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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
2
A Chicago Record-Triune page fragment muses on Julius Caesar in verse, imagining the famed ruler rebuking fashion trends. The satirical poem rails against modern style, noting Caesar’s old robed garb and dignity, and contrasts ancient restraint with contemporary dress pressures.
A diary excerpts a teenager named Dolly, turning eighteen, vowing to remain single to devote life to her mother. She records mood shifts, diary discipline, social pressures, and dreams of sacrifices, with notes on family tensions and flirtations, including a cousin’s advances and Nell Gwynn letters. A separate note recalls a boy trapped with monkeys on a train and a German naval program brief.
Fragmented text describes an oleaginous substance and its claimed effects on digestion. Mentions proportions for use and potential health outcomes such as bowel issues and appetite signs, attributed to a historical discourse by Prof Charles R Eastman.
The text notes a centennial of Russian press and cites Peter the Great signing a 1702 decree establishing the first newspaper News on Military. It recounts a nondescript household incident with overturned tumbler contents and three sets of something burned in a mantel, followed by a family moving away.
In a Sailor's Log from the Appletons keeper Rear Admiral Rabley D. Evans recalls a Virginia lighthouse service era when many keepers were colored men placed by Gen Mahone and his followers and were removed for sleep and neglect.
The chief medical officer reports lack of seeds and roots leading to use of tree bark and ground rocks to bulk meals. Ground Khejra bark mixed with flour is common, about one part bark to twenty flour, aiding digestion in small amounts though harmful in excess. A soft stone named Chuta near the Ulkanen Marwar Jaipur border is also eaten to add bulk in the region.
A Chicago Chronicle tale recounts a fashionable South Side patient who wore two artificial front teeth on a plate. After repeated breakages and mishaps from sleeping with them, the tale ends with the spouse unaware, illustrating early dental trial and error in society circles.
An article describes Pt Barrow Alaska as a northern American school site and a remote winter refuge for shipwrecked whalers. It notes Uppernavak Greund Mond as the world’s northern mission, with 75 to 100 pupils, harsh arctic nights from November to February, and teachers cut off from the outside world except twice yearly deliveries. It praises the Eskimo pupils as quickly intelligent.
An article notes clay images found at Nippur during Rev. Dr John Peters’s expedition. the equipage uncovered ruins including the Temple of Bel. It discusses early Russian newspapers and a plan to publish a bibliographical list, plus Paraguay’s coffee growth and a peculiar report of a watchman’s behavior. It ends with Col. Willis Codgie mentioning buffalo slaughter for Kansas Pacific workers.
An excerpt from Youth's Companion shows children bored with usual amusements. They crave new games, wind a toy kite, bike, croquet, and inventions as evening nears. A wistful chorus of impatience and playful debate marks a summer afternoon.
A discussion of insectivorous plants led by Dr. Fowler at Queen’s College Ontario, highlighting the Venus flytrap and the Sarracenia purpurea. It notes Harvard’s Ware collection of glass flowers by the Blaselika family, funded by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ware and Miss Mary L. Ware, and their aim to illustrate North American plant relations. Also, a Marion Indiana note reports a cat adopting two kits and two rabbits, forming a shared family with mutual care.
A lover of animals recalls a white sea gull and a neighbor's cat sharing a doorstep scene. Jones nursed a wounded gull, which grew tame and fed by oyster on a fork, then learned to fish by dropping meat into water, using a pan nearby to retrieve dinner.
An Australian plant forms a lethal alliance with a small pugnant ant. The plant’s hollow horn horns secrete food for the ant, which defends the plant by attacking leaf intruders. The ant and plant sustain each other, while other insects threaten the leaves. A second item notes a boy’s cunning plan over a pony and dog. The final item claims Virginia Dare as America’s first white child born on local soil.
A collage of late 19th century miscellany cites population figures for Britain Ireland and Canada, a Bordeaux cycle track damaged by a fog delay, cigar use in Germany, and a London council law on shouting. It mentions Oregon wool, Alabama coke output, Paris moves to relocate Gambetti’s body, theater management in London, and a tally of newspaper print volumes and paper usage. Also notes on Chinese imperial documents, a savings bank revival, Mughal relics, and a tiny sand spot near Cedar Gap with historic ties. The piece closes with a winter impact on sports and aging height data for British women.
A Blacksmith in Goodland Kansas suffers severe rheumatic pain but improves after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He reports full recovery with no remaining symptoms and praises the remedy. Claims other serious diseases like Bright's Disease and heart trouble have been cured by the pill, even after doctors gave up.
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