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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
2
A group recalls a true fright as Jim, eager for a ghostly encounter, rides into a runaway coach four. The narrator reveals the coach was real and Jim died from the collision, leaving the tall man to depart in sorrow.
A boy, after a spank, seeks solace in Uncle Will in the library. Uncle Will reads about lions and uses a war story from the Philippines to explain hunger and restraint. Bobby expresses love, asking not to bite again, and tears of affection come from Uncle Will.
The article recalls Civil War marching gear and burdens with 45 pound loads, describes long daily marches of 12 to 30 miles, and highlights the Gettysburg campaign where water from women and children eased thirst on the march to Cemetery Hill and the fighting near Round Tops.
A Fifth Avenue churchgoer complains of crowded pews and rude behavior by women, proposing a state board of church commissioners to curb pew hogging. Separately a Yankee inventor showcases a broomless suction carpet cleaner using basement air pump suction from Mansfield Ohio area factories.
On the Elbe banks people gather at dusk to burn May fly swarms on cloths. The dried bodies are harvested next day and sold to bird dealers as food for nightingales robins and other feathered pets. Wings are removed before market to ensure only bodies are sold.
In New Orleans a group of former Confederate soldiers shared tales with Gen. Butler and Rep. Meyer. The exchange centered on Butler’s era and a joke about spoons, leading Meyer to recount a past incident of Confederate soldiers allegedly stealing a stove from his mother’s home during his absence fighting.
In the Civil War near Carlinville Illinois Miss Bettie Palmer then eighteen defied a masked raid seeking the boy Martin. She ordered him to his room and warned intruders she would shoot. The band rode off after a whispered council, and Bettie later wept, earned the title heroine and received a pistol.
Secretary Root sent to the senate military committee a Ludington memorandum on marking confederate graves and locating those who died in federal prisons and hospitals. He cites 30 152 Confederate POWs buried in 89 cemeteries. identifying individual graves is impracticable. total needed funds estimated at 200 000 dollars including headstones at 2 13 and handling costs.
B W Loring, a U S Navy lieutenant who witnessed Lincoln's assassination and helped carry him to the theatre house, has died in Oswego New York. He was among the last survivors who saw Lincoln shot and near Booth's act.
A Middletown Connecticut civilian mourned since 1863 reports George Waterhouse, once believed killed in battle, has returned home after years away.Detroit Press notes the veteran’s reappearance and long absence from Pennsylvenia.
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