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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
2
A poetic verse from Marion Couthony Smith appears in Youth's Companion celebrating mountains pines and the sea. The speaker urges brothers to voice the full throated sea, while pines reply with harmony to the gale and tide.
M. le Marquis disrupts a troupe of 1600s farce players by kissing a masked actress. He is abducted, beaten, and forced to perform as the troupe’s target. a duel with a masked swordsman tests his skill. The final reveal shows the actress is the man’s rescuer, restoring his life with mercy and a conditional pardon.
A Philadelphia Sunday Magazine piece collects Russian proverbs in crisp, lively lines. The quotes reveal frugal humor, practical wisdom, and sly social commentary, such as trust in God, debt paid, and beware crooked paths, showing a culture grounded in plainspoken wit.
A Mississippi congressman once owned light gray trousers admired by his colored neighbors. He asks his servant Charlie to clean them. two days later Charlie returns them, claiming the stain cannot be removed. The servant jokes that ammonia was not tried, and that the trousers would fit him.
A Golden Days excerpt recalls Henry Ward Beecher handling a heckler who crowed during a speech. He paused, listened, then checked his watch and quipped that morning had arrived, joking that animal instincts are fallible. The crowd roared as Beecher recovered gracefully.
A lively exchange in Ireland contrasts an English tourist seeking calm with a native remark that the country is indeed peaceful. The dialogue mentions Killinaman and Killmore as places referenced in a humorous regional exchange.
In a brief dialogue the Chicago Daily News notes a punning exchange on the term subterfuge and quips about a "subter fugitive" as a light literary aside, illustrating playful wordplay rather than a news event.
A home crafted lamp uses a glass of water with olive oil and a candle wick for a soft fragrance and subdued light. An alternative method balances a short candle on a nail inside a half full water glass, burning as it rises and sinks to provide a gentle glow for a sick room.
Girls with leisure find book binding a charming occupation as an eighteenth century fashion this winter. Cloth covers with tapestry or satin and leftover upholstery bits are used. Covers made with a cloth base and a separate back, small ribbons threaded through silken rings. Makes a delightful Christmas present.
Advice notes that coal stored in a dry airy place lasts longer than coal kept in a sealed cellar. Proper ventilation allows gas to escape, making burning more efficient and reducing waste.
Use old dressers wash stands two Shaker chairs a rocker and rag carpets from basement sales to create a pretty room. Buy an old mirror at auction with mahogany frame for a few dollars. Paint ivory with yellow flowered paper for a yellow room. A kitchen table at 75 cents draped with chintz, plus a 15 cent chintz, and a dressing table setup with a mirror. A cheap ivory painted bureau can serve as clothes storage. Buy a 30 cent box, sturdy for books, repurpose as washstand with shelf, and drape with cretonne. Use shelves and curtains to hide shoes, and consider brown-stained boxes as storage or logs for a fireplace living room.
Fads of the moment crown fur fashion with blue gray and red coats, three quarter lengths and varied muffs including flat square and Peggy from Pale designs. Ermine mounts coronation style, black lynx pelerynes and dozen new neck fur shapes rise in popularity. Sable mink and brown furs dominate, with styles featuring shoulder drape and drift over the left shoulder.
The article notes aprons popular for children and women displayed in outlets. Old fashioned rounded sides give way to shoulder straps and back piece designs. Variations include shirred pockets, lace edging, and beads with ribbons or velvet, plus novel bib pockets and front pouches.
An Austrian railway mechanic and Prof Heirth of Munich showcase devices to hide shadows from worshipful silhouettes and magnify faces for invalid beds. Innovations include a soup moustache aid, a French live axel carriage, and a button-activated lamp under a dial. Also noted are regional widows near York, a Delaware poet, and Constable W. D. Currence’s long service.
A long quotation reports a narrator who quits coffee after asthma and insomnia, tries Postum, and finds health improves. The physician later endorses Postum, noting its surprising coffee-like flavor. The testimonial attributes weight gain and sleep gains to switch.
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