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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
2
In a divided desert chase, Dick Carter aids lynchers against Yaquis as a girl escapes on Scotty Farrell's horse toward One Trail ranch. Carter doubles as a combatant and negotiator, ultimately aiding both sides, then reflects on his split loyalties and dangerous rescue.
Dick Carter, riding Scotty Farrells horse without permission, flees toward the foothills to escape a Mexican Yaqui raid and a pursuing lynching party. A frightened girl begs for help after her pony breaks its leg, and Carter chooses to aid her despite the danger.
Virginia charters the Jamestown Ter Centenary Exposs Mon company of prominent citizens to celebrate the Jamestown founding in 1907. The group vows to honor founders and patriots at the site where English laws and institutions began in this country.
Visionary essay argues that a floating city on the ocean could become a stable, salubrious metropolis within a century. It forecasts skimmers replacing ships, breakwaters, artificial air, and ocean derived salt and fuels including liquefied oxygen and hydrogen. The piece also notes vast underwater riches and a shift to sea based industry and energy.
A Times-Democrat report recounts a Louisiana planter’s tale of catalpas surviving being misidentified as poplar. He notes their extraordinary hardiness, transplant resilience, and suitability for railroad ties, suggesting catalpa may replace cypress in ties as railroads plant hundreds of trees in the region.
French police uncovered a mummy factory at Mont rouge near Paris. The fake skeletons are processed in ammonia, wrapped in pitch and resin with spices, then sent to Egypt to be naturalized and returned in a sarcophagus with bogus hieroglyphics.
A Philadelphia Press snippet records a spoken exchange about a woman claiming to know another who will not receive a new baseball bat this summer, reflecting casual sports chatter.
An excerpt extols cheerfulness as a social amulet and shield against misfortune. It argues that a bright spirit attracts friends, eases worry, and shapes perception like a sunny landscape, contrasting it with morbid gloom and urging accommodation to circumstances with humor as a guide.
The writer describes a quilt design titled Star Center Quilt with blue and white blocks and red accents. Suggestions include red blue and white color schemes, a nine patch arrangement, and pillow or cushion covers. The piece invites housewives to try the pretty pattern and offers color ideas and small-cost materials.
The London Chronicle describes a yearly Kabyle marriage fair at Menguelet near the Wady Jemala in Tunis. Damsels sit with woven price rolls while buyers name low or high figures. price depends on family status and kebal. The piece notes Berber women’ s freedom and domestic influence contrasting with European stereotypes.
The article notes a rise in embroidery love with Wise women reviving long-held stitchery into revera collars and adornments. Chinese motifs on Brussels net collars and worn brocade ground patterns reappear in decorative uses while Liberty showcases Chinese embroidered sleeves repurposed as bell-pulls with brass handles. Smyrna embroidery adds red blue and multicolor strips on cream.
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