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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
2
In Williston Minnesota the Graphit Br Corecann and Oveeson are noted for a local debut or listing with mentions of WILLIETON and a brief reference to DAK, signaling a regional business or event acknowledgment.
In a sunlit cafe the famed The Family Party nears a turning point as Edith Westmoreland and Laurie Preston drive out with Charlie Hobart and Von Kirkman and return married. Ralston, torn between two loves, contemplates settling down while friends reveal a secret wedding, sending his mind into a whirl of social intrigue.
In a Fifth Avenue drawing room Eve Williams Malone sketches a social rite as Alfred Ralston leads a roaming trio of young women known as The Family Party. The gossipy group, amused by youth and flirtation, relocates to an uptown cafe while observers debate age, marriage, and social rituals.
A collection of quips and exchanges from various papers. Merchants debate ad space on baseball pages while a stock deal yields ground-floor gains. A chorus of wry, clipped gags unfolds from Baltimore to Boston, mocking manners and local foibles with crisp punchlines.
The Manila dispatches the Kilpatrick transport carried 33 officers and 1,013 men of the Fifty third United States Volunteer Infantry to fulfill the 1901 mustering out deadline. By the 1909 act army reorganization used 65,000 enlisted and 35,000 volunteers, with two year four month terms. The article notes volunteers outnumbered prewar regulars and praises the volunteers' dedication and capability, recalling Santiago battles of 1895 and the Fifth Corps with its high casualties among regulars.
A discussion of the trained nurse habit among wealthy women, describing it as a growing nervous-prostration like ailment. It notes higher costs in hotels, the diagnosis hinges on desiring a nurse beyond need, and highlights young mothers as common victims who keep nurses out of perceived necessity.
An investigator claims raw apples are the best diet for literary minds. He cites his father who lived to nearly 90 and ate apple pudding daily and raw apples at all hours. He notes many think raw apples are indigestible and says late-night workers crave apples after midnight.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent notes two brothers in Texas who argued over a fortune lost after giving up land where the Lucea gusher struck at Beaumont. They drilled, found 10 to 15 barrels daily, moved to Silver Lake seeking bigger pay, and sold Beaumont land for a small sum while hoping for better returns.
The passage extols apples as wholesome and beneficial for a good night’s rest. It warns against peeling apples, arguing that eating the rind and flesh together is essential, and asserts that discarding the skin ruins the fruit’s value for true apple fever.
Sidney W. Curtis, a New York broker, recounts a 1930s Western city waterworks contract bid rigging. Bids due before noon, then a timing trick with a sunk well yielded a favored result. The tale includes two brothers who struck oil later in Texas after timber land profits in West Virginia.
A bidder used a late signal to undercut the lowest offer and secure the contract. In other notes, a Paris London Truth correspondent discusses Leo X and a painter’s request to soften age appearance. A tale from Castle Valley recounts a near-fatal gas incident triggered by a buzzing mosquito. Italian marriage customs favor Sundays for first marriages, with widows preferring Saturdays.
A fragment describes a strong loyalty story about a young man who consented to a dangerous act involving blood. It hints at a moral about “good blood” and promotes a stomach bitters remedy as a cure for indigestion and related ailments.
A Chicago Post item notes a rug needing attention leads to a test of an applicant’s honesty. A hobo asks for a chance to earn money by beating the rug, but the woman questions his sincerity and integrity, suggesting practical results over promises.
A garbled collection of medical and consumer product claims being marketed in the United States circa 1900. It mentions sterilization practices in a barber shop, references to Herpicide and dandruff control, assorted testimonials, and miscellaneous quips about medicines, cures, and household goods.
An old Chicago advertisement promotes Devoe ready paint for fall painting. It claims longer lasting protection than lead and oil paints and urges readers to ask their dealer for Devoe. It offers a free pamphlet about paint and painting.
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