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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
2
New York printers consider a plan to erase a tract of land near the city as an experimental venture. They expect the effort to raise reputations and produce fruit and other firm products if managed well.
Workes in a sugar house at Qalke Town Irish Bem Li are puzzled by several explosions. Some kind has used to end the veer pan the ongh mantle with a Lwhted lin tern. The blasts have caused deaths and blown out portions of the roof.
An arisan teacher introduces a new language study system where one thousand pupils from Prenel join a regular correspondence with English students. Pupils write weekly letters in the partner language and submit them to the teacher before mailing. Boys and girls are paired for lessons.
Report notes jury trials have diminished in English courts with only 11 jury trials in a recent term. Historical data show tens of thousands of cases heard, yet fewer than twenty involved juries, indicating a sharp decline in jury participation.
A regional custom in South America uses laurel magnolia petals as message carriers. Lovers press a pencil message on a white petal, place it in water, and within hours the writing becomes visible, revealing a secret note before fading.
A recent ukasy proposes a new system for Lippitia’s courts removing rulers’ arbitrary power. Justices of the peace will be appointed by the crown with superior courts at Tomsk Lobolsk Chita Krasnovorsk Irkutsk Yakutsk Ilayovestchensk and Vladivostoek and a court of appeals at Irkutel. The decree ties the changes to regional development and railroad growth.
A workingman arrived with his three year old child who could not be taken home in time. He handed the child to a Birmingham post office as an express parcel under live animal delivery rules and the authorities delivered the child for nine pence.
A Ressian inventor devised an apparatus to alert cemetery staff if a buried person regains life. A button inside the coffin near the chest rises with chest expansion to trigger an alarm bell in the cemetery superintendent’s office, signaling awakening.
Twenty five English volunteers who joined the Garibaldian campaign left their luggage at the students' club in Athens. On return they found trunks and bags opened with valuables stolen. Complaints to police and government yielded only 30 cents each in compensation.
Gunboats are being constructed in England for transport in sections to Ain Hamid and then to Khartoum via open water. They draw two feet of water and travel at 14 knots with 15 pounder and Maxim guns. Whole Hotilla ready to move south from Abu Hamid early in 14, with serious fighting expected at Unt Berber soon.
The article notes a rise from 70 to 84 senate employees, citing growth in public business and country development. It points out high priced staff did not rise proportionally, mentioning a $1,500 clerk cut and two $400 carrier positions added, with the clerk deemed unnecessary but carriers needed.
The poem recalls a nightly family ritual with a mother rushing to prayer key figures named upon the steps and a final wish to sleep in God’s home. The verses describe a household blessing, good nights to mamma and papa, and children’s names including Joe Bess May Sue Kitty and Grandpa.
In a Civil War era tale, Capt Close risks life to save Esther Walton and her family when a blaze engulfs their Vernon home. The incident follows a violent clash over Vernon, with Walton Scroggs wounded and unrest among white and black residents. Lambert leads a rescue patrol, aiding victims and contending with lasting tensions as Mrs Walton falls ill and the community reels from tragedy.
In a frontier tent near Vernon a Christmas night scene unfolds as Capt. J. P. Close faces a sudden shift in command and orders to report an arrest to New Orleans. Lambert notes Close’s rough but true steel, while the doctor urges restraint as the patient heals. The scene ends with a curt telegraph acknowledgment of the command to stand down the post.
A Cincinnati The Cincinnati Enquirer story quotes a tired scrubbing woman who outlines how marriage for love, not money or status, brought dignity and endurance despite nine years of poverty caring for an invalid husband and three children. She warns that marrying for anything else leads to unhappiness.
A defendant's counsel argues contributory negligence and lack of negligence, claiming the plaintiff cannot recover either way. The jury contemplates 2500 pounds. one juror shouts for 50 more, insisting the plaintiff deserves punishment for the dilemma he faced.
A fragmentary dialogue notes confusion over a burglary at Singer's house and the surprisingly high value of stolen goods. The exchange questions whether the loss is material to wealth, with a character insisting the thief’s gain signals wealth rather than poverty.
A method by Calmette details vaccinating large animals with gradually increasing venom doses mixed with lime hypochlorite to induce immunity. After about 15 months, serum becomes active for treating venom harm. At Lille's Pasteur Institute, vaccinated horses yielded highly active serum for 18 months, tolerating venom doses enough to kill 50 horses, per Loneman's Magazine.
The piece notes stamps cost five cents per thousand with delivery across the United States, two cent stamps sold for $20, and claims a hidden trust in stamps. It discusses counterfeiters and enforcement, estimating engraving and printing of stamps at about $80 million annually and implying widespread letter writing and postage shortfalls, with figures drawn from the Washington Star.
A fragment from a 19th century account notes a trio of figures, including a lady's maid, performing acts centered on a genus of insects and a stylistic set of rituals. The observer details sensory impressions and a peculiar scene of care and ease during the unusual display witnessed.
An old item from Philadelphia Press notes a six inch square volume titled the Royal Standard Dictionary published in Nostand in 1777 by William Perry. It promises the pronunciation of work according to the polite pronunciation of Eur land. Also, a whimsical exchange about transport options appears in Odds and Ends.
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