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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
6
A widow Bertha and her in laws confront a stranger return as a dead husband appears at their home. The revived man, calm and familiar, recalls a perilous family grip, while mourning sisters and father grapple with fear and shock in a tense, haunted household.
The new Belgian system founded on voluntary conscription has proved a failure. Despite enlistment committee efforts, only a small number of volunteers offered themselves during the last year.
A New York Sun article notes the popularity and strict health and entrance standards of women’s colleges. Competition limits enrollment, dormitory space, and even wardrobe rules, with long-registered students favored for housing and some parents paying for room swaps.
A lighthearted fragment records Mrs Stubb-John and Mr Stubb-Well discussing their son Hiram returning from dental college and wanting to practice on old teeth, with a promise about an old saw in the garret.
John Burroughs laments cats stealing nesting sites from bluebirds and wrens across New England and New York. He cites estimates of 250000 birds killed yearly by cats and urges humane control like deadfalls and trapping, warning against poisons and shifting blame.
A Maine businessman fleeing creditors fled to Sheep Island in Penobscot Bay with his wife and two children. He changed his name to James Emerson and described how a wooded island provides food, fuel, and shelter with almost no cost. He claimed they spent little more than 40 for two months and lived rent free with abundant resources.
A discussion of how cold and hot applications to the skin influence the nervous system and circulation. It covers reflex actions from neck and chest immersion, nosebleed remedies with cold, focal body areas affected by cold, and the contrasting effects of heat and light on skin and physiology.
Take green tomatoes and ripe fruit, stem and drain, boil with white sugar at half a pound per pound fruit. Add one lemon per two pounds, cook until thick with little water. A delicious preserve that tastes somewhat like figs, according to the source.
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