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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
3
An article by Frederick 0. Sibley describes a wooden butter carrier with top and side openings and sliding shelves to lift bricks of butter easily from a box or carry to a customer. It notes use of hardwood, leather hinges, smooth cleats, and wooden buttons to secure doors, plus roof-vented stable design for consistent temperature.
A Good Horse Yoke advises using hickory for the bendable yoke and a tough pin at least one inch in diameter. It specifies square through the tongue and round through the yoke, with outside pins to prevent spread, and notes any stake or pole can serve as the tongue by C. P. Wood.
Mr D K Ross describes a stable ventilation system for a 62 by 40 foot barn with a 9 foot basement. He installs gas pipes opposite each stall, tiled floors with feed alleys, and small 4x8 inch ventilation shafts up barn posts to draw tempered air to the animals. He claims the small shafts prevent drafts and frost while delivering a steady air flow to noses, reducing odors.
W W Skinner of the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station describes using carbon bisulphide to kill red and black ants. Best after rain when ants forage, applying about half a teaspoon per nest. damp ground slows volatilization. Caution: highly flammable and explosive, keep matches and pipes away. Can be bought from chemists for about 50 cents per pound. scale limited by cost.
A collage of witty snippets and slang from early 20th century newspapers and magazines. The clippings mix jokes on beverages and work rules with comic misprints about relationships, manners, and everyday life.
A verse by I. A. Wedgerton appears in the Denver News urging perseverance and courage. It paints hope amid long travail, urging mutual aid and steadfast effort to reach better days and a brighter future. The poet envisions a triumphal chorus as evils fade and progress glows on the horizon.
In a crowded room Betty greets Chub who returns from a quick marriage, learns his wife Harrie is the blond Harriety, and recalls a past love tied to letters and a love triangle. He reveals he burned Betty’s letters and their final exchange ends with a teary farewell as a piano organ sounds outside.
In a brief street scene two neighbors converse about planting seeds with a wary tone. One questions if the activity includes poultry, while the other clarifies the seeds are inside, invoking a character named Moon. The quirky dialogue hints at neighborhood dynamics and light humor.
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