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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1889
Page
16
A design for a grain chest for fowls with a front rail, hanging option, and a two foot high eating platform is described. The article also covers training tomatoes on stakes, pruning, and a hay baling method using a revolving cylinder roll system with pressed hay discs.
William Kerr of Grand Rapids, Michigan, earns first prize in the eighteenth contest of Carpentry and Building. The article blends prize details with practical winter farming and home advice, including tree protection, rabbit deterrence, greenhouse repairs, and window plant care, interwoven with period proverbs and notes on building specifications.
A Kansas correspondent warns west farmers about invasive east introduced grasses such as sand burr and Santa Fe burr, urging vigilance in grass and clover seed purchases. He notes the value of saving household wash-water nutrients for growing plants, praises using suds for annuals on clay soil, and comments on cultivation tools and the limits of deep cultivation for corn.
A national mood of fevered excitement grips the nation as the Sullivan Kilrain fight in a Mississippi field draws focus. The spectacle eclipses other news with intense public interest spurring headlines and speculation across major cities.
A fragment notes Cobwigger near Central Park entrance with banter about spending time and watching others. The lively exchange hints at a social scene and light horseplay. Names and clearer details are missing due to damaged text.
A garbled excerpt reflects President Harrison's belated consolation that ten years in office might have produced more mistakes. The fragment hints at regret and speculation about the administration's historical evaluation.
A garbled collection of aphorisms and stray phrases. References to a Virginia reel and a prince of Wales anecdote mix with misheard lines about right and wrong, cats fighting at night, idle bakers, and pulpit sermons. The text reads as a rough OCR extract with numerous distortions and incomplete words.
Walking advertisements for tarry Reely and a brief sales notice offer a 12x20 engine on boiler pipes pumps and fittings from Hetherington Nason Dallas Texas. Davis Co. advertises almost new machinery and a directorie memorandum service with mail order on receipt of stamp and address.
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