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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
2
A fragment from Youth's Companion presents a verse on colors red white and blue as emblems of battle freedom purity and youth. The lines urge painting with red white and blue and keeping colors steady as nations face evil.
A memoir recalls a cherished bantam named Coot and his bold rivalries with hens, noted for his postures and affectionate mischief. The narrator recounts Dewey’s youthful ardor, the bird’s battles, and a move 400 miles away that forced parting. A later comparison to a phonographic clock and a Dawson City fire engine rounds out a patchwork page.
A fragment from the Detroit Journal quotes Mrs Justwed-Oh asking about a dangerous lifestyle and a firm reply from Mr Tustwed. The passage references a sailor persona Captain Kidd and a boast about lifelong sailing. The text mixes flirtation and public figure names in a dialogic, theatrical tone.
A collage of quips, cartoons, and captions from a late 19th or early 20th century periodical. It weaves jokes about fashion, love letters, sailors, doctors, and social foibles with brief notes from various newspapers. The item reads as a humor page with scattered captions, jokes, and caricatures.
In a New York Board of Trade address Hon Robert MacKinnon recounts observations from Scotland on road care. He notes roads are free of farmer work and dirt is removed rather than added, with every mile overseen by an inspector or engineer.
An article discusses bids for miles of road between Philadelphia and Lancaster, detailing road names, labor, stone removal, and methods to prepare roadbeds. It contrasts farrier and drainage work with modern improvements, noting economic and cultural impacts on farmers and a critique of New York state practices. Also mentions fragrant-leaved plants for gardens and old garden favorites like lemon verbena and ambrosia in Vick’s Magazine style.
Rockport Maine residents approve a tax exemption for teams using wide tires and suggest sharing two portions of wheel costs. About 30 teams currently haul three to five tons of rock, traveling roads with their narrow tires as they operate widely in town.
The article notes cabbage is an important market vegetable though not highly valued for food value. It explains planting, fertilizing, transplant timing before July 4, soil preparation, top dressings, watering, cultivation, and worm control with insect powder. It advises covering soil with manure before rains to push growth and produce large solid heads.
Amateur horticulturists face many insect pests on house plants. The article highlights tobacco smoke fumigation as the most effective and convenient remedy. It describes a simple device: a pipe bowl with a shortened stem and a rubber ball that, when squeezed, draws air through the bowl, carries tobacco smoke, and releases it to fumigate plants. The method is also suggested for ants and other pests and for disinfecting rooms.
Practical notes on fruit and crop care including thinning quince and beans, potash for grapes, radish replanting, celery frost tolerance, July orchard pruning, sugar maple adaptability, tomato seedling growth, and lime for pear tree slug control.
A study of 16 French railroads finds branch lines generate 14 to 10 times the main line gross receipts. It suggests good highways are crucial as country roads feed the railways, revealing the vast importance of transportation networks to rail revenue.
A column lists vast war expenses from several nations, noting figures such as Franco-German costs and Cuban yellow fever deaths, plus odd facts like a line on Scotland’s punishment by drowning, Norway travel for couples, and a brace of military curiosities about ranks, uniforms, and temperaments.
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