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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
2
A verse from the Yonkers Statesman celebrates Sarah Ann as stylish and musical, noting her piano playing, typing work, weekly earnings of fifteen dollars, and daily busyness with bees while the speaker vows enduring affection and hopes for marriage.
Bronco and cowboys corner Billy Patterpat in a saloon street trap. They prod him toward drunken relapse to win a wager and gift for a Mennonite wedding, after Billy begs to be spared. The scene blends bravado with a plea for restraint as the assault escalates.
In Old England an advertisement touts a method of fixing hair in fashion to last through Parliament sessions. It notes a price of five guineas and that he builds the head in one hour and bakes it in two. The query asks if money talks implies a figure of speech.
England has subscribed five million dollars to promote cotton cultivation in colonies and Egypt. The plan includes sending many overseers and cotton experts to educate natives in the growing process and operations. A shorter route to Japan via a new trans-Canadian path would cut 2,200 miles compared with the U S route.
In Eliza R. Scidmore’s words the jinrikisha coolie faces electrified Tokyo amid looming war. They anticipate labor boom as war prices rise, ready to carry, pack, and haul for regiments, proving mobile, fearless, and tuned to the Manchuria and Korea frontier.
National League studies divorce ratios by state with figures for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Ohio Indiana and Michigan. Clergy cooperation in Rhode Island and broader church actions under Bishop Dons of Albany are described as closer to harmony in marriage guidance. Also notes on theater fires past and a light anecdote from Wakefield and a cartoonish exchange about letters titled The Letters of a Lazy Lover.
A vintage craft description from Modern Priscilla explains making a thistle pin ball using three yards of blackton ribbon, green velvet, fringe, wire, and sawdust. The process outlines cutting, fringing, rolling, sewing, and assembling a green velvet circle with a stem to create a spiky thistle-like novelty flower.
A Weekly N. I. column argues that a bad tempered wife disrupts harmony more than other flaws. It asserts men prize peace over romance, and that genuine self control grants a woman far more influence than beauty or wealth. Amiability brings progress, health, happiness, and longevity to self and loved ones.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune warns against the type of woman who browbeats life with imagined ills and urges finding purpose through work or personal hobbies. It also advises on restoring silk luster by adding methylated spirits to water and ironing while damp.
An editorial urging women to resist laziness by balancing mind and body. It argues that neglecting study and exercise leads to aged appearance, poor health, and dull minds, while brisk workers in business or society retain charm. Practical advice includes walking, hobbies, and purposeful daily activity.
Madame Lillian Nordica the prima donna has obtained an interlocutory divorce from Herr Zoltan X Doehme in New York Supreme Court after referee William H Turner recommended granting the divorce. Nordica’s prior marriage to Frederick A Gower ended with Gower’s death and an estate dispute settled for about 40 000. The couple married in Indianapolis on May 26 1896. A turpentine remedy note follows about killing vermin in homes.
Woman credibly recovers from hereditary kidney trouble with Doan's Kidney Pills after severe back ache, uric acid issues, and digestion problems. She reports rapid relief, continued use, and recommends the remedy, with price 50 cents and mail order availability from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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