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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
8
A tested chicken pot pie recipe by Mrs. Janet McKenzie Hill. Guide includes boiling the fowl, making a flour thickening, pouring gravy over the meat, and topping with a soft biscuit dough, then baking about 35 minutes. Also notes lighter lamb preparations and suggests appetising alternatives.
Miss Mildred McMillen visits Sidney this week as stores highlight farm loans, furniture, and photography. Olson's Studio invites baby portraits while Hamre Furniture and local lenders promote trusted service. Huylers candy popular at Swab & Kathers. new birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King.
A collage of items: births, visits, sales, and services. Notices include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown, various town visitors from Squires and Rugby, Greengards annual clearance sale and related bargains, bank and loan offers by F. P. Bergman & Co., watch repairs, and undertakers Champine & Meyer. Also mentions Masonic Grand Lodge events and local county business trips.
A Texas Ranger, starring William Valentine as Deerfoot, arrives at a big tent theatre Monday June 24. The production focuses on Indian life with a humane plot, drawing on Valentine’s Indian study on the Sioux reservation and his fluency in four tongues.
An excerpt from an article on winning baseball games cites pitches counts by Ed Walsh and Rube Waddell, noting remarkable ball numbers and endurance. It also recounts Miss Maida Hollette entertaining her Sunday school class of thirteen with a riverside picnic and a later luncheon.
W. J. Robinson suffered a broken foot when an automobile overturned after both tires exploded on one side at the ball park Thursday afternoon. All other occupants escaped. Robinson was pinned under the wreck and injured.
On Wednesday June 12 at the Congregational church Henry C Levingston and Florence E Ayers both of Ray North Dakota wed in a simple ceremony. On Tuesday June 18 at the Congregational parsonage Lyle Cassel Benedict of Calgary Alberta will marry Hazel Belle Gallivan of Williston. The Mayflower ferry, launched May Day, completed its first trial trip Sunday and is described as one of the river’s largest ferries. the new gasoline ferry is run by Jacob Kluth and sails locally.
Services are held next Sunday evening at eight o'clock with Sunday school at two. The young people meet in the church Wednesday evening. Welcome to all.
The Civic League plans a Saturday food sale at the Bruegger building on Main and Broadway selling pies cakes and bread.
Peterson and Miss Mary Scattum of Angie wed Monday morning in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Johansen. The item also notes local arrivals, weather data for Williston week ending June 19, 1912, and a civic warning urging fly control and sanitation practices.
Montgomery The Story Girl by L M Montgomery joins shelves along with Adams Twenty Years to Hull House tracing Jane Addams life work. Munroe The Fur Seals Tooth an Alaska adventure for boys and Godolphin Robinson Crusoe retold simply for youngsters.
Sealed bids are invited by Medicine Lodge School District No. 28 for furnishing and erecting a hot air furnace in the district schoolhouse located on Section 23 Township 153 Range 100. Plans are at Mahon Robinson Lumber Co Williston North Dakota. A $25 certified check is required with bids payable to the district. Bids will be opened July 13 1912 and mailed to the clerk M. B. Phillips. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Arthur LeSueur of Minot, Socialist candidate for Congress, addressed a sizable Court House audience last Thursday. He spoke on banks and public obligations, outlining socialist theory of government ownership and was noted as a clean, convincing speaker.
L A Simpson of Dickinson North Dakota, a 22 year Dickinson resident and 12 year State Senator, seeks the Republican nomination for member of Congress in the Third District at the June 26 1912 primary election. Your vote and influence solicited.
The Ross Valley News lauds Mr. Hanna as a proven leader with a strong legislative record. It highlights his role in passing the primary election law and pure food measures and notes his efforts to convert flax straw waste into paper. The piece urges voters to support him on June 26 as the best choice for governor.
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