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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
3
Fargo February 29 specifi cations for the new Devils Lake post office call for red pressed brick. North Dakota brick plants will be invited to bid as Builders' and Traders' exchanges pushed for local material to be used, resulting in specifications that favor state manufacturers.
Fifty Brooklyn women face a wary crowd as a staged wedding ceremony scheme uses fake licenses to raise revenue. Prospective spouses paid 10 cents for each fabricated marriage license, sparking a scandal around the purse strings and propriety in the event.
Berry a broker acted as the warrying parson and is described as a notary fully qualified to perform ceremonies. The fifty brides grow anxious as Henry J. Knowsi announces plans to hold Miss Agnes Burke to a contract after a marriage ceremony.
Edwin Ross, linked to the Great Northern burglary and a Walhalla jewelry store theft, was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty in Pembina before Judge Kneeshaw. He had earlier been arrested in Winnipeg and previously jailed in Minnesota before escaping. 20 per cent off on Ladies Coats Skirts Waists at Greenyards.
The next regular teachers examination will be held on the second Friday and Saturday in March at the Williston Courthouse starting 8 30 am. Conditional certificates issued in October will be mailed and no permits will be granted to county residents except to legalize contracts until returns are received. Mrs W C Tatem Superintendent of Schools.
Advertiser seeks two relinquishments near Williston North Dakota for cash sale. Immediate reply to H. E. at the Graphic Office, Williston.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran church holds services at the Court House on Sunday March 1 in Skandinavian at 11 am and in English at 8 pm Pastor M L Holey to lead both services.
A Sunday fire in Tampa's extreme north engulfed a boarding house area, burning over 54 acres and 18 city blocks. It destroyed 308 buildings with estimated losses near 9600,000 and left one woman dead. Factories, hotels, and numerous dwellings for cigarmakers were wiped out.
A district court judgment against Interstate Iron Co. for Nike Wills totals 16 284 75 with 16 000 in damages and costs. The so called fuse case lasted three weeks, involved about fifty witnesses, and centered on a premature explosion blamed on a defective fuse that blinded Willa.
Thomas Thompson is brought to Red Wing jail after burning Heaney farm buildings and being found hiding in a manger near Goodhue. He is frail from frostbite and hunger with a hearing held in the sheriff's office, age 38, from Norway since 1887.
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