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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1915
Page
3
The Sewells of Number 777 face gossip and drink as Irene Ridenour befriends Mrs Sewell. A W C T U reception reveals secrets. husband Mr Sewell reforms after a sober pledge prompted by the community. A year of prosperity follows and the union’s social feature prompts a final question.
The narrator argues that people often form quick opinions from self interest and urges open minded, independent thinking. He cautions against rationalization for issues like woman suffrage tariffs prohibition unions and war, urging study of arguments from every angle and readiness to change views when ignorance is removed.
A collage of brief oddities reports various light items from Martisborough New Zealand to New York. Highlights include a Belgian relief fund auctioned flag sold and resold for twelve thousand dollars then presented to a school, a century old teaching certificate belonging to Lewis Alverson, a 94 year old silk stocking gift, a 16th child born to Jacob and wife in Reno Ohio, a cherry stone stuck in a boy’s ear for thirty years, a diver sustaining a neck injury from a log, a newborn adopted by a nanny goat after a well dressed woman abandoned it, and a family with 18 children seeing brothers at the front. Additional items recount a 51 year reunion in Easton Pennsylvania, Boer War era mail with a 1881 postmark arriving in 1915, and domestic antics over shoes to keep a wife home. The column closes with notes about a 80 year old postal card from 1881 finally receiving its writer’s death fifteen years prior.
Elbert Bedes quips that lightning never strikes twice and politicians rotate turns. He notes Michiganders, questions if Michigan lacks women, and warns that hopeful news would fail if grounded only in suspicion. He mocks the idea that a wise girl would marry a man not earning his keep.
A collection of wry maxims on money, vacation fatigue, and public trust. One line notes that neighbors bring unexpected food, while another warns that voters judge a candidate by household fears. It also discusses courage, honesty, and social assumptions about romance.
A busy juror, summoned for duty, faces a poor payoff for his time and contemplates frustration with a pettifogging lawyer who drags out a case that seems to have little relevance to the courtroom.
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