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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
7
New York health officials seized nearly two tons of alum baking powder sold cheaply as a safe product and dumped it into the river. Reports note the powder contained alum and pulverized rock. Authorities urge consumers to buy trusted brands and avoid “own brand” alums sold by unscrupulous makers and grocers.
Random musings include ivory softness via acid soak and geologic quirks of China as part of North America. A universal wrestling group sights a 1904 football plan, relying on fake plays for strength. A Brooklyn inventor touts a war rocket fired by dynamite to scatter steel bullets and dislodge concealed foes. Claims about St Jacobs Oil are promoted as a proven remedy with local investigations and dealer quotes.
A column of odds and ends records Britain consuming 600000 pounds of tea daily, London endures 180 rainy days annually, Charing Cross bridge stretches 1305 feet, silk-worm cocoons measure from one inch to 1 1/2 inches in bright yellow, 324 tons of eggs arrived in April from Bulgaria, and in 1682 only 96000 people could ride a bicycle in England.
W J Uppendahl of Palmer Oregon reports long back pain from lifting causing severe pain. After using four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills the pain subsides and he restores full strength. His wife also uses the pills and agrees they are unbeatable for back pain.
The New York Times notes that Carl Schurz and Franz Sigel shared a late 1840s exile from Germany and later fought together in the Civil War. Schurz led a division at Cedar Mountain and Bald Mountain while Sigel commanded forces in the Army of Virginia then the Army of West Virginia, defending Maryland Heights against Early.
A Detroit Free Press note describes a gen uine souvenir spoon offered by a large New Orleans china store to a northern tourist. The old silver plated teaspoon bears the mark Mary Keene and its history stretches back before the Civil War, just before the war era.
The article recalls Franz Sigel’s Civil War rise from St. Louis schoolteacher to brigadier and then major general, highlighting his leadership at Camp Jackson, Carthage, Wilson’s Creek, and Pea Ridge. It notes his retreat from Winchester, Harper's Ferry, and his popularity among the St. Louis Germans who fought mit Sigel. It then narrates a Pearl River era relic, the steamboat Mary Keene, its silverware buried in Mississippi and later recovered after the war, sold to private families, and passed along.
A cascade of testimonials from public figures and customers tout Peruna as a cure and preventive for catarrh and related ailments. Letters from Congressman D. F. Wilber praise its effectiveness, alongside endorsements from C. F. Given Edward Laws and others. The page also mentions Peruna’s broad claims, plus other ads for Panax products and dyes.
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