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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
2
A London journal essay advocates kilts for cold weather and style, praising the kilts against baggy trousers. It cites fashionables, doctors, and tailors while noting Thackeray and a famed explorer's updates. Berlin to Ottawa reports touch on cabs, autos, and social quirks amid global glance.
In a harsh prison where Warden Nickerson guides Crimmins, a young inmate on his third term learns discipline and aims for an electrician’s trade. A spike injury on the roof leads to Crimmins saving the warden’s life, earning commutation and reinstating his status.
Rumor says Don Pedro Alvarado, Chihuahua magnate and owner of Palmil Jamine in Parral, will soon distribute ten million pesos to Mexico's needy. The plan funds homes and lands to enable 10,000 Mexicans to be independent, educate children, and establish lasting relief, with aid to expand annually.
Frank C. Cook, first white visitor to Mindanao jungles, describes living among the Cala Sanes, a 200 strong tribe who ate dog meat and snakes. He became their leader, helped settle feuds, and spoke of the murder of Edward Bolton, governor of Davao district. Cook returns to San Francisco after seven years abroad aboard the Logan.
A Schiller statue by Karl Marr and Ignatius Taschner, cast in standard bronze, stands 14 feet high on a pedestal near the lily pond at Como Park St. Paul. The piece, shipped from Munich, will be unveiled May 9, the poet's birth anniversary, costing over 5000 dollars.
Fragment mentions a change in tribal practice with no head hunting now ending and a shift toward agriculture among the people referenced. No specific names, dates, or places are provided in readable text.
Johannes A Salzer Co announces a postpaid offer for 12 cent garden seed catalog inside. The La Crosse Wisconsin firm markets nursery stock and farm seeds, claiming 200,000 new customers and a 31.00 postpaid price for complete introductory assortments. Catalogs to be sent by mail from Box W La Crosse.
The Florida and North Carolina senators resemble each other closely in size hair color and facial hair. Both stand similar in build with short mustaches and dark eyes and weigh within about two pounds of each other. Only the Florida senator’s extra gray hairs distinguish them to staff.
Mark Twain recounts a church visit where a preacher's tale of a heathen’s need stirs a desire to give. Enthusiasm wanes as the sermon drags and the collection depletes, culminating in a humorous admission of petty theft of a portion of the plate.
An old established undertaker's establishment for sale in a small Colorado town. The town is deemed unhealthy with high fever deaths and only one local doctor. the deaths cover expenses, rent is clear profit, and there is no competition. Judge remarks on the ad as an inducement.
In a Glasgow sermon a pastor contrasts Andrew Carnegie’s tale to claim a Celt remains a Celt from Scotland to Ireland. The preacher rails against slothfulness and climaxes with a quip about Adam and Eve roaming the Garden with their pockets empty.
A 1907 advertisement invites readers to write truthful letters about coffee to Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. Topics include effects of coffee and switching to Postum, experiences of others, and best preparation methods. Prizes total 25 cash gifts from $1 to $10 in gold plus greenbacks, with judging by three independent officials. Letters due by June 1 1907. explore Battle Creek Michigan address.
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