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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
2
In a blistering desert scene two men ride a glare-lit sand sea, one American and one Mexican. The American, unarmed and furious, confronts his companion after a tangled crime plot. The Mexican reveals a violent justice motive by leaving a sealed page from a Nevva Testament with a fatal line.
A Philadelphia Record feature recounts Archibald Cary, Virginia senate president and Revolutionary War figure, as the pivotal voice averting a proposed dictatorship in Virginia amid low morale. The episode, tied to Patrick Henry and Col. Syme, illustrates how Cary’s bold stance reportedly defused a dangerous centralization plan and preserved the push for liberty.
The Inte DP de Forrest Douglass of Springfield Massachusetts who originated wooden legs before the Civil War was noted for meticulous dress and a gentle nature. His favorite tale was of a tramp tree a willow sprouting from a staff and later used in his workshop as a source for legs, a tree that he claimed wandered globally.
A Flemish artist creates a tiny painting on a single grain of white corn. The scene shows a miller climbing stairs with one sack of grain, a mill near a terrace, a horse and cart, and peasants along a road. Despite precision, the work requires a microscope to view and measures less than a half inch square.
Prof George Forbes of England proposes a foldable six foot aluminum base range finder with dual field glasses and prisms creating a stereoscopic image. The device aims to measure distance within two percent at up to 3000 yards, usable in kneeling sitting or lying positions behind cover, and tested in South Africa. Also described are a glass hospital in London and Sweden's national school gardens offering practical horticulture instruction.
A simple low cost hydrometer design using a test tube buckshot and cotton to float in dilute sulfuric acid with 1.225 specific gravity. It guides charging state, allows readable graduations, and can be built at home or sourced from a druggist.
A discussion of blood tests and human anti-serum suggesting a close resemblance between human blood and ape blood. Dr A S Grunbaum reports that human anti-serum yields a precipitate with all three ape species, and that gorilla, orang, and chimpanzee antisera react with their own blood and with others, implying a chimpanzee and human connection in blood behavior.
A Cassell's Little Folks poem narrates a small boy who imagines grand pirate adventures at sea and far lands. Though timid in real life, he recounts ships, treasure, planks, and battles with sharks and whales, all born from his vivid dreams.
The article notes St Philip's Church in Charleston serves as a lighthouse. Its 125-foot steeple houses a powerful lantern visible 30 miles at sea guiding ships into Charleston harbor. Sexton T J Riley mans the beacon, climbing nightly despite age. The steeple, famed for architecture, survived Civil War bombardment and the 1886 earthquake. Louisville Courier Journal.
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