Local notices and sales spark Williston city scene
Billy Jones visits from Buford Munday while Grinnell guests Gust Carey Art Carey arrive Tuesday. Bruegger Mercantile Co advertises dry wood for sale. White Earth trader Lon Morman transacts business in town last Tuesday. Frisch filed on land at township 154 range 07 Glasgow Gazette. Cloone suffers a foot injury and is temporarily incapacitated. Lazier and Lasier registered at Great Northern Hotel last Tuesday. Joe Siebert of Minot defeated for sheriff by about 300 votes. Hayden and Co uprights piano offered at low price. Arnell and son-in-law Leird from Buford scouting for new homes. Wm. French may move to Williston. Spirit level found at Graphic office. Billy Young house moved near Hedderich Bros. Lind election in Minnesota noted as first break in long Republican governors. US tomatoes canned at 4,500,000 cases this year. Irons & Hyde rent rear log building for blacksmith shop with additions. Mrs. M LeDosquet heads to Paterson NJ for winter visit. farm rented to Westcott.
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Bruegger Mercantile Co
Lon Morman
White Earth
John Frisch
United States
Irons & Hyde
Logo
Graphic Office
Clothing store ad touts value and styles for men and boys
The advertisement promotes knit boots and broadcloth sack suits at moderate prices. It emphasizes reliable quality, honest sourcing, and a safe, value-driven approach with varied overcoats and Ulsters priced from five to thirteen dollars. It also notes tailoring by M Born and Co Chicago and a brick cottage giveaway in Williston North Dakota.
Bruegger Mercantile Co. News and Local Notices
Minneapolis attorney Charles S. Albert in town on Great Northern Railway business. Governor Devine designates November 24 as Thanksgiving Day with a state proclamation. Local notes include family visits, restaurant opening Annex near depot, a dark bay gelding taken up, and various election results and civic inquiries. Also updates on Bruegger Mercantile stock movements, shipments, hotel affairs, and community notices through Williston and surrounding areas.
Fit for a palace as well as a cottage product ad
An advertisement for Schilling's Beste r baking powder coffee flavoring extracts soda and spices promotes their use in both grand and modest homes. Money back to customers is offered. Sold by Hedderich Bros. & Company.
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Schilling's
Hedderich Bros. & Company
Grand Thanksgiving Ball at Odd Fellows Hall 1898
A grand Thanksgiving Ball will be held Thursday evening November 24 at Odd Fellows Hall. The best of music will be in attendance. Tickets cost 1 dollar with supper available. Managed by J. C. Stewart.
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Board of County Commissioners
Court House
ODD Fellows’ Hall
J. C. Stewart
Heddersch Bros. $100 Gold Prize Appeal
Mrs. Mark Thomas and her sister from Buford visited friends in the city on Monday as Heddersch Bros. and Co. announced a prize offer of $100 in gold to be awarded.
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Heddersch Bros. & Co
Mark Thomas
Buford
Glorious Opportunity to Castrate It Now Being Open
The Medical Record notes the yellow fever outbreak among U S troops at Santiago with cases rising from 14 on July 13 to over 300 in days. It argues concealment was justified, praises recovering Red Cross staff, and urges sanitation to end Vomito Negro. It frames the fight as liberty from Spanish disease and tyranny.
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Santiago
Red Cross
America
English youth questioned by theater jeer during matinee
A young English man, seen as a tall figure, walks by a theater as matinee girls exit. A coarse passerby heckles him about smoking a pipe, while a doctor narrator jokes about going to war and collecting money. The exchange hints at wartime fundraising and medical roles in a bustling city scene.
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Willie
Williston Town Lots for Sale Advertised by Estate Agent
A historical listing details multiple Williston blocks and lots for sale in August 1898. It names blocks and lot numbers across several avenues including Broadway Sassan Avenue and Bruegger Avenue, with a note that trespassers have had time to buy and sales go to first buyers at appraised prices. Townsite Proprietor E. Leonhardy, Agent, Williston, N. D. dated August 1st, 1898.
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Lotad
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E. Leonhardy
Williston
N. D
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