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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
6
Elvira B Yeatt argues punishments should be natural consequences of misbehavior and urges quiet time for older children. She recommends single toys, safe crafts, and self guided play to build poise. Grownups should give regular simple duties, as work aids spiritual development and teaches responsibility.
The passage asserts that a mother’s spirit inspires children to love helping and to view cheerful, willing work as natural. It warns that seen as complaining, children absorb a sense of being used and regard simple tasks as disagreeable hardships.
Miss Barber spoke to Red Cross women and Williston nurses at the Elks home urging enlistment for war service. She outlined the 700 nurses in the division, salaries of home and overseas service, insurance benefits, and the need to fill 5000 nurse positions by June. The talk covered equipment, duties in army camps, rank ambitions, and home duties versus foreign service.
A Cincinnati reader touts Freezone for corns and calluses with direct application drops. It claims instant drying and safe removal without damaging surrounding skin, urging women to keep it on the dresser to prevent repeated discomfort.
A Lille soldier Waeltele, aged twenty three, earns 14 cents daily, loses health to tuberculosis, and finds relief through an American Red Cross aid program. He plans to revive his printing shop and reunite with wife and baby as his lung heals in the French Alps. Over 400000 new France cases signal Red Cross effort to curb the White Plague.
The Red Cross Home Service helps soldiers families endure wartime absence strengthen health education and industry. It provides budgeting mortgage aid medical and legal advice to keep children in school and sustain family stability with dignity rather than charity nationwide through local Red Cross chapters.
Library notes list new war themed works including Carry On by Coningsby Dawson and Private Peat by Harold Peat. Related items include Adventures and Letters of Richard edited by his war correspondent brother and reminiscences on the Spanish American War the Boer War and Mexican border troubles.
Fred Holtje a machinist at the round house was arrested by Deputy J A Trotter and jailed in default of 3000 bail after waiving examination before Commissioner Sudanese he faced charges over an alleged statement that he would not fight for any government while he had two feet and would desert to join the enemy if drafted He is a Canadian citizen subject to Canadian draft law and had permission from Canada to work here.
Readers in Williston are told of a quick buckthorn glycerine mix sold by Williston Drug Co. that supposedly cleanses the entire bowel, relieves sour stomach and constipation, and supposedly prevents appendicitis. The ad claims it pleases doctors and patients alike by removing foul matter from the stomach.
Scout troops across towns marched to the polices and mayors to announce readiness through scout training. They practiced mobilization and readiness tasks including message signaling, wirework, semaphore, property protection cooperation, aiding workers, and quick mobilization in case of emergency.
Savannah Boy Scout troops tour county roads to select sections needing detention and begin work with long lines of workers. The movement inspires enthusiasm among friends of scouting and promises notable improvements through organized volunteer labor.
An advertisement touts Geta-It as a fast acting corn remover. It promises relief in two seconds, allows full activity afterward, and dries quickly after application. The product is marketed by M'riddley B. Lawrence & Co. of Chicago and sold locally by Erick Rather and Williston Drug.
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