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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
6
Dimpleton returns from a trying day to find his mother in law visiting soon for a month. His wife reveals the news with excitement, and he smiles at the prospect of a relaxed summer with family. The scene contrasts with a fraught writer’s stereotype of in law clashes.
In the sunlit shore town Langham, a weary man near rocks befriends a bright six year old girl named Bess. She helpers him hush his cough and together they craft a paper fairy boat from an old love-letter to pass time. Bess promises to return with fairy boats as Langham reflects on lost youth and impending decline.
A parlor puzzle described with matches forming a pyramid and a trick to lift them with light from a single match. An 1806 London Times claim reports a woman publicly sold in Smithfield, leading to riots and police disgrace.
In clear summer weather the bottom water feels the sun’s effect even in Lake Erie. The sun warms the depths slightly, though the daily difference remains small and varies with conditions.
The record shows 260 489 marriages in England and Wales for 1905 up slightly from 1904. The note suggests men may be more sensitive while observers joke about revolving heads and neighborly chickens.
South Africa represents a vast potential market for musical instruments with annual spending around $2,000,000. Half of this goes to pianos as the primary purchase for white consumers.
United States leather and leather goods exports in 1905 totaled 28,046,422 dollars, the highest on record. Sole leather mainly went to the United Kingdom and Japan. upper and other leathers to the UK and Germany. Imports totaled 12,952,519 dollars, led by gloves and skins for moron co and upper leather.
A professor bids farewell to a graduate and jokes that though others and the speaker respect him, no one respects him as much as he does himself. The quip captures a witty rebuke of bumptious self-regard.
In a courtroom aside a husband teases his wife about old love letters from Mulkley. The wife declares she holds half a truthfully reciprocal pile of letters and dismisses fear of being cadenowed. The exchange is described as direct and decisive in tone.
The note explains that most boats go down because they strike rock or they strike rock again in rough seas. It emphasizes the peril of reefs and hidden shoals challenging mariners and warns of sudden wrecks at sea.
A collage of humorous lines and quips from various U.S. papers. Jokes touch on fashion, manners, inheritance, and idiosyncratic dialogue, including a Pittsburg stamp and a monocle gag.
In a Hofman House lobby dispute in New York Col. Ike Hill known as a Democrat backer drew a $500 bet and offered $5,000 via check. A bystander challenged the claim, prompting Ike to demand a pen and ink to formalize the wager.
The New England Lime company of Winstead Connecticut says it first uses gas as kiln fuel for lime burning. Gas proved clean with no clinkers or cinders and produced whiter lime. Output rose from 80 to 100 barrels per kiln, boosting total daily production to 700 barrels.
A Boston writer describes a highly methodical 12 hour day spanning verse criticism and a world history for children. A New Yorker questions the schedule as a test of practicality amid stories of honesty and a rabbi’s lie. Also noted is a century old maple tree carved into a two story house on the Oder and Iceland’s single theatre opening in 1897 with a seasonal fishing lull.
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