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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
3
A mixed feature page mocks reform chatter, then presents playful brain teasers and simple science tricks. It notes a charming, well behaved boy, offers puzzle humor about odd numbers, and lists pie riddles like Harpies and Puppies. It also describes electricity experiments with paper and a fire toy, plus a Cambridge professor's dog reasoning test and a fox terrier's box trick.
A handbook style excerpt describes magic stunts and science fair experiments. It details feather production from a handkerchief, a teacher’s explanation request, a mouth blown paper test, and wax flower crafting with wax drops forming cup shapes and a wired stalk illusion. It names Dr Hill and various manipulation methods for audience reaction and education.
A New York Tribune account describes a real Castilian style Peruvian and Chilean breakfast with chupe soup, fried bananas with poached eggs, lamb chops, beefsteak, antique peppers and potatoes, and claret and cigars. It notes sannoritas serving, condiments like curry mustard, pescando dishes, garbanzo beans, ajo soup, and gazpacho as staples of a lavish morning meal in Lima and Valparaiso.
A veteran editor sent a cub reporter to interview Rev Henry Johnson at 137 May Street Walnut Hills for a morning river news item. The reporter mistakenly sought Henry Johnson, pastor of Tenth Street Baptist, leading to a candidly chaotic exchange and the reporter’s resignation the next morning.
A prominent Fort Plain figure, Alfred J. Wagner, ex sheriff of Montgomery county and a well known wit, dies. The obituary links him to Senator Webster Wagner and recalls a humorous campaign anecdote as he mingled with saloon rounds in Fort Plain and St Johnsville.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Canada anticipates heavy immigration this year with 40 672 newcomers in the first four months, nearly double last year and triple 1901. Most head to Winnipeg, drawn by Northwest wheat lands, Anglo Saxon and Teutonic settlers, and a shift in U S immigration. Canada’s population is one fifteenth of the United States, yet its immigrant share rises. Government agents offer low rates to free grant lands in Western Canada with aid. Co Pilling 317 Kittson avenue Grand Forks North Dakota.
Dr RIN DLAUB specialist in eye ear nose and throat practice in Fargo North Dakota. The note comments on stock watch timing with a saying that what goes up must come down.
Col Gemp MP told the United Service Institution at Hayland that about eighty mounted irregular recruits were sent to South Africa and three quarters could not saddle a horse. He criticized the training and readiness of the force.
The fragment advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 and promotes Putnam Dyes and various home goods. It touts the Klean Kool Kitchen stoves for cleanliness and comfort, notes a moral quip about sharing chores, and lists a date of February 10, 1900 from Ewpatey Van Buren Indiana.
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