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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
2
A nostalgic verse by Nixon Waterman in the L A W Bulletin recalls a meeting with an elder, describing sunny voices through misty years and a refrain of greeting How be ye Jim It looks ahead to a distant by and by when the West will hear the call and ask the same greeting.
An obituary and funeral tribute recount Martha a longtime enslaved servant to the Shackelford Howard family. Born in Liberty County she served Miss Caroline Shackelford and later Col. C. S. Howard with lifelong devotion. Martha died at Col. Howards home on Richardson Street. a large family attended the Sunday funeral at Westview, honoring a vanished Old South figure and the care given to her by master and kin.
In this London World piece a skeptical view is offered on the era’s health fads. It mocks medical anxieties, ritual cures, and the social cult of liver health and self diagnosis, arguing against excessive self care and public airing of ailments. It calls for restraint and returns to quieter, private illness discourse.
A Westminster Gazette note traces opals from superstition to popularity. It cites Sir Walter Scott’s Anne of Geierstein as shaping fear, then a German dealer who spread Luckless lore to drop prices and profit from royal wedding orders.
A Brooklyn scene notes English Sparrows losing fear of bicycles as speeds rise. Birds now wait near wheels, taking off at last moment, sometimes mere inches away. The New York Sun quotes lively street observations and playful anecdotes from readers about birds and riders.
A New York Journal item explains a photo illusion where a living head appears seated on a plate under a table. The method uses a hole in the cloth and a removed table leaf, with the camera exaggerating size.
In the Geographical Journal, the article argues that Cape Verde to Brazil winds and currents could have driven a Portuguese vessel to the Brazilian coast, suggesting Cabral reached Brazil around 1500 and that maps from 1443 to 1447 indicate earlier Atlantic discoveries. It posits that the discovery may predate Columbus, crediting Prince Henry the Navigator and noting the papal demarcation lines and the Tordesillas treaty as supporting evidence.
Dr. Philip Knapp notes that many nervous diseases originate from bacteria or infectious agents. He links meningitis and brain fever to brain membranes, and cites paralysis after diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid, pneumonia, and influenza as possible post infection outcomes.
A humorous exchange in a Chicago gay shop features a dealer offering a plain defense pistol and a flashy, jeweled eye floorer pistol. The dialogue is playful, with exaggerated marketing for lovers and a stray line about Mabnt Siusi, a mythical mountain described as 8,000 feet high.
A compact collage of humorous exchanges from 19th century papers. Snippets lampoon marriage plans burglary misread cues and stock broker jargon. Light satire frames misunderstandings and social pieties across several periodicals.
A discussion of how prisoners and hospital patients receive contraband such as drugs and weapons through visitors and careful concealment. Warden Van De Carr explains detecting methods are limited to thorough searches, and incidents show poison ingested or hidden in garments, food, or even during visits. The piece notes persistent risks from craving, manipulation, and clever concealment among inmates.
A colorful tale recounts a belief that precious stones have sexes and can breed. A Luxembourg Princess supposedly owned two diamonds of opposite colors indicating male and female, who later produced more stones in her casket. Similar legends appear in other scattered accounts.
Fragment from a Nottingham paper tells of an elderly English craftsman who devoted life to wood carving. After making his own coffin and a richly carved testament case, he was buried in a small funeral drawn by a pony, with one mourner present. Also includes an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Pills.
A fragmentary notice discusses Latdsomely treated views of South Missougery and Olden sui of 3,00 acres in Howell county, promoting fruit raising in the southern belt. It offers free mail information to J. E. Lt Kansas City Mo and mentions travel and excursion plans, with details about fares, tickets, and contacts for further information. It also includes an odd ad for a Parisian waiter girl who can speak French.
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