Local News and Classifieds From Williston and Nearby
A collage of notices, sales, and personal items from Williston and surrounding areas. Mentions visitors like Leo Conley and John Nelson, shop promotions at Greengard’s, Williston Drug Co, and Brueggers, farm loan ads from E C Carney & Co and Williston Land Co, plus updates on residents, coal orders, a public sale set for January 23 1909, and a death notice for Mary Luisa Weaver Glass with family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Luisa Weaver
West Charleston
Ohio
Dayton
Harry A. Glass
North Dakota
Springbrook
Westby and Houge Seek Loans for Timber Claim
Williston Realty Co. markets a Kalispel area timber claim offering 2,000,000 feet of timber with sale terms. Westby and Houge are listed as loan seekers for financing of the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispel
Williston Realty Co
Militia Notes Promote Williston Guardsmen Expansion
Militia notes: Company E plans to grow by about ten members, inviting Williston youth to join the National Guards. The Guard will receive better equipment and double ammunition compared with earlier, while legislation may fund state encampment grounds improvements at Devils Lake. The local rifle range will reopen in spring and Dr. Fred S. Smith offers a cup to the best marksman in Co. E. Schoregge travels to Leeds to run a bank, and the company laments the lieutenant’s departure from Williston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company E
Williston
National Guards
Devils Lake
Fred S. Smith
Co.e
Schoregge
Leeds
N. D
Library Free Book Offer For Ten Days
Westby and Honge announce a ten day window for library subscribers to pick one free book from shelves. New subscribers may pay the usual 1.50 and choose a book from shelves or a list of latest publications to be ordered. Brownell Drug Co.
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Tabord Inn
Reward Offered for Recovery of Mare and Boy
$100 reward for the recovery of a six year old standard bred mare about 164 hands high and 1400 pounds with white on the hind heel and a small carb on the left hind leg. Mare gentle and not branded. Contact W. B. Foster at 27-4t Glendive Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Foster
Glendive
Montana
Court Divides Ward County Votes in Burke County Battle
The 1908 voting returns show Burke county favored by 8 856 to 4 277 under a prior ruling, yet Kenmare’s 619 votes against the proposition could alter the outcome if those ballots were rejected. Burke county contends the law required voter registration in cities, and a contest is pending. Government bonds for waterways and power should be financed cautiously, ideally from current income or safe bond issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke County
Mountraile
Kenmare
Mountraise County Supreme Court
Geo. A. Bangs
Grand Forks
F. B. Andrews
Bowbells
Dudley L. Nash
County of
Ward
Development of the Waterways and Forests in Watersheds
The piece argues waterways depend on watershed forests to prevent floods and droughts and to sustain economic gains from forest crops. It notes forests can yield income via timber sales and supports expanding water power on tributaries, noting the federal government has not yet tapped these resources.
See the New Fad in Ladies Sweater Coats at Greengard’s
Greengard’s displays the season’s sweater coat fad for women. E G Carney & Co promotes Farmers' Institute farm loans alongside the fashion showcase.
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Greengard
Rockfield notes and local chores in Garden Valley
Carden Valley Misa Guthrie returns from Rockfield to resume teaching. Chris Ellingson traps mink on Cow Creek. Joe Kruegsler frostbitten face. Lee Hamilton hauls straw from Hedderich ranch. Weather severe two weeks with temperatures ten to thirty five below. Snowstorm postpones basket social one week for Garden Valley band. Charley Clark visits Mr. Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris, Ellingson
Cow Creek
Joe Kruegsler
Lee Hamilton
Hedderich Ranch
Garden Valley
Charley &Clark
Mr. Elliott
Auctioneer offers services and coal price promotion
Auctioneer M. H. Jeffrey with twenty years in the business advertises auctioneering services at 25 Williston and guarantees satisfaction. An ad for Black Diamond Coal boasts lower prices as cold weather arrives with coal at 2.50 per ton and a phone number to order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston Drug Co
Agnes M. Schwartz
Wheelock
der von
M. A. Oleson
Cresco
Iowa
Wm. Adams
Truax
Zora Hance
Ohio
Williston
M. H. Jeffrey
Williston, N. D
North Pole
Also Mentioned on This Page
E C Carney & Co
Asbury Grocery Co
Leo Conley
Banville
Greengard’s
John Nelson
Fairview
Cora M. Barnfather
Minneapolis
S. D
E. K. Ellefson
Boston
Chas
Alex Matthews
Culbertson
Mont
Star & Co
E. R. Reitsch
Rockford, Il
E. C. Carney
Ensign Jackson
Fargo
Genevive Allen
Avoca
Bruegger
Williston Land Company
J. L. Smith
North Prairie
Pat
Magna Charter
Mr. Smith
Illinois
Tra Fox
Bridgie Shea
Brueggers Store
Luke Sweetman
H. V. Smith
Grandma Gibbs
F. H. Laughman
van Bernard
Higley
Nick Bruegger
Thomas Burgess
Trenton
N. C
Greengard’s Clothing and
Edna Moorhead
Philadelphia
Fine
Williams and
McKenzie County
Fred Southard Williston
Windel
North Dakota Medical Association
Minot
A. N. Kidsness Store
E. Ingwaldson
C. A. Mansfield
Sam Boyd
Sam Parker
Brainard Minn
A. Tés‘low
Mrs. H. D. Shepard
White Earth
Aren Bros
Grace D. Hedderich
George Wolf
Great Falls
Ed. Link
W. W. Kestner
The
John Buchanan
Siever Johnson
Crookston
Minn
Onsted
A. N. Kidsness
O. E. Ingwaldson
C. J. Sullivan
Great Northern Hotel
Farm Loans
DR. Smith
Union Biosk
Brownell Drug Co
Ward County
Farmers’ Institute
Carney & Co
Hoverstad
Bathgate
Alanery & Crayton
Hoops
Adria
Dickey
Milnor
Januery
Wyndmere
Reyno
Hillsboro
Jan
Carden Valley
Misa Guthrie
Rockfield
Ind
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