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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
2
The Williston Graphic discusses electricity as a progress driver and notes Dr. Stephen Leduc of Paris has repurposed the electric chair into an operating table. A mild alternating current renders a patient unconscious without heart impact and with quick recovery, promising benefits for doctors and patients.
A young Chicago woman aims to become a smoke inspector, arguing women can be more devoted and observant in checking nuisances. If civil service exams go well, she sees no legal obstacle to appointment despite low pay. The piece notes educators claim women’s enthusiasm makes them strong inspectors in certain fields. It also covers trends in women’s student governance, recent whale finds near Florida, a Connecticut bank failure, Admiral Nebogatov’s ten-year sentence, and Roosevelt’s forest land expansion.
Paulding, in despair over a broken engagement with Cynthia, attempts suicide at a lake. After a near drowning, Cynthia reveals a note proving a mistaken romance with a house servant. Realizing the mix up, they confess their true feelings and choose to live together.
A Technical World Magazine feature by P. T. McGrath recounts derelict vessels drifting after storms and the legal and financial rewards for rescuers. Admiralty courts often award at least half of salvage proceeds. cases cited include a tag at 29800 dollars and the Exeter City earning 36000 plus costs.
A brief dialogue shows one speaker asking for clarity on current activities and the other explaining they are dealing in futures. The exchange reflects a commerce-related inquiry and a straightforward, businesslike reply.
Katherine Eleanor Conway editor of the Boston Pilot has been chosen for the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame. She is the fourth woman to receive the honor, noted for distinguished service to religion and morality, with a 27 year newspaper career and many literary works.
Mrs Pheneus F Varnum of Portland celebrated her ninety seventh birthday. A contemporary of Henry W Longfellow she danced with the poet at her 1832 wedding. She remains alert, reads daily, embroiders a colorfully designed tray cloth and on Washingtons Birthday she blew a tin horn and draped a flag in the reception room window.
A memorial church funded by George Crocker to the Episcopal mission of St. John in Ramsey New Jersey has been completed. Built in early Norman style from field stones with dressed trim, it features a battlemented east tower, belfry and spire, and seats for 200. The nave ceiling shows exposed wood trusses, with chancel and sanctuary arranged for a vested choir and organ. The church, fittings and pipe organ cost $12,000, and a new organ was donated last summer by Crocker. Rev. Dr. Jackson of Allendale, N J, serves as priest in charge.
In Ontario an unusual surge in railroad construction is anticipated to require 4,500,000 ties this year.
Mrs. M J Wight of Auburn Maine recounts using Dr Williams Pink Pills after a difficult 1901 birth. She reports rapid strength gain, better recovery, and relief from a rheumatic hand attack after resuming the pills. All druggists sell them 60 cents per box or mail order 2 50 for all boxes from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
The best violin strings come from Italian makers and are sourced from spring lambs. September killings, drying and bleaching in the hot Italian sun, not artificial methods, explain superior materials. Intense heat slows olla distillation, varnish soaks into wood, yielding the mellow tone of Cremona instruments viewed as valuable after centuries.
The Maine Journal notes that June icebergs in the North Atlantic largely originate from Labrador ice fields that had formed the coast’s indentations the prior winter. July and August icebergs move farther north from Baffin Land with August icebergs larger though fewer, marching southward until melting in warmer southern waters.
A breakfast table quarrel features Mrs Blinks declaring suffragette delegations will invade Washington for a presidential speech. Mr Blinks remains mute as she mocks his ignorance and declares him the most tantalizing man alive. The exchange ends with a call to share courage.
A Michigan woman writes of relief from nervousness and bilious attacks after abandoning coffee for Postum. Following grocery counsel, she used Postum per directions, reported improved sleep, appetite, weight, and energy within a month, and ceased all medicines for six months. She praises The Road to Wellville booklet.
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