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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
2
The item presents a sentimental verse about a wife described as old fashioned and steadfast. It reflects on domestic sanctuary, warmth, and a life led with simple pleasures, featuring a nostalgic tone and references to home, love, and faithfulness. The poem closes with a hopeful note of reunion beyond life.
In a breezy June morning scene Miss Selina Snowbell contends with her suitor Mr Wireweed who relentlessly pursues marriage. She frets over his deaf persistence yet hints at softening affections as they converse across the garden fence and share barbed humor and hopeful promises, revealing a comic romance on a residential front yard.
Fragments from Francis Parkman's Lake George journey are cited with vivid anecdotes about Patchin the veteran. The unnamed dialogue contrasts old frontier grit with a modern job market moment, recalling a humorous exchange over a $25 000 salary and a young suitor’s stalled proposal.
The Saturday Evening Post explains a mechanical method to create busts or statues. A rotating pedestal fits the subject while a fixed camera captures views from all angles. Photographs are converted into a marble portrait with no clay model. Marble is outlined from the first image and accuracy proved before carving begins.
The Lou ton Express notes a syndicate planning a liquid air company but cites authorities who say commercial use of liquid air is not economically viable. It mentions proposals for explosive applications and liquid air cartridges with mixed results, and references Tesla's alleged use to increase electrical conductivity for long‑distance energy transport.
The piece describes a romance involving Minister Conger's daughter and compares it to photographs being carved in marble using a chisel. It notes the mechanical nature of the process with some artistry required, and remarks on liquid air as a power source being costly and impractical for preservation, once hailed as a future manufactured product but now seen as a scientific curiosity.
A reader notes efforts by the state department of agriculture and local health board to curb bob veal traffic. He questions where it goes, pointing out its use as a substitute for chicken in chicken salad, a practice reportedly seen in high class restaurants per the Sun.
An old medical note explains that water provides essential nourishment during prolonged fasts. Even sterilized water contains enough solids to prevent immediate death, though body weight drops rapidly at first and death follows once a critical percentage is reached.
A discussion on salad chicken pieces highlights risks of minced chicken and veal substitutions in upscale restaurants. It notes a prominent purveyor’s reliability yet reports incidents of bod tea salads with chicken fragments, plus broader topics from dietary fasting dangers to New Jersey suffrage limits and shifts in cotton production from eastern plantations to western territories.
An old writer reflects on a New Orleans Times-Democrat piece about time perception. He discusses brain activity framing wake times and why six a.m. is recalled, proposing unconscious processes and brain cell storage trigger vivid morning pictures and waking, sparked by the last tick of the clock.
A New YorkPress account details a strongman with a long net and pole who boards Ward Line ships at Enat river pier. He snatches bundles, letters, and telegrams from passengers during brisk backings, swiftly slipping items to owners. The net’s novelty, used only by this line, highlights a swift onshore-to-ship delivery method amid tense moments at the gangplank.
A nostalgic sketch contrasts old western tavern life with New England customs, recalling river tavern hosts, stagecoaches, and hearty hospitality, alongside notes on California dead rivers and ancient gold-bearing gravels. It also mentions a Lisbon tournee production of Inez de Castro provoking a street-bystander confrontation in Evora.
A Wallace Chronicle article recalls western taverns and stage travel from forty years ago. It notes travelers met dignified locals, kept to promises, and sought protection at inn doors, while immigration and expansion eroded old customs and signage.
In Toledo, July 30, James White a local grocer was found guilty of selling adulterated Ariosa coffee glazed to conceal defects. The Pure Food Commission led the prosecution with expert testimony from G A Kirchmaier and others about bacteria presence and the glazing process. The verdict marks a national signal as states weigh similar pure food actions against the Arbuckle prompted glaze.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a notice about an American Exposition with Minnesota and Pennsylvania mentions, a 4.50 fare, 1.35 return fare, and a return limit of ten days. It references a city ticket and a figure 2388 Robert, with unclear context and several garbled phrases.
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