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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
7
A chaotic scene at a sleeping car in the arias station near Cleveland features a pompous porter lecturing a young man while a train nears departure. The quarrel reveals arrogance and missteps, with humor from veteran reporters about public demeanor and discipline.
Specifications from Hodgson's Low Cost Homes detail an eight room cottage 24 by 43 feet priced at 2 500. It covers lathing with No 1 pine, two coat finishes, three exterior paint coats, double doors and windows, oak stairs, and full interior detailing including closet storage and shellac or color finishes. Blue prints provided by Frederick J. Drake & Co. Chicago.
A New Yorker invents an improved hinge to ease hanging and rehinging doors. Pintles are integral with jamb leaves and knuckle leaves fit recessed pintles with opposing slots. The design allows the door to unhinge by a horizontal pull while gravity keeps it closed until fully opened. Alabama's Cement Industry notes Alabama’s limestone supplies Portland cement the state’s growing trade.
Stephen Dudley Field in Stockbridge England demonstrates recording the Morse alphabet on paper tape using wireless telegraphy. The experiment, witnessed by friends, marks two years of study and introduces Field's amplifier a compact electrically delicate device enabling direct land to wireless line linking and world spanning messaging without repeated station hops.
Paris color makers create mummy brown a rich tint prized by painters. Despite the name no Egyptian mummy is used the pigment comes from pulverized modern cat heads. Artists hope the shade yields effects similar to those of old masters without costly rituals or tomb disturbance.
Andrew Carnegie is cited alongside Watt in a discussion of steam engine origins. The Minneapolis Journal notes early scientific doubt and public fear of displacement, comparing Watt’s reception to later claims of a rotary engine. The piece reflects on resistance to innovation and calls for effort and perseverance despite ridicule.
An anecdote recalls Gen Miles visiting Fort Jacinto Galveston and mistaking powder strips for macaroni The tale follows a powder stash scattered by a Galveston storm and recovered by a farmer who mistook it for boiled macaroni with humorous commentary from an Uncle Sam aide
Catholic Sisters praise Peruna for treating throat catarrh and laryngitis in a Detroit letter, while the United States navy spending data prompts pride in large families. Letters from Ohio doctors and surgeons in Napoleon and Columbus advocate Peruna and invite testimonials and free medical advice from Dr. Hartman.
Fragments describe Grand Trunk trains via Niagara Falls and advertisements from Chicago and Michigan. A stray medical claim and personal anecdotes appear, mentioning Cure for Cold in One Day and various names, with incomplete phrases about fortune and a tall man.
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