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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1896
Page
4
The Baker City Democrat recounts tales of Crater Mountain by the Uma tilla Indians and explorers. It describes a deep chimney cave, stalactites, hot sulphur water, and bizarre cavern life revealed during J A Whight’s descent with a camera and notes.
Richard Harding Davis notes Moorish women in Tangiers often wear veils or cloaks that cover faces while peering out through folds. He recalls guiding a friendly youth, Isaac, whose reactions reveal local attitudes and a foot-based, offhand test for girl’s prettiness amid hotel life and tourist observation.
Balance on hand Jan 1 1895 and receipts from State Tuition Fund apportionment and county taxes into special fund. Total year receipts including cash on hand. Expenditures for schoolhouse furniture apparatus and fixtures teacher wages. Cash on hand Dec 31 1895.
A writer in an English paper asks about why leap year gives women the right to propose. A friend investigated and finds a 1958 Scottish statute during Queen Margaret’s reign allowing maidens liberty to speak to suitors with fines if refused. After her death, a later act let women propose every four years, with a later limit set to seven years.
A Biddeford Journal item recalls a deaf Irish worshiper at a cold vestry who joked about strawberry time, briefly wrecking the prayer. The piece segues to a Madagascar Queen bath tale showing public ablutions and a social ritual, then hints at James Payn story mislaid umbrellas in a club hall.
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