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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
2
Chicago Tribune quotes a meditation on judgment and hypocrisy noting how critics weigh others, question motives, and question justice while reflecting on personal faults and self doubt amid a public discourse on moral scrutiny.
Gertrude Gaylord, reared by a practical mother, accepts banker Horace Gaylord's marriage offer over her love for Albert Winturn. Albert becomes confidential secretary, learns janitorial work in secret, while Gertrude enjoys emeralds and social ascent. The plot reveals Gertrude’s growing affection for her husband and Albert’s fall from grace as the romance shifts.
The Home Magazine notes white felt hats rise again as the season’s stylish choice with low and high crowns, square crowns, and picture hats featuring velvet, plush, ribbons, and plumes. Sailor and shirt-waist hats show varied crowns, bands, and trims with quills and braids shaping the latest looks.
A home canning guide explains how to make rich syrup for preserving quince and citron. It advises adding marbles to the boiling mixture to prevent burning, careful handling to keep fruit whole, and steaming tips for hard fruits. It covers long term storage with jar checks during the first month and guidance on reboiling if fermentation begins.
The Detroit Free Press notes a simple test proving people often see with one eye differently. Cover one eye and try to snuff a nearby candle. with one eye closed observers frequently miss the flame, misjudging distance and alignment.
A brief recipe note describes grading five small ears of corn and scraping out kernels, mixing with five beaten eggs, cream, salt, and pepper. The mixture is cooked in a hot buttered sheet-iron pan, rolled when set, and served on a hot platter.
A young narrator recalls a note from Bessy Brown announcing a party with a second message from Mise Daith Rogers. The mother questions the plan to attend while the writer plans future gatherings and to be at home for a party, ending with a playful, domestic tone from May E. Nichols.
From Lisbon comes word the crown prince of Portugal may visit the United States next year. A Portuguese royal guest would follow a recently praised visit by an American squadron led by Admiral Cotton, whose crew earned high admiration from Emperor William, England’s king, France’s president, and Portugal’s monarchs. The prince, known as Duke of Braganza, is the eldest son of King Carlos and Queen Marie Amelie and was born in Lisbon in 1887. He turned sixteen last March. If hosted, American youths should strive to leave as favorable an impression as the Portuguese prince did on naval officers.
A naturalist explains that gorillas, chimps, and orangutans do not use clubs in combat. They rely on sharp teeth and strong arms to bite and maul faces and limbs, often attacking fingers by grabbing wrists and tearing away digits, a method observed in African travels and later confirmed elsewhere.
A simple toy design shows two cardboard semicircles forming a box with a cardboard edge wrap. A wooden spindle pivots on tacks at the center, a wire piece attaches to a wooden half hoop, and a lead weight balances the mechanism for a playful spring action.
Centrally placed semicircular toy box uses fixed end figures to bob up and down. Clowns animals or dolls sit at the ends and escape holes are covered by hinged cardboard flaps with elastic springs. When rocked the dolls appear alternately through the openings, in a simple mechanical play device from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A young tree is sheltered and nourished by sun wind and rain until a sudden storm tests it. The wind twists and tears at the tree breaking branches loosening roots and bruising the trunk. After each struggle the tree heals thicker stronger and more rooted, thriving through ever tougher winds and storms. Well Spring.
An English engineer warns in the government Gazette that electric bath lighting is hazardous. Brass switch covers and metal fittings may contact live wires, posing fatal shock risks to anyone standing on wet floors or with bare feet while turning on lights at 220 volts. Reptile picnic tale in Bloomsburg reports five rattlers and many copperheads killed after sighting snakes.
An elderly man over seventy one recalls severe kidney trouble waking him at night and a doctor’s doubt. He credits kidney pills with quick relief and restoration, praising the medicine and urging others to try it. The piece also includes ads and anecdotes on travel, trains, and cheap excursions.
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