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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
6
A cave clan comedy shows Little Toes torn between Big Bow and Cross Eyes. Big Bow presents a great cave bear skin and hunts fawns to win her, while Cross Eyes crafts a pearl and shell necklace for her. Little Toes accepts Cross Eyes as her mate, and the pair depart with the bearskin.
A granite pedestal monument near Fontainebleau by M. Gambert honors Rosa Bonheur the animal painter. The bull statue dominates the pedestal with a bronze bas relief of Bonheur on the front. The artist's former home nearby was spared during the Franco Prussian War by Prussian crown prince orders.
A young man, mustering courage, asks an aging father for his daughter's hand in marriage. The reply questions the future as the suitor reveals he joined the church last winter.
A compact description presents a small scale illusion using a 24 inch by six inch paper roll. The reader rolls the paper, slides a finger into the roll, flattens it, and cuts a boat shaped notch to form a paper ladder effect.
The article explains making a paper ladder by folding and creasing at B and pulling until a complete ladder forms. It notes holding ends A and C, keeping folds even so the ladder can telescope shut. It mentions a strong man tearing a large roll with his fingers for comparison and claims practice makes perfect.
Archbishop French assigns Canon Cureton to preach on sainted days for Westminster boys who then enjoy a holiday. Cureton’s son worries about a long sermon as the boys threaten to thrash him if it exceeds half an hour, prompting a humorous breakfast exchange.
A youth pretending to drown swam around a fishing boat and sank several times. He shouted for help, but companions ignored him. He did not surface again and rescuers could not find his body, echoing the old tale of the boy who cried Wolf.
Two unruly schoolboys kept after hours to write their names one thousand times. After 16 minutes one boy grew restless and watched the other in disgrace. He then exclaimed to the teacher that the task was unfair, saying His name is Bush and mine Schluttermeyer.
A Boston Post fragment recalls Baby Meg failing to finish a poem for her father as she dashes to catch a kitten. The little girl blurts out the unfinished line and answers that they make mud pies.
A twenty one year old recounts to two companions how he cheated his employer out of an hour and a half daily for over a year by napping in a secluded back office corner during work hours. He boasted of evading detection and described a door that opened into a passageway as his cover. The piece warns that similar deceit harms later chances of promotion and ruin credibility and finances.
A simple toy uses a sealed bottle with a funnel and two powders to create carbonic gas. Elder puff balls or cork pieces rise and fall to intermittently block the escape, making colorful balls flutter like butterflies over a flower.
A Hindoo baby's name is usually chosen by the mother and given twelve days after birth. If the father prefers a different name, the two names are written and lamps are lit over each. the name under which the lamp shines brightest becomes the child's name.
A 60 year old veteran reports long term eczema across body and head ended after using Cuticura products. He had been declared incurable by a Government Board after numerous examinations and spent much on treatments. The letter credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Regolvent for complete recovery and thanks the brand. Also an ad touts QUAKER OATS family packages with a free imported gift.
An English paper reports Sir Keri Singh the maharao of Sirohi lost his last jaw tooth on July 2. He had a diamond tooth installed in its place, marking a notable dental royal rite.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming relief for teething pain in children. The copy also jokes that the average man enjoys posing as a critic and mentions broader bitters and tonics.
A thematic excerpt equates dishonesty with a common evil labeling it as disease in bodies and blight in seasons cities and governments, noting Plato’s line that injustice is a related vice. The reflection connects moral and social ills across personal and civic realms.
An 19th century style advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed nasal mucous membranes and offers Mall’s Catarrh Cure. It asserts a hundred dollar reward for cures of deafness caused by catarrh that the remedy cannot cure, and urges sending for circulars from CHENEY & CO in Toledo.
A promotional piece urges mothers to guide daughters through puberty using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites letters from readers Myrtle Mills and Matilda Borman praising relief from menstrual and related symptoms, and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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