This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
4
The officials advocate a strict two cent mile rate for state roads with no compromise. They argue a 5 cent rate via a 1000 mile book would favor travelers and wholesalers, leaving poorer residents and small travelers to bear higher costs. The editorial urges a universal two cent rate to benefit all citizens equally.
Many women nationwide form civic clubs to beautify home surroundings during winter. The effort aims to engage women locally as well as nationally, turning barren yards and ash heaps into flower beds and window boxes, inspired by Cleveland progress and a push to clean up sign boards and rubbish.
county officials yesterday named Williston Graphic Ray Pioneer and Croaby Review as the three papers chosen for the year’s Panera plan in a named official action.
School notes report several classroom seat upgrades and changes in room assignments. The High School Literary Society will elect officers next Friday afternoon while the Shakespeare Improvement Society meets at Ivan Metzger’s home Saturday night. Absent students include Norman Ilewitt George Shafer Auberg Pendergrast and Olga Berg. The Williston Herald piano contest winner Maggie Monroe named popular girl and the piano now resides in Miss Hamblin’s room.
The old fourth grade room becomes a study area for the high school recitation class of Mixa Fenny Bradford with the sight grade seated there. The old fifth grade room is repurposed for the sixth grade by dividing it to seat three other rooms.
The Farmers Institute, the North Dakota event considered the premier gathering, is set for February fourth to sixth in Williston. Local organizers, with cooperation from Montana leaders, plan experts including E Brock Martin of Bozeman to speak on irrigation and beet sugar farming, aiming to promote dry farming and irrigation techniques. The paper promises more details soon and notes low Great Northern rates to Montana and North Dakota for attendees, urging business leaders to boost attendance.
An old advertisement notes Mr August Sherpe as the pepper over seer of the poor in Fort Madison Iowa and promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as the rightly named laxative. It claims the pills act more agreeable and better than others and offers a 25 cent guarantee through Brownell's Drug Co.
Dr Jenssen specializes in Eye Ear Nose and Throat work in Union Block Over Citizens National Bank. Norwegian and German spoken. Private hospital connected with full private medical care. Phone number 38 Williston North Dakota.
Evangelist Dr Graves preaches Sunday morning at 11 o clock at Congregational Church and again at 8 pm at M E Church. Also notes on local financial offers and medicinal cures offered by Brownell's Drug Co. which are advertised in the same notice.
Weather reports indicate heavy snow in the Wheelock area, with prospects for a good harvest even without rain. Wheelock hosted two well attended Christmas trees, and a Methodist church repair enables winter services. C Erickson of Myer Lumber spends vacation in Alexandria, MN. Rumor claims Soo road will cross the Great Northern at Wheelock. Miseea Lofgren and hampoon visited Ray on Friday.
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee endorses Electric Bitters as a guaranteed cure for back and kidney trouble. He states the first bottle provided relief and several bottles fully cured him. Sold under guarantee at Brownells Drug Store. Price 0u.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.