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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
2
Abbie Farwell Brown writes in Woman's Home Companion about generations observing fashion. A grandmother and granddaughter contrast girdles, calashes, and wigs with modern shading, noting enduring charm and the unchanged desire for graceful style across years.
The narrative recounts a whaling voyage up north that ends in catastrophe as ice traps the ship. After a fire, wreck, and near starvation, the crew builds a tent from spars and salvages provisions. They spot a distant ship, discover it to be the French Langue-de-Mlo, encounter polar bears, then salvage a nearly frozen vessel and return to San Francisco with a salvage award.
A rugged youth learns frontier discipline becoming a hunter and soldier amid Indian forays, enduring harsh wilderness with improvised gear and iron resolve. Tales of Birmingham and Windsor reveal a Quaker mayor refusing lethal weaponry, accepting a wooden substitute during royal presentation.
Cracked OCR snippets show a Cleveland Evening News style quirky exchange about Horrocks and a stray horse in the street. A separate domestic quip has Brown asking Stra about missing shirt buttons and a wary Devore worm worry, reflecting early 20th century parlance.
A 15 year old Italian boy sits on the Maniaroneck platform, blocks of boot blacks preparing for the 5:45 New York train. He fashions and plays a shepherd’s pipe carved from a branch, calmly performing as others work around him in the semivirole scene.
A passerby recalls meeting a reserved horse tied near a crosswalk. The animal withdraws from strangers, and a friendly man reaches to pat the horse’s nose, attempting to convey goodwill, but the horse remains unmoved and sensitive to touch.
Prof Arthur T Hadley named to succeed Dr Dwieht as Yale University president. He is a Yale graduate, son of James Hadley, and author of several economic works translated into foreign languages. He studied in Europe and has taught economics at Yale for years.
The Sway In Almont reviews decorative pottery with remarks on its pale pearly glaze. It compares favorably with Souwelsi and Rookwood and praises the delicate color and graceful style of the ware.
A fragment notes ongoing interest in astrology chiromancy and related sciences from medieval roots. It mentions 43 people using retort and crucible at night in search of the philosopher's stone or similar inquiries.
The piece blends critique of Soyvelan pottery with a satirical look at fortune telling. It notes Soyvelan as a cheaper alternative to Rookwood with similar glaze and design, and mocks credulous readers who seek proofs of buried treasure via fumigation and readings. It parodies Magazines and fictional characters while skewering credulity.
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers highlights social delays in engagements, choir feuds, volunteer calls, and a shopkeeper’s humorous misfires. Jokes touch on spelling sins, gossipy con pain, convalescence, art critiques, and a store clerk offering a bottle of anti-fat as a fix for a shirt too small.
Authors reveal varied practices for creative flow from night watches and lamps to morning routines. Swinburne finds momentum while swimming and smoking. Coppee loves cats for company. Bret Harte hides in the country with calm cows nearby. Trollope favors daily quotas. Holmes writes with a gold pen for forty years. Maeterlinck works by lamplight until dawn.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes "Song of the Shirt Waist" interwoven with a Panoramic War album. It highlights Life period imagery, Spanish American War figures like Dewey and Roosevelt, and promises 5x8 inch, 2 ounce coated paper prints mailed free for 42 cents. Addressed to Warren J. Lynch of the Big Four Route in Cincinnati Ohio.
A fragment from Chisago Evening News features a man at a hotel counter marveling at odd Philippine names and a clerk’s pen. It shifts to a Dewey era tale about a souvenir ticket, forged with Dewey’s signature by a Baltimore and Ohio agent seeking coupons.
A garbled OCR style note from the Philadelphia Record and Boston Waterman hints at a chaotic scene of struggle. The text blends phrases about poor support and heavy hues with a chorus of weary walkers and failed attempts to compete.
An early advertisement touts Syrve of Fras as a superior liquid laxative by the California Fig Syrup Co. It claims 16 as a perfect strengthening laxative cleansing the system, aiding kidneys liver and bowels without irritation. It notes figs in manufacturing and warns buyers to seek the company name to avoid imitations.
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