Local notes from Williston area households and events
Local items describe social visits, travel, and business in Williston and nearby towns. Highlights include Mrs. Dochterman hosting the Bridge Club, road conditions to Schafer, residents traveling to Fergus Falls and Wisconsin, a sale of cows, real estate moves, a barber shop sale, and civic league events. A cattle-related train accident and church notices close the digest with community preparations for Mother’s Day observances.
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Court House
Schafer
Champine
Ernest McClintock
J. McGregor
Wm. McClintock
Tioga
Glasgow
C. A. Jacobson
McKensie
W. W. Keltner
Williard
Wisconsin
Fergus
Nesota
E. R. Brownson
Ira Bear
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Giants
Joe Seibert
Seibert
Charles Seibert
Edwin A Palmer
H. J. Adden
Ray
Indian Chief Auto Enthusiast Joins National Tour
Long Time Sleep, a Peigan Indian from Glacier National Park Montana, joined the American Automobile Association at a Minneapolis meeting and will enter his car in the national reliability tour from Minneapolis to Glacier Park. He will be in Williston July 17 and may lead with buckskin confetti on the last lap. Louis W. Hill plans a mobile train and mountain illumination as the tour approaches the Rockies.
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Glacier National Park Reservation
Mont
American Automobile Association
Minneapolis
New National Park
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red Man
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Good Roads
Great Northern
Rocky Mountains
Hill
Rockies
Rocky Range
Glacier Park Station
Rocky Mountain Range
Banjo Jim and the Aging Banjo Man Tale
An elderly itinerant, labeled Banjo Jim, is famed for claiming centuries of age and recounting stories of Washington. He travels by train, begs meals, then returns after a month, entertaining boys with tall tales of a volcanic mountain and a frog pond where it once stood.
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Banjo
George Washington
George
Huh
Soil Mulch Improves Moisture Retention on Dry Grounds
The article explains how applying straw or dry soil as mulch reduces moisture loss on dry North Dakota land. Mulch slows capillary water loss, with deeper mulches more effective but costlier and potentially depleting soil fertility. Mulches degrade with age and may need renewal, especially after rain, and are easier to apply when soil is moist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Motorcycle Ad Promises Summer Pleasure and Power
An advertisement by Richard Henry, Agent, touts a motorcycle named Comroat-the Jefferson, claiming it delivers summer enjoyment through speed and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Richard Henry
Ophthalmic Specialist Sullivan to Visit Williston
Fargo optical specialist D. D. Sullivan will visit Williston professionally on Monday May 12. All persons with defective eyesight or needing glasses updated should call and see him. Office at Great Northern hotel. 2w 45. Adv.
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D. D. Sullivan
Fargo
Williston
Great Northern Hotel
Adv
Notice of Chattel Mortgage Foreclosure Sale in Bonetrail
Foreclosure sale of personal property to satisfy a mortgage dated January 8 1912 between Peter and G Howas with 8 percent interest. Sale at the Bonetrail post office on May 10 1913 at 2 00 pm. Property includes two white mules Jim and Fly and one set of work harness. Amount due 498 20. Ed Hillestad agent for assignee H W Braatellen attorney Williston ND.
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Peter
Ole Howard
Mortgal
Office of Register of Deeds
Williams Cow
North Dakota
G. Howas
Bonetrail
Satisty
Jim
Ed Hillestad
H. W. Braatellen
Williston
N. D
Library notes and new story selections on shelves
Library notes announce Volume VI of Thirteenth Century agricultural statistics by state and list new titles: The Lady and Sada San by Frances Little, Dame Curtesy's Party Pastimes by E H Glover, A Popular Girl by May Baldwin, and The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman.
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Alabama
Montana
Sada San
Frances Little
Japan
Peking
Republic
Dame Curtesy
E. H. Glover
May Baldwin
Germany
Helen Bannerman
Backward spring spurs farm progress and town improvements
A letter from a former local resident in Central City notes a cold spring with fields damaged by late freezing. Farmers report 50 to 100 spring pigs, good calf crops, and variable poultry. eggs 16 cents a dozen, butter 80 cents a pound. Central City gains water works jail a clothing store and an ice cream parlor under new management. The town plans more improvements as a Community Club forms. Swedland Bros. Jewelry promotes a four roadster.
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Central City
Towa
Menal Clothing
Vetter
Pure Food
Leland and Miller
Bullers Tailoring Ad Promises Better Business Image
A vintage advertisement touts Bullers claim to improve business outcomes by dressing clients for success. It highlights a well pressed suit and the French Dry Cleaning Department for both ladies and gentlemen as affordable, stressing that Bullers Way is the right way.
Allen's Relief Product Advertisement Blurb
An old advertisement extols Allen's relief for coughs and colds. It touts treatment as easily controlled with no harmful effects and promotes 95e, 60c, and $1.00 bottle pricing from all dealers. The card imitates period promotional language.
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Allen's
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Ealy
Regal
Mrs. Dochterman
Bridge Club
J. M. Settle
Alexander Lumber Co
Alexander Water Station
McKensie Chronicle
Arnold
Nielson
Dagmar
Wil_liaton
Mr. Neilson
Edward Holtz
Dysart
Iowa
Jos
Prery
Civic League
Lameness Auditorium
Mandakitis
Lukins
L. D. Flickinger
South Dakota
Gborg
Jacob Losk
Shoe Shine
A. H. Vohs
Eby
Sunny Side
Wratten
India
Brethern
Pei
Gong Reputronad
WIM
B. L. Hardaway
Res Bos Sd Av.e
Williston No. Dak
L. R. Waldron
Dickinson
Swedland Bros. Jewelry Store
Kather
Buller
Joe Buller
Ifay Ideal
Peo Mw An
Williston, N. Dak
Painkilv
A. J. Field
Room
Williston, No. Dak
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