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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
4
The Williston graphic serves as the official weekly paper for Williams County published every Thursday in Williston North Dakota and registered as second class mail matter at the Williston post office.
In a wartime North Dakota opinion piece L B Hanna is praised for steady leadership in promoting Liberty Bonds. The article contrasts Hanna with factions led by Townley and the Grand Forks Herald, urging citizens to support the campaign, back farm efforts, and buy bonds to aid the war effort.
A speech urges citizens to sustain national progress by keeping domestic industries and services moving during wartime. It argues individual effort supports the economy and that government steps to maintain business are essential to prevent famine and collapse. The speaker stresses duty of citizens and the central role of domestic labor.
The passage urges citizens to serve by funding efforts and by supporting war work from home. It emphasizes universal opportunity for patriotic action and the need to keep efforts moving, noting that not everyone can fight or directly contribute but all can do their part.
The Great Northern railway postal service announces sweeping changes on the St Paul Spokane main line effective June 15. Williston becomes a common terminal with 18 clerks reassigned from St Paul and the Seventh district, and Cutbank, Montana, new as a third terminal. Fargo gains as a terminal with adjusted routes, while service on several trains is withdrawn or reallocated to parcel post and closed pouches to speed delivery.
A weekly health note explains typhoid spread through contaminated water and food. It stresses protecting wells from pollution, proper toilet handling, fly control, and personal hygiene. Tips include boiling water, washing hands, safe milk, properly heated foods, and typhoid vaccination before travel.
Officials confirm modifications to the No 200 railway post office line between Minot and New Rockford. The plan has circulated in railway post office circles but Fargo office announced it only after receiving official orders.
Williston and nearby churches list weekly services including English Lutheran and Rose Hill gatherings. Union services with Congregational and Methodist churches span four Sundays with specified pastors James W. Anderson and Karl W. Stoltz. Batten family plans vacation after preaching duties. readers invited to attend and subscribe to the Graphic.
Missing plain gold open face watch with a gold bow pin attached. Reward offered for its return to this office. Also listed items include room for rent, a pool and billiard outfit for sale, and a cash for real estate advertisement from the Northern States Realty Company in North Dakota.
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