22 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
1
A fragmented Williston North Dakota directory lists town officials and officials positions with names and roles. It includes a Great Northern Railway Time Table showing freight and passenger arrivals and departures with numbers and destinations.
Misa Nelson clears ance sale of millinery goods. brick yard work resumes. photographer M G Markell frames his new residence. E C Palmer visits from Poplar. R S Locket moves into Sam Smith building near the Graphic office. Clark Gregg of Poplar dies. Congregational services listed. Y P S C E at 7 pm. Williams County State Bank promotes banking services and loans. Tom Ingham killed in the Philippines. cyclone cellar under construction by L V Coulter. Grand 4th of July posters loom. Ole Thornon plans ship of horses east. Williston weather and Rev Hietland coordinate public events. George Carisch marries Eva L. Harry per Alma journal.
Pine lumb fir lumber cedar lumber casing lumber mouldings doors and windows salt lime cement form a compact construction materials catalog listing multiple wood types and common building supplies without additional context or quantities.
A Williston ND sheet notes Mme J F Woodley visiting Towner to see her father and sister. Violet Newell’s 19th birthday party is described with a social at the M E Church netting about 15. Elmer Bergh injures knee, receiving Dr Van Dyke care. Court-house contract winners Richards and Lease arrive to plan work. Hedderich Bros ferry delays, Williston–Buford baseball results 15 to 17. Alec and Max Renville horse case. rentals offered for bicycles. Local chatter on visits by Mrs Hedderich and Miss Mercer heading to St Benedicts and Minneapolis. Williston shop adopts cash-only policy after July 1 1899. Hurst murder appeal status noted.
A noisy report from Williston shows a town board mutiny against Clerk Copeland with bids to fill a vacancy late at night. Voters rejected the school board’s tactics in a 216 vote county election, ousting the “clique” slate and signaling demand for accountability and resignations.
Hedderich Bros. & Company offer Schilling’s Best tea baking powder coffee flavoring extracts soda and spices. The products cater to both the man who eats to live and the man who lives to eat, emphasizing versatile culinary use.
Williston town trustees meet in session and approve a $30 donation from the town treasury for the Fourth of July celebration. They cut assessment values, approve bills, adjust Bruegger Co. land rates, and authorize ditch work while adjourning to June 19, 1899 and confirming minutes and treasurer’s report.
All parties known to be indebted to me in my former general store are requested to call and settle the accounts. Wu. Sxvpsa.
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