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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
6
In a midwestern club tale a hard bitten colonel recalls witches in West Virginia and a night ride with a coven. He narrates farm hauntings and a climactic mishap as his calf carries him through a wild escape from a broomstick conclave.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes five hundred killed in the Adirondacks this year and remarks on bravery of soldiers in war. It states sixteen per thousand in the British army are Mohammedans, Hindus or Jews.
Eudora Block recounts finding a crow named Grip as a fledgling rescued from crow nest thieves. The bird learns to talk, delights in pansies, follows to school, and entertains neighbors with mimicry and tricks. Grip dies from poison later, leaving the narrator heartbroken.
In Evanston at 1108 Washington Street Miss Rosalie Hibler shelters a cat and her kitten living with a hen and her nine chicks. The cat often near the coop arouses suspicion of chicken theft, which investigators deny. The cat later enters a chicken nest and bears a kitten, then bonds with the hens by nursing and grooming the chicks, easing the tense mood around the coop.
A Chicago Tribune dramatic dialogue shows Misa Ticklewell declining Mr. Haxwell's marriage proposal. She cites horror at his dark hair and an unfit name Rufus, insisting no nearer tie is possible despite his persistence.
At Royal National Hospital Ventnor a patient found a tiny splintered bone piece in his skin. During a later medical exam a fellow patient produced the fragment wrapped in paper, the doctor noted its chemical nature and handed it to officers for scrutiny. The patient joked about the discovery to onlookers.
A collage of diary like lines includes social chatter about a car for Ethel's parents, a travel ad for trips to Kansas and Oklahoma, quips from various newspapers, a liver disorder cure, race talk, Uncle Eben humor, cough remedies, timeless quotes, and faded product pitches. The readable pieces list travel rates, a postal agent, and miscellaneous quotations.
A Butler Oklahoma resident joins the Star’s big produce chatter with a claim about a black Spanish winter radish. He says it is just starting winter growth with leaves as long as a Missouri fence rail, larger at the top than a Kansas pumpkin, and draining his well of water. Grasshoppers on the leaves are said to weigh about 40 pounds.
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