Whirlwind campaign shows Sunday schools working hard
Williams County Bible School auditors map 23 active schools and 39 potential spots after the June convention. Visiting teams of 16 workers in eight cars crisscrossed the county to report, organize, and supply literature, with 24 schools organized and several near full standard, plus ongoing union efforts and pledges to support state and county work.
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Fargo
Williams County
Williston
Bible School Association
Angie Union
Alamo Congo
G. N
Alamo Free Lutheran
Congo
Alamo Latter Day Saints
R. M. Calderwood
J. W. Disney Rey
F. J. Drury
G. A. Stice
E. O. Ingwaldson
H. J. Baker
E. R. Brownson
Bertha R. Palmer
J. W. Disney
G. A. Suce Henrietta A. Irgens
Constance Miller
Nanna Newlander
Elizabeth M. Gill
Bessie R. Baldwin
Is 15 Fine For Kidneys Quit Meat
A health advice note promotes kidney cleansing with four oysters of salts dissolved in water each morning. It claims benefits including flushing clogged kidneys, reducing uric acid, easing rheumatic pain, nervous issues, constipation, and bladder irritation. The passage urges prompt use and asserts safety and low cost.
Red Cross Christmas seal sale opens November 20
The 1917 Red Cross Christmas seal sale opens about November 20 and runs to January 1 to raise at least 2 million dollars for anti tuberculosis work in the United States. Dr Charles Hatfield says the effort aims to exclude tuberculosis from the army and ensure care for every case. Proceeds stay mainly in the communities selling the seals. The Boston Store advertises closing out bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
United States
France
Charles Hatfield
National Association
Ely's Cream Balm Sale The Remedy for Catarrh
It promises quick relief from a stuffy head and catarrh by applying a small amount of fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils. The product claims to soothe swollen mucous membranes and restore clear breathing, noting instant relief and ease of passage.
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Ely
Enrollment of every physician for war service proposed
Chicago reports at the Clinical Congress of Surgeons that every American physician may be enrolled for war service regardless of finances or dependents. The conference notes 14,000 in service now with 8,000 more needed and plans to list all medical men. Surgeon General Gorgas cites seven physicians per 1000 men and 20,000 beds soon in France with hospitals at home for maimed and crippled sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
Great Britaan
France
Medical Officers Reserve Corps
W. C. Gorgas
United States Army
Stops Flag Wrapping With Feather Bone Casing
A dressmakers technique uses a soft feather bone piece run through a narrow navy ribbon edge to prevent flag wrapping. The casing is hidden with careful sewing along the upper edge to keep the flag steady in wind.
Divide County Agent On His New Job
F R Babcock of the Williston Experiment Station has been named Divide County Agricultural Agent. He brings years of agriculture experience and has worked with the Government Station. He plans to organize farmers clubs and visit the county to prepare for a spring drive, weather permitting, after a snow delay in Fortuna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Babcock
Williston
Ion
Divide County
Babcock
West End
Fortuna
Definition of cycles in astronomical time kept by the earth
The New York Times explains cycles as recurring intervals where a body's revolution aligns its position with earth’s axis, creating a repeating order in the heavens and calendar. It notes many cycles have been proposed to track such alignments over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Gets It corn remedy praised as world’s best
The passage touts a corn remedy named Gets It by B. Lawrence & Co, Chicago, claimed to be superior to all others. It notes price, availability in Williston, and endorsement by local druggists Erich Rather and Williston Drug Co.
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Dover
Emoor
B. Lawrence & Co
Williston
Erich Rather
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