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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
2
A collage of odd quotes and observations on language, literature, travel, and society. The item touches on Behr, German university beer bans, San Francisco joke parrots, Harlem and Chinatowns, a Hastings beach dread, Normandy beast blessings, illuminated postcards, and curiosities about words and Carib names, all presented in a breezy antiquarian tone.
Forrest Leslie, heir to Black Oaks farm, resists a marrigae ultimatum tied to Abigail Smeethers. A rival scarecrow drama on Hilltop stirs comic pursuit until a storm reveals the true pair, Forrest and Amitia Rockland. Plus a Glasgow note on drink versus rent.
Levi Parsons Morton, born May 16, 1834 in Shoreham Vermont, known for a spotless public life as congressman governor minister of France and vice president, endowed Rhinecliff Memorial Library with 25 000 for building and equipment while insisting his name not appear. He remains a Yankee with Pilgrim ancestry and a focus on honesty and charity.
An article describes M. Pernot’s San Francisco establishment as the only U S site breeding edible snails for food. Snails grow from pin-head to shilling size, housed in windmill tanks. They fatten in wine-soaked bran, then are prepared by boiling or stewing with herbs or by shell removal and reassembly with parsley butter. Snails are valued for flavor and thought to aid lung ailments.
The piece notes that the first church of the Christian Science movement was built in Oconto Wisconsin in 1886 after Mary Baker Eddy began the discovery in 1866 in Lynn Massachusetts. It highlights the movement's unlikely origins in a small town and the long gap before a church was erected.
The world’s first Christian Science Church, built under M. H. Sargent with a committee of Mrs. Thomas Millidge, Mrs. Charles T. Pendleton, and Mrs. Henry T. Sargent, was completed after trials. Mrs. Eddy called it pioneering, declaring you built the first church. The first service occurred October 31, 1886, with two assistants later joining from Oconto church.
A satirical reflection argues men misjudge marriage and emphasize beauty, wealth, and independence. It contrasts bachelors who evade commitment with men who settle for responsibilities, suggesting balance and steady ties strengthen life more than reckless single freedom.
A wry remark on transferable work urges that any man can pursue a trade, from bookkeeper to cannon balancer, noting that juggling books and balancing arms require different talents and paths.
Mrs Alice Berryhill of Chattanooga Tennessee writes of chronic ulceration and inflammation cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises confidentiality and free advice, noting Pinkham's guidance helped many women over twenty five years.
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