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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
2
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post excerpt presents Papl Laurence Dunbar urging resilience through rain. The verse uses dialect to counsel keeping song and spirit while weathering hardship and rain, with hopeful imagery of birds and calm persistence.
A railway story recalls a Friday night circus train tow where engineer Bill and partner Murphy battle a bad omen. Misfires, broken hoses, and glass shattering hoodoo fears test nerve as the crew fights to finish the run without disaster.
A derailed pipe between cars caused a train to stop and inspectors to chase a crafty monkey loose on a rear truck. They finally corralled the animal using nuts, chaining it in a car as the train resumed. The scene drew circus spectators in early morning chill aboard sleeper cars.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a wartime tale where a brave colonel is pressed to recount Gettysburg. A drummer humorously misreads terms and misstates events as the colonel tries to answer, ending with a quip about supper and a grocer order.
The death of Emma D. E. N. Southworth recalls her Civil War era fame as a novelist. Her works drew soldiers’ attention. Capitola the heroine sparked London dramatizations and even factory naming. A Georgtown cottage visit tale shows her modest kindness to veterans.
Philadelphia Press explains how hard water and salt affect cooking beans peas and greens. It advises using hard water for beans and green peas, adding salt to harden water, and suggests ammonia or salt pork to control flavor. Wilted greens soak, and stewing with bread or fennel scent reduces odors.
The amateur mermaid of midsummer appears in gowns of English serge silk poplin or brilliantines, with bloomers that rise above the knee in Turkish trouser fashion. One striking outfit uses white English serge with sea green trim, a knee-length skirt, and short puff sleeves, highlighting practical movement concerns.
Two new coiffure styles for evening wear by French and English women feature a pompadour base with a soft knot and jeweled ornaments. The French variant uses a complex upper arrangement. a waxed iron method preserves leaves for winter decoration. Also included is a tomato relish recipe with peppers onions and spices for long storage.
A compilation of northern customs on marriage from Norway Sweden and Siberia with tales of courtship and family pretense. It notes wedding superstitions eating and drinking customs a bride's dinner test and methods to care for utensils and test wheat flour. The piece closes with a wry conversation about love and certainty.
A garbled collection of facts and figures from the era touches on global industry, transport, and notable persons. It cites coal fields in an 800 square mile area, 40,000 locomotives for American railroads, Australian mining, Pittsburgh blast furnaces, New York barber shops and bathhouses, Omaha fruit value, Oklahoma wheat yields, and various international notes. It mentions a predicted German panic, marriage limits in Russia, a bamboo lighthouse in Java, and a wide range of curiosities about politics, science, and society with multiple dates and names.
An advertisement extols Syrup or Fics as a refreshing liquid laxative from senna and aromatic plants. It claims gentle, effective cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation, and notes its notes its manufacturer CALIFOSA Pig SYRUP Co and a unique production method.
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