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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
3
The Home Circle column urges readers to avoid gossip and harsh judgments by first addressing personal faults. It extols the mother’s central role, ties family harmony to national strength, and stresses home life as the nation’s hope. It laments fathers who neglect home duties and calls for patient, kind parenting to guide children’s development.
The text urges making amends for unspoken thanks and kind words unsaid. It laments avoidable harm from small phrases and notes the past cannot be repaired. It advocates learning from wisdom to begin anew and move forward.
The state engineer's office and the U S Office of Public Roads are collecting detailed road data from North Dakota counties and townships for a nationwide road census. Many forms have been sent. only about one third returned with usable information, and officials are urged to complete and return them promptly.
The October issue features Olive Higgins Prouty’s Fifth Wheel about Ruth Wars breaking from conventions, plus Norman Strong’s Growing Old at Fifty on self transformation. Also in the issue are Youth Leads the Way by Stanley Johnson, Heroes of Wood and Iron by Jerome Travers, and fiction by Foote Sapinsky Curtiss Hampton and Foote among others. The issue includes editorials, departments on Interesting People and the Family’s Money, prize letters on The Jew, and a discussion on Advertising Expense.
Former migratory waterfowl faced a drastic decline over 75 years due to population growth hunting and better transport. Since 1918 federal law, reports from 40 states show waterfowl numbers rising 10 to hundreds of percent, boosting breeding stocks and state revenues. Prairie chickens remain resistant to typical poison, with no confirmed poisonings despite a ten dollar reward for proof.
In a chatty note to Bill, the writer recalls a family fishing trip. They caught three perch, six rock bass, two sunfish, and a pike. Worm bait was dug behind the barn, fishing barefoot near the old mill pond by Smiths dam. They wound worms on hooks like the letter S and enjoyed lunch of hard boiled eggs, jam, sandwiches, and angel cake. They fished till late afternoon and killed a garter snake near Willow Grove.
Weeds along roadsides drift snow onto the road bed hindering passage. Immediate mowing recommended to ease winter access. Also seeking old cotton rags for cleanup to save trouble next winter, aiding the graphic term.
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