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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
8
Fashion driven demand for durable blooms led to artificial flowers. In Italy festival rules spurred creation of lasting petals, later expanding to cambric, glass, wax and metal crafts. By medieval times, imitations were common, with Paris becoming a premier center for refined artificial blossoms.
The piece explains gambling was banned not for demoralization but to prevent effeminacy among devotees. It cites a 1641 act aimed at supporting artillery and banning unlawful games, and a Queen Anne era law voiding bonds or securities from money won or lent at play. The story notes this remained the law until 2645.
A manuscript by H. A. L. de Cas tres, a schoolmate of Napoleon I, reveals curious information about Napoleon between 1780 and 1784. It notes his rough French, need for private tutoring at Brienne Military School, skill in mathematics, and remarkable memory. He enjoyed playing robber or war games with peers and neglected ball games.
A young native woman, deemed attractive for a “negress,” nearly sparked a war between rival chiefs who sought her hand. A white officer intervened, marrying her to a native civil servant. Authorities then sought stability, noting the woman now runs a washing business, while the excerpt hinting at trial of pride and power from period verse in Munsey's.
The fragment recalls reactions to Kiesing and its enduring appeal, citing a New England divine and Dean Swift. It notes longstanding debates about kissing as an art of escalation, quoting Swift on the invention of kissing and expressing enduring curiosity about its purposes.
Fading through scattered items from Fargo to Minot and Grand Forks, the bulletin reports farm profits, crop yields, rail and bank actions, and local mischief. Highlights include oat yields near 107 bushels per acre, 100000 bushels of grain shipping, a Great Northern extension rush, a jail escape scare, and a sinking steamer Fram.
While on the China station in 1886 the master-at-arms mess aboard the U S 8 Omaha hid gin in a demijohn labeled vinegar. An executive officer inspecting the jug at the gangway tasted vinegar and missed the extra corked neck containing three gallons of gin, deceiving officers for a month as shore liberty was reduced.
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