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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
2
Chicago Daily Tribune reports a playful dig into prehistory. An ancient man’s house is unearthed in Udounki amid silt and relics. Excavators speculate future digs may reveal towns predating Udounki and the builder’s gloom about changing times.
Millicent Drexel feigns calm at a veranda dinner with Allison as she hides a grim secret. A dying college friend, a lost wife, and a shock reveal a barrier stronger than marriage: Millicent’s own truth shatters their fragile bond and unleashes a cruel moral entanglement.
A 210 foot tall concrete structure on a 60 by 100 foot corner in Cincinnati showcases a new method using reinforced concrete and twisted steel bars to bear compression. The building, partly marble veneered to mask its novel frame, tests the limit of tall concrete construction amid mixed reactions and concerns of structural integrity. A steam thrashing machine from Indiana has been installed in Damascus.
The article discusses historic timber wealth, market risks, and a Western inventor’s gauge for measuring tree contents. It explains how buyers estimate timber by eye due to large margins and introduces a device that reads trunk contents via a graduated arc.
An illustrated model home design from 1904 features a balloon frame of hemlock with plastered interior walls, north Carolina pine doors, oak staircase, cypress trim, and nickel plated plumbing. The two story plan includes a full basement with a hot air furnace, coal bin, and store room, with a modern gas range, porcelain fixtures, and two coats of white lead paint. It claims easy erection in various localities for about 1500 dollars.
A discussion on how parents gauge a baby's normalcy through developmental milestones. Dr Louise Fiske Bryson cites a sequence of expected abilities from night sensitivity to walking, while noting feeble mindedness, sub normal minds, and the risk of misclassifying a child by appearance rather than actions and potential.
A week of observations at Cheltenham shows indoor temperatures stay within about one degree while outdoor swings around fifty. Thick walls and dry sawdust insulation minimize heat loss. The Sitka observatory reportedly used 2 600 sacks of sawdust for insulation.
An Odessa engraver carved the entire Russian national hymn on a grain of corn and presented it to the czar. The czar, via the Odessa civil governor, sent a gold watch and chain as thanks for the laborious undertaking.
An early 20th century home care guide outlines essential antiseptics and bandages for homely first aid. It recommends carbolic acid, creoline, boracic acid solutions, and clean rolled bandages from old sheets, with step by step wound cleansing and dressing to control bleeding and protect injuries.
The article describes elaborate garnishing ideas for lobster salads fish and meats. It lists lobster claws coral cress radishes beets curled celery olives and fancy wafers as decorations. It also covers jelly shapes fancy fruit toppings for pies and methods to brown pies with milk or cream.
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