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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
7
A testimonial notes relief from kidney trouble and dizziness after using Deans Kidney Pills. The writer claims pain, gravel stones, back pain and general health improved, praising the product sold by Bold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
The American Spectator notes John Hay’s refined diplomacy over Mark Twain’s manuscript of A Conversation as it was at the Social Fireside In the Time of the Tudors. Alexander Gunn proposed limited private prints, but Hay refused, joking he might keep a copy and missed the chance to share with Gunn. In the same column, a Chicago Tribune gag line set features a telephone miscue and a summer plans joke.
An elderly veteran recalls years of coffee causing liver issues and malarial relapse. After a doctor warned him to quit coffee, he switched to Postum, recovering quickly and now performing heavy work again. He praises Postum's benefit and notes others improve with proper preparation.
Pennsylvania correspondent describes a device that activates an electric bell and lights a clock display. Components include alarm clock key B contact post bracket D bulb E brass strip X splice J bell, with wires and batteries. Operate by pushing lever right and turning the alarm key twice.
Instructions describe wiring an alarm clock with a bell and light, detailing how the contact post and lever operate the bell. It explains placing the clock on a shelf, ensuring legs rest on a brass strip, and using a baseboard switch to control bell and light from bed without getting up.
The electric kitchen has moved from novelty to common place, transforming domestic tasks once done with traditional means. A few years ago a mysterious laboratory figure inspired awe, but now electricity guides simple chores from boiling coffee to baking biscuits.
Illustration shows a Chicago inventor’s electroplating apparatus featuring a perforated nonconducting receptacle with a resident cathode. Articles tumble in a rotatable tank to ensure contact and uniform plating, avoiding individual wiring to a negative cathode and reducing bath usage. Power drives the tub via a side pulley, with inclination enhancing tumbling and contact.
The American De Forest Wireless Telegraph company announced a successful message transmission from Manhattan Head, Long Island to Glengarriff harbor in County Cork. The Manhattan Beach station, recently completed, uses 40 kilowatts and 30 000 volts with 210 foot masts. At Glengarriff the signal was received using kite supported aerials. The feat marks a notable early achievement in wireless communication.
The Atlantic Marconi kite method for an antenna was tested at St Johns Newfoundland using Alexander Graham Bell tetrahedral kites. Tests at Arlington Virginia showed kites could rise 1000 to 2000 feet with aluminium and copper wire, maintaining steady flight and steady reception from ships and coastal stations.
A fragment discusses a historical kitchen range made of oak and slate featuring an oven and water heater. It contrasts early demonstrations viewed as dangerous with modern electric ranges for a small family, noting no smoke or gas and a rapid fire in a second, referencing Popular Mechanics.
A 1905 note from Thomas M. in East Orange reports a lifelong eczema struggle since 1804. After extensive treatments and hospital visits without relief, he used Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for five weeks, claiming complete recovery from a severe, itchy rash covering his face neck and body. He endorses the products to others seeking speedy, permanent skin relief.
A man in a Chicago theater shows a distinctive amber carved hat-pin to several women and escorts hoping for a match. After several rejections and a teasing blush from his wife, he reveals the pin is hers as the ladies return it with dubious smiles.
A jumble of quoted lines and street dialogue from a historic page incites a sense of scattered humor. Pieces reference rambling maxims about conscience and life, a rehearsal for a peace society speech, and light banter about watches and formality.
An efficient tool-room is a requisite of a good shop. The machines should be high class or their imperfections will be reproduced in the tools. It must ensure tools are on hand and that jigs or fixtures can be made to cheapen production.
A palatera journal recommends applying two heavy coats of ordinary lime whitewash to rough woodwork in Washington to render it nearly non inflammable. The method emphasizes simple materials and practical safety in construction practices.
The New York Tribune notes Captain Mark Casto received a $1 600 gift from the Carnegie hero fund for bravery in the wreck of the Cherokee. The gift was unexpected and cast a modest light on heroic action amid personal stress illustrated by a husband wife scene at home.
Navy ad offers enlistment for ages 17 to 25 in apprentice seamen and skilled trades including electricians machinists plumbers coppersmiths boilermakers shipwrights yeomen firemen and cooks. Four year term with remittance of board lodging and medicine and clothing allowance of 45 dollars. retirement after 30 years at three fourths pay. Address Navy Recruiting Station Post Office Building Minneapolis Star.
A Brooklyn Citizen item recalls a boy on a first country trip who watches birds overhead while his hostess asks him to look up. A Detroit Free Press note adds cheerful, light humor about spring days and garden antics. An ad for Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer promises cures with a free trial offer and treatise. A quip suggests not judging a man by his clothes, but by his family.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a key remedy for women entering the change of life. It warns of dangers like paralysis, cancer, and nervous turmoil during this period and claims the tonic strengthens the nervous system and rejuvenates the female body. A testimonial from Mrs A B G Hyland endorses improved health after use and invites readers to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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