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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
7
Hannah G. Fernald recalls Polly devoting holidays to dishwashing with comic imagery. Ailing cookware, singing chores, and fanciful phrases transform chores into a playful scene as Polly wades through bowls, cups, spoons, and pans in a nautical, whale‑like kitchen myth.
A June feature highlights diverse animal homes from chimney swifts and porcupines near ponds to Baltimore oriole nests and kingfishers in riverbanks. It notes bullheads guarding offspring and a witty Detroit lawyer who refuses cases unless guaranteed profit, then accepts a $2000 yearly retainer.
Katie Murphy a ten year old poor girl keeps house for five siblings and her widow mother. When a gas leak traps them she turns off the stove opens the window and calls for help. Neighbors and a doctor rescue Mrs Murphy and praise the brave girl.
A party in Stockholm faced an indoor snowstorm as a warm room chilled suddenly. Windows froze and a pane shattered while flakes fell to the floor across the room, producing a surreal indoor snowfall in a humid air.
The article advises a cooling summer diet with smaller meals, little meat, and emphasis on fruits, vegetables, and beans. Replace heavy winter fare with baked potatoes, rice, fresh salads, and ample fruit to counteract heat, along with simple drinks like water or lemonade.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes women embrace baby hat styles for summer wear, including golf hats with bows and bonnets like Kate Greenaway designs. It covers how bridesmaids hats mirror imported baby millinery and country parties drive demand, plus a country porch party fashion bite.
A stock exchange man's nephew receives three failed attempts at business backing. After a fourth request, the uncle insists the youth learn independence, offering to fund debts only after he clears them. Two months later the nephew comes back with receipts for every debt, proving self-reliance and prompting praise as a potential great financier.
A dramatist explains his new realistic society drama where the heroine makes a thrilling entrance and encounters the hero, villain, and soubrette as the play unfolds toward a conventional happy ending. The crowd jokes about the heroine fleeing in an ambulance amid the staged tension.
A Japanese sonicitor on a downtown city hall train is accosted by a young man asking if he is Chinese or Japanese. The Japanese passenger retorts by asking if the other is a monkey, donkey, or Yankee, prompting the train's rapid end at City Hall Station.
William Ball of Caddo Kentucky declares he could climb an eight thousand foot peak after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He had suffered months with kidney trouble and nocturia, stating four or five awakenings nightly and severe shortness of breath before taking the pills. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring sleep and energy.
A collage of small quotes and advertisements from historical papers. Mentions Mamma Gladys and a rude remark, Detroit Five Press promotion for Allen's Foot-Ease, a fee price 260, Olmsted and Roy New York, a potato gag from Philadelphia Inquirer, Tammie Piso for consumption claimed, Chicago Tribune observation on experience, a one day laxative for colds, and a slander quip from a New York Democrat.
A fragment asserts Peruna holds a unique place in medical science, claiming it is the sole internal cause of many illnesses and that catarrh and related diseases affect half the population, reflecting promotional language from an era promoting the remedy.
A Chicago Post snippet describes a fat man moving along a crowded road as a woman prepares to take a turn. A man with a cane jabs him while another warns the car driver is needed at the stockyards. The exchange ends with light, comic tension and a nod to pig stockyard work.
The Thousand Islands region is praised as a delightful and scenic part of a great river area described as the Venice of America. The note advertises No. 10 in the Four-Track Series, The Thousand Islands, with free copy on receipt of a 2 cent stamp to George H. Daniels at Grand Central Station New York.
A mosaic of humorous misquotations and social quips from papers like Comic Cuts and Puck. It notes British misreadings of American town names such as Weehawken and Hoboken, contrasts of etiquette in London, and light banter about fortune telling and propriety. The snippet blends captions and jokes across newspapers.
The ad proclaims Boma's Kidney Pills cure morning sickness and sleeplessness, promising relief from dizziness and headaches. Kr-B.C. Jones reports a prior inability to stop excessive urination and credits the product with improvement after use.
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