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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1916
Page
3
Louise receives guests Dr. Marshall and wife at the station. A dramatic buckboard entry with Apache and Boyar ponies thrills the group. Collie handles the rig and reassures the anxious doctor as they begin a scenic canyon journey.
A long discussion from the Weekly News Letter outlines how schools nationwide test hot noon meals. It notes hot soups or cocoa, supervised purchases, and suggested meal plans including vegetable milk soup, meat stew, dried codfish chowder, bean soup, and desserts.
Tuesday was election day a holiday for teachers and pupils as the schoolhouse served election purposes. Several students Edwin Olga George Elizabeth and Susan Urevig Miller were not absent for the month ending Nov 10. A sand-table from the school board delighted children with Hallowe'en Holland and upcoming Thanksgiving scenes. Ingvar Grothe and Clemence Miller missed the week due to illness. A whisperless club awards stars for quiet days and gifts. Pupils in grades 3 4 5 sew kitchen aprons while eighth graders weave reed baskets.
Kenneth Thue and Emmett Lindquist both scored 100 in spelling for the week ending November 10. The children have been making Indian Villages.
A schoolteacher in Towner county sings of single life over marriage claims. She profiles her English name, family ties, and joy in teaching twenty five pupils, noting her modest pay of two seventy five daily and the lure of a sixty dollar or twenty dollar business rather than a husband.
The library lists Thankful's Inheritance by Lincoln and another sea tale from the Keziah Coffin author. Also featured is The Modern Woman's Rights Movement by Dr. Racthe Schirmacher with Far East chapters. New almanac from St Paul Dispatch joins updated reading tables alongside The New Republic and System magazines.
The railroad commissioner's bid to abolish a grade crossing at Marlmarth is reviewed by the Supreme Court after district court upheld the board’s order for a viaduct. The railroad challenged the ruling in state courts but failed to win there.
Authorities claim arrests of J. C. Anderson and Edwin Sparks of Dodson have broken a cattle rustling gang. Twenty five stolen horses recovered by Staff Sergeant Mundy of the mounted police and Sheriff Powell with his deputies in this county.
E Chamberlain arrived from Calgary to resume oil drilling with Snider expected to assist. The well sits at 700 feet with over 1000 feet of casing purchased for use when work restarts. Work may resume at full blast tomorrow as reported by the Plentywood Herald. The Graphic shares sympathy for Mr and Mrs Lee Jenkins of the Ainegard Call who recently lost their infant daughter.
Notice states the macrap listing between O H Svare and T O Svare under Svare Bros at Gladys ND is dissolved. O H Svare continues the business and assumes all debts. all accounts and notes are payable to him. C H Svare invites old and new customers to patronize the store. settlement of debts urged. Gladys ND October 25 2081.
A farmer offers a coal pile at 429 Main Street Williston for farmers who avoid the mine. Customers are asked to weigh their wagon at the city scales and load up 20 to 48 units. Ellithorpe signs the notice.
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