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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
6
A poem wishing a two weeks old baby boy a life of simple joys and old fashioned pleasures. The speaker hopes the child will find happiness in blue skies, sunlit branches, grapevine swings, bird songs, first love, and the timeless values of boyhood before manhood changes the measure of joy. Attributed to J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post.
Rufus Dent is arrested on a burglary charge amid rumors of forged funds and suspicion in a county money theft. The trial reveals family guardian distrust, Dent’s wounded state, and a surprising confession by the local prosecutor about misplacing the government wallet during a cave spring incident.
A reflective column from the New York Observer discusses how poverty shapes a man’s happiness and status. It contrasts hat crown wear with inner peace and notes a wise man keeps closer track of his favors than his foes.
A dense fog tale from the Texas coast recalls a sergeant who claimed to build a ten foot fog wall for cover, only to lose an arm and die in a firing scenario. The piece cites the Twenty fourth Ohio battery and a Chicago paper noting an artillery unit that never fired a shot in battle.
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a joke about marital dynamics and anticipates future trouble. A wife is teased for already worrying about hay fever she may suffer next summer, illustrating light community humor about domestic life.
A veteran recalls General Walter C Newberry during the Petersburg campaign describe a skirmish where a sharpshooter fired a pancake marked bullet that grazed his head without breaking the skin. The nonfatal wound affected his left side and left him appearing nervous on his feet.
The sliver boatswain's whistle used by John Brown at Harper's Ferry has been found in Washington by Kansas Historical Society officers. The Detroit Free Press notes an effort to place the instrument in the society's museum.
A young officer in white duck trousers walks among visiting ladies near a battleship off Newport. Unaware his trousers are stained, a passerby in a small boat jokes in a rich Irish tone asking if his ducks would be better for a swim.
Miss Muriel Armitage of Detroit speaks as Royal Templars of Temperance organizer about five years of uterine irregularities and hysteria. She reports taking Peruna for six months through fifteen bottles, noting strength and full recovery, urging others to try it for catarrh linked female ailments.
An advertisement extolls Peruna as a permanent cure for pelvic catarrh and related nervous exhaustion in women. It argues catarrh of any organ, if untreated, harms the whole body and urges sufferers to seek Dr. Hartman’s advice at his Columbus sanitarium.
Wederly claims Singleton Is a young Pillabury doctor he treated his wife's mother last month. He says the physician attended her illness and helped her, though the Chicago Daily News notes uncertainty about the outcome and raises questions about the doctor's identity.
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