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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
2
The Williston Graphic presents a community exhibit in Williston, New Mexico, sponsored by Coretaxs and Ovensos. Local residents explore regional history through visuals and archival items displayed at the town venue.
Eyewitness accounts from the New York Central tunnel disaster describe rescue efforts under dangerous collapse. Peter Murphy of New Rochelle endured hours of agony beneath wreckage before release and hospital care, while firefighters weighed risks to save others as poetic reflections honor ununiformed courage in city streets.
A Seattle crowd gathers before Elliott Bay National Bank window to follow daily notices of T Fillmore Ballaine’s changing balance. Figures rise from 3,250.07 to 10,087.62 then dip as the tale unfolds, sparking bets and speculation about the mystery depositor.
A young lawyer named Ballaine arrives in Seattle and, through bold plan and influential friends, forces a banker to back a staged option on tide lands. He buys and sells property to attract cash, lures the Great Northern, and inflates the bank balance to a peak of 51587.62 before Penny capitulates, while the public ponders the mystery of the missing funds.
The house described costs 1100 and sits on a 20 by 32 foot lot with stone piers. It has six rooms across two floors, lemon exterior with white trim, olive green roof shingles, pine interior trim, and red brick exterior siding. Details cover room sizes, stairs, pantry, china closet, plumbing, flooring, plaster, and basement facilities with a 8 by 20 veranda and various fixtures. George A. W. Kintz signs as designer.
A discussion on old nursery customs linking a baby’s first ascent and descent stairs to arboreal origins. It notes the attic ascent, sympathetic magic, and the cradle rocking as echoes of tree dwelling ancestors.
Vast forests in the Philippines cover tens of millions of acres with 600 plus tree species, some reaching 150 feet. They yield gum, rubber, gutta percha, dyes, oils, tanbark, textile substances, medicines, and timber. Coal seams form from plant remains. forests shape climate and life on land and sea.
A survey of schools and teachers across regions cites the London school board needs for millions of exercise and copy books, rapid teacher ages in Kansas, and youthful averages in Logan, Rock, and Shawnee counties. It also covers Iron Side Baptists in Virginia, German stuttering programs, Berlin specialists, Roosevelt’s 1874 church welcome, Athens university traditions, and Yale professor Charles Kent’s stance on hazing with a Joseph narrative example.
A Washington Post traveler notes far less street poverty in Washington than in New York or London. He cites employed poor, lower begging, and helpful police. Citizens donate winter aid. beggars discouraged on streets. work and wages keep many off the streets.
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