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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
5
Local notes list a busy week of visiting relatives and businessmen in Williston. Weil’s Big Sale is announced for Friday November 23, with a band and Thanksgiving events. Numerous residents travel to Fargo, Minot, and Great Falls for business and personal matters.
The list of jurors drawn for the December term, to convene December 11, includes Emil Gross Ray Ole Heller Williston John McMilne Williston Frank L. Fitch Williston Hans P. Hanson Alamo James Duggan Spring Brook J A Cooper Williston John Shikany Williston Hugh Smith Wildrose Charles Barnstead Spring Brook Peter Mehus Bonetraill Charles Bellett Spring Brook L B McFarlin Ray Wm. Chamness Wheelock C A Hess Williston Ole Jodoo Ray John Shaw Williston Leonard Glans Tiowa A O Johnson Marmon H D Willis Williston H E Stevens Epping Robt. Wanberg Tioga F R Zahl Williston M P Halvorson Wildrose Thomas Skistad Wildrose Edward Henry Williston L J Severson Buford William Fox Trenton Erick Gudvangen McGregor Nels P Pearson Williston Olaus Herfindall Tioga A A Bradley Williston Anton Holman Ray Nick Nelson Bonetraill Ed G Sutton Bonetraill All jurors report to the Clerk's office December 11 at 10 o'clock A M 1917.
The dance at the G. M. Hed derich fine new building Monday evening drew about two hundred fifty couples and hundreds of spectators. The Onatad orchestra provided music that urged dancing and refreshments were served at midnight.
Six men from the county are ordered to report to Camp Dodge on Monday. Names include Williams E. Smith Ray-Phillips county Mont Oscar Nordquist Glen Fisk Henry L Hayes Ole Lunde Terrell Del Brown near Ray. Order issued by the Adjutant General. Likely more calls forthcoming. Joe Cutting heads to Minneapolis to meet Mrs Cutting visiting in California and then back to southern Minnesota.
A contest among Miss Newlander West Lawn School Miss Connolly Junior High Miss Gill and Mrs Winterfield Senior High and Superintendent White will discuss organizing a Junior Red Cross unit Friday. North Dakota Children’s Home Society in Fargo may receive contributions from city children. School notes describe a recent football squad gathering in the auditorium with a dual color celebration and dancing. The high school reports a deficit from the Friday game that the school can cover, praising community support. Junior High notes include staff changes and student enrollments as tests begin and cards due in November.
Crowd-pleasing 19th century purchase pitch promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair. The ad claims natural look, even color, and quicker restoration after a few applications, urging use of a 50 cent bottle from drugstores.
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