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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
3
A young boy trades dresses for soldier pants in a heartwarming Chicago scene. The child, thrilled by new coat buttons pockets and a tiny handkerchief, declares himself a grown boy as his mother smiles through a scene of pride and play. Helen Schoemann Gyans, in Chicago Advance.
In a New York studio, painter Thatcher, fanatically chasing vogue, refuses to sell his beloved "The Chrysanthemum" despite debts and a rich patron's offer. As illness tightens its grip, Hector grapples with loyalty, while a letter from Paris reveals the muse will not come. Thatcher dies with the painting marked SOLD in his memory.
An old seafaring tale recounted by Caroline Lockhart in Lippincott's Magazine describes a brusque admiral who jokes with visiting royalty. While accompanying a Portuguese king, he greets him informally, warns him to mind his head, and invites him to the cabin for a drink, reflecting naval humor and tradition.
A Milwaukee era farming tip suggests moving milk storage upstairs in a cabinet linked to the house. Keeping cream in a cellar hinders churning and butter quality. an external milk room accessed through a junction door avoids stair hauling and temperature fluctuations. Use timber or repurposed outbuildings to craft a milk cabinet with exterior access.
A Purm and Home article by L. D. Atkeson describes a milk cabinet with a screened top door and hinged doorway, allowing ventilation and a 80 degree airflow. The interior features a revolving central beam, shelves for jars and a pan for straining milk, with access from an inside door, enabling the milkman to work from outside without entering the house in any weather.
Excerpts discuss watering cows in stable pens to boost milk yield, weighing feed and milk, and keeping records. Notes on warmer December weather effects, stable water systems for winter, and the value of fresh water for dairy cows. Also mentions Cheese Exports and Poor Farm criticism.
An Avizony experiment cited shows milk output drops during weather events when pasture is replaced with dry bay. Cows on pasture suffer 7 to 10 percent milk loss after rains, with butter fat falling sharply. adding beets or sugar beets mitigates losses and aids recovery, illustrating the value of silage or succulent feeds during pasture disruption.
At the stock show in Por American exposition a large display of aged Jersey cows competed for prizes with top honors awarded to Pride's Ogu LV (96,807), owned by Charles A. Sweet. The winning cow is described as large and solid with a dark fawn color, an enormous well-fueled udder, and strong emboldened features typical of the breed.
A historic note records Olga's early milk yield and growing exhibits. Born August 1895, she produced 12 000 pounds of milk in IL months, with standout weekly outputs. Her dam Tride's Olen and the sire Pride's Olga's IV are named in the lineage.
The article stresses the need for cows to receive maintenance food plus sufficient protein and carbohydrates to produce milk. It warns that insufficient or unbalanced feeding leads to reduced milk quantity and quality, describing milk as a product of a cow acting as a living machine. It cautions against stingy feeding and urges generous, nutritionally balanced rations for profitable dairy farming.
A parade of letters extols Peruna as a cure for nasal catarrh and severe colds. Police officials from Chicago praise its effectiveness after long exposures to rain and cold. Letters from Lt. Michael O Halleran and others cite dramatic recoveries, while general notices tout products and health anecdotes.
Champion Md March 17 Mrs AL Wellett wife of a local photographer recounts a five year sufferer with sleepless nights cold feet back pain and nervous despondency. She credits Dadidys Kidney Mills with a cure after a few pills she noticed improvement and now sleeps well and has no back or limb pain.
The Great Northern Railway offers round trip fares to Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia on select Tuesdays in March, April, and May, with one way tickets to Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia available daily at $15 to $25. One way tickets to Minnesota and North Dakota are $6.00. Tickets include travel on the Great Northern Flyer, with full information available from Max Haug, Chicago, or F L Whitney, Great Northern Railway, Chicago.
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