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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
2
Poem excerpt from Chambers' Journal by E Matheson. The speaker notes the violet's subtle beauty hidden in shade and the delight of gathering the flowers despite their modest, unseen place. A meditation on delicate, rare fragrance and quiet presence in nature.
In an ornate Berkshire Country club feud, Tuck Jackson’s faction fields a tiny horseman. Harry Jackson rides Trigger Tail to upset Roswell Tolliver. The pony beats Posthorn on a gilt track, earning Harry a life membership. Tolliver loses by one ballot as the certificate goes up in flames.
The Chicago Record Herald quotes Edward Everett Hole advising new graduates to engage daily with someone they know to be their superior. The piece questions how a recent college man can follow this instruction given his fresh status and limited experience.
A collage of overheard lines and comic exchanges from newspapers, noting evasive remarks about fires and incendiary talk, odd dinner plans with onions, and a student dodging exams. Witty exchanges touch on appearances of scandal, school progress, and urban life with a satirical edge.
The article notes how China’s seven years of global involvement spurred collectors to amass Far Eastern weapons. It describes museum pieces in Philadelphia and dispersed relics in Chinatown shops, showing tools repurposed as offensive weapons and symbolizing Manchu conquest and agricultural origins. It highlights guards and temples displaying such implements.
The Detroit Free Press describes Japanese theaters as inexpensive wood structures with floor seating, revolving stages without drop curtains, and sliding panels. Instruments mix mandolin banjo styles with drums. music is repetitive. Entertainments run long, mostly daytime, and plays are typically tragedies with small admission fees.
Marjorie voices confidence in Madge choosing a brunette over a blonde. She asserts Madge would prefer brunette looks, stating Marjorie’s knowledge on the matter.
A two and a half year old Malden girl, daughter of Nev and Mrs. Sedgwick Martyn, is described as a remarkable athletic prodigy. She stands 34 pounds, lifts, contorts, and holds positions that show extraordinary strength, endurance, and multilingual ability as her father Dr. Martyn documents a strict training regimen and impressive early health.
A hornet on a parlor window was forgotten when Elmer ran to see a parade. He pressed his forehead on the hornet, drew a sharp sting, and fled crying to his mother that he had been hurt.
In Sullivan County a horned owl was observed with a nest containing two owlets and prey including three mice a rabbit a rat an eel a brook sucker and three trout. Lumberman George Dodge described watching an owl fish with a grappling hook like talon on Willowemoe Creek at dusk.
The kinkajou hangs from a tree by its tail in a vivid pose described by The Little Chronicle. Native to tropical Americas, it is a nocturnal arboreal mammal feeding on fruit birds honey and small animals. It is smaller than a cat with a long tail and a versatile tongue. Although rare in menageries, kinkajous are tameable and affectionate and raise interest for importers and dealers seeking a new pet market.
A saying from Ladies' Bozas stresses time as a resource equal to money. It argues that saving short periods of time unlocks educational opportunity and richer lives, warning against prodigal spending of time and urging all to learn the value of efficient living.
A testimonial from Petuna tonic users praises Peruna as the finest aid for convalescence and vitality. Mrs Kate Taylor of Nhtorgo Illinois extols its quick relief after illness. Dr Hartman offers free treatment for female catarrhal diseases this summer via T Wernay Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
A collection of wry maxims and quips from the Chicago Daily News about policing, vanity, heredity, wealth, virtue, genius, and money lending, framed as humorous observations on human nature.
Ashley North Dakota June 2. J 4 Hanson of this place reports cure for dropsy after long suffering with rheumatism of the heart and dropsy. He used seven boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and felt better than in five years. He can work again and would use the pills again if symptoms return.
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