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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
2
Nature study in schools often neglects astronomy while birds and shells receive attention. The piece urges parents to share night skies with children, noting how starwatching creates lasting memories and a sense of beauty, mystery, and universal wonder. It cites examples from Lyman Beecher and Nathaniel Bowditch to illustrate enduring impressions.
Land office reports young farmers from Iowa Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois seek home land in the west after years as hired men. They value fertile land suitable for alfalfa and diverse crops, while eastern farmers chase easy water. The Denver Republican predicts former western cowpunchers may later work for midwest settlers who seized the chance.
About 40 000 new graduates confront the question of where to work. Advice from the New York Herald favors choosing a field that suits natural bent and pursuing it with honesty and hard work. The By-stander notes cultural gaps among New York’s elite. King Edward declines a Canada visit, prompting questions about vacation work.
A feverish narrator wanders at night in a slumbering state through a city street. She suspects pursuit by family and neighbors as she longs for Will Vernon while a funeral-like scene unfolds at Bella's deathbed and a lingering plea to stay in life.
The author recalls a German girl’s pension where eight upper-class girls live under Frau von H for a year. They learn house management and music while enjoying escorted social events, concerts, balls, and theater in a chaperoned, urban setting, contrasting with American college life.
President Roosevelt enjoys a three month rest at Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay with secret service guarding the gate and a busy routine of riding, reading, and family activities. The article notes their mounts, farm work, and nightly telegraph rumors of danger that prove unfounded.
The Von Steuben statue commission selects Albert Jaegers of New York to sculpt a bronze memorial funded by a $50,000 Congress appropriation. The piece, with two allegorical groups, will echo Lafayette and Rochambeau in Lafayette Park and align with Washington’s park development plan.
Washington plans the largest and best drydock, a $1,250,000 concrete facility at Bremerton Puget Sound. The dock, designed to take the biggest battleships under construction or planned, will be 87 feet deep and lengthenable for future vessels. Foundations are being drilled, materials sourced on the Pacific coast, with a deep foundation to handle damaged ships drawing unusual depths.
An account of how facial moles predict fortune for men and women. Right upper lip moles bring good luck, while forehead and left side placements allegedly indicate marriage, imprisonment, or exile. the text notes widespread belief among Pennsylvanian Dutch over generations in mole readings.
In 1808 Napoleon proposed a portable library of about a thousand duodecimo volumes for his campaign staff. Books would be small, bound in morocco with green velvet lined cases carrying ~60 volumes each. A catalogue would let the emperor locate titles quickly across religion epic poetry drama poetry history and novels.
A reflective meditation contrasts belief with truth and prosperity with folly. It questions original thought and the ease of accepting the impossible, noting that sudden moral shifts warrant swift judgment and that motives of men require self-ownership to be understood.
Readable excerpts reveal quips on wealth marriage and travel. The text mocks modern financiers and social manners with satire. It notes Cambanaire the French explorer lost in Cambodia wandering eight days relying on marsh water for nourishment.
An Illinois man recounts leaving coffee for Postum after decades of use. He survived indigestion and nerves worsened by coffee, noting appetite returns and meals stay down since switching. Postum Co of Battle Creek sponsors the testimonial citing good results from the first day. There’s a reason.
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