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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
2
A poetic meditation on night’s calm easing life’s burdens. The speaker prays for God’s protection and perfect peace as darkness settles, describing stars, quiet nature, and the renewal of strength for duty. The piece notes trustful faith in God who guards the sleeper and grants rest from toil and trouble.
Two boys Bob and Joe risk life on a makeshift raft after finding a derelict skiff on the St. Lawrence ice. They drift through dangerous rapids, survive bitter cold, and are rescued by locals after a day of peril and near tragedy.
A princess in Moscow faced court for a string of odd charges. Mevgarme, the princess Eugalytebefl, previously banished for embezzling 140000 roubles from Captain Oserom’s estate, was brought back on a charge of falsifying baptism. Born in 1897 she claimed 867, a jury balked at the age dispute as a trivial matter. The prince’s indifferent demeanor amused spectators as he testified, saying he had no concern with her age. The case follows a prior exile and a checkered past surrounding the couple.
The narrator recounts the voyage ending on Treasure Island with Silver captured, the mutineers deserted, and Flint's treasure secured. The Hispaniola sails to port as Gray, Ben Gunn, and others prosper or perish, while Captain Smollett retires and old debts to the island haunt the crew and Narrator, who reflects on pieces of eight and the island’s curse.
The next morning we began moving a great mass of fold a mile to the beach and then three miles by boat to the Hispaniola. Three men still abroad on the island posed little trouble. Four gentry on the hill’s shoulder seemed enough to deter any sudden attack, though they may have endured their share of fighting.
A Wimbledon to London traveler boarded a moving train and found a well dressed man in the same coach, who after a tense moment claimed she had sat on his hat. The exchange caused fear before humor emerged as the man explained his next stop required him to alight at the next station.
A San Francisco Examiner excerpt recalls a pastor delivering a missionary sermon that collapses into a pun confusion about two blades of grass and two grades of brass. The deaf member’s puzzled face and the choir of reactions reveal the comic miscue as the minister fumbles toward grace.
Grateful women report relief from long standing ailments after using Dr Hartmans free advice and remedies. Mrs F K F Gille of Wa onota Tex says her pain upon bending is gone and she feels much better. Mrs Phoebe C Casr of Orifino Jesha says she is entirely well, weighs more, and credits Peru na medicine. The company offers a free book of advice to women mailed from Columbus Ohio.
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