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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
William A. Howard sixth territorial governor of Dakota succeeded Pennington in 1878. Native of Vermont born 1812 and former Detroit postmaster who served in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses. He died early in 1880 after a long public life of service and reform.
The piece argues the upper Missouri, from Sioux City to the Rocky Mountain foothills, is a vital commercial artery shaping trade and civilization. It credits St. Louis as the fur trade hub and predicts the Missouri valley will dominate future waterborne commerce, with a deep-water canal linking the Lakes and Mississippi altering regional advantages.
Buford in line for a first class 30 horse gasoline ferry to run at the mouth of the Yellowstone river. Jacob Kluth of Expansion North Dakota arranged to bring his gasoline boat here. The boat will arrive by next Thursday evening and operate immediately carrying 7 to 9 loaded vehicles and passengers per trip. Kluth has twenty years’ experience on the lower Missouri and guarantees satisfactory service.
The Lutheran Synod will conduct worship in the court house on the first and third Sundays each month at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school meets every Sunday at 10 a.m. except the second and fourth Sundays when it starts at 2:30 p.m. Pastor M. L. Haley resides at 709 Marmon Ave. Phone 223 blue.
Advertisement states IT has used Dr King's New Life Pills for years with growing satisfaction. They claim to remove kinks from stomach liver and bowels without fuss. N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont endorses the product. Guaranteed satisfaction at Brownell's Drug store for 26 cents.
The Williston Special School District Board invites bids for lignite coal to be delivered to the school house in Williston for the 1908 09 term. Bids must state wet or dry mine source and be filed by September 7 1908 with a $50 certified check. The district may reject any bid. E R Brownson Clerk. Also two lots with 6 room house and outbuildings offered for sale at Marmon Ave 705.
J C Goodwin of Reidsville NC says Bucklen's Arnica Salve knocked out a bad ulcer in a few rounds and left no scar. Guaranteed for piles sores burns etc. 5 cents at Browell's Drug store.
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