Civic League and social events fill May schedule
The Civic League met at Mrs. Paul Leonhardy home May 1 for a business session and a motion picture talk by Mrs. Seibert and Miss Newlander. Officers were elected H Hansen Pres Paul Leonhardy Vice Pres A Grube Becq H Windell Press. Other reports covered church social events and Red Cross work with several local hosts. Grand events included a K P visit by C B Bach of Minot and remarks by Bartram of White Bear Lake.
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Civic League
Paul Leonhardy
J. O. Seibert
Mise Newlander
Evelyn Leonhardy
H. Hansen
Paul
Leonhardy
C. B. Bach
Minot
K. of P. Lodge
Williston Lodge No. T4
Bach
Carroll S. Bartram
White Bear Lake, Minn
Local theatre manager arrested for Kaiser poster
W Boardman, local manager of the Lyric Theatre, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant from a Williston citizen for posting Kaiser images on sidewalks and streets. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine and costs. The posters promoted the film The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin shown Thursday to Saturday, drawing attention amid schoolyard stone throwing.
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W. W. Boardman
Lyric Theatre
Williston
Kaiser
J. W. Smith
Boardman
Lyric
Berlin
New York
Man Fires At Screen During Kaiser Film Showing
A man fired several shots at a Kaiser image displayed to an audience, yelling he would shoot at him here if not in France. Crowds queued on Broadway in Williston for tickets, many turned away due to seat shortages. Boardman again screens the film early, seen as a patriotic duty revealing Kaiser William’s fiendish acts.
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Sity
Kaiser
France
Broadway
Boardman
Williston
Kaiser William
Twenty Five Men Take Train To Camp Dodge
Twenty five Williams County boys left Williston for Camp Dodge on Tuesday joined by McKenzie County youths. A patriotic meeting at the Armory featured Craven and C C Converse in brief talks. The audience sang the Star Spangled Banner as the train departed with the Williston Band escorting the group. The Williams County list includes Clifford Bay, Clement Calwell, Henry Newhouse, and others.
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Williams County
Williston
Camp Dodge
McKenzie County
Armory
Craven
City Commission
C. C. Converse
Converse
France
Home Guards
Mr. Heffernan
Uncle Sam
Clifford Bay
Clement Calwell
Henry J. Newhouse
George Simon Ogloe
John Arthur Johnson
Mons Mellun
Robert Simerson
Joe Bliss
Ernest Rollette
George A. Conway, Jr
Oscar Winger
Peder Johan Pederson
John Grathien
Richard 8. Hollbrook
George John Backstrom
Donald Penman
Elmer Gutterud
Merrill William Fonts
Vernon Irving
Albert Percy
Jacob S. Slaate
Emmons Linwell
Ray Manuel Burns
Brave Belgian boy halts German general in town film feature
A Belgians brave youth from Louvain wounds German General Von Gluck during a protest against occupying troops. The incident is highlighted in Rupert Julian's The Kaiser the Beat of Berlin showing at the Lyric Theatre May 2 3 4. The program also includes The Eagle's Eve and other features at the Orpheum with Norma Talmadge Mae Marsh and Wm S Hart headlining next week. R O McMillan of Bainville was in town on Monday.
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Louvain
Belgium
von Gluck
Rupert Julian
Berlin
Lyric Theatre
Orpheum
Norway
Sons of Norway
Wm. S. Hart
Alma Reubens
Norma Talmage
Mae Marsh
Irvin S. Cobb
Miss Marsh
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Lit. Ave. E
Red Cross
Happy Hollow
Happy Hollow Club
Onstad
The
Gartanley
Garage Harowa
Stanley Garage
Ee Dire
Dire
Dusebye Hardware
Williston, N. D
White House
Mina Taylor
Mary
Doris
Mina Taylors
Aunt Mary
R. O. McMillan
Bainville
Norway Film Corporation
Alma Reubins
Walt Whitman
Irvin S
America
Louis Joseph Vance
Saturday Evening Post
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