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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
2
A collage of verse and prose pieces from Williston N D. Includes poetic lines about spring and autumn light, a domestic scene with Uncle Robert and Laura, and clipped wartime memories. Interwoven are anecdotes about insurance of friendship and a humorous dialogue about courting, plus brief literary notes.
In a crowded flat a deaf Uncle Robert alters room noise with diffused sound and prompts family tension. The Burings discuss his condition, attempts at communication, future treatment, and the idea of a megaphone to aid hearing.
A Victorian style cake using sour milk as a key ingredient. The recipe advises using two cups sugar and one cup butter, four egg yolks, and a cup of sour milk with whey. Sift four cups pastry flour with soda, beat egg whites to stiff froth, fold in mix, and bake 40 minutes at moderate heat. Optional citron and raisins, with washing and flour-dusting raisins to prevent sinking.
The article reviews summer chemisette styles featuring linen bosoms and scalloped collars, warns stout figures to avoid round waist styles, and suggests close trim models as flattering. It also includes a cream making tip for ice cream using weak milk or enriched milk with egg yolks and a double boiler method.
The article notes a shift in footwear, with the plain Teather shoe giving way to the fashionable fancy tie. It highlights cloth materials for comfort and gown matching, ribbon trimming, a silver buckle tongue, white suede ramps, striped felt backs, and blue embroidered felt with long blue silk cords.
A New York widow champions home education for her son arguing American boys prosper by staying in the country. The column then notes aristocratic Napery patterns, a Lady Randolph Churchill table decor, and a Americans abroad trend. Recipes and household hints cover desserts, stewed apples, carrot pudding, and cleaning fragile lace with magnetized paper tucked between book leaves for preservation.
Wash jars thoroughly and fill with cold water. Place jars in a large vessel with straw to prevent contact with the bottom, surround with cold water, and heat gradually to boiling. Remove jars, fill with hot fruit, boil covers for five minutes, and use new rubber rings each year to ensure a proper seal.
Retired U N officer Lieut. Winslow recounts Admiral Dewey in 1875 heading to La Paz to defend an American mining party and Englishmen in a violent altercation with Mexican troops. Dewey gave the Mexican colonel 24 hours to rescue the captives or face bombardment, prompting a tense standoff and planned assault by the Narragansett.
An old farmer recalls a plan to make a bull drunk after a keg of beer was bounced from a brewery wagon into his barn. The bull drank, grew boozy, and rampaged through the farm destroying a wagon, a fanning mill, corn shelter, fence, trees, and beehives before dying from stings. The narrator laments his costly prank and calls himself the biggest fool in the state.
A waiter recalls a chaotic “Dollar Dinner” in New York last April with outside cooking, cold fish, roving crumbles, wine spillage, and a chaotic kitchen riot. The account describes bungled service, hot clashes, and a comic, perilous scene of waiters scrambling for front lines while cranberry sauce and ice cream misfires punctuate the event.
An 1860s style notice promotes rail routes for a veterans encampment in Philadelphia in September. It details trains via Chesapeake and Ohio and the Ohio River to Huntington West Virginia, then through Virginia to Staunton and on to Washington and Philadelphia. It lists three travel options with varying stop overs and circuitous routing and directs readers to J U Packer for full routes and rates.
An assortment of overheard quips and quotations about travel in the Klondike, a child kidnapping plot, an editor and yellow journalism, social class remarks, and a cryptic line about a clean record. The text reads like a collage of clipped dialogue and mock anecdotes.
An Excellent Combination describes the California Fig Syrup Co remedy Synor or Fres as a pleasant, effective laxative that cleanses the system, relieves colds and fevers, and strengthens the body by acting on the kidneys liver and bowels. It asserts safety and argues for authentic production and brand name to avoid imitations.
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