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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
2
A poem by William Huré Hillyer from Youth's Companion is quoted praising the engineer and engine crew. It frames the train as a living, fearless partner, with the fireman and engineer as one, sharing triumphs on endless rails and dangerous curves.
A city dog Roger follows a new life in the woods with a wealthy owner and a beauty, a moonlit romance, and a tragic river ending. After the man drowns the girl remains callous as Roger seeks answers, the river swallowing both mystery and master.
Grant P. Robinson, a Union soldier in 1864, recalls a comrade who shouted I FIGHTS MIT SIGEL amid bombardment. The man dies beside the Rapidan, his grave marked with the same refrain. The fragmentary reminiscence notes homeward thoughts and a lone, steadfast battle cry.
Gen Franz Sigel a noted Civil War and 1848 German revolutionary figure dies at his Bronx residence. The German American soldier born 1824 in Sinsheim rose from Baden to Union general, winning fame at Carthage and Pea Ridge before serving in West Virginia and Maryland Heights, later editing the Baltimore Wecker and entering New York politics.
One of Washington’s oldest signs, a 3.5 foot cast iron China man hitching post, stands before a Sixth Street Northwest livery stable between Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues since 1862. Noted by the Baltimore American, it hosted Grant McClellan Hooker and other dignitaries during Civil War presidencies and Lincoln’s era with Lee bidding farewell nearby. The segment recalls Sixth Street’s historic role in Civil War horse trade and a 1860s hunt for horses, along with a chilling note about bloodhound orders and a poodle misidentify incident.
A fragment blends the Washington Star and Philadelphia Enquirer tone as a sharp exchange critiques youth artistry and discipline. The scene features a stern captain addressing a squad of recruits, noting their unfitness and calling for stronger guidance under the lieutenant.
A child recalls learning checkers with his father in a kitchen scene. The narrator describes moves, captures, and a playful teachable moment ending with the board overturned as the father jokes about a “smart Aleck hide.” The memory closes with the author attribution to Woman's Home Companion.
A Boston Globe excerpt explains the water spider builds an air filled silk nest beneath the water, opening downward to trap air bubbles as the spider repeatedly lifts air from above and seals the nest. The behavior is described as a practical refuge from waterfowl and a remarkable natural adaptation.
A St Louis Globe Democrat excerpt describes desert hitching using ground holes. An Indian digs a two foot hole, drops a knot tied halter into it, fills with sand, and stamps to compact the knot. The method, praised as clever and effective for securing a horse in arid Death Valley regions.
A described science experiment uses a bottle with cork and funnel to generate carbonic gas from seidlitz powders. Cork balls in the funnel regulate gas escape, creating a slow exhaust as pressure builds, with optional color painting and tissue paper butterfly wings for visualization.
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