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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
2
A fragmented New Year greeting recalls old year’s passing and welcomes the new with prayers and hopeful lines. It speaks of joy, family, books, children, and gratitude to God for renewed chances and a peaceful start to the coming year.
A nostalgic Montreal to Toronto memoir recounts Gregory’s Canada days in a wholesale firm, his illness, and his cousin Maud. The narrator befriends Maud, solves a love triangle, and marries Maud at Sutton West with Gregory as best man, while describing winter at Lake Simcoe and family figures.
A fragmented tale depicts a clever rogue in Chariton county Missouri visiting a farmhouse at night seeking lodging. He ingratiates himself with the farmer, prolongs his stay, and later leaves as the farmer grows suspicious, the incident ending with the rogue slipping away unseen.
A hurried commercial traveler orders a page boy to check a chair for a box before catching his train. The page boy races upstairs and returns breathlessly to report. The fragment hints at a小 mystery or anecdote unfolding in a hotel lobby.
A Houston Chronicle item notes a bachelor forced to wear skirts in Korea as part of a court or social dispute. The piece includes dialogue about work offering $100 weekly, hours 10 to 2, Saturdays 10 to 12, and a remark about not investing $50,000 to start a business, reflecting sensational vintage reporting.
Swine can be raised in rail pens, but best breeders use dry hog houses. They are located to be well drained and well ventilated with floors exposed to sun in winter for warmth and dryness. Good ventilation is essential for healthy stock.
The text describes housing for pigs near pasture with shade and clean running water, noting mud wallows and the preference for individual pen styles for smaller sows while larger houses with long pens are highlighted for broader sows.
A fragmented guide discusses sanitation in farm buildings, daily use design, and humane labor-saving features. It also describes feeding hens by chopping vegetables and scraps, using a cheap wooden puff or tobacco pall to prepare finely chopped produce for better Hen consumption.
A homemade farm truck built from an old mower frame and wheels aids tool transport between shed and fields. It helps move ploughs spikes and single horse cultivators, promotes storing tools under cover, and assists stone picking. The design includes stake clamps and a one inch thick flooring with a seven and a half by four foot platform, though some wording is unclear.
The Montreal Herald describes fabricating a mower platform from seasoned timbers four by four. It details axle assembly using steel shafts, red oak axles, iron collars, and bolted wheels, with measurements for front and rear axles, a four by four reach, cross pieces, mortises, and stiffening iron bars. The design includes a rammerstrap, a fuss rod, and adjustable stakes for hauling and storage.
The article outlines that a good cow for cheese or butter should yield at least 6000 pounds of milk per year or 250 pounds of butter annually, with the cow earning over feed costs by at least $25. It stresses cheap, suitable feed, listing grass, clover, corn, mangel, bran, oats, pea meal, and some concentrated feeds, and notes an experiment indicating eight pounds of meal daily gives the best balance of milk yield and cost.
Washington report notes forecasts across the nation with emphasis on weather patterns and regional impacts. The dispatch highlights predicted temperatures and storm potential, citing meteorological sources and regional observations.
The article notes four Pennsylvania longrange forecasters and others across New York and New England. It cites officials who say these forecasts rely on old signs and omens rather than meteorology, predicting storms, heat, and a severe winter. Prof Garriott and Prof Moore’s staff dismiss longrange forecasts as guesswork with uncertain accuracy.
A historical note recalls two statues honoring Marquis LaFayette and Count Rochambeau in American memory. Congress welcomed LaFayette in 1824 with national fanfare and ribbons while Washington’s parks showcase the monuments. Rochambeau’s statue in Lafayette Park was a gift from France.
District engineers report a labor shortage delaying street and road improvements. About 600 workers are employed, with 200 more needed under Engineer of Highways Hunt who plans to advertise for labor as common wages and biweekly pay deter workers. Hunt may raise pay to attract and retain labor.
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