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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
2
Poetic critique on the power of a captivating smile over men and diplomacy. The piece questions whether diplomacy and wisdom can quell wars while a woman’s charm remains a force that men pay tribute to.
A Cape government clerk delivers a vital dispatch to the colonial office by ship, only to face a plot to steal the blue diamond before it reaches London. Jack Hamlyn foils the scheme, aided by a late realization of the coded message, while Wilfred Hamlyn’s swift ploy unravels. Lottie and Brian survive the peril, and the diamond remains safely hidden, never published.
A minister private marriage scene hinges on witness name spellings. A clergyman asks how NeeTEirgh is spelled and learns the witness Ellen Margaret implies sister Margaret. The comic exchange attributes the spelling to different schools attended by the sisters, with an ocean charting joke referenced at the end.
F Greiner describes a drawing-cut pruning knife made from a worn file attached to an old hoe handle with a leather loop. The tool, shaped to slip just enough for a drawing motion, cuts hard cane with less effort. A companion rake from a worn wheel rake cleans up trimmings, enabling a ten-acre field to be cleared in a day.
A dairy science summary notes how butter flavor hinges on bacteria rather than feed. Experiments using hydrochloric acid solution to sweet cream produced satisfactory butter with low aroma. Judges deemed it fair, butter stored well with high water content but weak flavor, highlighting bacteria as the key to true butter flavor. Also advice on asparagus care emphasizes bed preparation and fall root fertilization.
The article describes roadside cultivation of fruit trees in France and neighboring regions. Government leaders promote the practice, with communes and departments expanding plantings, yielding substantial revenue across Germany Belgium Saxony and Westphalia. Fruit varieties include merise wild cherry plum walnut and chestnut with mirabelle distillation growing profit. Thousands of baskets of fruit go to Paris daily and mirabelle alcohol commands higher prices in markets.
Discussion on ditch construction to prevent wash and flood damage, including widening and cording, over two hoards, and placing ridges across ditches for gradual water flow. Notes the value of open ditches around farm buildings for soil dryness and easier movement in wet weather. Also reports on a cow’s strange aggression toward a horse at a Slough farm, attributed to jealousy, and emphasizes strict milking and feeding hours for dairy cows to prevent restlessness and loss of milk production.
A narrator credits a wife's intuition for a stock leap amid copper market activity. Despite her lack of market knowledge she invests saved money and gains two thousand dollars as a broker frets over the risk. The piece also notes a European brain stimulation claim and a long standing stomach bitters advertisement.
A nervous drummer in Shweta county explains he carries a coil of rope as a personal fire escape from hotel windows. The landlord jokes the method, while the drummer insists the rope is for emergencies. The exchange highlights peculiar hotel safety chatter.
A Detroit Journal style anecdote narrates a rich handsome stranger wooing a cashier in a laundries fantasy. The girl rejects him and marries the bow legged boots maker she had pledged, a moral about dreams versus real affection. Also cited are unrelated quips about theft, gossip, and a testimonial endorsing Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for women’s health, including a Mass. reader praising the remedy from backache to digestion.
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