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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
7
The New York Tribune notes Anson Phelps Stokes Jr the Yale secretary values modest quiet children over clever precocious ones. He recalls a seven or eight year old Quincy Adams girl who asked a gentleman to open a gate and then blamed his dusty hands for not doing so.
An 1890s ad page Mix of medical tonics and skin cure sets touts Caticura products for eczema with a one dollar set and calming promises. It also promotes Homeseeker rates to the Southeast for April and Posheck’s Kuro remedy with a Chicago origin. Includes a brief note on International Courtesies and an armament update.
Fragments from two newspapers show playful lines about marriage and poetry from The Substitute and Mrs Duty Not alongside a note on kerosene versus whisky costs. The Detroit Free Press and Boston Globe appear in the clipped text, reflecting light editorial snippets.
Mrs Minnie B Gossett of Uhrichsville Ohio testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills restored her strength after malaria and stomach trouble and helped her nervous family. She says three boxes made her well and that the pills also aided her daughter’s head pains and school fatigue. Her husband’s rheumatism improved as well. The testimonial highlights blood and nerve benefits and urges household possession. The pills are sold by druggists everywhere.
Indiana farmer describes a dewberry training method in Rural New Yorker. Vines are trained to a tight wire between two end posts with central posts, wire set in spring. Vines raised over the wire and tied, ground kept bare for next year’s sprouts to form under the wire out of cultivation. After harvest, loosen wires and cut off old vines.
The article describes arranging vines with wire for easy training and mulching, pulling posts for winter storage, and reusing the same wire in spring. It covers plum orchards, sunscald protection, borers as threats, and advice on selecting nurseries and varieties for fruit trees. It also includes cultivation tips for sweet potatoes using a fine-tooth cultivator and timing after rain.
A rough advice column notes bark split on fruit trees after winter and suggests wax filling and wrapping with sack for partial splits. if bark is loosened around the trunk, the tree should be cut. It warns forethought saves farms and urges careful planning, including evaluating workers by their overalls and patches.
Dr. B. Caldwell of Paducah Kentucky documents a long term timberland investment start in 1847 with one dollar per acre, rising to two dollars a tree by 1870 and similar gains in 1884. His 700 acre tract near Paducah was selectively logged for wagon stock and has since been managed by removing only nonviable trees, yielding 10 000 to 150 board feet per acre today, illustrating prudent forest stewardship and rising timber values.
The Farmers' Review urges careful spraying with four spring treatments and biweekly applications from mid April to mid August for best returns. Sloppy work and leaving spraying to unexperienced help degrade effectiveness, so mature, thorough effort is required to control pests and obtain quality fruit.
A California inventor unveils an orchard stepladder with a third leg pivoted at the top. The leg can lock rigidly and extend into trees to stabilize the ladder. It can be folded through small trees or pushed through thick branches for versatile use in pruning and harvesting.
Guidance on pruning injured peach trees after cold damage. Cut into two or three year old wood where buds were killed, and prune below last year’s cut to stimulate new growth. The more discolored wood, the further back the cut should be to shape a bead for bearing next season.
A Farmers' Review remark critiques owners who planted rows of forest trees in front yards. The trees have grown, cloaking the house and creating a gloomy, unattractive scene rather than enhancing curb appeal for farm homes.
A Burlington Vermont secretary praises Peruna as a wonderful medicine for women. She describes months of back pains and periodic distress following a cold, then states the remedy restored health and strength with no longer suffering from monthly pains and fatigue.
Thousands of women report cures from catarrhal disease through Dr Hartman s Peruna remedy offered by correspondence without charge. The ad cites testimonials, promises renewed beauty and facial symmetry, and urges readers to write for confidential, gratis advice from The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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