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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
2
A fragmentary lyric celebrates a beloved, praising rosy lips, white arms, and brown curls. The speaker imagines birds, bells, and winds singing a continual song of her love amid blossoming surroundings. The tone is affectionate and nostalgic, with vivid imagery of nature and romance.
A narrative from Pine Ridge depicts Fraizer directing a Sioux interpreter Yellow Bird to convey Western Union urgency. The scene shows messenger Roy Chadron era and the raid atmosphere as a telegraph service expands near the agency amid anticipated hostilities. The account mixes military caution and press interest with vivid, uneasy details of the time.
A jumble of quips and cartoons appears from various papers. The snippets feature jokes about marriage and love, aging, Yale, football rooters, theatre scenes, and a curled critique from a committee. Names and locales are partial, capturing a mood rather than a full story.
Explorers from a St Petersburg congress pushed toward Ararat in the Caucasus and a Prof Stoeber of Vladikavkaz reportedly froze to death. Legends speak of Ark fragments and divine guardianship on the summit, with historic ascents by Parrot in 1320, Abich in 1846, and Digby Seymour, leading to renewed, arduous climbs despite perilous conditions.
Fragmentary dialogue references a previous question and order, with characters Clara and De Fer mentioned in a theatrical or parliamentary style exchange. The garbled text suggests a discussion of sequence and procedure rather than a clear news event.
A Klondike anecdote describes extreme cold and icy phenomena from Chilkat pass to Yukon. The speaker recalls candles freezing to save heat, cows producing ice cream, a hotel clerk selling fake diamonds, a barn roof collapse from freezing, and smoke freezing in a chimney. The humor ends with a friend asking for affidavits and the teller vanishing.
A fragment from a domestic scene shows a husband apologizing and promising to write with a treasured fountain pen. The wife asks for a suit of overalls as a small favor, while a public notice promotes a Farmer’s Handy Feed Cooker at 12.50 for 50 ton capacity, claiming savings and healthier stock through cooked wood feed in winter.
A fragmented 19th century style piece recounts a marriage vow moment “Do you take” with a eloping couple and minister. It later touches on maritime disasters off the coast and urges readers to consider Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for seasickness. Other quips cite daily life and reading tastes beside a wartime-like storm of captions and voices.
In a testimonial style piece a Bethlehem resident praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing excessive menstruation and womb trouble. She describes relief from bed rest and kidney pain after using the remedy and urges others to try it. The passage emphasizes uterine weakness as common and presents the tonic as a cure.
A collage of medical claims and consumer quips includes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co claiming no mercury and internal action, plus other remedies and advertisements. It interleaves humorous lines and brief product pitches with mentions of St Jacobs Oil, Syrup of Figs, and assorted witticisms, all presented in period newspaper style.
Fifteen years of misery from indigestion ends with a cure after using Dr. Ayer's Pills. John Pritchard walks poorly, grows weaker, and fears death until relief arrives. Testimonials from grateful users claim rapid benefit and lasting improvement. The advertisement urges readers to request the cure book from J. C. Ayers Co.
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