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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
2
The poem depicts storm and wreck at sea with vivid imagery of rain fog and breakers. Hearts of the drowned and the treacherous sea are invoked as the fated ship meets death on the rocks. The speaker implores mercy for ships and souls, awaiting dawn to ease the storm and temper the sea's rage.
In a plantation tale from the South Martha loves Ben the banjo player as he tends her in sickness. He mourns her death, preserves the instrument, and the music that bound them fades to dust when she is gone. Years later, northern visitors revive his song before his final quiet end.
A social tale from the Cleveland Plain Dealer follows Mabel Pinklington a typewriter who helps her widowed mother. She feeds an elderly shabby man on a downtown ride and later receives a surprising gift of $4,130 from his trousers. The piece ends with a moral about kindness to the elderly.
An authority urges early physical culture for American girls starting at age five to train running with proper form. The piece argues gradual, nonviolent daily exercise builds endurance, strength, and healthier lungs, comparing habits from childhood into adulthood.
Architects puzzled by a new house design face women demanding fewer closets and even none. The piece notes English closets lack flexibility and the trend reflects changing domestic needs.
The piece surveys a dresser style called a clothes case with forward and upward panels for organized clothing storage. It discusses empire inspirations, global population estimates, and trade figures, then shifts to luxury items like Countess Henckel’s pearl necklace and the fastest river steamboat claims, finishing with table linen care tips.
The jewelry box of the up to date girl reveals chatelaine ensembles that enhance morning and afternoon wear with varied materials. Miniature centerpieces and side miniatures, enameled floral wreaths, and a decorative enameled watch on the corsage define the refined accessory trend.
Severe wounds require careful dressing to prevent blood poisoning. Use boiled water and old linen for dressings, avoid unwashed calico, cleanse wound, then edge closure with adhesive plaster. Keep adhesive plaster and old linen rolls, with medicated cotton when needed.
A fragment describes fashionable summer fans as showpieces replacing old palmetto fans. It notes a cover material, often hand painted, and that the frame is part of a model pleasing to the most fastidious, reflecting era style and beauty standards.
A dainty fan adorned with heliotrope spangled tulle and steel designs reflects light like diamonds as it moves. Plus practical guidance from a sales expert on why women struggle to stand while trying on shoes and how posture affects fit. A wine jelly recipe and a light note on married life close the page.
The article outlines how about 260000 Indians in the U S operate under tribal governments and exemptions from taxes jury duty and military service. It notes federal disbursements around 36 million annually and listed state and federal provisions affecting Indians including liquor laws in Utah and property rights in New York, with Florida Seminole education and land purchases highlighted.
Nellie the larger harbor seal amazes with a juggling routine using fish scraps on her whiskers, balancing and tossing them in water. The younger seal imitates, while both perform spins, rings, and rapid forward and backward somersaults. A separate note highlights the West Indian seals’ boisterous pool and squirting water at bystanders.
A Detroit exchange mocks the phrase business ability as the knack to seize the main chance and profit, while a debutante’s father pursues a $100,000 dowry. The clip also parodies verbose boasts about ability amid humorous animals and quips from Hoosier and Chicago papers, noting vain self-promotion and public boasting.
A historical testimonial extols Peruna and Man-a-lin for catarrh and menopausal relief. Dr Hartman claims Peruna treats cholera morbus, cholera infantum, diar rhea, and summer complaints with forty years of practice. Free booklet "Summer Catarrh" offered from Columbus Ohio.
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