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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
2
The Williston Graphic calls out health dangers from street filth and long dress skirts. It urges women to have street costumes made to avoid carrying germ laden dirt into homes, reflecting early 20th century public health messaging.
The Grand Forks Enterprise published a Saturday special with full final game results Detroit versus Pittsburg, naming Pittsburg the baseball world champion, and coverage of the Johnson Ketchel fight. Subscribers on the G M main line received the news twenty hours ahead of regular time.
A prominent contractor and capitalist offers Missouri a plan to build dykes to straighten the Missouri River into a permanent channel. The deal would grant ownership of reclaimed lands in exchange, promising secure, flood prone farmland and a reliable western freight waterway. The Washington Post questions practicability as land condemnation and compensation would be required.
The article argues that state taxpayers cannot fund river enhancements due to federal control of navigable streams. It cites Knox and an Atlantic Monthly piece noting prior Missouri River work reached 250 miles with a six foot depth before Washington halted it. The piece calls for a comprehensive federal plan without delay.
Langdon voters learn more about cyclone aftermath as a Snowflake Manitoba farmer reports finding a vest with Mr. J. H. Harlan’s check book stub and papers in a wheat field, evidence the storm traveled far from Langdon and left debris 30 miles away.
Mr and Mrs E T Olson express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness during the recent illness and death of their baby.
Football action sets kickoff at three o'clock next Saturday on the old baseball grounds. High school faces a town pickup squad in the season opener.
The Stroller recalls a 1906 Florida winter praised as mild with June like weather and bountiful crops. A friend contrasts with North Dakota memory and notes of other locals visiting Williston for winter, while Bruegger's clerk Henry Hegranes resigns to move to Great Falls Montana.
A retail listing shows numerous cash purchases for plates bowls platters and tea service items with varied prices. Items include pitchers bowls nappies bakers sauce boats salad dishes sugar bowls tea pots and a round dish, totaling many individual pieces.
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