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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
3
The piece extols planting a tree as a lasting gift to future generations. It contemplates beauty, shade, birds, and memory, imagining grandchildren and lovers beneath the tree, and even a future grave under its boughs. The tree is praised as a grand, benevolent, living monument surpassing granite or inscribed stones.
The Year Book from the department of agriculture reports on the crow’s diet. About 3,200 stomachs were examined with 2,238 containing food. Crows kill in 26 states with 48 percent animal food, 4 percent vegetable, and 4 percent mineral. Insects form 46 percent of animal fare. other foods include spiders, snails, fish, eggs, and mice. They eat as many insects as grain saved, especially in summer, while winter diets are mainly vegetable matter.
A brief reader note describes a home made tree planter device used to set pear and plum trees at North View Farm. It explains staking the planter, positioning around a hole, turning ends to secure stakes, placing the tree, and firming soil per tree.
A Northern journal article argues profit hinges on selecting high yield cows. It urges counting milk output per cow, culling poor performers, and breeding stronger stock. Emphasizes feeding, care, and quality milk to reduce production costs and raise butter yields.
A New York Tribune notice describes a sheet iron farm boiler mounted on brickwork to simplify pouring into pans. It includes a removable top, a handle and lip for direct dumping, with a wheelbarrow option for moving to barn or hog house. For outdoor use, galvanized iron prevents rust.
A French legislature moves to ban oleomargarine sales as fraud against butter. The bill forbids keeping oleo for sale, requires margarine to be labeled clearly and inspected, and mandates descriptive packaging. Penalties range from days in jail to fines up to 1000 francs, with harsher fines for repeat offenses.
The article stresses buying healthy one year old trees from reliable nurserymen to avoid disease. It notes older trees may thrive less well and require longer recovery. Inspect trees from tip to root and trim properly to improve fruit quality and storage, promoting sturdier, more attractive stock.
A city resident critiques common cottage building errors showing how to achieve beauty and practicality. The piece warns against sloped second stories, dormers, and excessive ornaments that reduce light and air, advocating two full stories with attic and sensible features for watertight construction.
The tale recalls a Wild West preacher and a shooting prank in Great Bend Kane. A traveling evangelist faced Bill the local gunslinger who halted the revival by firing out lights and adjourned the meeting. The Washington Star notes fatigue affects digestion and advises rest and gentle remedies.
A damaged recipe fragment describes grinding almonds to fine meal and mixing with sugar and butter, then shaping into small heaps and baking in a moderate oven. Mentions almond topping and a note about two dykes rising ten to forty feet in height.
A Wisconsin couple credit Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing jaundice like symptoms and widespread weakness after other remedies failed. J W Flower reports rapid improvement after taking the pills for himself and his wife, saying they restored appetite and strength, with ongoing gains in flesh and farm work capacity. The letter, sworn and notarized, endorses the medicine as a reliable remedy.
A fragmented essay traces mustaches as a symbol of liberty and fraternity citing Spanish origins and a cross-like form from Moorish and Christian blends. It threads a courtroom quip about hunger, Cheyenne beliefs on thunder, and a note on water lilies that stay open by day and close at dusk.
An ad fragment lists a color poster by W W Dene low Ethel Rees and Ray Brown offered free with stamps from Chicago. It mentions Monon Route sleeper service to Indianapolis starting June, with Chicago departures and Dearborn occupancy. Various quotes and medical ads follow.
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