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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
2
A fragmentary verse questionably moralized poem is presented with a diagram of its meaning. The lines describe a town man who dodges a hole in the street and suffers, while a cyclone scatters workers as a cautionary tale. The piece closes with a folk saying about holding back harsh words.
In a stark Greenland setting Hilda Alrieson and her two children Jan and Ise face peril when Jan discovers a bear near their trap line. The boy protects his sister with a hatchet as they fall into a hidden ice cleft, survive the night, and are rescued by neighbors who soon kill the bear. The incident ends with the bear’s hide sold to a local merchant.
A garbled excerpt presents Spanish proverbs and epigrams from Mexico. Images of travelers, farewells, and misrendered phrases follow, with sayings on risk, wealth, virtue, speech, and prudence. The text notes translation challenges and cultural variety, ending mid-thought about Mexico.
A society woman plans seven conversations in one afternoon, juggling anecdotes from Ethel the fox terrier to the Goddess of Liberty. She dismisses trivial gossip and caps conversation with weather, jokes, and a promise of discretion. The fragment hints at social improvisation and the lure of small talk in a bustling city setting.
The Astor battery veteran who reached New York with an artificial leg is cited by the New York Commercial Advertiser. Civil War losses reached 4,000, recent wars cost 30 in limbs. A major firm lists 70,000 names for artificial limbs, as railroads kill or maim many yearly.
Corporal John Dr. McKnight recounts the Tenth regiment's homecoming in Pittsburgh and Greensburg. He jokes about baldheaded heroes as heat aboard the campaign between Manila and Malolos scorched hair, prompting hats off at the homecoming hush house. The tale underscores humorous reception awaiting veterans.
Pierre Marie Waldeck Rousseau born 1840 led as head of the French government for a time. Debuted in 1819 in the Chamber of Deputies, later Interior Minister, and served in the chamber, senate, or cabinet until 18 percent retirement, later gaining fame as a lawyer. The text suggests speculation about his influence on the presidency.
The article notes advances in artificial limbs with rubber hands and feet and ductile Norway iron components, enabling natural movement. It recalls a schoolmaster buying pork from pupils' families and recounts sunstroke deaths among bareheaded soldiers, plus a poker game conducted by telegraph operators over the wire in a midwestern station.
The Montreal Street Railway boosted wages for all motormen and owners with two years of service, added free uniforms for five-year veterans, and agreed to coverage against accidents up to 1000 dollars. The concessions, made voluntarily by the company, will cost about 95 thousand dollars extra annually.
A collage of humorous quotes from early newspapers and funny exchanges. The fragments feature playful exchanges about future state notions, drinking, marriage, and a small boy under a stern woman, with puns and regional wit from Detroit Cincinnati Philadelphia and Cleveland papers.
In Chicago Chronicle coverage of Mrs. Schley's city visit she recounts her emotions during the Santiago blockade. She recalls heart-stopping fear for her husband and relief on recovery amid admiration for American sailors and western hospitality. She praises the Brooklyn crew and schoolchildren, and hopes for another western visit.
A miscellany of global items: New York’s tall offer building, Exotann coal lasting two centuries, a $250 900 cotton mill for Snmngeronr, Ala, Fraxen’s 500000 places selling wines, and an Anderson spinning mill. Reports speak of wireless telegraphy schools at Lostox, a low death rate in Santiago and a long Swellish mile. European Sundays election, Yale’s HADLEY, aging Sipky Coorkn, and Kipling’s wax museum conjoined with oceanic production and X-ray aims. Also notes on Chinese pigtail origins, glassless sun weed glass substitutes, and English naval or dock news.
Miss N J Lockweant of God Beau Pa writes thanking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from long standing female troubles including kidney issues fainting spells and a tumor in the left side She says after five bottles and two boxes she felt better from the first bottle and the tumors pains have vanished Mrs Pinkham offers free quick replies to women seeking help and provides an address in Lynn Massachusetts.
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