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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
2
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt reflects a parent’s farewell as a child leaves for school. The narrative underscores the transition from carefree play to the long road toward honor and responsibility, with a hopeful blessing for the journey ahead.
A theatrical scene unfolds in a drawing room where a poised girl and a discontented fiancé spar over sport and loyalty. The couple debate trust and indulgence as the girl reveals she enjoyed a string of romantic conquests while the man protests fairness and fidelity. The dialogue turns to trust, sport, and eventual reconciliation through a clarifying embrace.
Lucinda Hutchings Robertson carried mails four parts of the time after her husband William Robertson grew ill, then did housework and cared for him until his death. Born 1830 in Clarke County Indiana, she moved to Pleasantville, Iowa, with two daughters and became beloved by locals for forty years of service and nursing the sick. She earns only one hundred dollars a year and owns a modest home worth under five hundred. She reflects on the daily grind and the old wheelbarrow.
An elderly woman argues attractive servants rise to better discipline and cheerfulness. She notes vanity harms service and envisions a future where housework gains dignity and mutual respect, with the maid of honor as a valued household partner.
Ten years after starting in a San Francisco clay class, Chicago girl Kuehne Beveridge rises to fame as King Edward I II commissions a marble bust of his face. Her Paris Salon medals and Rodin mentorship mark her as a leading sculptor, with Chicago grit fueling further triumphs. A quoted Chicago American tribute cites her as a top figure in art worldwide. A separate note mentions a quaint magpie gown with white horizon lace.
In a satirical sketch from the Brooklyn Hie Scout, Elder Thompkins is praised as a proud husband of three wives while pondering in-law tensions. Atya Gladys-Percy Gurgles at a magnate’s daughter party, and Ethel-Ah-boring’s oil hotel outfit features white chiffon poppies with yellow centers. A roses ensemble over white organdie completes the scene as a spectator notes the river’s distant murmur.
A Chicago Inter Ocean account recalls six Illinois and Ohio riders who surprised a Confederate brigade near Reed's Bridge on September 18 1863. Their seizure of 22 prisoners yielded vital intelligence about Bragg and Longstreet, helping trigger the Chickamauga battle as Union forces moved to strike.
Centerville reports a long, vivid reminiscence of Capt. Beckwith delivering Sheridan's Shenandoah report to President Lincoln in 1864. The account recalls Beckwith's Civil War service, Grant’s cipher work, and Lincoln's reception, ending with a note on Centerville’s changing village.
A fragmentary note recalls General Butler’s street entry into New Orleans and the ensuing unrest, alongside a quirky post office tale of a cat in St Paul that killed 123 rats in a month and received a salary increase plus five kittens sent to government service.
A Milwaukee reader shares a testimonial claiming Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of illness and nearly insane health decline. The letter credits dramatic recovery after two bottles and urges women to seek Pinkham's guidance for their ailments.
Germany pays about $1.5 million yearly for Norwegian salt herring while Italy ships 105 thousand tons of marble valued at about £420 thousand. A extinguished candle in an Austrian palace cannot be relighted. In France only 12 percent condemned to death are executed, eggs per person average 108 in France, 85 in England, 48 in Italy. The Jacobson Brewers of Denmark have donated nearly $15 million to science and philanthropy. North German Lloyd ships logged 1,707,000 nautical miles last year, equal to 218 globe circuits.
In Bryant Missouri on October 7 residents discuss Mrs M A Goss long crippled by sciatica. She lay on one side for four months, tried many remedies, then used Dodd's Kidney Pills and claims complete relief with no ache or pain. She says they cured her sciatica and she feels strong again.
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