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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
6
A Home Circle column extols tired mothers and the tranquil evening with a child on a knee and a mother's soothing touch. It lauds sweet minded women for comforting sorrow, restoring worn husbands, and soothing children, then offers advice to leave work at the door, seek balance, and foster hopeful, harmonious homes. It closes with light social humor on safety and current war commentary.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union surveyed editors nationwide to gauge support for woman suffrage. Of 526 editors, 91 favored, 97 opposed, and 8 undecided. Communities favoring suffrage reached 237 with 133 undecided and 156 negative. Western states largely pro suffrage. Wyoming and Colorado show strong support, while some states cite issues like Prohibition and logistical concerns. Washington leans pro, California Oregon Kansas favor, with Arizona Montana Nevada variable. A Spokane editorial summary emphasizes increased civic engagement and moral improvement under equal suffrage.
The American Society for the Control of Cancer is organized to fight cancer through education with a campaign led by Dr. L. D. Bristol of the State Public Health Laboratory. The plan involves state and club support, free tissue diagnosis for physicians and the public, and public meetings with speakers on cancer details.
A Western Christian Advocate writer laments provincialists who condemn the poor and smugly lecture charity rather than help. A separate Eastern Anti-Saloon League note urges filing signed liquor slips, pursuing perjury for oath violators, and jokes from Benton County Oregon about monthly alcohol limits for families.
The Abilene Kansas Chronicle reports Oregon crafts a stronger prohibition framework. The new law targets imported liquor and aims to close gaps in enforcement across state lines.
The passage recalls citizens reminded by autumn leaves piling about as children’s games prompt a neighborly call to action. If parents redirect half the effort used in shinny to gathering and burning leaves, about twenty four hours would transform lawns around town into a noticeably tidier scene.
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