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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
4
Rates listed for newspaper advertising include fifteen cents per inch per insertion with contract options twelve and a half cents per inch for 1200 inches yearly. Reading notices priced per line per day, five dollars for ten lines with yearly contract. Professional cards seven cents per inch, monthly or yearly prepaid. Classified advertisements one cent per word per issue.
Deputy Sheriff Jarstad assisted the guard $. R. Otsie as guard went to Bismarck Wednesday with A. T. McGaw Henry Ellis and Karman Keener. Keener faced reform school while a minor unless discharged. Ellis received one year in Bismarck for his connection with Keener in the Nelson store robbery.
In the matter of the estate of W. D. Parshall a final decree of distribution was ordered. The estate valued at about $9 000 located in this county and Montana is divided equally between a brother and sister. Marriage licenses issued include William D. Johnson and Grace King of Williston, Jesse Thompson and Lillian May Bailey of Howard, Andrew O. Larson and Ida Verle of Squires, Alfred J. Dahl and Elida Waal of Wheelock.
The article describes a December plan for a special train tour from St Paul through eastern cities. Exhibits will open to the public and governors will speak. The ascent aims to showcase western development and invite eastern visitors to the west. Great Northern Railway President Louis W Hill will furnish the train.
The Spokane chamber of commerce lauds the Governors Special land tour calling it a greater west act than any land show. President Taft shows interest and invites governors to the White House while states Minnesota Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and California may attend. One exhibition car will feature California and the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The exposition company pledges $5,000 toward trip expenses.
The Star brings Four Novelty Grahams from the Orpheum Circuit Thursday to Saturday. Texas Cleo the talking horse appears October 26 and 27. Carl M Dalton presents Tilly Olson on November 3 and 4 in Swedish dialect. North Carolina Folks comedy drama slated by Williston Rebekan Lodge with coach Tom Lennon. Miner County Sunday School convention slated for Oct 17 with large attendance expected.
Local churches announce schedules including Methodist Episcopal Morning worship at 10:30 and Ep worth League at 7 00 p m Congregational Church lists services and a sermon series starting next Sunday by Rev W Knighton Bloom United Lutheran holds 8 pm Sunday services and midweek meetings with bilingual instruction St Peters Episcopal notes Holy Communion at 8 am Matins and sermons at 11 am and vesper service in the afternoon with a sermon on The reformation in England.
Recent title changes filed by Williams Co. Abstract list transfers in North Dakota towns. Names include W D Evans, W A Lovell, Joseph Baston, Orville Evans, George Gage, George Peterson, Knute Anson, Erik Eklund, Theodore John, Carl Olson, Addie Bartles, Anna Hiepler, Anton Ekeberg, Emma McIntosh, E W Smith Farm and Live Stock Co, Laura Roachwhite, and others. Amounts range from 1 to 5000 dollars with lot and section designations.
Assistant General Manager Geo H Emer son rode No 4 home after west inspection trip. Machinist helper A McNutt to return next week after operation. Floyd Foley joins local ticket office on night shift starting Tuesday. Car Foreman H Montgomery to travel east to visit friends in Red River valley and Wisconsin.
City Pound Master Jersey Bromberg warns all dog owners that untagged dogs will be picked up and destroyed. Proper licensing requires collar and tag. no responsibility for unmarked licensed dogs.
A fragment notes a traveler guided through Switzerland warned to avoid touching something, mentioning a pile now a thousand feet high. The text implies a dangerous ice or snow feature observed by the guide, indicating perilous conditions in the Alps.
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