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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1916
Page
8
A column extols cheerfulness as a daily discipline. A cheerful wife and mother uplift her family, resist hardship with grace, and create a home atmosphere that sustains husbands, children, and community. The piece contrasts home happiness with aloof wealth and urges loyal, local business ties built by buying at home.
The article explains that success in pie doses and general business comes from making friends and being helpful. Neighbors readily support someone who offers goods or services at home. Buying locally strengthens relations and costs nothing.
The April issue blends fiction and essays with Ida Tarbell on educating girls for life, Isolde at Home by Johanna Gadsk, and The Market Value of a Wife by a married man. It includes detective fiction, advice for parents, cooking and baby care, fashions, and an Alco Gravure section featuring Shakespeare and a new passion play.
Farm and Fireside notes by Dr Walter Rittman of the Bureau of Mines argues gasoline prices will keep rising. He cites growing auto ownership from 350000 to 2250000, a million new cars yearly, many engines on farms, and rising boat use. He claims demand climbs while petroleum supply falls, with postwar exports expanding from 100 million to 300–400 million gallons, representing 30–40 percent of production.
Rev F L Watkins spoke on prohibition at Congregational Church urging dry policy benefits. The Law Enforcement League touts arrests, closed saloons, and tightened licenses since 1891, with aims to stop liquor ads, curb illegal transport, enforce laws aggressively, and expand a 200 town speaking tour by April 9. Headquarters are in Bismarck.
The cake sent to President Wilson and his bride becomes world famous through the movies. Wm A Lochren of North West Weekly Service notes audiences, especially women, are captivated by the making and decoration of the cake. The film headlines in Northwest theaters and boosts Calumet Baking Powder Co notoriety due to Marian Sole Fisher and Pansy Bowen connections. 40-1t.
A motivational anonymous verse urges doubtful readers to cheer up and pursue new feats. It claims the world remains young and opportunities abound with unfinished verse, unplanned houses, unclimbed peaks, and未 begun jobs and works.
An advertisement touts Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchitis whooping cough croup and colds. It promises money back if unsatisfied and claims eight times more medicine per 50 cents than older formulas. Product claims to be non narcotic pleasant to take and suitable for children.
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