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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
3
Diy guidance describes roosts built from three six inch boards for a 12 foot building. It notes holes at each end for No 0 fence wire to support and to fasten wire to the rafter with the board positioned at a chosen height from the floor.
A household guide describes notching two outside boards and spacing them 12 inches apart to form a swinging roost. Lath crosspieces eight feet long are laid in notches to create a movable perch that reaches all birds. The roost should be slightly rounded on top and treated with coal oil where the lath crosses boards to deter pests.
Practical guidance for beekeeping including proper veil clothing, smokers, wet cloths, and feeding gear. Also notes on Clover Bloat prevention in cattle with guidance on opening the flank to release gas and warnings about meat quality. Farm stock nutrition, nitrogen and phosphoric acid value, and the importance of hands‑on poultry experience. Also a brief note praising the toad as beneficial for pest control.
The Horseman explains that bots are formed from gadfly eggs on horses, attach to the stomach lining, and do not eat, cannot be killed by medicine, and rarely cause serious illness. He notes bots may mildly hinder digestion in very large numbers but no major damage occurs.
A Rural New Yorker illustration depicts a pigpen type the Kansas farmers say yields best results after twenty years of testing. They recount trying numerous designs from linen tents with windows to wigwams, open sheds, and field grass, asserting the current pen’s merits.
A farmer describes a sunlit hinge door pig pen with a sloped roof at least 45 degrees to keep the interior warm and dry. The design features twelve-foot roofing boards, eight foot pens, and seven foot sow length, costing about $2 per pen. Sixteen pigs were raised in six pens that spring.
The Indiana Farmer warns hogs die when fed only dry concentrated foods and urges succulent rations and clean water to resist disease. It notes autumn grazing as risky, stresses need for clover, beets, and silage, and links farm tenancy to social and community problems in the United States.
A collage of jokes and quips from early newspapers including Smithers and Withers banter about a nervous affection, a boastful author and a short preface, a boy’s penny-crack about a treacle mug, and a laborer Mose teased for night work. The assorted items showcase humorous exchanges and social jests of the era.
The Canadian government eyes planting imported trees on Sable Island to stop shoreline loss and aid ships. The island, once 40 miles long, has eroded to about two miles wide with over half submerged. Locals note notable ponies and a small settler colony. History recalls rats, cats, and foxes shaping the island’s ecology.
Witty exchange from Stray Stories where the bridegroom frets about public happiness revealing their marriage and the best man reassures it will be a brief moment. A compact, humorous snapshot of wedding day nerves and camaraderie.
An old ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous exhaustion sleeplessness and various female ailments. It cites Mrs Hartley of 221 W Congress St Texas as case evidence and urges women to seek relief through the product.
A quirky collection notes Cork weighs 15 pounds per cubic foot while gold weighs 1 155 pounds per cubic foot. Holland remains the sole European nation to permit duty free coffee. Antarctic waters lack known useful fish varieties. A St Louis corner shop traded at 350000 in 1991 and now sells for a million. In Macedonia’s Mountain of the Monks there are twenty monasteries. In India strings tied across streets with three cornered paper pieces announce birthdays in nearby homes.
Jetmore Kansas July 1 Mrs Anne Jones Freeman daughter of G G Jones Burdett a leading Hodgeman County woman suffered kidney and urinary troubles headaches and back pain She credits rapid relief to Dodd's Kidney Pills with weeks of improvement and claims the remedy cured her ailments prompting wider demand in Pawnee and Hodgeman Counties.
A long list of varied notes covers topics from Greek religious life and duel abolition to weather, travel promos, and industry. Highlights include lightning fatalities, forest coverage, citrus shipping forecasts, royalty tax talk, and a Northern Pacific round trip sale linking St Paul to Seattle and Portland, plus a Cleveland joke about a sufferer misapplying self-remedies.
A collage of noisy clippings covers topics from utilitarian health remedies to travel ads and gossip. It mentions Howcottar's Stomach Eitters for digestion, Newbro's Hair Grower against dandruff, a railway pitch by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul, and light quips on eggs, cats, and microbes.
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