Williston Schools Report Busy Student Activities
Williston High and elementary pupils join in camp life talks by Captain Jackson, collect magazines for soldiers, and stage a district basketball tourney. The school svts fund drives exceed expectations with Red Cross work, War Savings stamps, and Lyceum benefits aiding national efforts.
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Captain Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Mrse Nelle Davidson
Red Cross
Sarah Mildred Millmar
Appollo
Williston
North Dakota Boy Tells of Life in France
North Dakota correspondent describes life at a French training area during February 1918. He recalls watching maneuvers from a hill as rockets and heavy shelling echo around trenches, the noise of machine guns, and the intense training of officers and non commissioned officers. He notes the effort to prepare soldiers for modern warfare and hopes for eventual permission to share more personal details back home.
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Rapid
Minot
Williston
Smallwood
Holtz
Star Guard
Nedrud
Duniel
Scott
Brueeger
McDonald
Kulas
Gordon
Williams
E. H. Tostevin
France
United States
Statistical Department
United States Army
North Dakota
Maneulver
The Great Northwest Home Yonder in Our Hearts
The piece extols the northwest as a blessed homeland for boys from the region. It praises freedom, friendship, and shared hardship, portraying a land where life is untrammeled and sunsets crown the days, a home that grows dear with every week away.
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Northwest
Great Northwest
War Talks By Uncle Dan
Uncle Dan discusses warfare shifts from melee to modern methods. He condemns the Kaiser for atrocities, urges unity and total war effort, stresses food and farming importance, and opposes exempting farmers from service while calling for nationwide sacrifice.
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Uncle Dan
Jimmie
Thaye
Japan
Tnelo Tein
Billie
Uncle Din
Square deal call and Chamberlain bill urged in crisis
A speaker urges Congress to pass the Chamberlain bill for universal fairness and safety. He asks readers to contact their congressmen to act promptly, urging national unity, loyalty, and defense of the flag amid pro American and pan German tensions. He stresses the duty to preserve the country and pass it to posterity.
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Congress
Crawford Retains Place As Chairman
Grand Forks North Dakota March 13 Efforts of the majority of the state board of regents to oust Lewis F Crawford as president in favor of Robert Muir failed in a decision by Judge Cooley in district court restraining the board from acting in conflict with the rules covering organization and election. Assistant Attorney General Bron-
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Grand Forks
N. D
Rct of Regents
Lewis F. Crawford
Robert Muir
Cooley
Bron
Son Appeals as Contestants Granted 30 Day Stay
A son appearing for the contestants announced an appeal and was granted a 30 day stay of proceedings, delaying further action.
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Son
All Going the Same Way on a Farm Summer Job
A college youth and a regular hired man share a farm table. The hired man eats beans with a knife while the student uses a fork. The man jokes that it doesn’t matter whether you shovel or pitch.
Sage and Sulphur for Darker Hair Promoted
An old remedy ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound for restoring natural hair color. It claims the product darkens gray hair evenly, makes it glossy, and appears as a youthful toilet aid rather than a cure for illness.
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Wyeth
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Williston Schools
Bernice Yammato
William Carney
Miss Pfund
Lemmen
Miss Gallagher
Ole Johnson
Mac Nelson
Aviation Corps
St. Louis
Military Relief Committee
Clayton
E. A. Palmer
Schol War Savings Stamps Association
C. F. Blume
Oaks
Blume
Harold Bruegger
Howard Scott
Bruce McDonald
Russell Levitt
Cutford Gordon
Harry Kulas
Brown
Cutting
White
Ceum
University Extension Department
Miss Willmar
Apollo
Voight
Voight’s
Crawford
E. C
John Shikany
Grover Cleveland
Lewis F. Allen
Buffalo
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Williston State Bank
Simon Westby
S.maydle
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