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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
2
A child recalls stealing eggs from a bird nest and hiding them in a tree. His mother chastises him for the act and urges repentance. He prays to become better, vows to mend his ways, and later discovers the bird’s body hidden under a hat wired to simulate flight.
Two prominent LaSalle Street figures, a real estate man and a lawyer, strike a casual alliance over shared tastes and plans. Their budding lunch dates drift into routine calls and meetings, as a playful, social bond dissolves into endless telephone exchanges and missed meetings.
A medical-like dialogue unfolds between a real estate man and a lawyer over lunch, a stenographer, and missed meetings. Both men drift into doubt as repeated attempts fail and a telegram promises delay. The narrative shifts to a Tokyo earthquake account, describing tremors and a prefecture aftermath.
A collage of quips and cartoon captions from various papers, including jokes on chocolate creams, lovers, grooms, and legal notices, stitched into a humorous miscellany. It cites a Chicago Tribune line about Miss Quickstep and Mr Spoonamore, then veers through Punch and Philadelphia Press quips, finishing with a playful exchange on art and manners.
An Indiana letter extols St Joseph grapes as among the best, detailing site preparation, deep soil plowing, bed marking, vine spacing, wire trellises, and pruning to eight arms. It notes varieties like Worden, Niagara, Brighton, and Concord, plus harvesting in eight pound baskets and budgeting for home markets.
Chicago Record discusses Gen. Stone of the agricultural department proposing postal savings banks to fund highway construction. The idea would loan public funds on state guaranteed county bonds at about two percent, boosting road values and reducing tax impact while expanding thrift and economy nationwide.
Farmers around Clinton Indiana subscribe over 3000 dollars to extend the macadam highway from four miles into Elvira inland town and beyond. They pledge ten to one hundred dollar payments depending on acres, aiming to extend six miles to Elvira this year and run a north south section to serve more farms within two years reaching western townships forty miles distant. The Prairie Farmer notes farmers plan a coordinated system rather than scattered improvements. The article also comments on clematis paniculata as a porch climber with varying fragrance reports and future propagation from cuttings likely.
A large private woodland of 124000 acres in Polkoni Monroe counties, Tenm owned by Senator George Peabody Wetmore, Tolhode Tatand. Wetmore has accepted the forestry division’s offer to inspect the tract for a working plan to harvest merchantable timber while preserving the forest.
An old advertisement style page offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh, promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hall's Catarrh Cure from J Cheney Co Toledo, plus testimonials, discount powders, and various patent medicine lines. It includes endorsements, testimonials, and product pitches from multiple Toledo druggists and merchants.
A reader describes rapid weight gain and changes in appearance, addressing Dear Mrs Pinkham for advice. The brief note hints at early remedies or guidance sought from the era’s household medicine column.
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