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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
2
A theatre scene unfolds as the comedian and a dancer perform amid chorus girls. A dying child prompts the comedian to refuse money and stay with her, while a dancer offers aid. The plot twists into a staged confession of fidelity and love, ending with a chorus and a dramatic finale.
A stage performer, once a fool for crowds, faces marriage and heartbreak. After a dancer and a child’s death, the actor leaves town to hide his sorrow, while the dancer offers quiet companionship and a chance at redemption.
A critical depiction of London society women spending afternoons at social gambling rounds. It condemns self restraint, calls out the racecourse gambling dangers, and contrasts aristocratic behavior with servants’ covert actions at Kempton Park. An Irish laborer’s hunger and an artist studio scene close the excerpt with social commentary.
An article from Ladies' World advises women to keep a flattering hairstyle rather than chase fashion trends. It describes home remedies for crimping, washing, and conditioning hair with quince seed banduline, strong soap, borax, vaseline, and a borax rinse, plus a hair tonic of ray rum and borax to promote scalp health and growth.
A new enamelled brooch combines metal and photograph in a 4 star motif, finished by a jeweler with a delicate enamel coating. The article also covers pea soup, eyelash care with vaseline, patching waterproof Mackintoshes, and dress colors that suit eye shades.
A frugal reader reflects on what to do with old kid gloves and finds insight in a mid Victorian mirror case. A velvet foundation with white kid and silver spangles reveals a delicate construction, including a silver threaded ornament and a long silver twist centerpiece.
A Chicago News note details craftwork including a front with a loosely woven silver braid and orange linen lining, a defined mirror junction, and orange tassels with green accents. It compares this to an antique letter cane, noting simple materials like thin leather and pasted paper in preserved items.
The article details the monogram trend on personal items like piano ends and hats, then offers home remedies and recipes. It covers sewing monograms on furniture and garments, herbal uses for cooking, and a recipe for apple pandotty. It also includes tips on forcing bulbs and garden care.
A playful note describes a floating island dessert with a yolk milk custard base flavored by gunilla and sweetened. The plan calls for lining a glass dish with sponge cake, baking the custard, and topping with whipped egg whites to form a light floating island arrangement.
The Indiana Experiment Station tested greenhouse lettuce cultivation with two bench settings six by six inches and three by three inches. Contrary to expectations, the thicker setting produced heavier yields at about 20 ounces per square foot versus 11 ounces for the thinner setting, saving time and boosting output.
A horticultural note describes using deeper benches with zinc lined bottoms and brick ballast to sub water lettuce and beans. Water distributes through a tube, keeping soil moist and improving yields. extra bench prep costs about 13 cents per square foot but profits offset the expense.
A compilation of dairy guidance advises grinding feed for cows, keeping cows clean and well milking, and using pure air. It urges regular feeding, breeding for better herds, keeping stables tidy, and producing quality cheese by aging it at least two weeks before shipment after cows are on grass. It quotes Western Plowman on avoiding green cheese and American Chessemaker on factory practices.
Shale from Port Jervis New York is being evaluated for road construction and broad use. Analysts expect strong trade potential as the calcareous stone yields fine rods under certain conditions and is already shipped down the Delaware valley to the Water Gap and used in far northern New Jersey.
Practical guidance on when to mulch fruit plants, how to lay mulch around strawberries raspberries and other berries, and around young trees. It notes materials like straw hay coarse litter and manure, benefits in moderating soil temperature and reducing frost risk, and cautions about weed seeds from fresh manure.
The article notes tiled benches for florists offer long term savings, better drainage, and manageable depth with tiles two to three inches, placed on four foot apart supports. It compares cost and efficiency with wooden benches and suggests porosity with sand/clay mixes for airflow.
The rye crop in Russia has failed this year, raising expected demand through central Europe. Rye can be sown to barely germinate, then yield a good crop next year if land is rich. It exhausts land less than wheat and can succeed where wheat cannot, suggesting wider cultivation.
A fragmentary page blends travel advertising for a Milwaukee route to Los Angeles with scattered quotations and brief notices. It includes Saturday departures from St. Paul and Minneapolis, coach and berth details, and contact names for agents, plus stray lines from L A W Bulletins and Chicago Daily News reflecting light editorial quips.
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