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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
2
The article discusses investor behavior and market timing, warning against speculative use of borrowed money. It cites Alexander D. Noyes on avoiding fixed policy rules and stresses watching money rates on Wall Street. It notes rising rates can signal a looming price readjustment as speculators struggle to finance positions.
A discussion contrasts Rev. Parkhurst with the Chicago Tribune on authority. The piece notes city ordinances shape daily life from housing to schooling, licenses, age of marriage, and vehicle taxation, arguing laws overreach while moral mood remains unchanged.
The article discusses Andrew Carnegie's belief that the exceptional man emerges through opportunity rather than creation, noting his inclusive view of excellence. It then comments on New York gilded youth adopting premature gray hair as a fashion, and ends with a brief, odd note about a Cincinnati fall with no injuries and a remark on pickled pigs' feet.
In Pineville a steady widow Miss Lucretia rivaled by sister Miss Maria for attention from Deacon Goodyear as he courts in the cemeteryyard. After a rumor of courting Lizzie, the deacon declares his true choice, prompting Maria to approve Lucretia’s potential marriage and end the matter with a practical, final twist.
Berlin professor Lassar advertises an instrument that uses a concussor and a bundle of gilded platinum points to superficially scarify small facial veins. After anaesthesia with chloroform spray the nose is pricked, bleeding is stopped by pressure, and six to eight sessions over weeks aim to restore normal color without scarring.
Maj General Baden-Powell of Matekinz fame and a prolific military writer is credited as the inventor of a new watch dial shown here. The design reportedly suits both the near sighted civilian and the night scout, according to Scientific American. A leading London jeweler notes that several eminent military and naval officers have adopted the "B P" dial for their chronometers.
A Zerlin factory demonstrates iron value by producing cast iron ornaments. Delicate workmanship yields 19,000 ornaments per pound and worth 250,000 per ton while the raw material costs about 750.
A Massachusetts inventor showcases a specialized barrel truck with a U shaped front frame and cross bars to balance and transport barrels upright. The platform supports barrels perpendicularly, balancing them while moving. A curved handle aids operation and the design allows tipping onto a projection to balance the barrel for travel up ramps.
Early reports treated the motor assisted skating as a hoax but later accounts raise questions about a motorized device guiding a skater around Parle. The evolving narrative tracks early skepticism to renewed claims of propulsion aid during the display.
The report describes skates carrying a small automobile on each unit, with a gasoline can worn by the skater. It notes the potential danger as a man cannot wander at 25 miles per hour carrying gasoline indefinitely. Claim is made that messenger boys could use the device more effectively than bicycles.
A Chicago inventor creates a new baseball bat design featuring an inner cloth layer bonded to a solid outer corrugated rubber cover. The article notes rising interest as the season approaches and highlights American ingenuity in sporting contrivances. It also mentions a Berlin factory producing cast iron ornaments and their high value per ton.
A Pleasantsville Louisiana man described recurring neuralgia affecting the heart and digestive system. After extensive illness and a failed recovery, he used Dr Williams Pink Pills and reports full recovery after several boxes. Pills claim to heal underlying cause, not just pain, with no narcotics or habit risk. They are sold by druggists or mailed from Schenectady New York.
President Roosevelt dislikes automobiles and prefers horses despite multiple offers of a gift. MacMonales is named sculptor for a $50,030 Joseph Jefferson statue in Central Park. Maj Charles Gantz claims to be the world’s smallest man at 18 inches and 30 pounds. English song birds thrive in a New York hymn cage with American birds. Elizabeth Baker sets a typing record in Chicago, writing 4,085 words in half an hour with 53 mistakes.
A stamp specialist who collected stamps of France and her colonies recently sold his collection for 11000 dollars. The piece lists many world stamp locations as a testament to a wide philatelic knowledge. The text notes the origin of adhesive stamps to James Chalmers of Dundee with 1837 advocacy and 1840 public issue in England.
An energetic New York area woman writes of managing four dairy farms, two children, a garden, many fowls, a mail order business, and writing for magazines. After a year of severe illness from pregnancy loss, she credits Grape-Nuts with perfect digestion, restful sleep, and renewed productivity, saying she is a new woman thanks to Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee.
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