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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
7
A 14 year old schoolgirl’s guide to complexion care urges daily bathing and proper soap, no powders, and fresh air. It warns against blackheads pressed with tools, favors lemon juice and glycerine for freckles, but stresses digestion, bowel health, sleep, and outdoor exercise for a healthy skin. It also discourages tight corsets and overuse of cosmetics.
A blouse description details a pale heliotrope silk fashion with a round yoke of gauged silk straps separated by wide lace, a lace insertion collar, lace-trimmed lower bodice with points, gathered center front, pouched waist over a swathed silk band, lace trimmed puff sleeve, and a tight-fitting lower sleeve. Materials list: four yards silk two and a half yards insertion and six lace points.
A humorous adult event centers on a hostess the Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe and many children guests. Masks may be worn, with no duplicates among characters. Refreshments include tarts and a large pie with black birds, a pink plum bonbons pie, and decorations of Mother Goose subjects. Prizes for best costume, room for grand match cards, and dinner utensil hints follow.
An exchange from Tit-Bits features a judge asking a rounder about a presumable kiss in the dark. The senior partner contemplates firing a recently hired, notably lazy junior. Conversations reveal a brisk, satirical tone on propriety and consequences.
A collage of old newspaper quips lampoons publicity, manners, and society. Publicity is prized when favorable but feared when connected to investigations as illustrated by varied gags from Brooklyn Eagle Town Topics Puck and more. The snippets feature witty exchanges about manners, dating, and social observation with a light, period voice.
The year just closed showed Western Canada’s agricultural gains with near 100 million bushels of wheat and expanding fall and spring wheat areas. Dairying thrives in new provinces as Americans rush to Saskatchewan and Alberta, aided by railways opening new lands. Dominion agents in U S cities offer guidance, and a Toronto Star line celebrates the West as open prairies attract settlers under a banner of equality and opportunity.
The piece reviews Dr William Packards retirement from Princeton after 35 years teaching Latin and language science Granta urges reform in English university education condemning graduates for limited career options A Wisconsin professor Prof EB W Clark will study abroad yearly guiding lectures and a ten year plan The Public Schools Athletic League of New York forms a girls branch with Grace Dodge noting training must differ from boys A $50 prize from Mrs Henry Siegel promotes integrating moral and athletic discipline The piece ends with a quote from Human Nature about emergencies never turning up now surfacing as a reflective thought.
A religious report highlights one ordained missionary for 900 000 heathen and Fulbourn England paying sixpence to the poor for regular church attendance. It notes the Methodist Ministers Relief Association in Boston paying $642 259 to widows and orphans of deceased preachers, plus Rev W C Swearer’s furlough from Korea and rising church interest in Christianity among Koreans. It also mentions petitions to canonize Pius IX, plans for a Japanese Baptist immigrant colony near Puget Sound, and Bunyan’s anvil discovered near Helenston bearing 1642.
A garbled list catalogs rulers from Henry I to William the Conqueror with quips on gluttony thirst apoplexy and passion leading to death. The text adds a modern aside about trust when a husband goes downtown unshaven, attributed to the New York Press.
A Rockford Register-Gazette tale cites Dr William Langhorat of Aurers treating O A Leach of Beach county for severe optic nerve damage allegedly caused by heavy coffee use. The piece endorses Postum as a safe alternative and urges quitting coffee to rebuild nerve cells.
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