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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1899
Page
2
Nixon Waterman recalls a past quiltin bee and a wedding with vivid nostalgia. The piece blends memory, romance, and the atmosphere of a bygone community event, linking youth, courtship, and lasting affection.
Sam Devis recalls Genoa Nevada resident Truthful Jim Haines crossing the Sierra in 1859. The party fights dense snow, torqued mules, and a cunning pack mule trader who explains a new way of travel while threatening legal peril if they slow the mail route.
A Winnemucca convention recollection profiles Hajnes now wealthy from redwood timber in Eureka County and recalls 1889 cattle and sheep trek via a snowbound overland route. The piece blends frontier hardship, tunnel sheep drives, and a humorous sheep-card with a later nautical-adventure synopsis from a San Francisco Examiner extract.
Wounded narrator regains consciousness beside Mr Tym in a hut near the city as Morgan withdraws his forces and fires burn in the outskirts. Pradey is killed by the narrator’s ally, and Morgan plans a night retreat while Phibbert is named captain. The town burns softly, bells ring, and guards tighten around the harbor as the dawn approaches.
A quirky exchange from Wallingford recalls a bishop linked circular asking if officiants present the Gospel and show proper conversation and carriage. The Wallingford churchwarden quips that the preacher does preach the Gospel but fails to keep up carriage.
A group of three shabby performers deceived a fashionable watering place crowd in Germany by posing as physicians, a dancer, and a doctor. An attending physician recognized a former comrade among them, provoking sympathy then laughter. The trio claimed to be Bertini officials seeking funds for a monument to Brahms in Berlin and faced multiple arrests while lodging in dubious rooms.
The Kurdish women are described as enterprising and indefatigable, often riding with men and joining adventures in Kurdistan. A Bulbassi girl reportedly killed a Turk who insulted her and served Fazullah Effendi as his henchman. Brave and thrifty, these women raid routes, while Montenegrin mothers urge courage over beauty. When husbands are away, women care for fields and flocks and still travel on their own.
Island residents and visitors complain of cat and sparrow overrun in Bermuda. A Hamilton legislature debate on a dog tax turns to calls for heavier animal taxes, with Dr T A Outerbridge proposing recasting the bill and adding a cat tax to curb what he calls useless animals harming birds and spreading nuisance.
An eminent medical man argues hair color shifts with emotion and mental strain, noting "bristling" hair as a potential identification factor. He claims visible changes occur after intense mental effort and exercise, warning the day will come when hair coloring aids recognition. Hayt government chairs soldiers, noting comfort and raised expectations.
The U S Receiving Ship Vermont over 50 years old has trained more than 1 000 000 sailors in the Navy and its enduring record parallels the widespread use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters praised for fifty years for cures in malaria fever digestion and kidney issues.
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