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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1906
Page
7
A farm correspondent describes a winter conveyance built from seasoned hardwood. Runners and benches 3 by 60 inches form a crook joint secured with bolts. Top rav es 14 by 6 inches use oak pins for a firm fit. Size noted as 9 1/2 by 2 1/2 feet. Used to haul corn shocks and fodder. useful on bare ground without wheels.
Missouri inventor B P Wagner describes a cheap effective post lifter. A stout well-made post four inches in diameter six to seven feet long is fitted with a heavy iron out-turned point. After loosening the post, it can be lifted from the ground using a second post as a fulcrum as shown in the engraving.
A collection of rural notes urging farm readiness and thrift. It includes advice on winter prep, hiring practices, and planting ideas from period agricultural sources. It champions giving children land to cultivate, prudent clothing, and simple hay management for working horses.
A Farmers’ Review correspondent urges farmers to clear brush and young saplings from neglected fields. Fall cutting, trimming, and burning of brush renews pasture, with sprouts reduced if done when sap is up. Old moon guidance is dismissed. season matters for lasting results.
Tomato culture adapts to many soils from sand to clay with irrigation on lighter soils. Maintain rapid steady growth as the plant drinks heavily and feeds aggressively. Use nitrate of soda up to 200 pounds per acre after rooting, mix soil with 400 pounds superphosphate and 150 pounds potash or sulphate, to boost yield color and size.
F C Sibley in Agriculturist presents a method to cross lots by the shortest cut. A wire fence is circumvented with a handy cross lots gate. A length of board fence can be arranged as shown, inexpensive and quick to construct, saving many steps through a season.
A Farm Journal illustration shows a grocery box repurposed as a coal hod with two hoop handles and two sloping interior partitions. The sloped sides allow easy shoveling of coal, letting a shovel pass beneath the coal while loading.
Swift & Company reports total distributive sales for 1905 surpassing expectations. The document details wholesale operations, live stock sourcing in Chicago and other markets, packing plant capacity, employee counts, and sanitary practices. It also highlights brand lines such as Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon and Swift's Pride soaps and detergents.
Within a lively gathering the Naggabys bickered loudly about relatives and insults. A guest teased about another man’s meanness while Naggsby counters with family ties as tensions rise from eight to eleven o'clock.
A physician from Big Pool Maryland recounts a childhood eczema case in 1607 cured by Cuticura Remedies. He praises Cuticura Resolvent and Soap, notes sixteen years practice, and grants permission to publish the letter dated May 24 1905.
A Flint comedian sandwiched a sharp routine into a short set drawing gasps and yawns from the entire audience. The reviewer notes the crowd’s stunned reaction and calls the bit wonderfully executed.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises speedy eastbound passenger service praised for comfort and care. Colored porters in uniform attend to all travelers, with Pullman sleepers and a la carte dining. Tickets and reservations are available through agent J. Calahan at 111 Adams St, Chicago.
The wluggard follows orders, returns with a report. He complains constant watering and fussing over tasks. He says continual labor wears him out more than before. Chicago Tribune.
An advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Ease as a remedy for hot sweaty and painful feet sold by druggists for 2c with trial packages. It includes references to Druggists, Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy and cites a proverb about marriage and finances.
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