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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
3
An aged speaker recalls farm life with wife and children, praising honest work and memory while noting a shift to modern methods. A moral on borrowing and lending follows from a tale of Kate Maud and a borrowed gown, urging balance between generosity and respect for others property.
A narrator laments borrowing as a social vice and catalogs varieties of borrowers from affectionate to selfish. She argues households should honor others’ property, describe the draining effects on wardrobes and possessions, and notes how repeated borrowing harms trust and decorum within families.
A Florida family in Lake Region reports miraculous improvement in Fannie Adams after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After months of paralysis and convulsions, the seven year old began walking unaided within weeks, with doctors noting known benefits and urging cautious use.
A humorous prize fight unfolds in a drug store as a group spins tall stories to win a hot eight ounce prize mixture. The major’s tale about his dog ends when the judge, a toilet soap drummer, foresees the lie and grants the prize. Detroit Free Press notes mischief and showmanship in the contest.
A group including Schneider spent a day by a river bank camping and fishing, using improvised bait. Schneider returns with several fish after trying no bait, prompting laughs and kidding from friends about his fishing skill. The passage also includes a brief note on tea preparation and a moral anecdote about a physician’s remark to a dying patient.
A crowded ninet bound Sutter Street car stops at Franklin where the conductor calls out signals to disembark. A woman insists she must alight at fourteen hundred and four, prompting puzzled smiles as passengers watch.
An article warns against mercury containing nostrums for catarrh and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. L. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as safe, internal medicine targeting blood and mucous membranes. It urges buyers to ensure genuineness and notes testimonials are free. It also includes brief humorous verse reflections and old press snippets.
In a hazy middle page snippet from Chicago Post the girl in blue and the girl in pink quarrel over a risqué remark overheard in a hammock. The garter incident and rapid recoil ignite lingering whispers about propriety among students.
An old style health ad warns readers to act on kidney and bladder weakness with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The blotchy text also quips about social scenes and features scattered ad lines for tonics and patent medicines, with references to various newspapers.
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