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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
2
A verse urging industrous independence and self-respect over money. It condemns selling principles for cash and warns that wealth without virtue brings misery and remorse. The poem, signed 1. Edgar Jones, reflects old Northern Plains values and masculine pride.
Aunt Roey hosts breakfast for Althea and Wilfred Brayton in northern Michigan. They share music, love, and a hidden trial as Wilfred’s late brother’s daughter enters their thoughts and life. The tale blends youthful happiness with a forthcoming responsibility.
Dora urges to stay with Wilfred and Althea as a feeble child unsettles the wedding plans, while Aunt Roey mediates and Gladly accepts guardianship for a year. Dora begs to remain, swayed by the moonlit path and a bond with Aunt Roey.
A Chicago Tribune piece recalls Sir Henry Howorth’s playful wit at a Dorsetarchaeological dig and General Andrew Jackson’s chivalry toward a sick woman on a Nashville to Lexington journey. The anecdotes juxtapose eccentric humor with gallant conduct.
In a trimmed exchange Miss Pinkie jokes there is no harm in engagement to both Charley and another suitor, noting neither man can afford marriage. The quip appears in the Stray Stories collection.
The dialogue recalls Mrs Potts asked about last night while Jack Potts deflects by mentioning his ill uncle. The exchange hints at family strain and a pointed, cryptic inquiry typical of Harlow Life.
The jail’s new butler Sam Shapiro arrives daily around 4 30 p m with four large baskets and a neck laden three baskets of wares, selling tobacco bread cakes apples candy writing tablets and pencils to prisoners. The long serving predecessor Pete Moran left for health reasons and Virginia. Shapiro is noted for sharp pecuniary instincts and strong merchandising.
Captain Liddle and crew of the steamship King Bledayn report a colossal waterspout seen near the Campeche bank in the Gulf of Mexico on the morning of September 16. The column rose to about 60 to 70 feet, spanning roughly 100 feet square, resembling steam as it whirled aloft near latitude 29.14 and longitude 87.07.
Shapiro, suspected of a small-time operation, visits the cells daily with baskets that fill and empty quickly. He hints Moran profited greatly before, claiming profits once reached 3000 in town funds plus bank deposits, while noting current earnings are smaller and less defined. Captain Liddle describes a volcanic looking plume near the King Cleddyn as it sailed, with water foaming and rising in a steam column before calming.
A crowd of United States surveyors and allotting agents, working in the Comanche reservation, were startled by a loud Indian yell as they conducted surveying and allotment activities. The incident highlighted tensions during the land survey process.
A compact note on Chinese doors notes that many are round or semicircular and placed to avoid opposing entrances to block evil spirits from entering. Doorways between garden courts are described as elaborate in design.
The Argo nat notes settlers and Indians clashed over land division with surveyors fleeing toward the Texas line. Cavalry protection was sent from Fort Sill. The incident appears to be a prank by cowboys. Also mentions Lake Erie fisheries employment and capital, and a Chinese architectural superstition about the number nine.
A clergyman asks James T if he takes the bride to be wife with obedience. The groom confesses a mix up, the minister replies with a prudent old‑married man’s advice while the bride remains softly decorous. The cartoonish scene unfolds amid other brief items and jokes.
Mrs Hartley of 221 West Congress Street Chicago Illinois suffered indigestion exhaustion womb displacements fainting dizziness headaches and backache that unsettled her nerves. She was cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and her portrait is published as a warning and conviction about the remedy's efficacy for suffering women.
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