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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1897
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recounts a man’s terror of a haunted mantel clock. He endures three nights of eerie disturbance, fears a ghostly Buck Anderson, and finally discovers the clock’s unwinding fault caused the frightful events.
A fragment from Leisure Hours outlines a simple rye meal breakfast cake recipe. It calls for two cups rye meal one half cup molasses a pinch of salt one and a half cups sweet milk and one teaspoon salaratas, mixed soft and baked in gem pans or muffins.
A Greensburg Indiana reader recalls a year old New Era item about William Stimpson a paralytic farmer near Rugby recovering after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the pills with restoring full use and health and provides a sworn affidavit of truth. Additional local cures are noted for rheumatism and neuralgia. Pills sold 59 cents a box or six for 2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
A Chicago Times Telegraph tale describes Mr Bancks urging his wife to expect rain while he and a friend plan an evening out. He worries she won’t believe his yarns about eagles and mountain lions fooling their children and seeks a plan to keep her trusting his stories, until the cave stops running.
A youthful matron gives shell side combs to a friend as a birthday gift hoping to fix her hair. The friend misreads scolding locks, believes the combs imply she is a scold, refuses them, and the scene ends with laughter and a severed bond. The piece ends with two unrelated lines about Mrs Murray Will and Mrs Manhattan Beach in New York World.
The Star tobacco factory at St. Louis is claimed as the largest in the world with two rows of buildings. It spans 2490 feet on Park Avenue and 2100 feet on Folsom Avenue, totaling 271 acres in area, with eaves and greenery surrounding the site.
A fragment containing claims that deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Parsily Pills, with testimonials and advertisements for malaria antidotes like Hostetter’s Bitter. Also includes a joke caption about a “Pusher” and a German study suggestion.
A collage of quips from 19th century newspapers includes jokes about courting, photography mishaps, and social foibles. It features endorsements for St Jacobs Oil and other patent medicines, plus cynical one liners on religion, love, and gender roles, reflecting era humor and advertising.
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