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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
2
The article explains simple, low cost tops made from common materials. It details a wooden button top with a long peg and a whip top crafted from a cylindrical stick with a soldered wire, including shaping, drilling, and smoothing steps for durable spinning toys.
A condensed list presents fourteen major life mistakes. It warns against imposing personal standards on others and judging youth, seeking perfect uniformity, and overestimating our own abilities. It urges relief of suffering where possible and tolerance for others’ infirmities. It cautions against assuming total understanding and believing one is almost perfect.
A Newburg New York man aged seventy two describes severe blood poisoning and a near amputation like foot injury. After six months of pain he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with rapid improvement and complete healing in two weeks, ending months of misery.
In a dilapidated island landlord’s block, Moriarty the builder shelters Miss Cordelia Byrne, a destitute young woman, pressing her to marry. Byrne’s piano tunes stir tenants, while her letters reveal loneliness and a careful ploy to lure Moriarty. Moriarty vows protection and refuses to let the young woman be harmed.
A lateral puzzle describes ten matches laid in Fig. 1 setup. It asks how the matches can be rearranged into pairs by taking each of five matches in turn across to form the five pairs. The solution outlines a specific sequence achieving five nonoverlapping pairs.
The passage describes a matchstick puzzle with eight matches after removing two. It asks to arrange the sticks into four right angled triangles and two squares, with the smaller square built first using four matches and the remaining four forming the second square, yielding the requested geometrical result.
Compact note reflects on human vanity and self-absorption, citing a London week’s Bits column. Witty remark suggests modesty reveals character, contrasting outward pretensions with inward flaws.
A reader describes double tit tattoo, a more complex variant of tic tac toe. The game uses four cross lines creating more spaces, demanding quicker thinking to prevent an opponent from scoring while aiming to achieve four in a row. Adults can enjoy it by being defeated repeatedly.
The British association discussed how much sleep youths require amid growth with no universal standard. They cited Wells' eight hour joke as a measure placing him in the eight hour class, and a school letter noted improvements after starting breakfast at nine.
A brief adage from Success Magazine stressing that true progress comes from thorough self-respect. It asserts you must think well of yourself so others will respect you, framing self-regard as essential to personal advancement.
A column notes Norwegian enthusiasm for Queen Alexandra and recounts an event where the German consul’s casual attire drew royal displeasure aboard a ship near Bergen. It also mentions Boston frill of keeping game chickens and a Berlin report on a Norddeich wireless station to span 932 miles with four 213 foot towers.
Descriptive account of ducks in China noting vast duck populations in villages and cities. Mentions duck houses on every yard, rivers, and trains of commerce, with large hatcheries capable of 50 000 ducks yearly. Claims Chinese ducks are the best for eating and compares duck eggs to chicken eggs.
Mrs H A Fletcher of 69 Blodget Street Manchester New Hampshire describes severe insomnia nerve trouble and a near apoplectic shock. After six weeks with a doctor she found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, sleeping better and improving overall health. The ad claims benefits for nervous disorders headaches neuralgia and blood diseases and lists pricing and mail order details.
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