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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
2
Correspondent notes Miss Centerwall’s severe cold and sore throat. The Misses Tone and Peterson visit Lougheed home. families across Williston, Tone Brothers, and Wicks frequent social calls. Weather and school life dominate, with transportation and farm notes amid frigid days and a busy community calendar.
An old-time recipe for darkening gray hair touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound sold in drug stores for about 50 cents a bottle. It claims to darken hair after slight use with a comb or brush, without noticeable evidence of application, and to add lustre, though it clarifies it is not a disease cure.
Carroll County residents and farmers unite to pool cattle hogs produce for car shipments to larger markets. County agent sparked the effort, with town merchants financing transport and townspeople contributing produce, boosting town country cooperation and local prices.
The piece urges farmers to save manure to reduce fertilizer needs and to order fertilizer or lime early. It advises storage space, farm equipment readiness, and road improvements to support rural schools. It notes a Massachusetts county Farm Bureau effort delivering fresh vegetables to military camps and securing manure from camps.
A county club formed last June at the Courthouse coordinates farm and town efforts for mutual gain. In six months last year Carroll County shipped 27186.83 dollars of produce including hogs, cattle, poultry, eggs, and potatoes. The club deducts 1 percent for expenses and aims to raise production with improved farm management.
Bush fruits in city gardens and on farms should be pruned in winter to boost berry production next summer. The period between autumn leaf fall and spring growth marks the dormant season for pruning.
Williston North Dakota post office lists unclaimed letters for the week ending January 15 1918. Names include Miss Mae F Adams R Boynton George L Butter Mrs Falk J H F Gen Del Hellyer C E Hough Miss June Hough Mrs A L Ingalls Mrs Earl Lacep Tom Medicine Oliver Miles Henry Murry Jas Olson Miss Raby Over ly Miss Net Palmer A J Poeckes Anton Vig Marius Veterland Thomas T When calling for the above please say advertised Waldo Leonhardy Postmaster.
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