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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
7
The United States Department of Agriculture provides practical pigeon nesting ideas. It describes inch boards with cross cleats forming floor to roof pens with 60 nesting boxes per pair of birds, and advice to avoid floor nesting when possible while allowing occasional floor nests.
An enthusiastic Missouri turkey raiser offers advice to combat lice with hog fat and carbolic acid on day-old chicks and hens, notes pen shade and cleaning, structured feeding schedules, and gradual greasing. The column covers egg shipping costs, bee movement methods, and separating pure breeds for hatching.
A New York 15 year old narrates his poultry flock management from the Farmers Gazette. He cared for 95 hens during high school, detailing monthly income, costs, and profits, plus feeding, housing, and breeding practices. He notes 90 percent egg hatch in setting hens and asserts pure bred stock yields higher profit than mongrels.
At the Ohio state agricultural convention in Columbus T E Orr secretary of the American Poultry association described his poultry house design. The 12 by 5 pattern has a roof brace arrangement and curtain roosting chamber, with muslin windows, no glass, and perches above a platform. It costs about one dollar per hen and provides ten years of service with six cubic feet per hen and 24 hens per compartment.
Practical advice from Commercial Poultry on selecting eggs and hens for hatching, timing care with sunshine, and keeping strict fowl accounts. It stresses choosing high quality birds, feeding strategies, and using soaked grain, with a note on meat as a profitable but costly winter feed for egg production.
The article notes Mia Susie Fuell, claimed as the largest woman in Indiana at 484 pounds, living west of Miami. It mentions Sam Farb, a bondsman in Indianapolis, as illiterate yet rich. Also cited is Mrs Deborah, a 400 pound Winnebago Indian, the largest American Indian woman, and a mock traditional rule about new senators in Congress not speaking for a year after swearing in.
The Nebraska Farmer editor extols Western Canada as a future home for farm families seeking affordable land and a productive climate. He cites H. E. Heath’s praise, notes favorable rainfall, extended daylight, warm Chinook winds, and the thriving potential for wheat, cattle, horses, sheep, and dairy. The piece highlights government settlement efforts and low rail rates to visit and settle western prairies.
A flood of letters from 28 generals across the Union and Confederate camps praises Peruna for catarrh and related ailments. The endorsements cite tonic strength and curative relief, with testimonials from officers including J Floyd King, Robert Smalls, Ira C Abbott, W G Yarnell, J D McBride, and many others, urging readers to try the remedy and seek Dr Hartman’s guidance if needed.
A man on a train platform proclaims he is the town’s only lawyer and refuses to prove it. The stranger challenges him, and soon both the lawyer and the stranger secure representations, illustrating a sharp exchange of egotism and quick outcomes.
A collage of vintage ads and medical tips includes skin treatment with Cuticura products, a quirky GMO seed catalog pitch, and assorted quotes. The clipping blends eczema advice with promotional lines, celebrity quips, and local notices from 1900 era print.
A letter from William Cooper Eller of 712 D Street Northeast Washington attests to Peruna relieving catarrhal troubles and endorses the remedy to friends and other readers as highly effective. The missive states strong belief in Peruna’s efficacy and confidence in its benefits.
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