Enthusiastic Boosters Plan City Campaign Meeting
A Williston booster meeting at the Odd Fellows hall Friday drew strong support for a city and region wide advertising campaign. Leaders urged business and civic participation, pledged memberships, and set a next gathering for Monday at 8 30 PM to organize a commercial club and push sugar beet factory hopes.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Williston
Richard Peyton
Jackson
C. A. Mansfield
Senator Overson
John Bruegger
Helena
North Dakota
Sarles
Northwest
G. B. Metzger
R. D. Sutherland
Renson
E. R.brownson
A. QO. Anderson
B. G. Whitehead
John Corbett
George Farries
James Cooper
Wm. Owens
Commercial Club
Sunday Mail Service Ends in Williston
The Post Office will permanently close the general delivery window on Sundays starting May 28. Patrons may file Saturday notices for special delivery, rent a box for weekly delivery, or have mail delivered to hotel boxes for transients. G. B. Metzger, Postmaster.
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F. H. Hitch
Williston
G. B. Metzger
St Peters Church Plans Ascension Day Services
Fifth Sunday after Easter services include Holy Communion at 8 a m Matins Litany and sermon Immortality and the Personal Instinct at 11 a m Sunday school at noon Vespers at 8 p m Note May 25 Ascension Day observance Holy communion plain at 8 a m and choral at 10 a m Vespers and sermon 8 p m Faithful urged to receive communion at the altar on Ascension Day
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Sunday School
St. Peters
Williston Commercial Club Seeks Broad Membership Drive
The club urges every Williston resident to join and support turning the town into a commercial and industrial hub. Old members faced a $10 fee, while new members can join within 30 days by paying five months in advance with no membership fee or restrictions.
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Richard Peyton
Williston Club Seeks Dues and May 22 Mass Meeting
A membership application form invites joining the Williston Commercial Club and paying five months dues in advance. It requests name and street details and notes a mass meeting at the Odd Fellows hall next Monday evening on May 22.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Heavy Rain Deluges Region Breaking Long Drought
One of the heaviest rains in years soaked the western half of the state from Monday noon to Tuesday noon, inch and a quarter in twenty four hours. Farmers report soil saturated hindering plowing while hail caused minor property damage.
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Bareau
Mrs James H Cooper Hosts Art Event for Young Ladies
Mrs James H Cooper entertained a party of thirty young ladies at her home Tuesday evening. The event featured tests of artistic skill with each guest given a different subject. Miss Margaret Monroe led as the top artist and won the prize. Music and readings followed, then a four course luncheon was served. The attendees report a most enjoyable evening.
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James H. Cooper
Margaret Monroe
First Week At James Memorial Library Shows Strong Start
The James Memorial library reports 290 books checked out in the first week and 240 names on the borrower's register. About 500 children's books are on shelves, with nearly 8000 total volumes, including 1000 adult fiction and extensive solid reading options. The library aims for balanced use by all ages, not just youths.
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James Memorial Library
Westlawn Lutheran Church Announces Weekly Services
Westlawn Lutheran Church schedules Sunday evening worship at eight o clock and Sunday school at 10 15 am. Bible study and prayer meeting occur Friday May 26 at eight o'clock. Everyone welcome.
Decoration Day Observed With Ceremonies and Procession
Mayor Jackson and a committee prepared for Decoration Day with a program at Gates opera house at 10:30 am. After speeches and music the procession will march to the cemetery to decorate graves led by W H Denny as marshal. The order includes assembly, address by Lieutenant Sears, march to the cemetery, band, Old Soldiers units, and a grave decoration salute.
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Jackson
Gates Opera House
W.H. Denny
Opera House
Sears
Pilgrim Exiles Picture Won by Public School Attendance
The Indies of the B. and T. club received a Boughton painting titled Pilgrim Exiles for the public school. The artwork will be exhibited in the superintendent's office and awarded to the room with the best attendance and punctuality record.
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B. and T. Club
George Henry Boughton
Government Wins Suit Against Standard Oil
The U S Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Co of New Jersey and about nineteen subsidiaries formed a conspiracy in restraint of trade and monopolized interstate commerce in violation of the Sherman Act. The corporation was ordered dissolved within six months amid a long government case begun in 1906.
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Washington
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the
United States
New York
United States Supreme Court
Wall Street
Atlantic
London
United States Circuit Court
Missouri
John D. Rockefeller
William
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Wickersham
Frank 8. Kellogg
John. G. Johnson
Philadelphia
John. G. Milburn
D. T. Watson
Pittsburg
Deitz Found Guilty of Murder in Cameron Dam Case
Hayward Wisconsin May 13 John F Deitz is sentenced to life with hard labor in the state penitentiary at Waupun for first degree murder of Deputy Oscar Harp in the Cameron dam battle on October 8. The jury found Hattie E Deitz and Leslie Deitz not guilty.
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Hayward
Wis
John F. Deitz
Waupun
Oscar Harp
Cameron Dam
John Deitz
Hattie E. Deitz
Leslie Deitz
Literary Officers Elected by Civic League
In the Snooak district the Civic League Literary Department elected officers last week. Mrs. James H. Cooper was re elected president, Mrs. H L Lampman vice president, Miss Faylor secretary and treasurer. The president will announce Rest Rooms at 839 Main Street will open Saturday May 20. Farmers wives and others seeking rest will be welcome.
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The
Civic League
James H. Cooper
H. L. Lampman
Faylor
Main Street
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