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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
2
A humorous feature from Lewiston Journal recounts a hired man mis milking a brindle cow Matilda Ann. He endures a comic misadventure, gets a bruise, and learns a moral about choosing the sensible path over reckless bravado.
A reflective narrator shares advice about marriage and Jersey life from his friend Max, contrasting Max’s optimism with the narrator’s reluctance. He uses a diary as a lens into urban Tenement life, illustrating daily quarrels and transient happiness of residents on multiple floors.
A fragmented diary-like sequence recalls a week in a crowded tenement. Quarrels, reconciliations, and domestic comedy unfold among Irish Italian families with children, pets, and nightly routines observed from a window. The narrator laments crowded life and plans to move.
A South Auburn incident reports two strangers stopping for water. The child recites a piece and earns a reward, then learns the donors mistook the sum for his education. The men drive off toward Lewiston while locals wonder who they were. Bangkok is described as a city of waters in Siam.
Collection of instances where pets and animals averted catastrophes. A dog saved a three year old in New York from a fall, a Bristol cat warned of a house fire, rats exposed ship damage, a parrot woke a Holland family to rising flood, and an elephant sheltered a family from rising waters. A puma and a bear also intervened to protect humans during tense moments, while a dog barked to prevent Boer ambushes.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece notes most faces show right and left differences in size and contour. Photographers can correct asymmetry with retouching, though some charm arises from uneven features as seen in figures like Bismarck and Gladstone.
A threefold longer Sittinghourne roll from Lloyds paper mills Kent England surpasses the Racquette River 14 mile roll from Potsdam New York. The Jurabo roll weighed 2658 pounds requiring 12 men to move it onto a wagon.
In a quick exchange Miss Beechwood tells Miss Bellefield the plan for a dawn fete. They hope for a rainless lawn gathering. Various quips appear from a mix of publications showing playful snippets and misread lines.
An elder Missourian witnesses in the elrenil court recounts making home grown chawin terbak er from a hollowed hickory log. He explains the process: harvesting leaves sun curing, honey soak, and slow fire roasting to produce a leather hard but sweet chewing tobacco. Several chewers praise the flavor and recall pioneer methods.
Japan issues stamps portraying a ceremonial low table set for marriage with bamboo pine plum and cranes and tortoises. The scene symbolizes long life and enduring wedlock with nine cups of sake and legends linking the prince and princess to the design.
An article urges sanitation in hog farming noting two thirds of swine disease stems from filth and careless feeding. It argues hogs do not need wallows in summer and wallow pits could be used for profitable crops. Emphasizes small farmers can succeed in hog raising.
George W. Brown argues from Ohio Farmer that a 40 to 50 acre hog operation with well designed pens, good stock, clean quarters, and proper feed can stay disease free and be highly profitable. The plan shows ground floor pens, cross partitions, and movable sections to adapt seasonally, with winter and summer configurations to maximize air flow and pasture rotation.
Advice on keeping young pigs healthy and well fed including weaning at eight to ten weeks, water supply, and stocking in groups. Fly protection for livestock discussed with a note on muslin coverings and walnut leaf washes. Green manuring and rotation favored over fertilizers for soil health and cost, with cow peas and crimson clover as valuable cover crops.
The agrarian party in Germany, a strong landowner and farmer bloc, seeks laws to favor farming and limit competition from American breadstuffs and meats. They demand curbs on bankers and middlemen, and push for sugar beet subsidies, arguing national prosperity requires unequal shares among productive classes.
Readers learn simple ways to add handles to empty grocery boxes. Tips include using rope knots and fence staples, flattening edges, and securing with staples. Collect uniform one bushel boxes from various grocers to ease harvest loading and reduce bruising.
An Illinois pig farmer argues rapid returns from pork vs grain and explains profit in hog raising. A Country Gentleman correspondent offers grain rodent control tips using lime and straw layers. Practical notes emphasize deep post holes and sturdy poultry fences to resist wind and moisture.
An advertisement claims catarrh and winter ailments like pneumonia and colds stem from inflammation of a pink membrane. It urges readers to use Pe-ru-na as the sole remedy that reaches the right place and cures, warning against other diagnoses.
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