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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
2
A Williston graphic clipping recounts a desperate effort to break a stubborn colt. The owner endures repeated trials with saddle cart and fencing as the horse bolts and shatters gear. The tale ends with reflection that some valor remains and the colt still unbroken.
A long married couple of thirty years confront a wife’s suspicion after finding a letter from a mysterious Janet Golden in her husband’s pocket. The husband returns unaware of the tension, and the family’s quiet struggle ends with the husband’s simple, innocent explanation and an unexpected kiss of forgiveness.
A compilation of humorous quotes from multiple newspapers recounting witty lines and gags. The jokes cover weather charts, fugitives, photography, artists, Irish lecturers, boxing banter, gossip, and smoking admonitions, highlighting playful exchanges and punchlines.
The Women’s Home Companion surveys New York art students living patterns. Most support themselves via part time work or daytime salaries while attending classes at night. About five percent board with families or in boarding houses. seven percent pay higher rents, and five percent rent studios or shared flats with servants.
The rummage sale described as the latest social mercantile craze draws crowds from all classes. Attics and cellars empty as one person’s scrap becomes another’s dollars, with bric-a-brac spanning glassware, stoves, can openers, belts, frames, and forgotten trinkets. The piece blends humor and nostalgia, noting the charm of memory in the sale's chaotic variety at New Haven Palladium.
Hog loading proves easier when using an elevated pen and a floor level with the wagon bed. Farmers improvise a chute from four inch fencing, spiked to create an inclined surface. The longer the floor, the gentler the slope, reducing strain on handlers.
An 2x4 frame with 4x4 posts bolted for solidity supports a hinged door of plank or rough lumber. Cleats on the floor stop hog slips, and a ground mounted end connects to a wagon bed. A light portable chute forms a V with two wing sections to trap hogs in a small pen.
A farm and fireside style note explains high costs and care in buying pure breeds for fairs. It warns buyers that breeders set prices by quality, advises clear specifications, and notes not all eggs hatch. It also covers nasal catarrh in English poultry, ferret hunting basics, and the value of poultry manure for gardens.
An electric powered pen, 15 feet square and on wheels, is tested at an agricultural station in Lansing Mich. It moves across pasture at about two feet per hour, cropping lucerne as it travels. Sheep shelter beside the front end, and the pen’s monthly pass leaves the field ready for fresh growth. The device aims to prevent overgrazing and promote rapid flesh growth.
A illustrated cut shows a close fitting candy pail with a lid used to arrange clover for hens in winter. The device can be bought at a grocery store for ten or sixteen cents and features a picture knob screwed on.
A Birmingham judge fines a fraudster $600 after a bull’s age misrepresentation at a stock show sparks English press notes. The piece praises hog breed development, highlighting thriftiness, strong build, and robust lung power as key traits gathered from careful stock selection.
A 19th century advisory warns against overusing stimulant fertilizers as they exhaust soil fertility and deplete potash and phosphoric acid, risking clover sickness. It notes clovers absorb liberated nutrients after lime or plaster and cautions continued practice. It also suggests litter options for scratching sheds and mentions feeding hens sheaf grain.
An extended Portland era column warns la grippe, or grip, affects all social strata. It touts Peruna as a remedy with testimonials from Mrs. C. D. Powell, M. W. Howard, L. D. Wallace, Mrs. M. A. Sharick, Clarice Hunt, and Geo. H. White, among others, claiming swift relief and restored health after severe colds and aftereffects.
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