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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
The assistant editor plans weekly letters from the Rural Williams County section to better acquaint correspondents and readers. A visit program will begin after summer, with editors meeting staff and visiting towns when possible.
Residents report visitors and neighbors calling at homes including Clarence Rensberger and R. C. Snook while noting community activities. Grippe wanes as chickenpox rises. typhoid recovery for Grafton Head noted. guests from Rugby North Dakota also visit the Snook family and related households.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Blankenship visited at the R. C. Snook home last. A number of children have been kept from school the past week due to colds. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gromatka and Hugo Clark were Sunday callers at the Ford home. Harve Mitchell is having a well dug on his farm in hope of ample water. A dance at the Blenkenship home last Friday night drew a good crowd. Mrs. Grant Rutledge is on the sick list and H. J. Poe has been confined to his room with a cold.
An advertisement-style note markets Hazel Menthol Plaster as a durable remedy for neuralgia lumbago rheumatism and related pains. It urges readers to buy by mail from Davis and Lawrence Co and mentions yard rolls priced at $1.00. The ad imitates early period pharmaceutical copy with typographic oddities and missing letters.
Local column from Spring Coulee reports Walter Mitchell and H. Carlson visiting, E. L. Havelin and H. Stedem in town, Lucas on a trip to Storm Lake, and neighbors hosting sociables at Fred and Geo Hillyer. School events noted include a box social raising 20.75 for library, and five weeks remain in the term with preaching at the schoolhouse Thursday evening. Asher Hyatt family returning toward Tyrone after winter visits in Byron Michigan.
This week’s brief notes report visitors and arrivals including Chaz Marmon Helms, Mrs. August Hoffer, Miss Pauline Loken, and Mrs. E. Smith visiting local households. Will Brooks plans to move home, Oscar Rye to crop Thomas Freeman’s plot, and Sam Smith expects active work with a new team. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Saber has recovered from illness. Two new members joined Dusells Sun, and a fourth child was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Dillrne in March. W. Brooks begins hauling lumber for a new Blacktail schoolhouse to be completed by April 15.
Little Orval Albrecht is on the sick list in Rose Hill while Pearl and Archie Addyman are mentioned with school duties. The brief item notes illness affecting local families and their daily routines.
Albert Hintz was in Williston last week. A party at Mr and Mrs John Albrecht honored Mrs Albrecht on her 54th birthday with progressive five hundred and a midnight luncheon. Otto Hintz won men’s prize and Clara Busch won ladies prize. Neighbors extend birthday wishes and goodwill as all enjoy a pleasant social gathering.
Wayne Hinman helped Mr. Kerns break a young horse last Monday. Miss Mary Guthrie improves in equestrian art. Mr. Lutz traveled to Williston on the Sunday evening train. Mrs. Adolphson reports a dozen baby chicks. Verne Hinman aids Earl Thornton in broncos and an outlaw. Miss Margaret Mitchel visited Miss Oncita Thornton Saturday afternoon. Willie Lutz returns home near Malta, Montana after visiting his father. School children enjoyed a potato roast Friday. entertained Earl Thornton and Wayne Hinman. Rev. N F Browning visited Thornton home Thursday to Sunday, called on Mr. and Mrs. W S Martin, preached at Trenton, March 28 at 3 PM. All are invited.
The Schafer report notes Otto Hoff George McKenzie Jr and E E Hildbrant ill likely ptomaine poisoning from canned goods eaten last night. Soo surveyors testing river near Goodall cross the river with some returning to Minneapolis while Charlson mail routes shift via Williston and Schafer until river is deemed safe. E A Minton buys Inland Call at Berg and will move to Arnegard as the commercial club attracts subscribers and supports a profitable move.
Local notes from Wheelock North Dakota mention Bert Biggs butchered last week and Mrs Charles Kindle sick. Movements include Wilson moving to the Pauly place, C V Kirkendahl selling his team to John Alt, and Kinney and Potter visiting Epping. G V Kirkendahl visited Willis ton, Jucdl Johnson arrived from Canada to prepare seed grain, and J B Long with Willis Petty returned from Montana claiming land filings. Donald Milley returned from Minneapolis after attending the Big Four engine school. A proverb notes a lazy man bears inner burdens.
James Elliott plans an auction sale on March 20. Norman Dickey moved a building from Williston on Tuesday. Mrs. H. R. Lampman spends the week in Williston. Chas. West hauled coal from the Williams mine Thursday. Water in Cow Creek high, concern for fish. Will Haines seeks rheumatism treatment in Williston. Basket supper at the school house on section 17 156 102 on March 22. J. J. Williams, W. F. Morgan and A. Hintz attended township meeting at Albright's Tuesday. Herman Skogberg builds a barn on his leased farm for summer. John Moe and George Albright helped T. H. Sandaker repair his pump Wednesday.
Mr Alexson moved to his place Arthur Wilcox spent Tuesday night with Herb Ingrahams. Sam Roe and Charlie Axen drove to the Little Muddy last week. Farmers attended Eugene Lemire's sale last Thursday. Mr Petty from near Williston was here with his medicine wagon. Mr and Mrs Ireland attended preaching at Angie Sunday and had dinner at Wm Drakelys. Claude Butterfield went to Williston for the school of instructions by the Rumley Co.
Miss Kathryn Maguire spent Saturday in Williston. Clifford Gambel visited Hicksville on Thursday evening. M. E. Lippincott and Guy Jones hauled wood from the river. Mike Kellar called at the Hick’s home Friday evening. Will Killar and Miss Rose Maguire visited Hicksville on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Frank Moorhouse entertained several friends Sunday.
Uncle Sam will apply C O D collections to parcels sent by mail after July 1. A ten cent fee covers collection and insurance up to 50 dollars. Money order payment by the receiver is required, with standard order fees.
Local post office lists letters to be claimed including Burger Brant Bosell Chaos Burg Amy Brown Sarah David Henry Eklin Olga Gilroy Gillispie Harper Owen Huber Will Jeven Johnson Doa Miss Johnson Carl Kablert Paul Moen Bertha Miss Nielson Niels Winter Nelson Mrs Pingree W HH Petterson Nils Ryanhart Emo Miss Roger John E Sheehan John F Simmons Maud Mrs Williams A W Mrs Wade A M
In the Montana exercised area Plent ywood was chosen as temporary county seat by 46 vote margin over Medicine Lake and Culbertson. The seat will remain at Plentywood until the next election and county officers were also elected amid a hard fought contest.
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