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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
7
A discussion citing Speir, Armstrong and Child on 200 college students shows high sleep talking rates, especially among women. The article notes partial waking abilities, age dependence under 25, and instances of sleep activity such as walking or eating, while memory remains absent.
A French army report urges pairing heavy guns on a single carriage to save weight and space. The twin cannon, mounted on a cast steel base, can be fired together or separately, with rapidity and accuracy increased. The system, already used on ships and 9.13 meter caliber cannons, may expand to larger pieces.
In a public London lecture Mr. Marconi described a new detector for magnetic waves surpassing his prior coherer. The system uses an outer coil around a wire to remove hysteresis lag, improving reception and enabling a recorder for unattended operation.
A German scientist proposes hanging lifelike dead dragon flies around beds to deter mosquitoes. The dragon fly, a swift daytime hunter of mosquitoes, supposedly repels them, though mosquitoes also fear the threat of death.
Meteorologists claim a connection between thunder storms and moon phases. Greenwich records over 13 years show more storms near new moon than full moon, with March observations over 20 years supporting similar results. Spanish records note 29 percent near new moon, 22.8 near first quarter, 21.8 near full moon, and 26.4 near last quarter.
Random trivia notes include New Jersey leading good roads, 1900 London hospital care for 1.9 million, German crude spirit fuel rise, Charleston 1749 public library, Columbus water metering, gem identity of emerald and beryl, amethyst and rock crystal, a ladybird travels vast lengths, ancient Egyptian king mummy with wooden plate teeth, Columbia ship circumnavigated the globe, Boston directory lists 257,006 names, John Sullivan outnumbers John Smith, Prince Henry admires a keyless clock and orders one for Kaiser with a yearlong battery, etc.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch correspondent catalogs Java fruits including the durian with its notorious odor and custardlike kernels, the serpent fruit, pomoloe, potato fruit, custard apple, poppue, green jack fruit, and over twenty native banana varieties, noting abundance of pineapple and banana and a range of flavors from delicious to unpalatable.
The article details gold and silver coachman buttons worn by Philadelphia servants, bearing the Van Rensselaer crest. Made in three sizes for coat fronts backs and waistcoats, the buttons cost $600 a set in gold or solid silver, and are sewn with a special patent thread. The Van Rensselaer town house at Eighteenth and Walnut is noted, with Mrs Drexel as a family link.
A collage of quotes and snippets from newspapers and ads contrasts Mrs Oldcastle praising a husband Josiah as a plain, businesslike man with jokes about poets and versatility. It weaves in playful lines about birthdays and a glimpse of a prize name contest, plus an ad for remedies and a Rock Island train service note.
Fielding the novelist married a maid servant and faced scandal. Sir Thomas More’s wife scolded him before his execution. Milton’s marriages troubled him as did Coleridge’s departure from his family. Catherine II of Russia ruled after arranging her husband’s death. Ben Jonson’s wife visited the inn after him with sharp rebukes.
Charles Back of Paris recalls severe kidney pain dating to childhood. After failed treatments in Paris and Hamburg, he travelled to Montreal half dead, found Dodd's Kidney Pills, and within a week was pain free. He credits the remedy as life saving.
A collection of reader notes praising Peruna with claims of relief from headaches backache and other female ailments. Letters from Mrs Esther Milner Miss Mamie Groth and others attribute complete or substantial improvement after four bottles of Peruna and expert medical opinion from Dr Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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