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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
6
A thoughtful look at education's value and the teacher's role, arguing for higher pay and greater respect for those shaping young minds. The piece laments low teaching salaries, praises educational impact, and calls for broader cultural support including affordable theater and civic funding.
A husband, newly free from his wife Nell, attends a masquerade with friends. He sees a red masked figure and discovers his wife’s servant had posed as the mistress. He confronts the pair, reveals the mask, and learns the truth behind the ruse and theft.
In 1905 the natural gas produced and sold in the United States was worth 41,562,855 dollars and the supply was growing larger despite wasteful methods, signaling a small shortage in fuel despite a expanding market.
A white apparition roams Evanston and Wilmette each midnight, seen near Sheridan road and Willard hall, home to 300 Northwestern girl students. Police doubt a real ghost but vow action after the ghost circled Willard hall four times, prompting plans to deploy special officers to curb the haunting.
Croquet remains widely favored in London and the country with matches at Ranelagh and Hurlingham. Several men and women of smart society have become experts and much high betting occurs when a match is in progress.
A two year old organ grinders Hen with one leg shorter than the other drew crowds at a county fair. Perched atop the organ the hen performed tricks and collected pennies by circling toward potential donors. Its long neck helped it search vest pockets, making it a notable coin collector at the fair.
Mrs. Alice Phelps of Kansas City seeks legal help to remove her daughters from Frank Sandford's Holy Ghost and Us colony at Shiloh. Bessie, 33, insane under sect influence, has been kept in a semi conscious state after harsh restrictions and starvation. The elder daughter remains under Sandford's control aboard a Mediterranean yacht, with her mother arguing for her freedom.
Albany Union Station manager Reis nearly collapsed when a blond haired woman, Miss E. H. Snyder, entered asking for an engine or fireman job. A mechanical school graduate, she visited Division Supt Harrington before heading to West Albany to apply at the car shop.
A Marysville couple John and Mrs Rogers welcomed a baby on Delaware Avenue. The infant was reported to have a full set of brown upper teeth at birth, a rare condition noted by local observers.
A blind Maine guide Libby recounts killing a deer near his tent with an ax in hand while thinking a bear charged. He handed the venison to Bangor hospital after a Fish and Game inquiry, leaving Commissioner Carpenter puzzled by the claimed feat.
A Columbia Missouri woman Mrs J B Johnson reports two year suffering from dropsy heart pain and disordered kidney action improved after taking Dean's Kidney Pills She says the remedy cured her trouble and she recommends it sold by all dealers 50 cents a bottle Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY plus a local note about a Kalkaska man narrowly escaping injury on a church chimney collapse and a Irish fishing feat by a woman angler with a 144 pound skate in Ballycotton Ireland highlighting notable survivals and achievements.
A 19th century advertisement touts Z. M. O. oil by M R Zaegel & Co of Sheboygan Wisconsin as a penetrating antiseptic pain reliever for sores burns and bruises with claimed effects on catarrh rheumatism piles and back pain. Sample bottles offered free by mail to readers who describe their condition.
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