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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1904
Page
6
A fragmentary poem attributed to Alice E Allen appears in Good Housekeeping. It explores night and day, dreams and prayer, ending with lines invoking divine protection for a dear one as the world seems to pray. The piece balances lyric imagery with tender repetition.
A Wisconsin-tinged reminiscence recounts a Virginia tale of courtship amid winter storms. Harry Clarendon travels to win Prudence Haywood as bridge ice threatens peril, only to be rebuffed until Prudence’s courage and a father’s blessing unite them, with the couple embracing a future as Mme. Clarendon.
A verse from St. Nicholas depicts Buff y and a child narrator hosting a playful afternoon tea with dolls and a dog. The scene features social play, shared treats, and imagined companionship, ending with a note of secret confidences poured over tea.
In a rural tale from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Old Brother Terrapin explains the famous fable's true outcome. He reveals a trick with Bil Sykes the dog that skewed the race, arguing brains and planned action trump brute speed.
In New York a captive tiger named Charlie Croker, irritable from a broken tooth, endured a dental extraction under heavy restraint. A dentist, insured and daring, braced the jaw with timber, used cocaine to numb, and finally removed the tusk after hammer blows and iron bar leverage. The tiger recovered and resumed prowling.
A Baptist Chronicle anecdote recalls Charlie Gray, who kept his word to his mother as a boy. Thirty years later, respected in business, he credits lifelong habits formed by honoring that promise despite temptations. The tale emphasizes integrity learned on the common in youth.
Dr Marage of Bourg la Reine reports on deaf mute hearing restoration experiments. Twenty four stone deaf children split into two groups used a vowel siren daily for six weeks, enabling musical sounds to be heard, with three phrases heard and two conversations perceived from yards away, while a precise hearing measurement method was also developed.
Loree and Binkie accompany a New York boy in playful canine companionship. Toodles, a dignified older dog, dislikes being pulled as a cart animal yet remains gentle with human friends. Binkie, youthful and sprightly, seeks every new activity, while the pair share tame vanity and self importance in busy life with their boy.
A Hindoo grandmother tells her life story to about 100 Chicago mothers at Handell hall discussing the child wife custom in India. Sukhiya Vannerjee recalls being married at six, abused by her mother in law, banished at 14, and rescued by agents who helped her escape to her family before returning to aid other outcasts. The piece contrasts ancient cruelty with modern rescue efforts and notes her later work with a Christian refuge in Bengal. A Los Angeles organizer, Miss Josephine Holmes, pushed the American audience to support abolition efforts. Also included is a home cleaning tip for lace curtains using warm suds, borax, and careful rinsing.
The article advises avoiding boiling water to prevent stain setting. Rinse stained fabrics in cold water for easy removal, including egg stains on dishes. Hot dish water can set stains, making removal hard and requiring patience.
From France comes the idea of applying sturdy Dutch designs to lamp shades and decorative boxes. Heavy cardboard, denim, or carbon paper serve as shade materials. Transfer fluid aids those without drawing skill, while a new method uses pencil outlines and cutout cloth or cardboard to form a complete scene, such as a gamin in a dark blue blouse with sabots crafted from heavy paper.
A compact hand crafted mahogany newspaper and book rack with inlay offers both use and ornament. It includes a divided lower compartment for oversized illustrated papers and shelves for monthly magazines, ideal for tidy sitting rooms, libraries, or dens.
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