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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
2
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Community brief mentioning Harry Clair Jessie Cripe and others hauling wood near the river. Births include a boy to Edgar and Edna Webb and a girl to Earnest Webb.Deaths note the passing of Mrs. Edgar Webb. Church activities temperance program at Brethren church. Various visits and illnesses noted with many neighbors named.
Emmet Landes breaks for E Haviland on his farm. Will Haines in town Saturday. Ed Melvin and Oliver Moline in the City of Opportunity Saturday. Rev Hollett preaches at Spring Coulee Sunday at 2. Leslie Harris buys a bike. Mr Swift at Williston Saturday. Tillie Husebye staying with Emmet Landes. Mrs Cartier and children visiting.
The article notes farmers nearing seed completion in Sand Creek and describes social visits by Roy and Flora Musick, John McGrath, Jesse Brown, and C. E. Logan. It mentions many locals shopping in town last Saturday and welcomes Monday rain as beneficial to farmers in the region.
The Peoples Debating and Literary Club in Marmon drew a good crowd Friday as North Dakota farmers stay busy with harvest. Members praised the club as a relief from daily cares, urging open minds and active living to find pleasure and purpose.
Members vote to adjourn after a lively summer meeting with a literary program and a debate on small horse versus large horse for farm use. Refreshments were served and the mood was merry as the club looks forward to the next term with renewed energy.
Rev. F. 8. Hollett will preach here again on May 21. Everybody invited. The Ladies Aid meets again the 20th at Mrs. Armstrong's. School will be out in two weeks. Mrs. Hyatt visited in Williston last Saturday.
At the city council meeting the delinquent light bill issue was discussed and an ordinance enforcement ordered. Light users must pay by the 20th of each month or service will be cut off, says Superintendent C. C. Mackenroth.
Mrs Laura Ada Webb of Trenston died Sunday May 14 at age thirty one. Funeral services were held in the Dunkard church conducted by Rev Lamdis with 30 to 40 carriages following the hearse. Burial was in Dunkard cemetery. She married Edgar I Webb in 1909 and leaves a husband a baby a mother three brothers and two sisters. All relatives attended except one brother and one sister.
The U S Supreme Court upheld contempt against Christopher C Wilson president of United States Wireless Telegraph Co for refusing to permit examination of the firm’s books. The ruling reinforces that corporate officials cannot block grand jury access to company records.
Public notice states Alexander Walker and Jennie Walker mortgage to Brush McWilliams dated October 18 1908 on real estate in Williams County North Dakota is in default. The assignee North Dakota attorney John J Bates announces foreclosure to satisfy the secured debt plus interest and costs.
State of North Dakota warns defendant John H. Baucke to answer the complaint filed in Williams County District Court. The clerk’s office holds the document, and the defendant must respond within 30 days of service or risk default judgment. Filed May 5 1911 by attorney Geo A Gilmore, Williston.
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