Harvest Scenes And Community News From Local Granary
The letter notes threshing sounds around the area as harvest winds down. Mentions gatherings at P G Head and visits by Rosco Seaman, Anna Guthrie, Mrs H C Blankenship, Mrs Roy Ashwill, Mrs Chester Logan, and others. Florence Baynes and Luella Baynes head to Minnesota to teach after visiting relatives. Fletcher brothers finished a granary. Mrs Mansel cooks on a cook car. a Saturday dance occurred in Ed Davis’ granary. Who heard what happened Charlie.
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Ed Davis
Charlie
Threshing Rate Talks Rally Farmers at Ang ie
Rainbow Valley reports a farmers meeting held last Saturday in Ang ie to discuss threshing rates. Some threshers propose price increases, affecting farmers. Mrs. Ireland and Mrs. Jagrakm visited Mrs. Harter. Mrs. Kelley of Ray visits Mrs. Parker. Um Ireland will fetch his threshing rig this week. Little Sammy Ingrahm stays with grandmother Mrs. Harter. Claud Butterfield went to Williston to prove on his quarter section, with Mr. Smile and Mr. Woods as witnesses. Crops look good and threshing season approaches with a hopeful mood.
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Angie
Ireland
Jagrakm
Harter
Kelley
Ray
R. Parker
Sammy Ingrahm
Claud Butterfield
Williston
Mr. Smile
Woods
Valley News Sketches Of Local Life In The Past Era
Sunday visits unfold in the valley with Mrs. Goody calling on friends. G H McKay on the sick list. John Mekan returns from Canada and John Hardsock injures an arm. John Landers breaks an arm wrestling. Rev Halfpenny preaches at Hoffland church. White City boat ferries a threshing rig across the river. W E Loughland sick. Threshing starts with wheat yields from 21 to 29 bushels per acre, straw 45 to 61 bushels. Hunters arrive by automobile in multiple loads Saturday and Sunday.
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Mrs. Goody
G. H. McKay
Hoffland
White City
W. E. Loughland
Local social notes from Wil linton and surrounding areas
Mr and Mrs A J Field visited Richard Vance and Dr Mc Niven on the South Side. Corbett and Brownson of Williston called Friday. Katheryn Diggins visited Frances Hyde in Stroud. Florence McIntosh spent Sunday near Rothville aiding harvest. D W Vader sick with measles. Harriet Dithmer returned to Chicago after two weeks here. E Collins bought a new engine and separator. Two separators arrived at McKenzie county via Palmer Ferry. C B Visine and Lily visited B Murphy home. Rev Toss led services at Poe and Stroud schools. Sunday school organized at Stroud with Frances Hyde as superintendent.
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South Side
A. J. Field
Willinton
Richard Vance
Mc Niven
Messrs Corbett and Brownson
Williston
Katheryn Diggins
Frances Hyde
Stroud
Florence McIntosh
Rothville
McIntosh
D. W. Vader
Harriet Dithmer
Chicago
Illinois
E. Collins
McKenzie County
Palmer Ferry
Visine
Lily
B. Murphy
Local Notes On Visits and Farm Projects In Pherrin
Mose Hawblitzel left for Walkerton Indiana to visit his brother after six months of poor health. Bernhard Larson held a dance in his new house. He moved the Pease house to his farm. Ray Brown builds a new barn. Harry and Mrs Brokaw visited John Wagenman and Mrs Welsh of Grafton North Dakota. Welsh toured crops and returned from Spokane Washington. Elsie Vincent and Mrs B F Alexander started school at Spring Hill and Palmer schools. Pleasant Hill school delayed to September 16 for repairs with Mr Barkhurat to wield the rod.
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Mose Hawblitzel
Walkerton
Indiana
Berhard Larson
Mr. Larson
Mr. Welsh
Grafton
N. D
Pherrin
Larkin Hart
Welsh
North Dakota
Spokane
Washington
Elsie Vincent
Spring Hill
F. Alexander
Palmer School
Pleasant Hill
Barkhurat
Spring Coulee Community Notes and Visits
Mrs A Hyatt visited Mrs J M Fine at the U S R S power house on Monday. Mr and Mrs Fine will soon leave for Fort Shaw Montana. The I League meets Friday with a literary program. F B Hyatt visited the City of Opportunity Saturday. Rev F S Hollett preaches next Sunday at 2. Miss Nora Bernan teaches here and more children may attend. An Aid Society meets September 19 at Mrs John Molinea. Several locals visit Williston and Tama, Tama ra travel noted.
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A. Hyatt
J. M. Fine
U. S. R. S. Power House
Spring Coulee
Nora Bernan
F S. Hollett
Aid Society
John Moline
Taken Up At My Place West of Fleain August 27 Black Colt
Taken up at a farm location four miles west following Fleain on August 27 a black yearling and a black colt with similar markings. Marcus Brand resembles Laver V and is connected to the description. Owner may claim by proving property and paying expenses. A Lars Soaires N D 10-31. Figure with us for farm loans. Carney Co.
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My Place
Marcus Brand
Laver
A. Lars
Soaires
Williams County Proceedings Open Bid and Townships 1912
The Williams County Board meeting on September 3 1912 opens bids for road grading Sun projects approves bids or rejects and re ad vertises orders to organize Riverside Township and to hold a first township meeting on September 21 1912. A coal bid for Court House Jail and County Poor is authorized with bond and return date October 8 1912. County officers are assigned duties and the board adjourns to October 7 1912.
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Gerald Miles
Frank Banks
Hugh Payton
P. A. Hagge
W. Payton
Miles
C. D. Smith
County Surveyor’s Office
Township 159
Township 157
Hagge
Payton
Banks
Thornton
Board of County Commissioners
Williams County
North Dakota
Riverside
H J. Sutton
State OF
Charles J. Johnson
Wm. Raymon
Williams
Riverside Township
Williama
M. Howe
Williston
N. D
W. P. Thornton
Tyrone Township
A Mother's Pies and a Call to Vote for Prohibition
The piece urges voters and officials to shield boys from alcohol and tobacco, describing temptations from saloons and vice. It cites parental and civic responsibility and ends with the Greek myth of Achilles to emphasize a hidden vulnerability.
The Ballot as the Weakness of a City’s Enemies
A modern call to action against a persistent foe of church home and government. It warns that the foe seems invincible but has a single vulnerability: the ballot. The piece urges readers to remember a boy when voting next November and to exercise their civic duty.
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Archilles
Socialist column outlines a classless industrial state
The piece argues the Socialist Party as the working class right arm, aiming to seize political power legally to control industry for all who work. It envisions a self-managed economy with joint ownership of mills mines and railways, ending class rule and war, and rejecting bloodshed for national interests.
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The
Socialist Party
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P .G
Head
Clarence Rensberger
Carl Ashwill
Anna Mengel
Bertha Olson
Rosco Seaman
Elmer Cloud
Anna Guthrie
H. C. Blankenship
Missouri Ridge
Grandmother Cobb
Snook
Mesdames Young and Musick
Roy Ashwill
Misa Florence
Luella Baynes
Minnesota
Chris Cook
Vern McMurrin
Mankato
Minn
Fletcher Brothers
Mrs. Lunceford
Henry Harrison
Frank Fletcher
Sophie Peterson
St. Paul
Will
Mrs. Mansel of
Robert Goar
Rainbow Valley
Nelson
John Mekan
Canada
John. Hardsock
John Landers
Rev. Halfpenny
Toss
Poe and Stroud
Mr. Ray Brown
Harry Brokaw
John Wagenman
I. League
F. B. Hyatt
City of Opportunity
Chas, Allred
Tama
Mr. Allred
Miss Mary Lucas
John Addyman
Iowa
H. Clay
Morrice
Michigan
Arthur Clay
Graphic
C, Carney & Co
M. H. Agen
M H. Auen
Seal County
Itor
Aye
Naye
First Township
Fily
Commaialiaee Banka
Tages
Lollon
Hugh H Paviangton
P. Thornton
Bell Call
Page
M. H. Allen
Mother Heart
Achilles
Styx
Socialist Column
Earth
Bescue
Roestedton Ares Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Paetal
New York
Jewell
Anderson Hardware Company
East Broadway
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