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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
4
A nostalgic moral essay extols true friendship starting with family bonds, emphasizes Christian faith, and urges marital tenderness. It contrasts prosperity with genuine ties, urges praising wives, keeping a peaceful home, and avoiding vanity. It also stresses cleanliness, self-improvement, patience with children, and praise over criticism.
A fragment describes a recipe for baking powder biscuits with shortening, milk or water, and salt. It advises using lard or butter, mixing into a soft dough, avoiding over kneading, cutting small shapes, spacing them on a shallow pan, and baking in a hot oven for light, tender results.
Practical health tips for women emphasize indoor air quality to prevent illness, with guidance on preventing fly breeding through winter rubbish removal, a bean poultice for neuralgia, canning sterilization, crisping vegetables in cold water, a potato salad recipe with onions parsley and dressing, and a note on a large hat sale at Weils.
President Wilson endured a busy week with travel to New York for an AP meeting and speech before 2000 D A R delegates and an address to the Potomac Prebytery on foreign missions. The D A R held its twenty fourth Continental Congress in Washington electing Mrs Story by a narrow margin amid a bitter two ticket contest. The Federal Trade Commission sought its first aid from business as Indiana coal yards report high production costs and labor costs squeezing margins. Rumors of a Japanese naval base at Turtle Bay were dispelled after Commander Noble tewin reported no basis for the claim.
BuFord residents and guests are described in a long sequence of brief mentions. Individuals such as Harry Abbott, Paul Olson, A F Noble, M N Owing, George Le Roy, Ansel Evans, Eddie Brooks, Elizabeth Newmann, and many others appear at school, farms, markets, or social calls. The item catalogues people moving between towns, farms, and homes, with occasional notes of receptions and family gatherings, reflecting a busy community page.
Rural notes describe farm work starting in earnest with two steam plows and a gasoline rig near Hill Top. Social visits include Morkens, MacManuses, Noteboorms, Rogers, and others. sermons by Rev W. Stranahan. and a county picnic planning meeting. George Sennett’s death is reported in Williston with attendances. Many local residents and guests attend club meetings and family gatherings this week.
A collection of aphorisms on marriage licenses luck effort and human folly. Bede muses on hard work friendships money temper and vanity urging calm restraint and curiosity about success in business and youth in appearance and the temptations of markets.
In a warm exchange, Elsie greets Ruth at the door as waves of weariness in the family fade. Ruth enters, noting their mother's exhaustion and the day unfolds with hopeful domestic calm.
Ruth attends to her weary aunt who has gone to bed with a terrible backache. They search for remedies in the house and settle on camphorated oil. Ruth bathes the back with oil, then places a warm pillow under the tired woman. The aunt reports feeling much better afterward.
The piece explains Kipling's reverence for mothers and describes Mother's Day origins led by Miss Anna Jarvis in 1907, its spread by 1910, and congressional recognition in 1918. It notes state acknowledgments in Nebraska and Pennsylvania, the day’s aims to honor both mother and father, and an international movement with presidents as honorary officers.
Jarvis notes the astotate is not costly and can be worn by men and women alike. He adds it carries a sweet wholesome fragrance and white purity, making it an appropriate symbol.
The Tennis Club worked on the courts early in the week to prepare for the season. New tapes were installed and a caretaker will be hired to water and roll the courts. This promises one of the best seasons of tennis in Williston.
Mr Hernan W Brown piano tuner for the Kops Piano House of Great Falls will visit Williston around April 6 for a few days. Leave orders at G N Hotel No 99. All work guaranteed.
A small local ad promotes Gordon hats sold at Weila for two dollars. The item name and price are provided with no additional context or dates. The brief notice targets shoppers seeking a bargain on headwear in a local store.
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