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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
4
The Williston Graphic reprints a New York magazine critique arguing the Western Puritan view is limited and urges Westerners to broaden horizons. The piece notes the critic cannot identify the author or his residence and mentions the Bread Basket of the Universe metaphor for New York.
The North Dakota Editorial Association plans special arrangements for its summer meeting in Grand Forks in June 2021. A lively program with features and entertainment is expected to draw a large turnout as the association grows rapidly and nears being among the state’s largest organizations.
The outlook, though not yet ready for precise crop predictions, is favorable for the coming season in western North Dakota. Experts expect yields to be as strong as last year, with harvest prospects remaining positive despite limited early data.
Dr. Hugh Black of the University of Minnesota urged that a man must scratch for a living. The remark prompts the idea that some men scratch others backs while the public pays the bill.
There were no centrals in those days. About Ben Franklin's time. They had no motion picture show No telephone to shout hello It must have been infernal slow.
A man must send a donkey from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon as payment for an election bet. His companion on the journey is described as singularly well chosen, hinting at a humorous or notable pairing for the wager.
An old time figure nicknamed Crazy Horse earned his moniker for solitary campaign rides along a mountain road with his horse and a single audience. Tales say he once carried corn in a sack tied under the horse to stay dry, rode a river, and later beat the horse for slipping. He quipped that the world had gone democratic and the state too after a presidential election.
A scattergun news brief collection from Ep ping to Walhalld, detailing plans for a Cottonwood Lake meat market, Stutsman county encampment, Chautauqua, and a trade tour. It notes local business moves, road talk, farm outlooks, Montana land fever, a Mandan assessor issue, bank sales, engineering hires, new brick block, and various community notices across North Dakota towns.
The consolidation creates a larger First National Bank with plans to expand banking rooms and install a new safety vault. All preexisting officers and employees are retained as the bank grows to meet county needs. New directors include C. Davidson Jr., J. Mason, R. D. Sutherland, W. S. Davidson, and C. W. Bell. Officers named: president C. Davidson Jr., vice presidents J. Mason and R. D. Sutherland, cashier W. S. Davidson, assistant cashiers C. W. Bell and F. B. Plummer.
List of advertised letters for the week ending May 10 1918 including Edward Aplwacd Hen tradley Clark Co Romania Barancianu A Belcher Don Collins T I Cross Frank Erickson Melvin Hanson J P Huseby Clara Hardy Kasson Hagen Lars Hagen Clara Hydes J L Hagen Oscar Knapp Arthur Lumley Frank E Lorentz J Olson enard Olson Clara Peterson John Foreign Rhodes Rourke Smith J Smith C Steenbergen Ber Stevenson N H Rays Thompson Charlotte Weisgram Ford Walters Irene Walker Francis. Ad states If it isn t an Eastman it isn t a kodak F H Smith 42 tf Ad
Williston church notices promote May 18 sermon What Is Home Without a Father and a 10 30 am session on The Unprofitable Servant with a May 18 adult class on Limitations of Environment. October 8 set for Annual Conference in Lisbon with Bishop Luccock presiding. June 12 County S. 3. Convention urged. teachers and officers begin a May 17 picnic at 3 pm. weather hoped propitious.
Rev E S Shaw will lead Peace Sunday service at 10:30 AM with Bible school at 11:45. Dr L V Parker to address Men's Bible Class and speak on Municipal Hygiene at 3 PM. Y P S C E at 7 PM. Garden Valley Sunday school reorganized with Rudolph Reider as superintendent and Miss Callie Hamilton secretary treasurer. Ladies Aid divided into seven groups. Junior Cubs beat Giants 9 to 7 last Saturday. next Saturday Cubs vs. Stars.
Pastor Monson will be absent next Sunday at Ray, so no services here until May 25. A trip to Sioux Pass SHES ended at Four Mile Creek on the 6th instant. Farmers are busy with spring work, meeting postponed. A new trip will be undertaken soon. Sunday school grows, Ladies Aid doing splendid work.
The Salvation Army lists regular Sunday services at 3 PM and a Sunday school at 8 PM with Salvation meetings. Weeknight services run Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Capt. McLean, recalled to Marquette Michigan due to her father’s illness and death, will return to work Friday.
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