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Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1918

Page

4

Congregational Ladies Aid Entertained at Church Parlors

Mrs R M Calderwood and Mrs W G Owens hosted the Congregational Ladies Aid at church parlors this afternoon. J B Brant hosted a Monday dinner for ten at their 2nd Ave West home, with Grand Nola and a 6 pm meal. Bridge club at Mrs Thos Cooney’s on Ist Ave West played at two tables with refreshments at 5. Red Cross knitting featured at several gatherings including Miss Magna Monson and Miss Marie Lynch hosts. luncheon served. Knights of Columbus plan a tobacco card party Feb 5 in the Catholic church basement to raise tobacco for Co E via the Home Guard. admission one can or more. Lyceum show at the Armory drew a large crowd despite cold. Raoul S Bonannon praised for traveling from France. Sons and Daughters of Norway set meeting Saturday in I O O F Hall. refreshments by a group of ladies and dancing later. Nurses needed for Army camps and cantonments. some waivers to boost enrollments. 80,000 to 90,000 nurses registered elsewhere. Story Hour for Mothers Club Friday Feb 1 at 4:20 pm in library hall for children dismissed at 4. Entertains at dinner: Brant hosted friends with carnations center, ten covers. conservation and games. Band dance at Armory last Thursday enjoyed by many. orchestra formed by band members. band’s music praised. Elks anniversary dance Friday at the Home with Lady Elks. national colors and emblem decor. refreshments served at 11.

Local Socials and Health Notes Make Busy Week

Mrs Thos Hogan and Mrs Charles McCormick host a Lyric theatre party for Mrs Anna Lynch then visit Hogan's Cafe for refreshments. Episcopal Bishop committee and wives plan a Library Hall event for church guilds and Junior Red Cross. Mothers Club meeting features a child play paper on knitting and health notes cover contagious diseases and school health precautions.

Red Cross urges schools to join junior membership drive

The document celebrates schoolchildren's knitting for soldiers and outlines the Junior Red Cross program. It encourages participation across grades and the Junior High, highlighting service to communities worldwide, relief efforts, and citizen training under teacher guidance. It underscores schools as centers of life and duty.

the Red Cross Freedon Red Cross American Red Cross

Library notes on child labor during war time

A library summary highlights pamphlets from the National Child Labor Committee urging defense of compulsory schooling and funding, noting England's push for extended schooling during wartime. It discusses rural schooling limits, supervised farm work, and guides like Safeguarding Childhood in Peace and War and Children in Food Production, available for loan.

National Child Labor Committee England Herbert Fisher America

Baker Claims a Boat Is Coming in Italian Theater

Italian front notes show French success near Monte Tomba prompting enemy retreat north to Monte Spinancia and lines stabilizing there. Austrians shift to the west while artillery activity increases in Val Lagarina as Russia seeks peace and British gains near Durah are noted. Constantinople remains under Goeben and Breslau guns, keeping Turkish bounds tethered to German control.

Asaault Monte Tomba Piave Monte Spinancia Italy Val Lafgarina Austria Vienna Russia Palestine Durah Dardanelles Constanvery Constantinople Breslau

Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound Promises Gray Hair Cure

An old time remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound claims to restore natural hair color and luster. Sold in drug stores for about fifty cents, the preparation is applied with a sponge or brush to gray strands, promising darker, shinier hair after use.

Wyeth

Also Mentioned on This Page

G Society Congregational Ladies Aid R. M. Calderwood W. G. Owens Thos. Cooney Ist Ave Mias Magna Monson 1St Ave. East Beni Venu Club Misa Marie Lynch Beni Venu Gauthier Alter Society John Townsend Axel Strom East Broadway Lyceum The Armory Raoul S. Bonannan France Sons and Daughters OF Norway I. 0. O. F. Hall Anton Ahisen Olson Mitgaard Anderson Mothers Club Library Hall ELKS Thos. Hogan Charles McCormick Anna Lynch Lyric Theatre Hogan’s Cafe Ole Johnson Mrs. Johnson St. Peters Woodrow Wilson Model Cafe Burdick Vohs Keeley Central School Douglas Malloch Williston Schools Junior Red Cross Wilson United States Library Notes SORA Universal Car Detroit Ford Williston Motor Sales Co Mazola i Vencorn Hoover Mazola Mazda Masola Battery Place New York Tion
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