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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
2
In a poem by George Van Duzer from the Chicago Iyer Ocean, a speaker recalls his mother’s pride in inner goodness over external beauty. The piece laments harsh judgments of plain appearance and imagines heaven as reversing earthly flaws to reveal grace beyond skin.
An office clerk named Merbelot deserts his junior post after a peaches caper at a Chevet banquet. He steals two peaches, is publicly ridiculed, quits his job, and becomes a prosperous farmer at Chantelaine with his wife. Now he enjoys a thriving farm and family life, praising peaches as the turning point.
Illinois Central replaces a former parlor car on the Chicago to St. Louis Daylight Special with a new composite parlor cafe car built at Pullman Shops. The Empire style interior features mahogany, marquetry inlays, green frieze plush seating, gas chandeliers, Wilton carpet, four-seat tables, tete a tete dining, a kitchen en route, and a gentleman’s smoking room with a buffet. The car targets Hot Springs travel, with the Daylight Special leaving Chicago to St. Louis in eight hours and good Union Station connections.
A diffident suitor seeks advice on proposing but cannot act until a playful moment with a untied shoe leads him to propose. The scene turns when the partner hints at the parson, and he seizes the moment to finish the proposal.
A reader complains about inappropriate church music citing Cavalleria Rusticana and Delilah themes as poor choices. The piece shifts to a theater anecdote about a new actor who jokes that a verbal contract was made, highlighting a manager and actor exchanging misunderstanding over engagement terms.
A fragment from the New York World describes a tense scene as travelers discuss a possible meteoric show near midnight. The note hints at a conflict involving a busted Uncle Tom's Cabin company and a tense confrontation expected to settle accounts.
A mix of quotations and snippets from newspapers notes strange phrases and anecdotes. The Cleveland Leader mentions Theo Plimley’s wife and an accident policy while other lines mock business sense and a German acquaintance’s remark. References to neuralgia cures with St Jacobs Oil appear alongside phrenology snippets.
An OCR fragment lists medical cures and testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, St Jacobs Oil, and other patent medicines. It includes promises of cures and notices of money-back guarantees, with scattered ad-like claims and misprints. The item reflects early 20th century newspaper advertising culture and questionable therapeutic claims.
A Memphis man recounts his wife’s seven year battle with lung trouble diagnosed as consumption. After doctors failed, he claims Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cured her, and credits the medicine with saving her life. The ad touts relief for coughs colds asthma and bronchitis and notes the product now comes in half size bottles at twenty five cents.
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