Leap year as ladies year says tradition but seldom used
The saying notes leap year is the one in four when women may pop the question, yet the custom remains uncommon and not widely practiced.
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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
5
Home merchants and enterprises praised as keys to success
A saying extols the successful man as one who patronizes home merchants and encourages home enterprises of every kind. The quote emphasizes local support and community prosperity as the path to achievement.
Nestos Out for Senate
R. A. Nestos seeks the Republican nomination for United States Senator. He urges progressive economic policy, expanded Postal Savings Banks, Rural Credits, grain inspection and storage, and fair tariffs. He argues for nonpartisan trade commissions, national prohibition, and government manufacture of armor and munitions to reduce war profiteering.
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Nestos
Senate
United States
Republican Party
Postal Savings Banks
Congress
R. A. Nestos
Prohibition promises full tickets and social quips on life
Elbert Bede weighs politics and society with humor and sharp lines about prohibition, taxation, crime, marriage, parenting, flattery, and public service. He mocks vanity and hypocrisy while noting finances and salaries in government, stressing practical limits and civic duty.
Tinting whitewash for crack resistant coating
Spring Housecleaner suggests a superior whitewash formula to reduce cracking. Mix half a bushel of quick lime slackened with enough water to keep a six inch head, add five cents of sulphate of zinc and a tablespoonful of salt. For tinting, use yellow ochre for buff Saint leck for pearl or lead and a touch of bluing for a blue tint.
Public rebuke over coercive kiss claims discussed
A speaker admonishes a man for a poor reputation regarding kissing girls without consent while he sits and denies the charge, prompting tense reaction and questions about behavior.
Throwing Stones Moral on Judgment and Gossip
A reflective piece recalls the biblical scene of stones being cast and notes how modern society quickly judges others. It argues that many rush to condemn while neglecting self-examination, urging readers to mind their own business and refrain from casting stones at the innocent.
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Rey
Observations on school interest and parental influence
The piece argues students often lack interest due to parental disengagement, citing a twelve-year-old model student whose success stems from persuasive parental guidance and small cash incentives for high grades. It praises the mother, brother, and other family bonds, noting a changing catalog of loves and urging parental involvement in education.
Iron and coal as treasures shift warist motives
A Chicago geography professor argues the war over iron and coal, noting Germany’s iron scarcity and the vast undeveloped Lorraine deposits near Metz. He claims the United States holds half the world’s iron ore and warns nations seek China’s coal and iron, while U S deposits lie in the Appalachians and the northern Midwest near Canada.
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Minneapolis Journal
University of Chicago
Germany
Signor Ferrero
Lorraine
France
Europe
Bismarck
Metz
Chicago
United States
China
Japan
United Bie
Atlantic Seaboard
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Canada
Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant Promise Guarantee
Advertises Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchitis cough and croup with money back guarantee. Claims eightfold more medicine per 50 cents than old remedies and no narcotics. Distributed by Rather Drug Co in Saint Paul Minnesota with Asthmador assurance.
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Schiffmann
Aole
Sta
R. J. Schiffmann
Saint Paul, Minn
Rather Drug CO
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