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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
6
A fragment describing a playful nursery scene with Dorothy waking to rain and flowers, asking finder to bring a lost smile if found, promising a rich reward. Appears as verse from Mary J. Robinson in Youth's Companion.
Mr Leigh recounts a decoy fancy dress invitation to Miss Dolly Freshfield’s ball. After humiliation when the costume misled guests, he learns the prank was by Miss Freshfield’s brother Charlie. He confronts the boy with a harsh punishment, angering Dolly’s mother and prompting a formal apology note from Dolly.
A sly exchange unfolds as a brash suitor boasts of marriage options while Madge teases him, declaring no match would satisfy his conceited tastes. The dialogue captures a playful social scene from the Philadelphia Press.
A compact collage of witty lines and opinions from multiple papers. It collects quips on frankness slang and social commentary. It includes jokes about captains of industry and robber barons highlighting early 20th century media humor and irony.
A Victorian style warning on shooting safety notes that hundreds of thousands hunt or shoot in the British Isles yearly, with 50 to 60 million cartridges fired and accidents remaining rare. It recalls near misses and a fatal event witnessed by the author, and cites a Fortnightly Review view on careless shots and dangerous spots. The piece ends with a reflecting anecdote about Lord Cardigan and keepers.
A Philadelphia Times item reviews a quirky profession the professional business adviser who will watch an office for a week and then suggest changes for a fee. It notes the adviser often counsels bankruptcy or assignment for creditors. The piece also cites A G Webster on sound which travels four times farther over water than grass under similar quiet conditions, a phenomenon with practical implications.
A Baltimore News item notes an elderly woman who never revealed her age to family or friends. She hid dates in life events, disliked obituary dates, and even asked her husband to omit any age or birth dates on her tombstone. Her secret remained hers until death.
Announcement states Senator Hanna and wife will fund a $20000 Lake Avenue Cleveland residence for their daughter Miss Mabel upon her marriage to Harry A. Parsons. The piece asserts Parsons is a dedicated amateur artist with recent study in Cleveland New York and Philadelphia, and notes Miss Mabel’s steadfast devotion and unlikely public claims about talent.
Miss Mildred Deuel of Richmond Virginia married Lieut Richard Miles Stanton in a hospital room moments before he died from fever contracted in the Philippines. Their engagement spanned years and distance, with a civil ceremony performed as he lay dying, witnessed by family.
A sanitary expert urges trimming window coverings to improve air and light in small flats. He advocates minimal curtains, washable fabrics, and lace to reduce dust, warns asthmatic or consumptive individuals face risk, and calls for sanitation education in design schools. He also notes a home liniment recipe using kerosene, camphor gum, and sweet oil for various pains and injuries.
A garbled collage of ad like phrases mentioning stomach bitters malaria fever and ague различных. It includes dubious claims about remedies and a few scattered names and places such as Atchison Globes Russian Millet La Crosse and Chicago Daily News. The text is fragmentary and lacks coherent news event structure.
Mrs E Sailer of Los Angeles testifies Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eased severe change of life symptoms after two years of suffering She praises the remedy and urges sick women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s free advice at Lynn Massachusetts The testimonial warns of a 5000 forfeit if not genuine and promotes the product and physician guidance as charitable aid to improve women’s health
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