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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
8
Advice on selecting breeding birds and housing, feeding, hygiene, and mating to boost fertility and chick vitality. Also a booster feature promoting North and South Dakota, urging advertising to attract population growth and investment. Includes notes on child labor campaign progress during wartime.
An advertisement touts Peruna as a remedy for appetite loss gas and stomach fermentation. Emma Bell of Fort Pierce Florida testifies she suffered swelling and pain before using Peruna and five bottles restored her strength enabling her to work and regain twenty pounds.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg argues that metropolitan papers distort facts to serve public morals. He praises accuracy in small towns where editors know the county and reporters must tell the truth. He warns that outside Harvard Boston and New York many newspapers are venal and untruthful, lacking exactitude.
A shopper screamed as a purse was snatched from her jeweled hand. The thief fled but was captured by the copper, who recovered the purse. Inside were a penciled note, a sugar plum, gum, a bent hair-pin, a copper cent, a button hook, a crank, a safety-pin, a curling tin, a powder rag, and a sachet bag. The owner, relieved, continued her shopping tour with a smile.
Instructions for washing a sweater coat by pressing in suds, avoiding wringing, and drying on a towel hammock between clotheslines or chairs. Turn and reposition the garment as it dries to maintain shape and prevent stretching. Ensure ample air flow for even drying.
The passage urges New Year resolutions as practical guides to better finances and steadier routines. It notes many start with thrift aims, though few sustain them, and suggests reading The Graphic’s ads to save nickels and dimes, helping maintain discipline through the year.
A tale unfolds of a devoted admirer waiting for Jenny in the parlor. Tommy interrupts to ask Mr Smith if he loves Jenny, explaining she offered five dollars to know his feelings and he needs the money.
The painter poet repeats a refrain about a pool in the ancient forest described as violet blue and emerald. He travels into the woods seeking the pool, finds none, then returns with a thrilling sense of discovery as the pool appears, near the breast of a rose-green night and the heart of the forest, attributed to Frederick Sylvester.
The Y M C A announces a housing information bureau for travelers to Minneapolis offering rooms in home like surroundings at reasonable rates. No service charges. It urges Northwest visitors to contact the Y first and emphasizes placing newcomers with peers of high ambitions.
The piece notes college girls copying hats from brothers, uses buttons as popular decorations, and describes subdued colors. It mentions favored brassieres with shields, longer tailored jackets as winter nears, a cape-backed English sports jacket, and mother pearl buttons trimmed with color as a new feature.
A collage of ads for clothing and home goods is followed by a formal notice inviting scaled bids for lignite coal for the Williston library building. Bids close December 31, 1916, with a $50 certified check and a $200 bond required, and the Library Board reserves the right to reject all bids.
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