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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
6
A verse riff on the prodigal returning home to better days and his mother, the lamp still burning, and the hope of a homestead feast. The narrator jokes that the prodigal has never seen a fatted calf as well fed as the home fare awaiting him.
The column lists neighbors visiting and helping each other, with names such as Crist A. Lee, Signora Dahl, Elsie Atkins, Louis Dahl, Margaret Morrison, and the Trumbo family. It notes travel to Epping and Williston, threshing plans, whooping cough cases, a baby carriage gift, Ladies' Aid gatherings, and Summer church services led by Rev. Oliver D. Smith.
Five people from St Louis were killed when an auto carrying Theodore Witte and relatives was struck by a fast Chicago Rock Island train two and a half miles west of Vigus station Creve Coeur lake road. The car failed to stop at the crossing as view was blocked by embankment and brush. The wreck left bodies along the track with Witte driving, two women and a child in the tonneau. Samuel Mossman and his brother were killed in Bloomington when their auto was hit by an interurban car near Morton.
New York reports Laurent Grosse driver of the Stearns car died from injuries after a 24 hour race at Brighton Beach Motordrome. Mechanician Leonard Cole was instantly killed. Grosse aged 26 from New York had back and spine injuries.
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