24 May 1900
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
1
A fragmented county directory page lists officials and department heads such as trustee, clerk, treasurer, justice of the peace, marshal, and various department managers. It also mentions freight arrivals and department sections for groceries, hardware, dry goods, and furnishings.
A compact local roundup notes visitors from Buford Culbertson and Minot on business, Erie A vegan works, and cattle shipments by Bain Bros. Nelson buys Minnesota cattle in Avoca, Bishop of Great Falls attends Great Northern concerns, laundry operations announced for Wilmeton depot with schedule and ad hoc local items.
A notice lists department sections including Department 6s for Clothing Hats Caps Boots and Shoes with Frank Kaste as manager and Department 7 for Lumber Witting Material Salts and Farm Machinery with C Baldwin as manager.
In Williston this week, locals discuss horse racing scraps between Beth Folsom and M Shennon with Shannon winning. News covers Great Northern damage claims, Williston agency moves, and a planned extra passenger train to improve service. Mary Boyd's daughter Mrs M G Markell departs Willis ton area. other notes include dances, fairs, and county education plans.
A bale of stata will be sold at public auction by the treasurer at the court house in Willies at Maelock UKK. Bids will be retained for more than four dollars per quarter section or fractional part thereof. Ordered by the Board of University School and the Commissioner.
Bale offer from Stewaur Williston North Dakota for sixty tons of high quality hay suitable for joint use. Contact details are not fully clear from the listing. The notice presents a local agricultural sale item in a terse OCR fragment.
An oddly phrased ad promotes Dr King’s Wew Life Pill as the strongest remedy for weakness energy and mental power. It claims rapid benefits, lists Williston North Dakota as a distribution point, and advertises Boschee’s remedy for throat and lung troubles with sample bottles offered at Williston Pharmacy.
A fragmented report notes Hay C. Tara arriving in the morning and trem Dewils scheduling regular morning events at Churchee. A service is planned for Baty Boyd and his son Giscage, with an OM between trains on Monday and a brief visit with Mr M. G. wool at the Yellowsene location.
Reports from Williston North Dakota note a patent grant to an inventor in South Dakota dated May 8 1900 and offer patent specifications for ten cents. Williston Woodmen Camp members plan a May 24 meeting to coordinate with Royal Neighbors on a joint patent event in June. Local traders Clark Rohrback Meyers and associates discuss a horn sale and cattle transport project with Bartrou Bartrou's horn shipment and western buyers, detailing the purchase of 53 head and arrangements for eastward shipment.
A misaligned field of notes reports a lawyer from Texas who recalls a grave digger being deceived by a claim about Edosteic Bitters curing malaria and kidney trouble. The fragment mentions a sheriff-like notice about a horse or mare claimed by a complainant in North Dakota with date May 8 1900 and ownership proof requests.
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