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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
7
Mrs. Frederick Brown of Sandy Hill New Jersey suffered inflammatory rheumatism for years. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills Purify the Blood she reports improved appetite sleep and relief from pain. Within three months she was cured and back to work. Pills sold by local agents and Schenectady maker.
Daily moral maxims urge practical accuracy persistence and self reliance while warning about busybodies and duplicity. A short humor exchange about milk measures ends the fragment with a Philadelphia Press humor note.
A student claims greasy foods impaired his health and studies. After starting Grape-Nuts and following package directions, his strength, weight, and mental clarity improved. He cites his sister and brother also benefiting, with many classmates noting improvements. Read The Road to Wellville for details.
Mangaret E Banoster outlines the debut of a daughter as a defining social rite. A mother curates invitations, chaperones, and a refined at home, with flowers, music, and a formal dining sequence. Debutants later marry, becoming symbols of grace and duty as wives and mothers.
Instructions describe crafting a crescent shaped photograph holder using stout cardboard as the foundation, covered with velvet or silk, edged with galloon, sewn edges, left front opening for cards, lined with sateen, finished with silk cord, looped top, and rosettes of ribbon at corners for hanging.
The empire garment introduces plain skirts with a long slim silhouette designed to harmonize with the empire bodice. Trimming that ripples the surface is forbidden, but surface enrichments such as embroideries and appliques will be allowed to add weight without altering the folds.
The bishop reports he has allocated twenty five thousand dollars received from America to aid widows and needy families of Japanese soldiers. He believes Japan will remember the benevolent act for two millennia.
A device is shown to speed potato sorting. A six foot slatted chute with a logo end uses evenly spaced slats about three quarters of an inch apart. The setup is described as admirable for efficient sorting.
A Prairie Farmer idea describes a potato sorter with bottom gaps wider than top to prevent wedging. It specifies about 20 inch width and 8 inch high sideboards, allowing potatoes to roll into a chute. Optional two short legs let a basket catch falling potatoes.
A Farm Journal correspondent details a low sturdy trestle with crogapieces on a two by four frame. Two stout men can mount it to pull a hog from a slanted scalding barrel, with a curved section aiding the process. A derrick helps raise or lower the animal, while scraping and rinsing occur before disemboweling.
A coruscating note from Hutchinson Kansas describes a 35 year psoriasis case. The writer credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent with a complete 30 day cure, noting circular red patches heavy scaling raw skin and intense itching. The letter dates to April 1905 and mentions personal suffering and relief.
A collage of domestic tips and literary snippets: cleaning oil paintings with Ivory Soap and boiled linseed oil, a brief tale fragment about a nobleman and his American bride, life hygiene advice, Garfield Tea laxative promotion, and a quip about crooked statesmen on sands of time absent clear context.
The piece notes a wheat surplus near 200 million bushels for winter and a forecast that western Canada may become Europe’s wheat supplier within a decade. It cites a 1905 apple crop about half of last year’s and urges farmers to raise small fruit for family use, arguing buying fruit is often cheaper but families gain more health and stability by growing their own.
The rake or pitch of roofs shapes a building’s character. For ordinary roofs the rise equals one third of the building width. If attic head room is desired the rise equals one half of the width.
The newly seeded winter wheat area is estimated at 31,341,000 acres, up 0.6 percent from fall 1904. The condition index was reported at 41, compared with 29 in 1906, 66 in 1903, and a ten year average of 914.
Demand rises as manufacturers of vehicles and implements report wood supply strains. Ash and hickory, key for construction and equipment, become harder to obtain amid ongoing scarcity affecting production and pricing.
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