23 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
1
Oregonian recounts a traveler’s comic mishap on first New York visit. A suitcase is snatched by a cabman and later recovered after a chase, with the traveler noting the line of checks and his cautious resolve before reaching the Waldorf Astoria.
The anecdote recalls Ambassadors Choate and a young lawyer who teased him at the Lawyers' club. Choate quips that the luncheon is in Choate, and the pompous flatterer departs with a rueful grin, exposing his ignorance.
Fragmentary verse laments toil and death in pursuit of gold and social status. It questions love’s worth and the futility of life, noting souls traded for pay, the dream of cash, and the inevitability of dying as others chase prosperity. The speaker urges effort yet acknowledges limits.
Richmond reader Mary Coles Carrington quotes a remark from Aunt Dilsey about Tom Billups. The mammy notes he ran off to a Lewis imposition and has not sent word, except a summer picture card, leading to the belief he may have been catnipped.
Commander Brownson recalls a German recruit in naval service who during his watch, while calling the hours, cried seven bells and all is well. The line amused listeners as he altered it to fight bells and all is not well and admitted dropping his bat overboard.
A digest of notices and brief reports: hospital plans at Wales, revival at Devils Lake, a new horse market at Devils Lake, irrigation interest in Kidder County, closure of Amenia flax mill, heat complaints at Bowbells, racing enthusiasm at Esmond, and several infrastructure and governance plans across Cooperstown, Goodrich, Bowbells, and beyond. Also mentions bonds, elections, smallpox quarantines, and notable local deaths and legal notes.
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