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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
4
Official paper extols diversified farming with cows and chickens as steady income for farm homes. It praises stockmanship, prudent land use, and the push toward profitable specialties to chase monotony and boost contentment, then shifts to a dramatic scene of a lone defender dismantling a corrupt stronghold in the city.
An April Ameri can magazine piece titled My Silent Partner argues Jesus was not a pacifist. It portrays Christ’s early ministry and Jerusalem journey, describing his anger at temple merchants, the poor buying back deals with priests, and him braiding a whip from cords as he confronts the crowd.
Merle Crowell notes Stone and Webster train every understudy to enable promotions. Mr. Stone says each man must fit a successor to avoid disruption. The firm pays large salaries, uses profit sharing, and rejects treating workers as unchanging cogs.
The article notes that most United States wars began in April, listing the Revolution outbreak on April 19 1775 at Concord and Lexington, the Mexican War on April 24 1846, Spain declared on April 21 1898, Civil War at Fort Sumter April 12 1861, and Black Hawk War April 21 1831, before joking that the first of April is two weeks off.
A reader notes lingering demand for two and a half cent pieces, nickels, and dimes with some folks even asking for dollars. The speaker jokes that delinquent subordinates have not yet come across, and jokes that a once proud man has reconsidered after seeing his pocketbook.
The M. E. Ladies Aid will hold an Easter Sale in the church basement on Saturday April 14. A fine display includes handmade curtains dresser scarves and table runners house dresses and aprons. A cafeteria lunch will be served from 11 AM until 6 PM.
Weekly Health Letter explains how stagnant water and upturned soil create malarial and typhoid risks. It notes that night air concerns stem from Anopheles mosquito activity and that proper sanitation during excavation is essential to prevent infection.
A pious old man asks pallbearers from his long time suppliers and friends, then a column of wry, clipped notes on politics, inflation, Easter shopping, and war talk. Items touch Minot and Williston, currency discounts, censorship, and a push for an earlier inaugural change as President Wilson battles a cold.
The Interior Department announces designation of over 1.5 million acres mostly nonirrigable under the enlarged homestead act. Eligible entrants may acquire 320 acres per entry. About 541,500 acres lie in North Dakota.
A summary of congressional actions and inactions noting extensions of civil government to Puerto Rico and citizens, immigration bill trials, $50 million shipbuilding, the eight hour rail act, dry office amendment, child labor and land banks, DC prohibition, and failed measures on armed neutrality and railroad law supplements. It lists enacted actions, appropriations, and policy shifts with mentions of the president’s powers and defense acts.
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