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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
8
In York Harbor Maine, a coroner’s jury delivers a vivid verdict on a wrecked sailor. They find the deceased fell from the masthead, rolled overboard, floated ashore, froze to death, and was eaten by rats after drowning. The tale recalls Stage Neck’s perilous promontory and old maritime dangers.
A beautiful woman counsels a girl admirer to cultivate calm nerves and patience. She warns against pacing and feverish tension while waiting for a train, urging calm persistence and a still face if needed.
A kennel boss criticizes the phrase dog trot noting that dogs use many gaits beyond trotting. He argues the expression misrepresents canine locomotion since dogs run, lope, rack, pace, and even gallop at times, making dog trot a narrow label for a broad set of movements.
A writer advocates that a joyful presence in a room outshines material wealth. A “happy war woman” radiates goodwill, entering as if a candle is lit. The point is that such positivity embodies the livability of life beyond proofs.
In France a newly married couple skip the bridal call and instead visit all their married friends in their best attire. The custom highlights a shy bride’s embarrassment when calling on strangers or when marriage occurs away from home or at a country house.
Pawnee Bill built a buffalo ranch to raise meat for market and plans crossbreeding with Galloway cattle to improve temperament and robe color. Buffalo meat sells around $1.25 per pound with loin at $1.56, robes and mounted heads fetch $75 to $150, and good winter coats boost appeal.
A cyclist recalls stopping at a farmhouse where a weary woman with five children vents that she runs the entire farm. She describes 140 acres of wheat, 60 in corn, 10 in meadow and pasture, plus woods, ten cattle, six hogs, and work animals. She notes she hires no help and even runs her husband too.
Philadelphia Record notes the True Love built in 1764 is the oldest ship known to reach these waters. It sailed 1765 to 1873, carried cryolite from Ivigtut, Greenland, then vanished until 1899 in the Thames as a coal barge. A relic purchase proposal failed. Archery charm endures beyond modern gear, says Albert Rankin Clark.
A World’s Work anecdote from Johns Hopkins Hospital notes that dispensary users include both poor and not poor patients. After treatment, a woman quips she is waiting for her maid to be treated, illustrating the misbelief that dispensaries only serve the unemployed.
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