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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
2
The Detroit Free Press summarizes a Philadelphia authority's quixotic ruling that no girl clearly passes 35, yet many remain girls past 36. The piece laments the undefined status between girl and woman, noting how some marry yet keep the label, while others rename with age.
A column urges conscientious work over grumbling, arguing that true effort exceeds pay and that inner conscience is a higher boss. It muses on small change shortages, prosperity affecting coin use, and cites unrelated quips about eating horse for economy, a Georgia judge eating crow, and old buffalo meat cures. It ends noting loss of picturesque national costumes except some groups.
Mr. Richard Dillingham meets a mysterious schoolgirl named Mary on a late drive then at a restaurant. She confesses the meeting was a bet and the night ends with a note revealing a staged romance in fiction only. He later sees her at a theater stage door, realizing their story was fiction and the real ending lies elsewhere.
In a seaside hotel setting a veteran editor defends gentle endings for juvenile literature while criticizing classic tales for violence and degrading morals. A dissenting contributor mocks strict standards, citing Hans Christian Andersen and Perrault as examples she would reject for unhappy conclusions.
Two Kansas inventors develop a hammer driven by a foot treadle instead of arm swing. A pivoted handle and a chain transmit pressure to the hammer, with springs controlling the force and a releasable catch limiting motion. The device allows lateral strikes on different parts of the anvil face.
The North Carolina Granite company uses compressed air to split granite on a hillside. A three inch bore eight feet deep starts a horizontal cleavage with dynamite and powder charges, expanding to 75 to 100 feet. Air pressure then extends the fracture to surface, enabling a horizontal sheet of granite several acres to be separated.
Sir William Crookes recently displayed a diamond burning in an electric field. The gem swelled and blackened under orange heat, eventually leaving only a swollen lump of graphite on the screen.
In many small cities without electric alarms worn locomotive tires are used as sounders. Marengo Iowa used a tire on top the firehouse tower. A tire hung by an iron ring uses a striker with iron balls at ends and two ground wires for rapid strokes.
A Southern inventor has created a poison indicator that attaches to a bottle cork to prevent misidentifying deadly contents. The device is separate from the cork and can be transferred between bottles. Its skull and crossbones mark contents clearly by day, and its unique shape aids night visibility, with a pin at the bottom to anchor it in the cork.
Report from the Montreal Herald describes a method tested at Mid Surrey golf links in Richmond England to remove angle worms. Exterminator spread across soil, soil watered, and within three minutes thousands of worms emerged to the surface. One square yard contained about 906 worms. A barrow load was collected nearby.
A testimonial from Mrs. Thomas J. McGinn of Plainfield New Jersey describes severe long term anemia with headaches irregular heartbeat and swelling. After twelve boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills she recovers full of life with pink cheeks and renewed strength. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York at 50 cents a box or 8 50 for six.
Four policemen's colleges in St Petersburg train applicants via a combined museum and school. Pupils study tools of criminals, thieves, and methods of robbing collection boxes. They learn the Russian port system, and the duties of dvornikes who guard residences, monitor tenants, inspect newcomers, and report to the police station.
The emperor once vowed to sever the heads of bank presidents and directors after a failure. The edict, though long in force, was issued after China confronted a major collapse and blamed reckless conduct by bank leaders, shaping a tradition of cautious banking.
The text describes firefiles of Jamaica emitting bright light to enable reading or writing at night when enclosed in an inverted tumbler. The fireflies are about the size of a common hive bee and harmless. Their unusual abundance is noted as an indicator of approaching rain and a reference to a path called THE WAY OUT.
An ambitious girl overcome by nervousness and hysteria found relief in Grape-Nuts. After years of weakness, she gained health, resumed studies, taught for months, and now runs a happy home four years on the cereal. The feed is from Postum Co with the slogan There's a reason.
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