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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
3
A description of a versatile garden hoe designed for broad surface work and deep cuts, with emphasis on ease of use for weeding and soil movement. Highlights the need for a sharp edge and a ready file kept nearby, noting suitability for onions planted by transplants.
A Farm and Fireside writer extols numerous hoe types for weeding onions and close plantings. He recalls trimming an old blade to two inches wide, noting new style hoes are sharp and well shaped for close crops, and jokes that being the man with the hoe may not be a curse.
The article argues that initiative is the power to begin new practices without prior suggestion by others. It notes few have this talent, its cultivation through study, and its potential to revolutionize farming. Citing Farmers' Review examples, it highlights tubercle discovery in legumes and subtropical crops in northern climates as outcomes of initiative.
The article touts cowpeas as a nitrogen gathering and soil enriching plant for lawn building. It notes their advantage in mellowing poor soil, adding nitrogen and humus, and choking out weeds. In the South and in villages, cowpeas are widely used to prep soil for grasses, often with one crop sufficing, sometimes two on very poor soil.
A terse, proverb laden note on guarding money and cautioning readers about theft. The piece hints that a thief who wants fault finds no need to cross his own boundary and urges safe actions, including turning right as a rule. It references seed corn in storage and the value of nine in the shock.
A fragmented ad style item notes PUTNAM FACELESS DYES for carpets at 100 per package and urges readers to ask their druggist. The piece blends stray quotes about wisdom and a quirky period of random musings including a Noah’s Ark joke, with stray references to products and a German supply claim.
An advertisement touts Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio offering a catarrh cure claiming to act on the blood and restore constitution with a $100 reward for failure. It also promotes Brandreth's Pills as a long established blood purifier and laxative. A New Zealand bill targets habitual criminals with reformatories and wage credits. Reports highlight women in strenuous roles across the U.S. from lighthouse keeper to diver and beyond.
An article notes coffee importers and roasters pushing Postum Food Coffee while claiming coffee acts as a medicine. It asserts habitual stimulant use irritates tissues and causes disease, and that switching to Postum for ten days should relieve nervous, digestive, heart, or eye ailments tied to coffee.
A promotional piece extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female pains irregularities and weakness. It cites letters from Nellie Holmes and Tillie Hart praising relief and urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice, stressing trust and the remedy's safety and efficacy.
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