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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
2
A romantic triangle unfolds as Joan confesses love to Hugh Dornay, who urges a practical plan and six months apart. After separation, they meet again in a county inn, and a new remedy emerges as they decide to face love together across a bridge of illusion.
A nineteenth century admonition urges avoiding unfriendly talk about others. It warns that repeating words damages trust, worsens quarrels, and severs friendships. The piece stresses charity, discretion, and the danger of promised secrecy when gossip spreads.
The article traces oak dressers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries prized in Wales and Yorkshire for their simple lines. It notes their decorative mounting for silver and china and their use as sideboards, with built in cupboards and storage features evolving as styles shifted.
A fragmented piece discusses old Welsh dresh and Sheraton Hepplewhite and Adam influences shaping a sideboard and its mirror as a design feature. It questions whether Sepplewhite foreshadowed mirrors becoming central in furniture, noting a shift back to stately sideboards. A separate note extols happiness and simple childrearing, and a startling family history mentions Mia Susanna Pennock of St. Louis as mother of six at twenty-one, with multiple twins in her family.
A humorous tale contrasts Nelson the stubborn servant with a Washington family, showing his gradual conversion to obedience after marriage revelations. The piece parades themes of authority, gender roles, and the ideal of virtuous womanhood, citing Mary mother of Christ as model for American women.
A short moral tale recounts Bennie Byna shrinking from ten faults to one as he learns cleanliness order keeping promises politeness prompt meals and sharing. The piece ends with praise for a now perfect boy after abandoning selfish habits.
A playful note describes a Florida bound trading mouse replacing taken items with seeds. It then details black and yellow ants with occasional strikes by the yellows, ending in new colonies. Lastly, a joke about a dressed turkey arrives naked, prompting a child’s quip to her mother.
A traveler’s sketch surveys Cochin China from the Mekong delta to Annam, noting geography, ancient ruins, and a harsh, pestering poverty. It recounts sights of forests and wildlife, tiger traps using pigs, and locals wary of tigers, with biting colonial commentary alongside brief vignettes. Also includes short anecdotes about a boy seeing the sun blown out by wind and Jamaica’s toothbrush plant.
The robin is a spring migrant to the middle states, about eight inches long with a dark slate back and chestnut breast. Nests are bulky and mixed from roots to mud, placed in a fork four to ten feet high. Food is mainly worms with fruit like cherries and strawberries. The painting notes describe black head, slate body, reddish brown breast, and blue bill against trees and distant green scenery.
A passage urges better regard for the comfort dignity and happiness of the elderly in the United States. It condemns neglect of widowed mothers and argues families should help find independent living spaces with affordable rents and tasteful furnishings.
The excerpt praises northern China coal as superior to others and extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best medicine for indigestion exhaustion nervousness insomnia malaria and fever. A dialog joke references Lent pavilions and a codfish joke about a husband.
MISS VIRGINIA GRANES of Watertown testifies to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aiding ovarian and uterine inflammation. She notes success after other treatments failed, and endorses its use for sick women. The piece includes testimonials and a caution about forfeit for unverified claims.
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