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Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1914

Page

8

School Notes Show Busy Week And Sports Win

The Williston schools report staff changes and classroom activities in English and psychology. Students discuss Dome of Shasta and enjoy a new mirror in the sewing room while Bessie Walker recovers. In third grade football, Kenmare defeats our team but Ardath Stevens and others rejoin classes.

Sylvia Putman Aero Washington Arthur Wingate Bessie Walker Rose Shikany Shasta A” Clase Pied Piper Hamelin George Thomas Ardath Stevens Lester Huntley Everett Wash Elroy McIntyre

Kenmare High School Party and Local Sports Roundup

Student event details include a Kenmare High School party with a paper fight, speeches, groups, and a frappe booth. Basketball results show VII A and VIII B girls defeating VIII A 6–0 and 12–5. Grade spellings favor girls. journalism and drawing plans noted alongside Halloween reminiscences and safety-minded reflections on pranks.

Kenmare Gymnazium

Origin of Halloween A Chronicle of Its Roots and Customs

The article traces Halloween from pagan Germanic and Walpurgis Night origins to its adoption in England and its romantic shift in colonial America. It notes the link to All Saints Day traditions, the gathering of spirits, and the early customs such as bobbing for apples and the rise of masking in parlor celebrations.

Samot Hallowe'en Hallowe’en Ty All Sainte Germany Brocken Hartz Mountains Riis England Robert Burn

Republican Nominee E. Carney Seeks Support for 41st District

Public notice urging voters to support Representative E. Carney, Republican candidate for the 41st district, ahead of the general election on Tuesday November 3, 1914, requesting influence and backing.

E. ©. Carney Forty

November musings on inventions and mood from era notes

The piece reflects on November as the birth month of the gramophone and Italian Grand Opera, notes the oil trust dissolution in 1911, and recalls figures like Carnegie. It blends reminiscence with humorous asides and ends with a brief ad for fabric at low prices from a bankrupt stock sale.

New York Oil Trust Andrew Carntos Carnegie

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