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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
2
In a comic twist a father and a colonel confess they will marry, prompting Tom and Nell to reveal their own plans and the two couples agree to a double wedding at home. The Reverend Felix Morrison pretends seriousness as chaos unfolds with family and friends reacting in humorous disbelief.
Faint-hearted Nell and Tom dare plan a secret confession across a garden fence as Nell fears her mother's anger and Tom contemplates speaking to Colonel Crane about their romance. Nell hides the truth from Mrs. Grayson, who shuts the desk and orders quiet room confinement, while Tom is confronted by the colonel’s stern resolve to shield his family from the romance.
In a humorous tale from Harper's Magazine a Sunday school girl Elsie, eager for a Christian Endeavor event, asks how to spell devil while writing a letter to her cousin. Her aunt tries to correct her but Elsie insists she is describing a Christian and devil convention.
In a Washington Post anecdote a child studies a fairy tale illustration and asks if the pictured figures are angels or insects. The narrator notes the child’s curious question reveals modern childhood’s provocative naivete and curiosity.
The Scots American notes fading practices where grooms gave a Dow Purse on the wedding night, with Cumberland men keeping gold and crown pieces. After the ceremony the groom paid the clergyman, then poured remaining money into a handkerchief held by the bride. In some regions the bride later asked for money or property and the husband was honor bound to comply.
An artist questions a politician about a rigid stance. The ambitious figure admits weariness but insists on the pose defining his public image for Postecity. The exchange highlights political theater and self-branding in urban discourse.
A hunter brings home a cub bear for his four year old son hoping for a tame pet. The bear grows quickly and rough in play until a hired man saves the boy from being hugged to death. The tale ends with a warning on wild animals as pets.
In West Chester Pennsylvania residents will know Matt a four year old cocker spaniel owned by Mr J B Fisher. Matt is described as very desirable to know yet carries a sharp canine sagacity and a joking reference to Matt Quay.
A Detroit Free Press item describes Matt the dog enjoying children’s sports by riding bicycles and ponies with boys, then joining sled fun in winter. An Italian field report notes an infant abducted by an eagle near Trieste, found in an eagle nest with remains.
A People’s Home Journal description of an indoor game using a butterfly cutout. Players balance the butterfly on a tablet and stroke its wing to make it fly, scoring points as they catch it on the tablet. The game trains grace and steadiness and is suitable for children and the immobile alike.
A narrator recalls a dramatic encounter on a hillside where a mother rabbit and her young battle a yellow cat. Molly the rabbit leaps and delivers powerful kicks, the cat dampened and fleeing after a fierce exchange. The scene ends with the cat running as the old rabbit seems likely to prevail.
On the New Jersey side of the North river a parish of New York suburbanites owns a small church property. A woman asked the minister to slit the roof for offerings and a child kept two of five pennies, saying three cents were enough for such a small church. A stray line about a Russian rite follows.
A Detroit Free Press column describes San Francisco’s Mon War Sher crematorium where Chinese writings are burned as sacred. It recounts how waste paper is collected and incinerated, the ritual reverence, and the hidden dangers of private messages entering the sacred furnace.
The Wallawalla fleet watched Capt. Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition approach in a canoe. He greeted them with a handshake and kind words, then lit his pipe with sunlight. The Indians, terrified by the white man and the first sight of his weapons, believed birds and thunder signaled his arrival until two chiefs intervened.
The source lists volcano counts by region: 2 in North America, 25 in Central America, and 37 in South America, noting many occur on islands. The fragment cites the Journal and includes stilted spellings such as npon and ieo graphieni.
Dialogue excerpt shows Ethel and Puck debating a character named Gladys Yeo. The banter suggests a theatrical or literary scene with emphasis on faults and virtues.
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