Northlands Call Draws Williams County Schools Homeward
In Williston era notes a homeward pull as the North calls, with lines about winters, farms, and the old school district reports. County schools receive state funds while busy teachers like Margaret Kellaher and Helen McGuiness guide schools. Miss Desilva now leads Missouri Ridge, and measles illness delays Judson No. 4. Community boosters invite visitors to view renovated basements and celebrate local education amid a long winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Desilva
Missouri Ridge School
Mien Saterlee
Blanche Tibbedeaux
Judson
Jessie Hunt
Irma Marmon
Judson Dist
Williston
Williams County
Schaal Ai
Neil Cedar
Bonetrails
Buford Dist
Brooklyn
Run ‘Lake
Trip Lake
Stewart
Tioga
Wheelock
Wheelock Gistelet
Tande
All At Work Again Join Williams County News Bureau
Community call for school and district news submissions to Williams County Teachers Department. Readers encouraged to send items, ideas, or questions to boost the department this winter and share value with peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larvane
Williams County
Varied North Dakota News From East to West
A roundup of small items reports Frances Reid Shortridge wedding to Geo Barrett, new appointments in agriculture and labor, and legal actions in Morton county. Local incidents include a man burning his arm, a 100th birthday, a purse theft, a botched check, and a car radiator accident. Other notes cover plant ideas, a wild duck note, Oregon vs Penn football, Lisbon creamery plans, and railroads planting trees near routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Reid Shortridge
E. C. Shortridge
North Dakota
Geo. L. Barrett
Lakota
Washington
Bay City
Horned Lark detailed description and range
The Horned Lark stands about seven and three fourths inches with a black breast mark and small dark tufts above the eyes. It ranges across the United States and Canada except the South Atlantic and Gulf states, winters in all U S states except Florida, and feeds mainly on vegetable matter with grain as a minor part. The species frequents open country, forms large flocks, and is considered useful for eating pest insects like May beetles, leaf beetles, weevils, chinch bugs, and grasshoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Canada
Florida
California
Historical Facts of the Week Highlights
The fragment lists events with dates and places such as the Battle of New Orleans on January 8 1915 and Jamaica earthquake on January 14 1880. It mentions independence for Orea, births and deaths of Hamilton, and Austrians taking Cettinje on January 13 last year 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Orea
Hamilton
Jan. le
Cettinje
Kingston
Jamacia
Lon
Mal
Weather Prophet or Simple Pain Relief Ad
An old style ad touts a weather predicting claim based on body twinges and offers topical ointments for pain relief. It markets talgia brutoms and similar products with prices cited at 25¢ and $1.00, emphasizing ease of use and no fighting application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhara
E Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scheels of Williams
Villa
Wilson
Cancer
Big Stone
Margaret Kellaher
Pleasant View
Pherrin
Helen McGuiness
Riverside
Genevieve Emmons
St. Paul
Minn
Riverview
Henry
Battery B
Minnesota First Artillery
M. T
Mark Twain
Acarcely
Harper's Encyclopedia of
U. S
Harper
Walt Mason
Mars
A. McG. Beede
Standing Rock Reservation
Rinter
Whole Wheat Milling CO
Ulin N. Hagan
Commisser of Agriculture and Labor
Loyd Rader of
Dickinson
Victor Wardrope
Henson County
Diy
Jewaukan
L. Lb. Butterwick
Seane
Survey
New Rockford
Lynn J. Frazier
N. A. Mason
Wimbledon
New Rockford Transcript
Mandan
H. K. Jenson
I. L. Woll
Morton County
Jensen
Olice
A. Butts
Butts
Deardorf
Grenora
Wildrose
Hutts
Hugh E. Willis
Jurker
L. E. Birdzell
Faculty of Law School
University of North Dakota
Birdzell
State Supreme Bench
Jamestown
N. D
Emil F. Wiese
Eldridge
Stutsman County
Kathryn
Anna Thompson Hovde
Near Portal
Huff
Julius Affeldt
Hamburg
Luther Burbank
San Francisco
Elizabeth Waters
Burbank
Charles Teske
Europe
Belgium
France
Peckham
Okla
Linwood, Minn
Pasadena
Cal
Pacific Coast
Gridiron Warriors
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
Jehu
Dent
Addi
W. H. Sutherland
Carrington
Montpelier
Henry Gullickson
Don Hobkirk
Severt Spilde
Iowa
Lisbon
Edmund
Berthold
Minot
Des Lavs
Lone Tree
Tasker
Herbert Walsh
Reeder
Twin Cities
Christ Man
Chas. Maxcey
Maxcey
Bismarck
George Will
Santa Claus
Will
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo
Tree Gang
Sloan's
Hredtutoet
Huang
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