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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
A poem by Arthur Crawford in Brooklyn Life contrasts longing for country mornings with urban comfort. The speaker desires fields, dew, and birdsong yet appreciates city improvements and daily papers, balancing rustic charm with metropolitan modernity.
At New Bedford, Israel and Ichabod Jones build the brig Mary and Susan to outrun British and French enforcers. After a fog bound chase, they meet the 36 gun French frigate L Orient and trade a smashing broadside duel. The French surrender as the Americans claim victory and resume their voyage.
Renowned engraver and animal painter Mr Charles Whymper recalls a dinner at Highgate where a guest’s daughter remarks I think I get prettier every day misheard as I think Highgate prettier every day. Laughter fades as misinterpretation becomes clear.
The sultan of Turkey tested palace water by filling six bottles from a single well and sealing them in his presence. Analysts found four samples contained plague microbes, one was plain water, and the last was pure. Abdul Hamid reacted with calm, offering no commentary.
A mangled excerpt describes an old man stumbling over junk in a hall and a wife urging him not to be disagreeable. The dialogue references harness, ship chandlering, and a football uniform once belonging to Will, amid casual reminiscence and misread phrasing.
A collage of jokes and quips from various publications features humorous exchanges about travel distances, courtship, marriage, fashion, and social manners. The items include playful dialogue on yardage between towns, a clergyman wedding moment, city folks propositions, and light observational gags from multiple newspapers.
A collage of jokes and quips from bygone papers features playful exchanges and wisecracks. Characters include a sage, a fool, and a tempering old man, with punchlines about life, patience, and social mores across urban humor columns.
A collage of early 20th century items covers Mrs. Roosevelt on frugal fashion, Irish land leases, wheat acreage and Dreyfus links, plus New York prosecutions costs, pepper history, census projections, and a Salvation Army anecdote. Medical ads tout St Jacobs Oil for bronchial and rheumatic pains with broad claims.
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