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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
7
A shopper named Mr Jenks bought red flannel undergarments claimed to cure rheumatism. After two weeks the seller blamed shrinkage or fading. Jenks confronts the proprietor who makes a dismissive reply. Mrs Jenks remarks on the red line around his neck, misreading it as a baby’s coral string.
A New York shopper complains after buying red Hannel undergarments described as guaranteed. The store owner defends the goods as best in the house while the buyer quips his wife mocked him at breakfast noting the alleged baby’s string of beads.
An advertisement explains the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad line as the shortest and most comfortable route to the World’s Fair, promising significant time savings and crowd avoidance. It touts direct trains to the Fair, cheaper travel by arriving near desired gates, and includes excursion ticket details and a free guide.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad markets easy World’s Fair access with two through trains daily. Pullman Sleepers dining cars free reclining chairs and full view of Exposition grounds. Round trip fares from Minneapolis and Saint Paul vary by limits from 7 to 60 days and return dates.
Joseph McCauley of 144 Sholto Street Chicago Sachem of Tecumseh Lodge describes two years of backache loss of appetite and insomnia. Four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills brought complete permanent relief. He urges others to use the remedy. Price 10 cents at all dealers Oster-Milburn Co Buffalo.
A detailed political analysis argues Democrats are unified, while Republicans fracture across states to oppose Roosevelt. It cites farm unrest, labor organizing, wage cuts, rising living costs, and distrust of trusts and tariffs. Voters seek reform as government expense outpaces population growth and officials resist action.
The Indianapolis Sentinel argues that gold leaving the country is due to Republican management. It contrasts past Democrat rule with current policy failures, claiming symptoms were exaggerated by Republicans. It predicts a rebound only with changed management.
The Brooklyn Eagle asserts Judge Alton Brooks Parker authored and sent a gold standard dispatch to William F. Sheehan from the Esopus telegraph station on Saturday July 9 at 11 o clock. It claims he acted alone, without prior arrangement or consultation with any party, and learned of St Louis and New York events only via morning papers. He neither planned nor foreknowledge of the convention's Friday actions.
Items from several sources discuss Roosevelt allegedly calling Jackson illiterate, campaign maneuvers by Republicans, and large donations to Roosevelt’s campaign. Others praise or critique imperialism and fiction amid the 1904 political climate.
Republicans admit higher government costs under the current administration but argue necessity for a growing nation. They contend per capita expense should rise with population, not outpace it, warning that a 50 million country faces wasteful spending compared to a 4 million one.
A Standard report details affluent travelers aboard an Atlantic liner from New York, including Washington Y. Wirke hosting a tea party with tea cloths of Bank of England notes and greenbacks as decor. Greenbacks R. Goode distributed rolls of currency to passersby while Bullion TV. Bott wore a gold cap and Mr. Gold claimed £500 note lined coats to laugh at cold, highlighting ostentatious wealth aboard.
The Saunterer in the Brooklyn Eagle recalls a couple with a baby seeking a flat. The janitor objects to children, the infant cries, yet they rent the rooms. A later note cancels the engagement and the father quips that the baby’s behavior forced another move. The anecdote ends with a sharp motherly joke about drowning children to secure rooms.
A pasted exchange features a wife mockingly chiding her husband for his thrift shopping habit. She jokes about melancholy pleasure in knowing she could have bought items if she had married someone else, highlighting a humorous domestic tension.
Mrs Blue asks how to repel mosquitoes at home. Mrs True replies she keeps her husband smoking cigars bought with trading stamps. The brief exchange mirrors a light domestic tip from a 20th century column.
Notes from Washington and New York feature Otto Wicke a prominent politician once living on five cents daily and sleeping in City Hall Park. Noakazu Fujimori becomes Washington University St Louis and Tokio Sunsei medical college graduate, first Japanese medical doctor to earn degree. Japanese offer to use Russian prisoners for harbor work at Matsuyama to pass time and buy luxuries. Coney Island callers debate renaming to Surf City by the Sea, with reformers and opponents split. A bank clerk fears a cancer under his high collar, fearing dismissal if he lowers it. Over 8,000 women work in Washington government offices, 2,044 entrants via exams, with 600 to 1,900 annual salaries. North German Lloyd ship Herzogin Cecilie arrives London from San Francisco, trained German youths serving four years at about $200 yearly.
A projected wheat yield in Western Canada ranges from fifty five to sixty million bushels, with quality good and price near one dollar per bushel. The message from Clifford Sifton to Lord Strathcona notes substantial crops despite frost fears and highlights the growing potential of Saskatchewan and the broader Canadian grain sector.
The fragment notes counts of living beings with 798 species of one known and 488 of chrysanthemuns, lacking context about taxa, location, date, or source authority. Further readable details are needed to identify the subjects, dates, or organizations involved.
Dr Lappont, physician to the Vatican, attests using Dr Williams Pink Pills in four anemia cases and reports improvement after weeks of treatment. The letter cites pale people and nervous ailments, praising the remedy for making new blood and strengthening nerves.
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