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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1896
Page
2
A nostalgic poem by T. C. Harbaugh recalls a childhood kitchen blaze that warmed family and friends. The speaker invokes summer and winter memories, voices and faces, and a longing to return to youthful warmth by the old kitchen fire.
Sue Lumley, a plain Lumley Pass girl, hides a fugitive man from a posse in a barn loft, risking her reputation and Bible as she shelters him. The man, Bradley Martin, vows to build a home nearby and marry her, and she agrees after he confesses his innocence, ending with their vow to forget the past.
A collage of humorous quotes from Boston Transcript, Washington Star, Chicago Evening, New York Tribune, New York World, and Kansas City Star mocks brains money science and marriage. Jests touch on monkeys talking X rays nervous wives teachers and injunctions amid light social satire.
A survey of d Arpentigny s seven hand types links palm size and finger shape to character and talents. Elementary hands show sluggish feelings. spatulated, conic, square, knotty, pointed, and mixed hands reflect artistry, logic, imagination, and devotion to beauty, with caution on exaggeration.
The London Chronicle reports vague theories about Louvre vaults beneath the ancient fortress section. Critics debate whether the subterranean corridors lead to oubliettes used by Catherine de Medici or to prisons from the 1820 revolution.
A Detroit Free Press writer recounts a pathetically humorous anecdote about Cumberland farmer Jack Negly. He borrows money to buy beef and apologizes through repeated visits, claiming steady progress yet confessing mounting losses while relocating farms far from home. The tale unfolds as a mild satire of debt and aspiration.
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