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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
2
A humorous verse from the Chicago Record-Herald criticizing idealized heroes. The speaker parodies tall, brave lovers who flirt with danger yet stumble in love when the heroine resists. The poem cautions that fearless heroism often fails in romance and life.
In a first class carriage Rebecca Bruce and Lord Lughton discuss names and fate. He presses her to marry, proposing his own name and asking for a week to decide while mentioning her sister Madge and Todd’s engagement. The dialogue reveals social play and tension as the journey continues.
In a railway carriage a romance unfolds as Rex Todd clings to Becky Bruce amid gossip of engagements to Lughton. A later Ascot arrival reveals the violet keepsake and a pledge to be loyal to Becky by supporting Madge. Marlborough’s plate room holds regal treasures including gifts from Russian tsars and Indian princes. A Marseilles farmer claims milk watering makes melons double in size and win prizes.
The U S Geological Survey reports 1903 natural gas value at 35 815 360 dollars up 16 percent from 1902 with Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia driving 94 percent of the value The year produced 238 769 067 000 cubic feet and heated value equaled 11 938 453 tons of coal About 634 269 persons firms and corporations used gas for light heat and power benefiting no fewer than 4 500 000 individuals The report details state by state output and notes U S share of world production at 99 1 3 percent
A bee colony allegedly embalms a snail or slug intruder by sealing its body with wax inside a hive. The article notes that damp weather can attract the mollusk and that the shell is cemented to the hive bottom, preserving the corpse much as ancient funerary practices did.
A Washington Times report notes Japanese troops collect valuables and mementos from fallen soldiers, bundle them for relatives, then bury the dead and ship belongings. Afterward, hostilities resume, showing that humane acts surface even amid war to move those involved.
The piece details Japan’s piracy of a western novel, its lack of copyright, and the view of Japanese readers. It notes the high sales in Japan, praise for science and poetry, and critical quirks in Japanese journalism and literature, including prison editors and a strong press culture.
Heard From in the Yonkers State-Union notes that Stubbs has invented a new megaphone device. The column playfully mocks the inventor while predicting he will be heard soon.
A St Petersburg report claims the czar gave 100 million dollars from the private treasury to Russia’s war fund, making him the richest on earth. The piece notes vast wealth, royal gifts, charitable endowments, simple living, and compares imperial tastes to common standards. It highlights immense assets, legacies, and the enormous fortune conjectured by diplomats.
Public reflection on the high price of success as fathers neglect family life. Noting failures of prominent men whose sons become worthless. Argues fathers must invest time and effort in rearing honorable and useful men, citing a Philadelphia Ledger quote.
In the Cleveland Leader a child named Georgie complains to Granma that he received a tiny slice of pie. Granma insists she gave a large piece, recalling cutting an enormous portion. Georgie adds that Granma’s glasses magnify things.
A dialogue snippet from the Chicago Record Herald quotes Mr Oldcastle and a hostess discussing the minister’s obscurity. Josish weighs in, noting no excess weight for a new minister tall as him, reflecting light social satire and newspaper gossip tone.
A string of short, incongruent excerpts and jokes from various sources. The montage includes a Sunday misbehavior tale, a rude reception remark, a card bluff about a sea encroachment, and a promotion for Dodd's Kidney Pills claiming cures in early kidney disease stages with personal testimonies from Florissant Missouri. The tone resembles a raw collage of 19th century newspaper miscellany.
Advertisement notes a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding forms. Drugstores refund money if Pazo Omturat fails within six to ten days. The Philadelphia Ledger cites a Russian border remark about population mass emigration if safe passage existed.
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