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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
6
Poem by I. M. Lewis recalls pleasant days of love with vivid nature imagery. The speaker cherishes the beloved's voice, eyes, and all consuming happiness, contrasting with duller past. A nostalgic lyric notes roses, birds, fragrance, and a longing weaved through remembered evenings.
Mrs Darrow, a match making widow, schemes to marry off Rev Marcus Fairing to Maggie Clyde, the devoted daughter of an invalid father. Maggie's quiet virtue clashes with Lena Morrison's worldly cousin, while Juliet Marcy and others watch. A confession ends with Maggie deciding to leave and Marcus declaring love, leaving Mrs Darrow stunned.
A survey of New York society mourning customs and decor, detailing widow attire from black crepe to veils and second mourning violet accents, plus a unique mourning lamp room. It notes etiquette, class display, and how neurasthenia is viewed as a medical concept within modern life.
A fragment discusses luxurious tastes vs tight budgets and urges a frugal, clever solution. It notes the poor face tragedy while many with moderate incomes must deny luxuries. The author hints at a trusted plan combining broomsticks and brains to realize a cherished dream.
A young girl in Farm and Fireside describes making a music rack from broomsticks and a sawhorse board. She details exact lengths 28, 39, 32, 23, and 18 inches, stapling and drilling, creating a white enamel finish. The device stands three feet high and two feet two inches long, blending utility and beauty.
A column advertises foot care and hygiene stressing daily fresh stockings, cotton preferred, proper footwear, and ventilation. It warns against tight shoes and rubber overshoes, and advises biographical pedicure lessons, foot baths, and nail shaping to prevent conditions like ingrown nails. Includes a furniture cleaning tip and a brief dialogue gag from Town Topics.
The column explains that excessive tobacco and alcohol use can cause nicotine poisoning leading to partial or complete blindness. It notes the retina first affected, warnings from dim vision, and that abstinence from tobacco and alcohol is the main cure. Moderate use of either alone is not believed to produce toxic eye symptoms.
A Belgian inventor M Ongley proposes using tidal flood to compress air for an energy storage system. A shallow sea nearshore reservoir would trap air at low tide and compress it as tides rise, with air sent to a metal tank. The plan, not yet tested, questions its cost and viability. The article also notes evolving ideas on evolution contrasting Darwin and Hugo de Vries and cites Amsterdam garden experiments producing new plant species.
Prof Alexander Agaselz summarizes 25 years of coral reef observations for the Royal Society, noting Darwin’s theory gaps and outlining reef types. He explains barrier reefs in Fiji Hawaii West Indies on volcanic bases or adjacent lands, plus formation of atolls and encircling reefs by denudation and erosion. Negative: The passage includes a stray styled dialogue snippet from Hicks and Wicks about weather from a Philadelphia Ledger.
The article contrasts two types of persons toward physical training. Some start immediately and persist with or without equipment, while others require constant device changes and persuasion to gain any lasting benefit. It describes a novel machine akin to weights and pulleys in gyms, designed for targeted muscular training.
A Chicago Daily News description explains a novel apparatus where the body hangs from a carriage by a large top spring, with legs supported by two smaller springs. Hands grip cords wound on a drum linked to the carriage wheel. pulling the cords rotates the drum and propels the carriage while lifting some body weight. Reeling in resets for repeated use.
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