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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
The article notes sunrooms or solaria as essential in modern hospital plans to enhance healing. It diagrams south facing bays of glass to capture sunlight, stresses ventilation and heating, and urges pleasant external views to boost therapy.
A London paper portrays the French Foreign Legion as the world’s toughest service, recruiting from criminals and outsiders. It operates on brutal discipline with flogging and capital punishment for minor offenses and reports high insanity rates among its troopers.
A Tajah of Jhind, ruler of a major native state in Panjab, marries European Miss Olive Monatesen. The wedding follows Sikh rites and includes stipulations on income and potential additional wives. The match mirrors a prior Patiala case, triggering Anglo-Indian debate. A separate note discusses wheat germination from ancient Egyptian tombs, debunking fixed-growth claims while noting embryo viability with fresh material.
One man at the New York Zoological Gardens keeps a black snake that roams his house and is reputed to be the best rat catcher in the Bronx. The creature is also kept as a cherished family pet. Fish are noted as a highly nutritious food, comparable to chicken or turkey in value.
Advice from a New York Tribune column on spring growth for babies, detailing outdoor exposure, diet changes, weaning timing, and feeding schedules. It emphasizes gradual weaning, barley water recipes, salt in cow milk for artificial-fed infants, and avoiding overfeeding and harsh voices around children.
The Chicago humane groups plan to curb stray dogs before summer by asphyxiation using gas. Women volunteers assist in gathering animals from streets while opposing shooting as cruel. A sealed metal tank releases illuminating gas to render dogs unconscious in seconds, with two feet of gas deemed sufficient.
Edwin R. Kimball, a wealthy business figure from Leavenworth, covered a traveler’s sandwich expense during a train journey. The incident, described in a Chicago report, notes a single dollar per mile rate plus refreshments totaling $171.5 as reimbursement, with the traveler still eating when the train departed.
A garbled OCR shows numerous land parcels across MAIN STREET, BRUEGGER AVENUE, GIBBS AVENUE, ANDERSON AVENUE, and THIRD STREET with multiple blocks and lots listed. The text appears as an incomplete street-by-street plat or subdivision layout with assorted lot numbers and block references. No clear ownership or date is provided.
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