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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1896
Page
2
A first person wedding gown narrates its voyage from prized debut at a ball to later relegation as a forgotten relic. It recalls courtiers, bouquets, and the thrill of fame, ending with the gown’s quiet use as a simple costume for Oklahoma, its glitter faded.
A fragment from Good Words recounts old male fashion, noting men once wore wigs and powdered waists, while winter outfits included muffs and cloaks. It contrasts summer attire with powder, lace, and high-heeled shoes, and cites a ballad about a barrister with cape and muff.
A New Florida winter pastime called shrimping draws winter visitors to white beach reefs off a hotel shore. Women in varied outfits join a long net process, wade into knee deep water, and haul shrimp, then cook them at driftwood fires. The activity ends with communal song around the hot fires.
A delicate shortcake dessert using oysters and milk. The method describes draining oysters, using liquor to seal, thickening with flour in milk, optional cream, and layering shortcake with hot oyster filling for a very hot, crisp finish.
A Philadelphia Record note questions whether punctuation serves clarity and if printing should dispense with marks. It reflects on law, meaning, and the role of the semicolon in judicial language. A Guizot quotation on character and religion is also cited.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers, including lines about kingly tales and daily chores. Characters joke about dust covered houses, fortunes in cipher numbers, and humorous misunderstandings with professors, waiters, and suitors.
The article notes large lemon consumption in the United States and rising California output. It cites yearly shipments of 900 million Lajahs or 614 Jamos per person, with California lemon crops larger than ever and plans to average 1,000,000 boxes in three years. Mediterranean and Sicilian lemons remain valued for flavor, while disruptions and wrecks affect supply. Prices are slightly lower, with wholesale rates around seven dollars per box.
A Swiss observer in Essen and a Swiss inventor in Bere showcase a tiny model of a 40 ton hammer on a 12 ton anvil. The miniature device uses flow power, with a golden hammer and anvil, German silver pulley, and platinum frame. Sechuznian-trained worker will lift the hammer then release it to mirror the massive machine.
A brief exchange appears in Town Topics where First Beggar asks about study of the financial question and Second Beggar admits his schemes do not seem to yield more coin. The fragment suggests a satirical or whimsical debate on money and schemes within a local paper’s page.
In a Johannesburg journal account, a remarkable Indian clock near its dial features a gong and a pile of artificial bones. At each hour, bones assemble into a skeleton or multiple figures that strike the gong and then disassemble, with noon and midnight yielding twelve skeletons in sequence.
A humorous collage of rural and city anecdotes, including a porter confessing he blew a woman’s gifts on clothes and needs $40 to reimburse her, a tip about hog fattening costing one cent per pound through favorable crops and seed catalogs, and quips about Miss Design and athletic encores.
A fragmented colonial era advertisement sheet describes Home Seekers and Land Seekers excursions to the South and Southeast via the Big Four Route, with tickets from northwest points at one fare plus two dollars, and returns valid thirty days. It references Virginia’s climate and markets, descriptive pamphlets, and lists contact details in Chicago. Also includes old medical tonic notices and a brief quip about a lady’s fault.
An old time advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills claiming blood and system action. It lists undertakings by drug firms Weat and Trvax Toledo and others, with alleged endorsements and a quirky quoted wire service.
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