Rural Williams County Buford News Letter Highlights
Local notes from Buford include visits and calls at the Carey farm and W. W. Corbett homes, farm purchases, and arrivals in Williston. Reports mention Rev Nellie Osman returning to Bainville and various families moving, visiting, or hosting events amid town and Missouri Ridge bound items. William Hodgdon dies at 46 after tuberculosis, church services held. community sympathy expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Shatswell
M. C. Wilkerson
Boyd Kline
Ben Anderson
W. W. Corbett
Cecil Vaughn
Bainville
Harvey Rogers
C. M. Smithwick
Gressley
Elmer
John Akers
Harry Scott
Fairview
Genevieve Conn
Ronsak
Dieter Farm
Harry Snell
A. E. Twichel
Ed Corbett
Life Sketch of Colonel Alex Scarlett of Minot
Col. Alex Scarlett a respected Northwest figure died at Minot on May 8. Born Aberdeen Scotland April 11 1843 he served in the Canadian mounted police and volunteers and held the Victorian Cross. He lived in Minot twelve years as a businessman and humane officer, leaving a widow and one son. He was active in Knights of Pythias Elks and Blue Lodge Masons and known for charity and kindness to animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Scarlett
Northwest
Minot
Col. Scarlett
Aberdeen
Scotland
Canada
Mounted Police
Canadian Volunteers
Burke
Capt
Scarlett
Light Brigade
Balaklava
Hanna
Knights of the Grip
Rock- Blakey
Knights of Pythias
the Elks
Blue Lodge Masons
Desperate Fighting for Verdun Ongoing Heavy German Assault
Paris reports heavy bombardment of Hill 304 on the Verdun front followed by a German attack at 3 am that was repulsed. French counter attacks east of the Meuse recaptured some positions. The German Prince's force presses a determined effort to seize Verdun as masked heavy guns pound the fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Swat the Early Fly Before Bugs Take Over
The verse urges rapid action against flies with a playful pest logic. It warns that each egg spawns millions of descendants, creating an endless swarm if swatters are delayed. A call to men and comrad es to rise in April and June to keep the insects in check.
Chicken Thief Caught In Missouri Town Ends In Punishment
A young man in a Missouri town fled with a girl wearing fussy stockings and short skirts but was halted by her father. The incident ends with the thief frightened and learning that stealing fowl is a penitentiary offense in Missouri. Sulphur vapor and electric baths are advertised alongside chiropractic services by Strand and Strand of Williston, North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Strand & Strand
Williston, N. D
N. Dakota
Williston
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Williams County
Buford News
C.J. Morken
A. E. ‘Twichel
A. F. Young
Spildres
Marley
F. M. Shatswell and Sons
Mon
Missouri Ridge
Harve Mitchell
Martha Honek
Harriss
Joe Gromatka
Oscar Albracht
Berdie Clark
Missouri Ridge School
A. C. Wagenman
John Lindholm
R. T. Wicks
Dochterman
Maude Poe
the Ridge
John Albracht
Rose Hill
Pherrin
W. Amor
Gladys
W. A. Calvert
W. W. Thompson
A. O. Arnegard
Albert
L. C. Hart
Arnegard
Clara Phillips
Rochester
Minn
F. P. Siewert
McQueen
H. V. Smith
Leo Hollar
Bran
Jelien
Carl
William Hodgdon
West Broadway
Sharon
Wisconsin
Methodist
H. Styles Harriss
Watford
No. 1
Northern
Watford Guide
Jap Rose
James S. Kirk & Company
Dept
Chicago
U.S. A
Alex Searlett
Orpheum
Lyric Theatres
Max Zimmerman
Big Midway
St. Paul
Minnesota
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