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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
2
A lyrical piece from The Williston Graphic features Dave Reed Goodale's verse about a brook in the mountains. The narrator imagines living as the brook bird, praising the mossy haunts and forest beauty while contrasting nature with human ambitions and clashing seasons.
Private John White deserts Fort Concho and begins a long trek across barren plains toward distant mountains. Pursued by search parties east, north and west, he faces thirst and isolation as he fights to outrun capture in a treeless, waterless landscape where only crickets and lizards endure.
The lone deserter collapses under a scorching sun and seeks sleep despite pain from cactus, alkali, and thirst. As night falls, a cricket’s eerie calls offer company but foretell danger with an Apache knife poised. The cricket voices echoes of death while the sleeper dreams of water and safety.
The excerpt describes archaic corpse testing by exposing a body to flame to see if it swells with water, indicating life not yet extinct. It notes bleeding from an embalming syringe cut signals life, and cites beginning decomposition as the only certain sign of death.
The Chicago Chronicle reports a proposal to increase the number of studies in city schools. The piece invokes Josh Billings to suggest that more knowledge may not always be better, quoting a line about knowing many things that are not so.
Picturesque dinners hosted for dolls statues and animals reveal a string of curiosities from Clyde Fitch hosting a table of half human size dolls to a King Charles spaniel toasted at a lavish feast. Reports recount elephants horses and a multitude of statues dining as guests with ornate settings and remarkable toasts.
A humorous Washington Star excerpt imagines a novice in doubles tennis, joking about court size and net play while lampooning common terms. It blends pratfalls, net incidents, and playful misdefinitions with quips about athletes, dogs, and a New York Tribune cartoonish note on pampered London dogs.
In early Black Hills days a justice of the peace faced a legal nightmarish wedding as the couple entered his office. Lacking clear laws on matrimony, he improvises a formal ceremony, swears them in, and binds Amos Peabody and Mandy Thomas under fee terms, then they move to a cabin to begin life together.
A London Society note recounts Empress Eugenie’s failed bid to appear on horseback in a fitting riding habit during the Sedan crisis. Emile de Girardin urged abdication and regency, but unsuitable court attire and a heroic plan’s collapse led to banishment and the empire’s end.
The Boston Transcript reports a tense exchange showing Bard and Cassidy clashing with the Helvideres. Horton notes they do not get along, as she admits liking Fred yet resents his portrayal of her, while Fred cannot forgive Mary for her marriage to him.
A wife notices her husband’s suspicious act of drawing a letter, takes it when he’s absent, and discovers a bill for her gown with sharp comments on extravagance. She contemplates replying but fears exposing her theft, while the husband remains unaware and the wife feigns calm.
Staunton Arkansas Aug 31 News from Duff Searcy County says Justice T KE Reeves and fellow Justice E B Cox endorse Dodd’s Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. Reeves writes he cannot be beat and Cox says after using six boxes he was fully restored. He shared three boxes with friends who also praise the remedy. No one disputes the verdict.
Irate heirs confront a life insurance company general office over delayed payment of a 10 000 policy for a deceased relative. The president jokes that a shorter name would have sped settlement. Advertisements and quirky quotes mix with fragments from papers like Chicago Tribune and Washington Star including a Sears offer and various product pitches.
Mrs. P Bronzel of Everett Washington reports fifteen years of back and groin pain eased by five boxes of Deans Kidney Pills. She credits prompt relief for aching pains and other symptoms, notes a temporary relapse, then full recovery after three days of new treatment. Free trials offered by Fosters Milburn Co Buffalo NY. 50 cents a box at druggists.
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