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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1911
Page
4
The Williston Graphic from Williston North Dakota lists advertising rates. Insertion price fifteen cents per inch, contract rates for 1000 lines at thirty five dollars, twelve and a half cents per inch, professions cards seventy five cents, and want ads at one cent per word per issue with monthly or yearly contracts.
The Maxbass Monitor shows a strong advertising share in a town of under five hundred with two banks one hotel six grain elevators a feed mill and a weekly paper. The Mansfield judge links business vitality to local press and ad presence hoping Maxbass grows beyond village status.
The piece argues Dr Wiley’s role in pure food legislation faces muddled criticism amid red tape. It notes benzoate of soda is not needed to preserve vegetables and fruits, cites manufacturers who avoid it, and warns it can mask spoilage. It also reports the four Wall Paper Robbers case in Cleveland, shifting from prosecuting trusts to indicting individuals, with a year’s prison terms possible, aiming to curb the trust problem.
A large Friday evening gathering heard G B Metzger outline ferry site needs and G A Mansfield advocate bad roads policy. Resolutions urged county commissioners to appoint a County Superintendent of Highways to concentrate funds on main routes and feeders, with club backing for roads improvements and a Good Roads picnic planned at Gromatka’s grove.
A city committee will handle Williston band transport by automobile to the picnic grounds. Mayor Jackson G B Metzger and J A Corbett named to arrange conveyances for farmers experimental station and a farmers day at the experimental farm. W C Tatem to oversee west Williston road and improve routes for Twin City Helena tourists. Bruegger Mayor Jackson Ben Whitehead M J Borden and Charles Marshall named to aid automobile excursionists from Twin Cities.
The 1910 census shows U S farm land value jumped 118 percent over a decade, rising from 13 051 033 000 in 1900 to 28 384 821 000 in 1910 with total farm property valued at 35 859 633 000. Farm land acreage grew 5 percent to 873 703 000 acres, while improved acreage rose 15 percent to 477 424 000 acres.
A. J. Field of Williston an adjuster for Alliance Hail Association of Jamestown toured the area to appraise storm losses from two weeks prior. In Carter township he estimated H. A. Harris's damages at 75 percent, noting crops insured for 800 dollars will yield 600 from the insurer.
H. H. Taylor of Mayville and Mr. Nelson of the Nelson Valley, members of the Normal Board of Control, called on M. J. Borden between training sessions on Wednesday.
Twin City Helena motorists following the Great Northern special automobile hotel train were treated to a lively Fort Peck reservation program featuring a sham massacre a war dance and a large tepee camp outside Poplar. Louis W Hill president of the railway distributed seven hundred pounds of candy to Indian children amid cheers from the crowd. Road conditions and detours disrupted several autos on the march and crops on the route showed promise. A local advertisement notes loan collection services in Williston North Dakota.
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