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Newspaper

Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1908

Page

8

Literary society aids school meal shortfall in Valley City

Correspondence detail shows the Literary society raising funds after the school board failed to supply coal and fuel. Residents donated a ton of coal and kindling while events and dances supported the effort. Community members, meetings, and local visits are noted alongside social news and a Nordica concert success in Valley City.

Literary Society Enovigh Chris Radcliffe Mormon Garden Valley A. N. Dahl Minneapolis

Bonetrail Family Moves to Cooperstown North Carolina

Bonetrail Conrad Lunstrom and family relocate to Cooperstown NC to settle permanently. Vern Mantz trips to Williston on business. Rumors about a snake Roy Manty killed last week circulate, but he can prove it with the dead reptile. A Bonetrailers crowd stops at the Jesse Mantz home after an auction, shares a big supper, and dances a circular two step. Thirty seven attend as Walters orchestra provides music. Shorty Mansfield brings a box of fine eating apples.

Anna Gerke Hurd N. C Waukon Iowa Clarence Edgar Munson Portland N. D Bonetrail Conrad Lunstrom Cooperstown Vern Mantz Williston Roy Manty Roy Jesse Mantz

Local items and greetings from a small town

Marmon R.2. Dillves has the barn for his fast drivers complete. Fanny Mae Stine and Mrs. Ward Stine with children have left for the winter. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid hosted a New England dinner earning about fifty dollars. Mrs. Thompson and family moved to Williston for the winter. Neighbors surprised Herbert Longworth at his home. all had a good time. Floy Brownson and Millie Brooks moved into the school house. E. C. Smith offers splendid apples for sale. Ovidia Loken visited friends last week and offers roosters beheaded if needed.

Dillves Fanny Mae Stine Ward Stine Mr. Ward Presbyterian Ladies Aid New England W. C. Brooks Floy Brownson Millie Brooks E. C. Smith Ovidia Loken Ovidia

Nelson ferry service halted by ice on the river

In Nelson last week ferry traffic stopped due to floating ice. McKenzie county residents were stranded on the north shore as the ferry ceased operations. Local notables E O Westcott and Eugene Littlefield returned from St Paul on business. A sawmill accident left a worker with a severed hand and foot. Dr Morris treated the injured man before transport to Ray and Williston hospital.

Valley City Notes gains for Miss West and school study

Valley City faculty hosted a Monday evening reception for Normal students with staggered timing by class and an orchestra. Miss West, the Normal librarian, attended Fargo state librarian meeting, secured next year’s gathering for Valley City, and was elected secretary and treasurer. Seventh and eighth graders presented a Japan study with a Japanese exhibition and refreshments. Rev Willard Crosby Lyon of the Congregational church gave a chapel address.

The Normal West Librarians of North Dakota Fargo Valley City Model School Japan

Agricultural College Lectures on Citizenship and Tree Winter Protection

The Polytechnic Society hears lectures on good citizenship and agriculture. Prof. Shepperd compares agriculture to lumbering and notes hens outperform stumpage in value. Prof. Beckwith discusses sanitation and healthier living. Winter protection for evergreens requires light control and air, with burlap and straw methods. Deciduous trees need less air during dormancy and can be mulched or buried safely.

Polytechnic Society Shepperd Beckwith Waldron Chicago Horticultural Department

Registered Poland China Hog for Service Near Williston

Abram Miller owner invites service of a registered Poland China hog No 41644 on Dunkard Church farm ten miles west of Williston North Dakota Call or see him 1941p Williston Dr C J Sullivan Optical Specialist of Fargo will be in Williston Friday and Saturday November 2 and 21 at the Great Northern hotel Eyes examined optical work only lenses changed not to fail to see him

Bonetrail Henry Clark Miss Schonvelt Garden Valley Floyd Robinson Steady Williston Alfred Elliott W. C. Francis Meadow Brook Farm J. 8. Ellison Lee Hamilton Literary Society Miss Guthrie McWilliams W.C. Francis Chris Arnt Alfred Wilke Poland Dunkard Church Farm Abram Miller N. D C. J. Sullivan Fargo Great Northern Hotel

Store News Prosperity Promises Free Thermometer With Purchases

Prosperity announces a nationwide return with every silverware purchase of one dollar or more a free large thermometer. The store has one hundred thermometers available and notes new Auto-Strop Safety Razors recently arrived claiming they self-strop in half the time of conventional blades and deeming them the best shavers worldwide.

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