Williston High School News Highlights Preparedness and Activities
The Williston schools featured Colonel Fraine speaking on preparedness and citizenship at the high school, with emphasis on panpending militia ties and penmanship progress through Palmer Method. Enrollment rose to 974 as seven new students joined, bond issue debates loomed, and junior annual work advanced with faculty portraits planned. Sports saw two Williston teams travel to Ray for a double header, girls winning 13–8 and boys losing 21–8, followed by a social gathering. A senior class domestic science breakfast honored staff, while first graders showcased rapid phonetic word work and birdhouse projects occupied junior high students.
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Fraine
Colonel Fraine
Westlawn School
Palmer Company
Central School
Williston
Westlawn
Ellie Dishon
Viola Gordon
Ruth
Ruth Asbury
Gladys Frederick
Margaret Shea
Mae Smith
Chhildren
Shepherd
Valentine
Williston High School
Ray
Ray High School
Viola Selleseth
Francis Monson
Manila Harvey
Vivian Townsend
Agnes Botton
No. 3
London Bridge
Victor Forzley
Bonetrail
Arer Sahr
Watford
Close Election at Kenmare in City Race
Kenmare Journal reports a razor thin mayoral contest decided 177 to 178 for Lewis. Coley seeks a recount, ballots to Judge Leighton, potential ten day process in Minot, with contests likely if recount favors opponent.
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Kenmare Kenmare
Lewis
Coley
Leighton
Minot
Cole
Fighting Smut in Wheat Seeds to Save Yields
Smut cuts grain yields with small losses per acre. Treating seed grain with formaldehyde protects the crop, reducing losses sometimes up to half the yield. Though costs are small, seed treatment preserves flour quality and next year’s crop, with methods for various grains and a hot water alternative for loose smuts.
Willie and the lure of easy riches in Richmond tale
In the Richmond Times Dispatch an old column reflects on Willie who longs for quick wealth and a glamorous splash. He avoids hard work hoping fate will drop large sums but ends with far less than sought, illustrating tempered ambitions amid streetwise wisdom.
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Willie
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Impressive Woman and Her Husband’s Salary Noted
The Commander in Chief attends an evening party where a guest remarks on a striking woman who commands a large salary. Keller explains the woman does not earn it herself. her husband earns it, and she commands it. The Main Subject muses on pronoun use in English conversation.
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Pode
Keller
Dodge
Limited Education Lanigan Can You Read
Dialectal exchange shows Lanigan and Flanigan discussing reading and readiness in clipped dialogue. A brief exchange reveals language quirks and a humorous tone about literacy and preparedness. The fragment highlights character voice without a clear narrative event or setting.
Right Time Judge Questions Wife Beating Response
A courtroom exchange features a judge asking if the defendant beat his wife. The man replies yes and admits the wife had long been the aggressor, claiming he only acted when she felt unwell. The dialogue highlights a grim marital conflict framed in a blunt, old fashioned vernacular.
The Premiers Death Question Triggers Quick Wit
In a recent examination, a 14 year old boy clerk asked who would officiate if the Premier and Cabinet perished. After a pause he answered with a grin that the undertaker would take the place, a moment that drew laughter and a lesson on succession.
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Robert
Card of Thanks for Blanche Brown Burial Aid
Card thanks friends for support and help at the funeral and burial of Blanche Brown as given by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown.
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Blanche
J. W. Brown
Wheat variety yields at Dickinson sub station 1915
Tests of wheat varieties at the Dickinson North Dakota Sub-station in 1915 report yields for Kubanka 61 1 2 bushels Durum 2141 50 bushels Marquis 3000 82 4 5 bushels Rustings Fife 711 25 3 5 bushels Power Fife 813 25 1 8 bushels Bluestem 318 23 1 4 bushels Winter wheat on summer fallow sown Sept 3 1914 all winter killed. Standing corn sowing Sept 3 1914 yielded Kharkov 2601 30 1 3 North Dakota 1997 28 2 5 Belo pilina 3001 20 3 4 and Turkey 3002 17 1 2 bushels. Corn stalks left standing 2 to hold snow.
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Dickinson, N. D
Kubanka
Marquis
Rustings Fife
Power Fife
Bluestem
Kharkov
North Dakota
Belo
Pilina
Turkey
North Dakota pork contest offers 300 cash and pig prize
The Extension Department of North Dakota Agricultural College announces a 1916 pork production contest with a $300 prize and a pig awarded to the winner. The entry invitation calls for participants to showcase improved pork production methods and yield.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
Gets It corn remedy promises painless quick relief
An advertisement extols Gets It as a simple clean corn treatment that dries instantly and can be worn under a sock. It claims fast, painless removal without knives or scissors and promotes a sweeter disposition. Sold by druggists nationwide for 25 cents, or direct from E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago, ill. Recommended locally by Erich Kathers and J. Creaser in Williston.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
Williston
Erich Kather
S. J. Creaser
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Edmond LaDue
Charles Wheeler
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Joseph Malek
Frank Malek
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Chester Smith
Minnie Odegard
Harold Wehr
Verna Goodman
Lester
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Golden Rule
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