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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
7
A long feature outlines astrology driven by today's solar eclipse as forecast by Professor Frank Theodore Allen. It discusses planetary stelliums, weather, politics, and social upheaval, predicting coincidences with events in North America Europe and Mexico.
Feverish vibrations from Mars Sun opposition Mercury and Uranus are said to threaten realty and may result in death or serious harm to royal blood. The prediction notes these planetary alignments are likely to cause disaster.
A survey of quirky devices includes a compact English parachute worn in a helmet, a magnifying glass with a spring by Jessen, an Illinois ventilating patent for phone booths, a Swedish ice-breaking steamer for Russia, and a two-piece heavy-glass rural casket. Other items: field brush-plate potato vine cleaner, coal electricity experiments by English scientists, a table electric fan with a flower dish, a burglar-alarm phonograph attachment by a Chicago inventor, safety razor blade holder for tailors, a tiny New York motor cycle, early film for the blind, and feather clothing by an Italian priest.
A Cadillac area tale tells of a wife believing her husband fond of their servant girl entering the kitchen at dusk with a shawl over her head only to be kissed by the girl’s suitor. the ruse backfired as the beau confessed to the prank and the tale spread.
A mother of eight boxes a boy thief who tries to rob her, while neighbors recall a night of smoking youths and a purse struck, all amid a tale of a war hero and Maggie Teyte’s letters about bravery and divorce.
Maggie Teyte, famed soprano once married to M. Eugen Plumon, announces engagement to Seymour Robertson, an English lieutenant who lost an arm and a leg at Loos. The couple, school friends in youth, proceed with a romance rooted in shared childhood memories and wartime sacrifice.
A poem lauds a man who lived among common folk and faced danger without flinching. It honors his mortal bond with humanity and his steadfast faith, portraying his death as a beacon of brotherhood and divine love. The verses celebrate love, sacrifice, and the enduring torch of faith sparked by his life.
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