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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
4
A Home Circle column offers moral advice urging kindness to spouses and mothers. It urges valuing a wife and mother, avoiding scolding, and notes how untended duties harm families. Includes verses on home, duty, and the dangers of carelessness with a strong appeal to young readers.
Chicago dated report recalls a clash at Evanston High where senior girls led by Lillian Parks protest a teacher's ban on pigtail braids. Miss Grace Cooley condemns the style, prompting the principal to intervene as students vow to return with pigtails.
Jess Willard outpointed Frank Moran in a gripping 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Willard, 259 1 2 pounds, used defense and power to neutralize Moran's efforts. Crowd packed the Garden as gate receipts reached 151254 dollars with the state taking 7 12 percent.
Secretary Redfield calls on youth to engage in collecting waste paper amid US paper shortage. He notes daily 15,000 tons of paper and board are produced, much of it wasted, urging youths to contact local dealers through chambers of commerce to learn marketable rags and old papers and support American manufacturers.
Sacramento reports Holstein Friesian cow Maron Alcartra of Woodland has set a two year milk record at 60 278 pounds. At times she produced up to 50 quarts daily. Her one year record was 30 451/4 pounds. Estimated earnings for the year reach about 1000 at eight cents per quart, minus feed costs. Also notices include line man bids by Muddy Valley Telephone Co with bids due March 21, 1916. R. A. Rieder secretary, Bessie Sinnott, dressmaker in Elliston, North Dakota.
Hugo and Charley Clark visit at home for a few days. Wagenman and family with Wick. Road conditions slow travel Monday and Tuesday. S M Clark and Charley visit Keihl. Virgil Blankenship attends Williston township party. Only eleven votes cast in Missouri Ridge due to storm. Mrs R Blankenship and Mrs Joe Gromatka improving. Gromatka dinner hosted with many guests from local families and gardens.
A mantle on a gas lamp may darken as it burns which dims light. While lit, sprinkle common table salt on the mantle to remove the charred appearance and improve brightness, with the side effect of potentially extending mantle life.
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