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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
6
A poem by R. Varney from Chicago Standard urges patience under God’s shaping touch to transform common clay into a vessel fit for kingship and heaven. It contrasts vulgar earth with divine craftsmanship and ends with the promise of eternal likeness to Christ.
A deputy sheriff watches a girl who irons as a supposed hiding place for an escaped prisoner. The girl taunts the lawman, hides the real captive, and clever schemes—ending with the deputy’s humiliation and a marriage plan, while the sheriff muses on women’s power.
A compact reading of old jokes and fables shows cultural gaps and ironies. An English traveler learns delay and diplomacy in northern India while locals dodge shortages by saying there are plenty. A thunderstorm quip ends with comic hyperbole and a domestic exchange caps the set.
A New York lawyer recounts riding ahead with his party when his mule balked and a huge snake appeared on a branch over the road. With no rifle, he used a hunting knife as a spur and fled, later returning with companions to search for the constrictor, which vanished into the jungle.
A smooth apple sauce is made from tart apples and sweetened to taste with nutmeg or cinnamon. To each cupful add one beaten egg and one half cup cream. If too thin, heat and thicken with flour or corn starch. Top the pie with thick meringue and bright red apple jelly decorations.
Board of Trade returns 1901 show rail travel in the United Kingdom had no passenger deaths from train accidents despite high traffic. Accidents killed eight railway staff and three non passengers, with 637 injuries. 135 passengers died or were hurt from platform and carriage incidents. Totals include all railway related deaths 1,171 and injuries 6,740. Animals also wandered onto lines with disastrous results.
Oxford and Cambridge maintain age limits for scholarships around 19. Women teachers in Prussia start with 176 dollars yearly, rising to 390 after 31 years. English debates over longer university terms face expense and vacation use objections. German schools report about 1% stutter, with Berlin specialists testing vocal drills and necked treatments. Sunday schools often become churches, as 45 of 114 new churches last year originated from Sunday schools in expanding Northwest settlements.
Athens Banner reports Mrs. B. C. Reese of Athens owns a family relic dress worn at Napoleon and Josephine’s marriage. Her grandmother Mme. Gouvain once held much of Martinique and traded lands to Count D Estang. The Gouvain estate split among many relatives. Reese holds maps and papers detailing the island’s history.
An official Chinese announcement ends sale of mandarin titles after a set date driving a rush to purchase among the wealthy while others liquidate possessions to forward funds to officials. The imperial treasury reportedly neared 8 million dollars, with projections of 10 to 12 million before the title ban expires.
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