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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
2
Sunday school in Rural Williams County holds a 2 p m session next Sunday with all invited. Local harvest updates include A C Miller selling cattle and swine for 2450 dollars, flax threshing and potato harvest progressing, and farmers aiding with plowing and silo filling. Rev Brown visits, church events planned, and residents discuss crops, weather, and local social gatherings.
Promote strong blood to ward off colds and rheumatism with Scott's Emulsion. The ad claims it energizes blood, supports warmth and healthy circulation, emphasizes pure cod liver oil free of alcohol, and markets it as a forty year trusted remedy from the drug store.
Minot host STADY M N Landes hosted a visit last week while Chris Hang came to town for lumber. Geo Simonsen from Fertile and Geo Hanson an Ambrose visitor also stopped by. Threshing paused several days due to snow. Carl Purre and wife of Fertile returned from Flaxton. Frank Shane headed to Montant Monday for freight for Arrivee Mercantile Co. Ole Tansem’s threshing rig runs again after crew delay. Louis Herness sold his 200 acre farm southeast of Stadyton for 3500 to Fernquist Sr of Lowry Minnesota. Tom Youmans suffers from a (cut off).
Cranes move southward as residents attend gatherings and threshing on farms. Notable notes include Chas Vance and Al Panger events, a Sept 23 birth, frost at Rose Hill on Sept 19, Halloween party prompts, and a high yield of thirty six bushels per acre for John Albright’s wheat. Community members visit, move, and host in Williston and nearby areas.
Fine weather continues in Sand Creek. Lois Logan visited Helen Snook on Thursday. An auction at R C Snook’s drew a fair crowd last Thursday. Clarence Rensberger and family visited Jesse Brown’s on Sunday. Chamberlain and Eugene Snook hauled hay to the R C Snook farm. Ella and Stella Head were ill but improving. R C Snook family and Mrs Roy Ashwell and daughter were guests at Leonard Logan’s home Sunday.
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ole Lee, and Ruth Loraine born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Running who baptized their baby girl. Edwin Anderson returns from Minnesota for the summer, as St. Lucas Church prepares for a farewell sermon by Rev.
The ad touts Clothcraft suits priced from ten to twenty five dollars with a broad guarantee covering unseen issues. It emphasizes quality service and a promise of comparable value to higher priced clothing, urging customers to visit and compare for themselves.
Local church notes reflect Emil Salveson leaving after about a year of service. Community members gathered for a farewell photo in front of the church basement taken by Hanson of Squires. Other items mention plowing for G H McKay, Alva Allen starting a new farm house, and Miss Moris McKay planning to attend school in Willard Minnesota for another year. North Dakota smuggling of liquor from Canada linked to Webb law, with officials citing Grand Forks and nearby towns. Notice records from the U. S. Land Office in Williston dated September 10 1913 concern Hal lock W Price filing for three year proof to establish claim. Freshwater lakes in Sargent county stocked from state hatchery.
A heavy snow fell on the 23rd. Gene Littlefield visited with friends in the valley Sunday. Art Wilkinson hosts a cousin visiting from New York City. Last week’s rain and snow halted threshing for a full week.
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