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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
3
Smaller town merchants lag behind large cities in funding advertising drives. The piece argues thirteen page ads in local papers can boost trade. It notes twelve fire calls since January 1 as a segue to urging insurance vigilance with Gobbe Ses BC Carney & Conabeet.
Eyewitness accounts from Paris describe the Verdun battle with massive shelling and heavy French officer losses. French and German lines clash near Fort Douaumont as German assaults are met with vigorous French counterattacks.
L. V. Coulter of Williston North Dakota announces for the Republican nomination for Williams County Sheriff. He pledges to serve in a businesslike economical manner if nominated and elected, subject to the voters at the June 28 1916 primary.
A collage of notes includes a British peat distillation patent yielding coke and chemicals, world population projections to 2100, humorous quips about amusement and suffrage, and miscellany on currents, oil production, Buckingham Palace value, and a Panama searchlight link. It also features fashion tips, shoe squeak remedies, and a reader exchange about fading fabrics.
Frank E. Morehouse a 24 year old farmer living 25 miles south of Stanley was found dead from two gunshot wounds. A coroner's jury ruled homicide and suspects remain unknown as a high power rifle lay beside the body. Money on his person disappeared with the death. He was to be married in three weeks.
A string of satirical jabs and observations on society and wartime life. The piece notes gossip as a social fault, comments on price debates between consumers and producers, and mocks political and military topics from the era with pointed humor. It mentions an Oregon editor arguing that five dollars a month is not enough for a police officer and jokes about mail service delays.
An early advertising text promotes Schiffmanns Expectorant and Asthmador with a money back guarantee. It claims effectiveness for bronchitis whooping cough severe cough croup and bronchial issues and asserts no narcotics are used. Druggists are authorized to sell it under the same guarantee as Asthmador. Erick Kather guarantees in the publication.
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