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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
2
A Williston Graphic item reflects on time and youth with Towne’s meditation. It contemplates how years press onward, death’s velvet tread, and life’s brief span as humanity gradually returns to God, ending in a quiet tribute to memory.
A bank president faces a moral crisis after discovering a cashier’s ten thousand dollar shortage. He battles duty versus love for a debtor’s wife, concealing his feelings until a child’s innocent warmth moves him. He ultimately helps the bank and remains silent about his sacrifice.
A Chicago Tribune report details a 70 year old man known as Tut who runs a dining house at Michigan and acts as a student banker. He serves meals between six pm and midnight and also lends money or cashes checks without interest or security. Despite owed amounts up to eighty dollars, he records minimal losses, often seeing borrowers fully repay as they leave with newfound honesty.
Lucella, a dressmaker’s daughter, presides over a lively spool classroom with Laura Penelope Martindale as a new pupil. The scene blends busy sewing, colored spools, and a playful, strict teacher’s voice amid family routines and names.
A Chicago Chronicle account describes West Virginia highlanders at Elk and Leatherwood heads. Clarence Gregory’s family of 18 children all tall. Benjamin Hamrick’s clan lists many six foot plus sons with weights up to 226 pounds. Nearby clans Campbell and Lincoln of the Elk River valley feature men over six feet, including Judge Campbell at 6 feet 3 inches and 323 pounds. Andrew Campbell, 6 feet 3, 250 pounds, famed for lifting two anvils.
Grace C. Littlefield writes in Christian Register about a child's guiding motto: do what is right rather than what one wants, shaping character to master fate and find true gladness. The piece stresses choosing duty in play and care, aligning actions with ought-to-do over wish-to-do.
A New York Weekly passage surveys global laughter styles from African savages to Chinese, French, German, Irish, American, English, and Scottish responses. It notes savagery misconceptions, reserved French decorum, native Irish mirth, and American English openness, ending with a muted Scottish reaction.
In England a southerly balloon ascent at a military fete near Alexandra Palace carried Mons. Auguste Gaudron, his nine year old daughter Ena, and 13 year old Master Dudley Barton. They navigated clouds for about 20 minutes and reached 5000 feet before a calm threatened a Thames descent. A light breeze over Greenhithe marsh enabled a safe landing two miles beyond, the party returning home by around 2 am. The feat may crown the youngest free balloon journey by a group. Also noted, Fort Scott Kansas enforces a nine pm ban on plano playing with a first violator fined 16 dollars and costs.
J Hill of Concord G Justice of the Peace testifies the remedy cured disordered kidneys backache and sediment in urine. He reports regularity restored and no backache since the last dose with overall health improved. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo markets the pills at a price per box.
An amusing scene at a city court where a defendant accused of stealing from a crowd attracted by a political display caused chaos. A spectator yelled support for a local figure, the judge warned onlookers, and a prisoner was briefly misidentified before order was restored. The item mixes humor with contemporary political references and unrelated notices.
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