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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
2
Molly Terrall cares for Harold as his health fails after a failed hold up. He conceals his role while fearing disgrace, hoping for a better future. A hospital visitor shares a possible mine job that could redeem him, and Molly’s song signals a turning point as Harold contemplates redemption.
The narrative notes extensive dune reclamation efforts from Cape Cod to the West Coast. It cites Massachusetts grass binding, eventual forestry for permanent cover, and experimental tests along the Columbia River to curb windblown sand and protect land and rail lines.
edited excerpt argues for limiting suffrage to literate taxpayers and those without criminal records, warning that mass immigration and illiterate voters threaten liberty. It questions equal voting rights for newcomers unable to read laws or pay taxes and asks if assimilation may reverse in time.
A court stenographer recalls reforming a drunk man by sending him a verbatim monologue he spoke while intoxicated. The piece shifts to a stark account of opium’s global reach, noting rising consumption and Britain's monopoly in India. It cites Bengal and Bahar opium fields and contrasts optimistic claims with weary global concern about addiction.
A summer hunt in the Kenai peninsula yielded what is claimed as the largest moose ever killed, weighing 1,576 pounds with a 714 foot shoulder height and a 16 pound skull. The Baron's group surpassed an English party led to Seldovia by bribe before Alphinstone’s team secured the game, per Field and Stream.
The passage explores the origins of the names tackdaw and magpie in England, noting daw is rarely used except as the proper name for the species Jackdaw. It suggests mag may derive from Margaret or Meg and that mag means chatter. It questions whether the verb to mag is from the name or vice versa, and mentions the term jim crow as an old American recall of England in days when crow and swallow were nicknames.
The piece surveys coin slang from various countries noting terms such as nickel for five cents, red cent, boodle, mag, kite, pony, monkey, quid, bulls, half-bulls, joeys, tanner, and bob. It explains usage contexts from American, English, and sailor speech and hints at varying meanings and rarities.
A Judge notes a playful exchange as a man offers fortune telling to a maiden. She questions readings by stars, he takes her hand, and ten minutes later the speaker's future appears sealed by the moment.
Elizabeth Gould writes of a child’s bedtime chair that becomes many forms a castle bulky horse engine fortress army cradle Sunday school desert palm Bengal tiger and vessel bound for foreign ports the refrain remains a familiar evening sight in the chair left at bedtime
A descriptive account of baleen whales noting baleen plates called whalebone, their function, species such as right and bowhead, the size and oil yield of large whales, and the Arctic hunt that supplies this valuable product. It describes feeding, anatomy, and the vast sizes of the sulphur-bottom whale, with periods of era-specific terminology.
In New Haven a tame game cock sparred with a terrier on the sidewalk. The cock strutted and jabbed with its beak while the dog kept a defensive stance. The bird leaped, landed on the dog, and the terrier retreated as the duel continued with the bird progressively more excited.
The black poodle Beep, companion aboard the Ossipee and the Alliance, lived twenty years in naval service and died in Nagasaki after pining for her master. Her crew held a funeral in the public gardens with a guard of sailors and marines, firing a volley and sounding taps.
A group of seven boys plan a moonlit prank on Widow Brown by sawing splitting and piling wood for her, then gathering shavings from a carpenter shop. The next morning the grateful widow prays God bless the boys, feeling surprised and touched by the kindness.
A shepherd in the African veldt befriended a monkey that he kept with his goats. The animal learned the goats well enough to guard them alone, riding home on a goat when the shepherd stayed away. A separate note reports a reindeer in Finland costing about 7.20 and one traveling 120 miles in a day.
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