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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
4
Editorial calls for absolute loyalty as the nation goes to war. It urges farmers to cultivate to the limit, workers to supply arms, and every citizen to produce food, stressing no acre should be idle and patriotism equals battlefield duty.
Easter brought spring and a spiritual lift as large crowds gathered at places of worship. Church choirs performed beautifully and the Hosannas of the resurrection morn rang out across the community.
Clergy urged calm and prayer to quell war din and lift spirits with song. Pastors portrayed the nation’s cloud as a call to noble purpose, urging quiet thought and patriotism. The day was deemed worthy of memory in the community.
The article urges open air living and sleeping to gain health benefits and lowers impure air diseases. It calls for better ventilation in homes, open air schools, and especially steam and trolley cars. It suggests doors should be used to promote air flow and that light drafts are safer than rebreathing stale air shared by many passengers.
A graphic reader submitted a dancing essay deemed unsuitable for publication amid heightened seasonality and looming war. The note mocks common figures from grandma to the town millionaire as dancers, notes prices for produce, and jokes about lawyering up, conscience, and advice columns with dated quips.
The writer complains about the toll of producing a daily country newspaper the Graphic is labeled as a country weekly. He notes long pages and a flood of tasks from law briefs to farmer sale bills. He laments rushing presses and wishes for more time to rest amid advances in printing.
Joan's Oiniment is listed among trusted family remedies. It claims to banish rheumatism neuralgia gout lumbago sore stiff muscles bruises sprains and strains with quicker relief and less effort than plasters. Available at all druggists in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
A small-town vignette shows a bright new boy in Sunday school with a humorous parent warning about spud portions before meals and wartime garden prep. The piece also cites penny-pocked garters and rationing era concerns in a brisk, tongue-in-cheek tone.
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