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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
3
A five stanza praise of labor and workers, celebrating toil as noble. The poem exhorts crafters to take pride in honest work, promises joy in labor, and envisions a brighter city and world through industrious life.
Lieutenant Lambert contends with a drunken assault case and a tense jail-house visit as Barton Potts and Col. Scroggs figures emerge. Mrs. Walton’s kin weave through guard duties and a secretive night of thorny romance and reported theft as tensions rise in the Walton homestead and camp.
A profile of Leigh Hunt describing his chronic thriftlessness as his sole vice. The piece contrasts his 1808 resolve to avoid money troubles with a 1832 visit from an executioner for 40 shillings, illustrating the burden his debt placed on his wife and family.
An Irish drunkard faces a magistrate in a humorous exchange over payment and seating. The prisoner balks at costs while insisting he paid for all his shrinks as the judge orders seven days of hard labor and two shillings in costs.
A Berlin comic paper jokes about Prof. Dusel of Bonn who forgets his wedding anniversary. He asks his wife what the bouquet means and promises to reciprocate next time when foars comes round, illustrating absent mindedness with humor.
Defense counsel claims the defendant is a kleptomaniac and offers deeds to $100,000 in unencumbered real estate and $100,000 in cut‑edge securities as evidence. The court record ends as the jury returns a verdict of sequiimat.
A Chicago Times-Herald excerpt describes a pair of sisters who have grown apart by distance and time. One laments the pull of family ties while noting how reunion would reveal altered appearances and characters. The piece argues for maintaining connections or accepting separation. It also advertises Great Northern Railway excursions to the Northwest with discounted round trips from St Paul to northern states.
In the Divorce Court a witness recalls a two year old exchange when the minister asked for consent to marriage and the response I will was given. The dialogue centers on a misunderstood commitment and the ensuing trouble in the court proceeding.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as curing painful feet and corns, relieving sweating and heat, and making tight shoes feel easy. It urges trial packages from druggists and shoe stores. The text includes clippings and humorous quotes about social remarks and laziness.
The Baltimore and Ohio announces Train 95 a fast freight service to the west via Continental Line and Central States Dispatch. It originates in Baltimore and serves Dust Point with rapid routing to cities including Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Detroit Duluth Indianapolis Kansas City Memphis Louisville Milwaukee Minneapolis Peoria Pittsburgh St Louis St Paul Sandusky San Francisco Toledo and more. The department aims to make Train 97 a similar success on the New York to Chicago St Louis run in 60 hours.
An old advertisement extols Winchester repeating rifles and ammunition as superior and affordable. It notes New Haven Connecticut manufacture and invites readers to request a free illustrated catalogue. The text also includes a humorous exchange about board and a farmer and city man the basso profundo joke.
Dormant liver warned to act or suffer tortures from bilious attack. Constipation headaches dyspepsia furred tongue sour breath right side pain alert to neglect. Advertisement notes cure claims and quips from various period publications with humorous anecdotes and product mentions.
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