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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
6
A wandering narrator searches for the fool killer and meets an ancient man who lectures on wisdom and youth. The old man reveals the fool killer’s list of fools and proposes education as a way to save the world from folly. The narrator confesses his own foolishness and learns a humbling lesson from Youth's Companion.
In pine woods at Harbor Point a couple faces an abrupt end to a love affair. Miss Rabb resists, accepts departure, and a seaside summer romance shifts as Bobbie Fuller orchestrates a scheme to reunite them. Robinson reappears as Miss Rabb seeks a truth, and a bold train-side rescue seals a renewed bond.
A historical note traces the term lobster from seventeenth century usage through literary and wartime references. It cites Buckstone, Eden Phillpotts, Shakespearean slang, and Tom Brown as earliest derisive links, explaining how soldiers and vagrants were labeled lobsters and related terms.
A writer notes that from 1901 to now the number of monasteries in England and Wales rose from 248 to 268 and convents from 536 to 686 as expelled French monks and nuns immigrate. He urges government inspection of these institutions.
The article explains two skate styles the hockey straightaway and the figure skate with curved blades. It outlines learning steps from balance to grinding the bar and outlines basic figures and edges, emphasizing practice over reading and noting figures like eight circles and various geometrical patterns.
Andrew Carnegie addresses a New York graduating class urging young men to do their duty and a little more. He cites Paderewski racehorses and yachts to illustrate that extra effort leads to lasting success and secures the future.
A correspondent notes many Japanese regiments include youths and Russia also fields cadets near children at the front. The piece praises their fatigue and readiness to endure hard tasks. If they survive, they will be veterans of a world war at a still immature age.
The French Natural History museum reports four hundred thousand animal species known to science with about twenty thousand kinds of spiders noted in the record.
Testimonial advertisements praise Peruna as a remedy for kidney and bladder catarrh. Statements claim relief from irritation, improved health, and lasting benefits after extended use with no narcotics. Lead testimonials cite Mr. C B Newhof, Mr. F B Richards, and Mr. John Nimmo from Albany, Washington, and Toronto.
A humorous dialogue from Yonkers Statesman features a wife and husband bantering about a pair of trousers. The wife notes they seem worn, while the husband jokes they will be worn by Johnnie after he finishes with them.
In a humorous note Puck quips that a baby will become a great politician because he crawls out of every situation easily. The exchange highlights playful, lighthearted humor.
The Brine Mine reports a plan to extract gold from seawater. A rival quip notes a woman’s potential earnings from tears, reflecting wry urban commentary in the New York Evening Bun.
Mrs Ida L Brown of 1706 DeWitt St Mattoon Illinois reports decades of numbness and faint spells ended by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She describes rapid improvement within a box and total recovery after eight boxes plus a relapse during grip which was cured again.
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