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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
6
A German translated tale set in Berlin follows Annie and her husband Gus as fear, loneliness, and a broken key trigger a night of misfortune. He returns only after 11, while she frets alone, and a series of misunderstandings nearly shatters their marriage before a late reveal leads to reconciliation. Berlin’s American residents number 1,739.
A London Answers overview explains music as a therapeutic aid reducing pain and fear during surgery. It cites Paris dentist M Donier using phonograph sound to mask noise and cut anaesthetic needs, and notes music aiding insomnia since Napoleon era. It also mentions music potentially slowing bleeding by calming patients, predicting phonographs becoming a medical necessity like lancets.
An Irish workman on a railway project refuses to pile dirt at the base of a new pole. A negro man asks for advice and the Irishman jokes that education has done a great deal for the negras. The report notes the accent and humor of the exchange in a Philadelphia Times item.
A revived ancient custom at the market toll letting saw bids accepted as a sand glass emptied, the final bidder being declared purchaser. The practice last appeared in 1889, per the London Mail. The Denmark dikes have withstood storms for over seven centuries.
A playful verse from Farwell Brown invites readers to imagine a child’s Menagerie with transformed animals such as a Noceros beetle a Buffalo bug a Leopard from a lady bug and a Kangaroo jumpers. The poem mixes whimsy with caution urging care in a Congregational setting.
A large osprey nest weighing over 400 pounds was found on Gardiner's island and later moved to the Bronx gardens. The nest, built of sticks and wreckage, held fish nets, shoes, and other debris, with three blackbird nests inside. Locals say empty nests are haunted and trees may die when left vacant.
Abram Simon of St Louis owned Jupiter the dog after a boy named Willie, while tied to a can of rocks, provoked the animal. Judge Sidener dismissed the suit and declared a dog has a right to bite a person who threatens its peace by tying a can to its tail, viewing the act as self defense. The decision, a possible first of its kind, warns boys to stop abusing dogs or face legal consequences.
A lively tale follows Billy a graceful pony and Arthur on a bus ride to fetch butter. Arthur’s first ride ends in comic chaos as Billy bolts through the village scattering butter prints, while neighbors chase the pair and the mother cleans up the mess. Billy remains unrepentant, flaunting his mischief.
A Boston Globe note outlines preparing wood splinters by dissolving alum and salt in water, soaking repeatedly, drying, and mixing with ordinary splinters to perform a fireproofing illusion. The magician then claims an incombustible splinter cannot be set aflame, wowing the audience. Also cited are counts of fish species in American waters north of the Panama Isthmus, totaling 3,262.
A testimonial from Ontario praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for long standing weakness and regarian preachment like symptoms. The writer claims operation avoidance and renewed health after weeks of use and urges other women to write for guidance, noting free advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
The Washington Post describes Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska delivering a rapid, spray-flecked speech in Congress. Senators Ingalls and Spooner sat nearby, one quipping for an umbrella as spray peppered their hands, yet Van Wyck persisted in his impassioned plea.
An odd collage notes the opening of the last large uncultivated tract for settlement in Indian Territory and advertises a book on antedry conditions. The piece interlaces quotes from Uncle Eben and various literary lines with product ads for cough remedies and tonics, including Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets and Dr August Koenig’s Hamburg Brest Tea, dated around 1900.
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