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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1904
Page
7
Advertisement claims women suffer daily from kidney backache and fatigue until kidneys are treated. Promotes Dean's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo with a testimonial from Mrs. William Wallace of Concord New Hampshire. Free trial offered and price listed as 50 cents per box.
A miscellany of statistical curiosities cites wolves in Russian forests devouring 300 people yearly, Japanese in the U S rising to 24,300, sea life density, coal market laws, Paris typhoid rates, snuff consumption, Japan Russia war timelines, population growth, Mahomet tomb value, Argentine bachelor fines, and other data points in a breezy, satirical tone.
Old English embroidery receives an all summer run with hyscanthine blue flattering blondes and brunettes. New jackets feature two graduated tucks at the back and many evening dresses show long sleeves full at the elbow. Silk lace grenadines in bright colors emerge as the season’s most attractive fabrics.
A Massachusetts housewife recounts her family’s use of Grape-Nuts as both food and medicine. She notes her son’s question about the king eating Grape-Nuts and asserts the cereal aids digestion, nerves, and brain power, referencing the Postum Co. claim and the book The Road to Wellville.
Poem lines by Ernest McCann from St. Nicholas ponder wind and sea with a childlike image. Imagery blends sleep, weather, and nautical calm.
A demonstration explains that placing a damp card over a water filled tumbler causes the card to warp into a cup shape as vapor rises. The explanation notes the lower moist surface swells while the upper side remains flat, then replaces the card with the convex side up to show the rounded card represents the earth.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune description explains making a mini Earth model with paper figures and a card house placed on a damp card surface. As the damp side swells, the top contracts, causing the earth to sink and fling figures and roof pieces into the air in a simple quake demonstration.
A Detroit Free Press note explains how a candle can be extinguished by blowing through a funnel. It contrasts a boaster who cannot put out the flame with the reader, who learns to use the funnel’s rim to create a calm center. The piece highlights curious air current facts learned by experience.
An Indiana physician recounts in Our Dumb Animals how a bright kitten named Rigel climbed shelves to seize a small unopened five cent packet of catnip. He shared the feast with a white cat and a maltese, then repeated the stunt with success.
The article explains how a gigantic gun’s caliber is hard to grasp for the average reader. A New York Herald illustration shows two children aged nine and ten seated in the gun’s breech to convey its immense size and scale.
Instruction urges contacting Dr. Hartman in Columbus, president of The Hartman Sanitarium, for a full statement of your case and free expert guidance. The note emphasizes prompt written communication to secure Gratis medical counsel.
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts a tale of a young minister's wife fond of floral hats who attends a funeral. She places her violets hat on a stand beside the coffin, the undertaker arranges flowers and later the hat is moved atop the arrangement. Mourners giggle as she tries to reclaim it, finally making a grab at the hat at the close.
An Ohio notary in Salineville, C., May 23, publishes a testimonial from Mr John W Manning praising Dodd’s Kidney Pills. He reports kidney trouble relief after two boxes and recommends the remedy to others. The note is accompanied by miscellaneous quotations and advertisements.
A collage of humorous lines and brief notes from Chicago Record, Philadelphia Ledger, Indianapolis Journal, and Chicago Record-Herald. Jokes about royalty, foot care, substitutes, servants, whistles, and a tough lad’s complaint illustrate a late era wit section.
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