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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
3
Anecdotal piece from Kansas City Star detailing railway maintenance woes. A section foreman and a Jacksnipe crew face harsh weather, equipment shortages, and poor management. Critics blame college-educated executives for cuts that increase wrecks and costs and highlight nepotism among roadmasters and superintendents.
Canton Ohio native William K Day accepted an appointment to the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Justice Shiras. A noted figure since the Spanish American War era, Day has served as assistant secretary of state, peace commissioner at Paris, and United States circuit judge in Ohio.
The president appoints Richmond Pearson of Asheville North Carolina present U S consul at Genoa as minister to Persia. A Princeton graduate and lawyer Pearson formerly served as consul in Belgium and spent time in the North Carolina legislature He helped organize the fusion party of 1894 and was twice elected to Congress He is uncle to Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson and was part of a cable chess match with British MPs in 1897, ending in a draw.
A provocative editorial suggests excess weight is a social and medical issue. It argues Americans may adopt balanced physiques if they heed proper principles and public health advice.
U S government figures Dr Harvey Wiley envisions a national anti obesity program using scientific diet control for humans following work on animals. The story details Lilliputian the seven year old seven pound dwarf pony and its dramatic escape from a lion at a Los Angeles exhibit before becoming a family pet at A J Morrison’s home.
A 55 year old groom and a bride a year younger wed after over 30 years of courting. Ill health in both families kept them apart until this Saturday ceremony at Leeda Wesleyan chapel. An enthusiastic crowd sent them off with confetti and cheers.
William Joel Stone born May 7 1848 in Madison county Kentucky. He served as Vernon county prosecuting attorney 1873 74 elector on the Tilden Hendricks ticket 1876 and represented Missouri in the Forty ninth Fifty and Fifty first Congresses. Elected governor in November 1893 and reorganized the state central committee into a free silver majority, becoming national committeeman for Missouri.
Owen McCarthy of Oceanic Newfoundland died after years of keeping his pledge to never leave his house if political foes won the 1872 race. He refused to flee during a near fire years earlier, a test he failed to survive. Women as Gate Keepers In France railroads employ 15319 women at crossings with free housing and small garden plots despite meager pay.
Do Not Marry In Haste notes caution in choosing a spouse with advice referencing Swedish towns. It discusses age norms with males around 30 and females around 27, highlighting cultural expectations in late 19th century contexts.
The piece portrays William J. Bryan as wealthy from Commoner profits and lecture tours. It details his Lincoln area assets, including a $25,000 Fairview home project with $15,000 in outbuildings, private tutors for younger children, and luxury furnishings.
Census returns list 6 354 children under sixteen employed in making shirts for men in the United States. More than 3 000 work in factories 1 145 in making women s skirts and similar garments Nearly 8 000 in stocking factories and over 0 000 in miscellaneous employments connected with ready-made attire.
Four million dollars is the annual sum left in Paris by visiting Americans, per a Petit Parisien writer. Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes spends about $20,000 yearly on gowns in Paris. Mrs. Mackay orders $10,000 to $15,000 at a time. Among male customers, the best are Morgan, Carnegie, Schwab and Vanderbilt.
Florence E. Maybrick and Baroness von Roques risk losing 2 552 003 acres in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia valued at about 500 000 unless Maybrick is released from an English prison to participate in a Virginia chancery suit. They allege their U S attorney Armstrong forged deeds for full holdings while Maybrick was jailed and the baroness was distressed. The West Virginia attorney general seeks to strip the titles in coal lands with hearings in Cable County Circuit Court. Ambassadors Choate may press for release to protect property rights and a foreign testimony precedent is cited.
Lee De Forest forecasts an assured 18 month wireless link from the Philippines to the United States and a three month Cuba connection using a simpler system. Tests were made between Annapolis and the Washington navy yard and the government has bought the instruments, signaling faith in the system beyond military use.
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