and legal notices, with a light feature on a humorous run anecdote and library notes.
A Missouri paper editor recounts a subscriber who found a spider in his issue and asked if it signaled good or bad luck. Twain replied the spider merely watched ads to identify merchants not advertising. In another incident, Leibe is hospitalized after a New Year’s taxi ride where seven shots were fired and a quarrel ended with police involvement.
In Butte Montana a rooming house quarrel escalated into a gun incident as two men argued over nothing of value. The fight ended without additional injuries while onlookers noted the warning quote about half a mind and lame endeavor.
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