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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
6
A Williston church bulletin outlines Palm Sunday events March 16 through Easter Sunday March 23 with daily themes and sermons led by Dist Supt J. Asher. It urges attendance, invites new members and baptism, and notes building plans for a new church and auxiliary activities by the Aid society.
Pastor Edwin 8 Shaw leads Palm Sunday with morning subjects on The Triumphal Entry of Divine vs Human and an evening message on Cleansing the Temple of Jesus vs Grafters The Bible School reports high attendance and plans a Holy Week reading booklet for responsive sessions at 11 45 A M and 6 30 P M A candy sale by C E at Williston Electric Co drew strong support
The column notes H C Moore escaped after stepping through ice at the reclamation site and a G N car plunged through ice at the bridge works but was saved. Bridge piers work resumes, and a civil township movement expands in the Alexander area. H H Salem of Lake Park visits and buys land on Simpson Ave to start a 28 by 50 foot two story building. The 1918Alexander baseball team is being organized with Doran Kragero as manager and Milt Millhouse as secretary-treasurer.
T J Roe returns to Williston area after spending time on his claim. H E Bauman and family travel to Rochester Minnesota for an operation. George McKagzie Jr becomes assistant cashier at Farmers State Bank. John Fallon expected as next Alexander postmaster after exam. McKenzie county elections cost $2628.43 last year with primary and general totals. McHenry and Morton counties paid over $10,000 each. Fourteen sacks containing nearly 1000 pounds of mail seized from Schafer stage. Over 100 mail order catalogs weighing about 400 pounds arrive for Schafer patrons. Catalog delivery costs for mail order houses estimated at about $30 to locals and similar to neighboring posts.
A healthy girl was born to Mr and Mrs H K Thue in Wheelock March 4. Mrs W S Davidson of Williston visited Ray. A ten pound boy arrived March 3 to Mr and Mrs P H Gerity. Wm Engels and family moved to Lisbon for a creamery job. H S Belgium moved to Alexander McKenzie county to cashier a new bank. A high school faculty and board social event was held Friday. Albert Barman heads to Finley for horses machinery and home-seeking neighbors. Rural mail trips shift to Tuesday Thursday Saturday new schedule.
Williams County items discuss potential Dakota link lines with Dahl and Wildrose and note Wildrose as preferred shipping point. A brother of Martin Klopp died in Norway last fall. Peter Rudser prepares for a March 27 sale before moving to Crosby May 1 to join the county courthouse. Cottonwood Lake residents push for telephone connections and C. B. Harrison adds a drilling machine and a blower to his blacksmith shop.
Rev. F. L. Rice of Fairview Mont visited Buford on Wednesday. A township election is planned in Buford for Monday March 18 to elect township officers. Nick Dias 16 died of appendicitis last Friday. Margarite Lennon ill with scarlet fever at Sacred Heart Academy Willow City N D. Mrs Lennon visiting. A farming suggestion urges giving a child one acre to farm and profit from the produce.
Local items note W H Dixon visiting Williston. Frankn Plotner sightseeing in Williston. Petra Braaten recovering from appendicitis after Monday operation. Rev Edwin S Shaw to speak on Friday March 14 at Tioga Brethren church. Norby family planning Grand Forks visit. Christock family heading to Webb Saskatchewan to settle. London writer reportedly worked in New York as newspaper man waiter and more.
Discussion notes the municipal issues and outlines key texts for citizens to study. Titles include Sedgwick on sanitary science Hazen on clean water Fillie brown on rural life Spalding A B C taxes Howe roads Goodhue city democracy Fairlie local government Bradford commission plan American City journal.
A mortgage issue mentions North Dakota and a Delaware hotel with four cats kept to deal with rats. The text also references Paula and a date as part of the case context, with an odd aside about a single man and a woman named Amour in a literary tone.
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