Local Notes and Social Updates From Chas Aspland Page
Correspondent Chas Aspland records that Phyllis Aspland visited Mike Harstad on Sunday and Alberta Thom with Myrtle Quamme fell into an old well and drowned. Borghild Harstad crushed a finger on a screen door. M P Ryner and family visited Bert Aspland. The Lindholm barn dance was well attended and Schneider's next Saturday night is planned. Pete Rasmussen is listed on a nick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Aspland
Phyllis Aspland
Mike Harstad
Alberta Thom
Myrtle Quamme
Borghild Harstad
Pete Rasmussen
Nick
M. P. Ryner
Bonetrail
Bert Aspland
Lindholm
Schneider's
Marmon Child Sends Poem From Marmon North Dakota
Letter from Lilly M Kirby, age ten, Marmon North Dakota, to Williston Graphic asks to publish her poem My School Mate's Brother about brothers in World War I. The piece praises two brothers fighting overseas and on the way, highlighting bravery and patriotism.
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Graphic
Marmon
N. D
Williston Graphic
Wiliston
Dak
Dollie Johnson
Spring Coulee Letter Reports Liberty Bonds and Prairie Breaking
A Star correspondent notes Red Cross plans, defense mood, and liberty bond purchase of 1250 dollars. News on breaking land east of Mudfly, many neighbors breaking acres, sermons by Rev Hitchcock, and local farming activity amid wartime rhetoric. Regular readers in Spring Coulee observe editor smiles and patriotic resolve as rains and fixed prices spur expansion.
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Red Cross
Herman Carlson
Teuton Nations
Spring Coulee
Kaiser
A. C. Miller
von Hindenburg
Kaiser Bill
Mose Cartier
John Moline
G. B. Winger
Poplar
Montana
Kinney
Arthur Clay
Miles Williams
Landis Brothers
Mr. Morrow
Walter Mitchell
Uncle Sam
Hang Christianson
Buford Gossip and War Food Rules Inform Readers
Buford items record local visits, purchases, and social notes from Williston and Buford residents. The report includes town activities, hospital news, a class play, and ongoing home canning sugar regulations issued by the North Dakota Federal Food Administrator, detailing permits for housewives and canners during the canning season and guidance for retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston
Ladd
North Dakota
Federal Food Administrator
Agriculture College
N. D
Missouri Ridge Community Notes and School Update
Mrs Hugo Clark of Williston visits S M Clark home as N L Short family drop by. Red Cross dance at Lindholm barn nets 75 50. Abbott starts new schoolhouse work. favorable weather hoped. George Ramey and Wm Snyder walk to Ramey home. Snyder returns home. Heating plant bid opened. Bruegger Mercantile Co awarded. Gasoline tractor finishes 75 acres then moves to Lindholm farm. Missouri Ridge School closing exercises held. eight grade diplomas awarded to Myrtle Clark Mabel Poe and Clifford Booke. final exams in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Kline
Williston
Harry Shatswell
Mike
Buford
G. L. Welsh
Kenneth
Monnday
John
Russel McNary
Louis Marin
Trenton
Read Miller
Bergman
F. Toe
Atterberry
Asher
M. E
Wm. Dishon
C. Bradley
Harry Randall
Merril
Lawrence Sweetman
Lakeside
Mont
Jones
Jerry Randall
Dodge
Medora
Chris Anderson
Williston Hospital
Ethel Miller
Gust Frazer
Cartwright
Clyde McNary
Joe Eisel
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Saterlie
Miles Standish
Camp Dodge
Russell
Hugo Clark
S. M. Clark
N. L. Short
Sod
M. Clark
C. A. Wicks
Red Cross
Lindholm
Abbott
George Ramey
Wm. Snyder
Ramey
Snyder
Bruegger Mercantile Company
Cunningham
Missouri Ridge
Myrtle Clark
Mabel Poe
Clifford Booke
Keep the Home Fires Burning Hearts at War Notes
The article urges readers to write letters and greetings to soldiers. It mentions Russel Dishon and Harold Carey currently in San Francisco, Tom Owings at Camp Dodge, and George Brahanan somewhere in France, emphasizing remembrance and support from home.
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Russel Dishon
Harold Carey
San Francisco
Tom Owings
Camp Dodge
George Brahanan
France
Sheriff Nomination Filed for June 26 Primaries
An announcement states candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office of Sheriff, subject to the will of Republican voters at the primary to be held June 26, 1918. The notice appears in the public records section of the newspaper.
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Cc. c
Williams County
E. M. Erstad
Alamo, N. D
E. O. Hougen
Wheelock
Williams County Republican primary candidate notices 1918
A collection of candidate announcements for Williams County offices in the 1918 Republican primaries. E M Erstad seeks County Auditor, L B McFarlin seeks County Treasurer after Westberg withdrawal, Hans Pee announces for Fifth District Commissioner, Prof H A for Superintendent of Schools, E O Hougen announces for County Treasurer. All reference the June 26 primary date.
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Williams County
Hans Pee
H. A. Ray
N. D
Mine closes for summer at Ellithorpe mine
The Ellithorpe mine will close for the summer on May 18. Persons requesting coal for summer use should haul it not later than May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellithorpe
Washington Letter on war losses and returning soldiers
P D Norton reflects on death from the war, meets Pershing’s volunteers from France, and notes legislative moves on Civil War pensions. He urges liberal funding for wounded soldiers’ rehabilitation and emphasizes the need to restore veterans to productive civilian life.
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Congress
Army
Navy
France
England
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lilly M. Kirby
No. Dak
Star
United States Food Administration
E. F. Ladd
State of
Agricultural College
Oscar E. Westberg
L. B. McFarlin
Ray
Washington
P .D. Norton
Capitol
General Pershing
Verdun
Horace Webster
U. S. Marines
Great Falls
Harry A. Welcome
U. S
Boston
Massachusetts
William O'Neill
Hartford
America
Pershing
United States
Kuppenheimer
O’donnell
E H.weil Clothcraft & Kuppenheimer Clothes
Wiyis Appaott
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