Oddities and notes from the era on crime flights and fur traders
The Williston Graphic surveys a mix of international curiosities and domestic notes. It reports on Japanese preservation methods for salmon, immigration statistics, a court case where a kitchen worker was dismissed for smoking, and the high cost of modern armaments. Also covered are a Chinese decree banning bow and arrow, a fox and sheep motif on courthouse statues, a San Francisco bone graft operation, a two headed adder in Danbury, grain receipts at Atlantic ports, esplanade and boulevard origins, a cat ranch on Puget Sound, a tiny pony in Illinois, Alaska furs in Seattle, and delays in national road funding with optimism for future nationwide roads.
Lady Holland's Debt Forces Secret Marriage Reveal
Anstey Cheshurst’s flirtation with Cissy Blackwood provokes Lady Holland’s fury over debt and appearances. In a hidden wedding revelation, Cissy asserts she is now Lady Holland’s daughter-in-law after a private ceremony at St Andrew’s, as debts and social pressure collide in Moseley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cissy
Holland
Anstey
Cheshu
Shotgun Smith of Arizona Battle Tale Recalls Apache Fights
William A. Smith known as Shotgun Smith, a Civil War veteran now resting at Santa Monica, recounts a 1870 defense at a Tucson area stockade near Pontano Station. He and Scott Young repelled Apache ambushes using Henry rifles and shotguns, with Young killed and Smith narrowly surviving until relief wagon arrival.
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Arizona
United States
John
Judge) Miller
Southern Overland Mall
Clenega
Tucson
Pontano Station
Southern Pacific Railroad
Miller
Scott Young
Young
Bob
Scott
Redskins
Doubtlesa
Melogure
Warning Shot During Petersburg Siege Reveals Odd Truce Tale
A Civil War anecdote from Mr. Ripley’s Story of Company F describes temporary truces for food during the Petersburg siege. A Confederate soldier delays, blows his coffee, drawing a sharpshooter’s bullet that shatters his cup, provoking laughter from both sides as he dives for cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Petersburg
Ander
Paralysis Cured by Pink Pills Says Amesbury Man
Mr. Kenney of Amesbury Massachusetts recounts a paralysis that threatened his life and work. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People he says seven boxes restored his health and he has worked steadily for four years at Merrimac Hat Company. The medicine is sold by druggists or direct from Dr Williams Medicine Company in Schenectady New York.
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Alaska
Nulato
Yukon
Garerett Busch
Seattle
Mr. Busch
Wiliams
Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Dr. Williama
Merrimac Hat Company
Anubis Street
Amesbury
Mass
All
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Fragmented Readings From a Fragmented Era
A collage of bizarre statements including ostrich value, meteorite diamonds, nightly death patterns, public cremations in Italy, and oddly phrased trivia. Notes claim a ten foot silk net by a Sri Lankan spider and a wealth claim on South African mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ceylon
France
Breezy Sits and the Trial of Married Life
A witty reflection on marriage and the best man myth, noting that many women fear emergencies that never arise and that home machinery for managing talk and tasks can cost more than expected. The piece weighs social expectations and the humor in domestic life.
A Falling Out in the Hammock Question
In a brief exchange from the New York Times a man asks about a girl he made love to in the hammock. The other man replies they fell out, revealing a personal rift without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Lester
N. Y
Postum Restores Health in Nervous Heart Case
A patient reports leaving old coffee after a doctor warned of breakdown. Postum eased nervousness and heart trouble, built steady strength, and let him work all day without fatigue. He recommends it for all his children as well. The Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. promotes its slogan There’s a reason. Read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Wellville
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the Williston Graphic
Covenant
Williston
N. Dae
Sakhalins
California
Pekin
Delmerhorst
Germany
San Francisco
Danbury
William Bigham
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Tacoma
West
Old Maid's Paradise
Puget Sound
Holbe Torlgen
D. W. Kern
Kansas City
Springfield
Mr. Kern
Congress
Hasinay Wise
Seamatresa
Blackwood
Moseley
Holland Court
Lady Holland
Trousseau
Ingots
Mall
Cissy Blackwood
Mr. Anstey
Crasy
Ciszy
Mina Ingots
Anstey Cheshurst
Thia
Miss Blackwood
Anstry Ches. Hurst
Smith
William A. Smith
Santa Monies
Cochise
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
Peraviasion
Lezynesky
Johnny
Tam
Carters Iver Pills
Eadaghe
Breezy
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