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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
7
A honey cutting machine from Otago New Zealand turns candied honey into neat 3x1.8x1.4 inch blocks. Wires pass through a wooden box around a drum windlass, slicing a 60 pound block into half pound pieces, then wrapped for sale. Inventor James Allan of Wyndham is noted as Beekeepers Association leader.
A guide to building a top poultry house notes light as essential, with windows on three sides and large south windows. Emphasizes dryness through well drained land, elevated foundations, and movable fixtures for easy cleaning and sterilization of roosts and nests.
Poultry guidance covers varied diets for birds, timing before market killing, separate cockerels from pullets as they mature, and locating warm and dry quarters for different times. warns that new corn can sour in crops causing inflammation, urges grit storage before freeze, notes dirty eggs are harder to clean, and advises marketing immature pullets and that hens lay without a male.
The text explains that laying hens require more food than pullets. If pullets receive enough, the older hens will gain excess fat. It advises keeping the two groups separated to balance dietary needs.
A Farm Journal summary notes wintering bees under snow can protect colonies if snow banks provide insulation. South facing hives risk rapid thaw and blocked entrances. northern exposure often fatal. Gardeners bank snow on north and west sides, clear alighting boards after warm spells, and observe that colonies with freer flight in warm days tend to be strong in spring.
An acetylene lantern used by a poultry dealer was covered with enamel cloth for egg testing. The bright white flame illumined incubating eggs, making fertile eggs appear nearly transparent by day three as the minute blood vessels became visible through the shell.
Capt. S. I. Crate of Roanoke Virginia recounts long back pain fatigue weight loss and frequent urination followed by passing a gravel stone the size of a bean after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy for renewed health and weight gain. Sold by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York for 50 cents a box.
The piece notes rapid railroad expansion in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta reaching 11 000 miles by 1906 with 100 000 000 expected to circulate, spurring farming homesteads and town growth. It cites 189 064 settlers this year including 57 796 Americans and mentions prominent public speakers like Senator Tillman Henry Watterson and Champ Clark.
Marie Pierre Fellux Janet, professor at the University of Paris, travels and lectures in the United States. The public regards him as a hypnotist, though he aims to show that hysteria victims are two distinct persons in the same time frame.
The 190? nomination struggle at Saratoga hinged on ex Governor Odell who resisted a rival proposal for lieutenant governor. Odell’s 88 year old father, a church deacon, intervened and ordered the plan dropped, prompting Odell to comply and return to his position.
A tale says two silent monks during a long penance played with marked stones and signaled with a hymn line Cantate Domino. Their quiet system evolved into rules and spread from Italy to the world, giving the game its name domino from the first syllable of the hymn.
The sultan has given up opposing electric light in Constantinople, signaling that the city will soon be lit at night for the foreseeable future. The note appears amid a jumble of unrelated lines, including remedies, mottos, and miscellaneous ads, but the prominent item reports the sultan's concession on city illumination.
An old family remedy claims to purify the blood by improving circulation. Brandreth’s Pills, containing sarsaparilla extract and mild vegetables, are advertised as a universal blood purifier. one or two pills nightly for a period is said to yield surprising results after over a century of use.
A French colonial force at Saint de Moorvay in Mada gascar uses oxen to move and conduct operations. The lean animals reportedly enable rapid movement, marking this cavalry as unusually mounted for a military body described as the strangest in the world.
Mark Twain recalls four years prior when the University of Missouri invited him for an Ll D. degree and his stop in Hannibal, his boyhood town. As he prepared to depart, fellow student Tom Nash, now older, joked that the townspeople were still the same foolish fools, greeting Sam with a nod amid the crowd.
An In woman recounts six years of coffee use causing headaches nervousness and dizziness followed by improved health after switching to Postum. She notes belching subsides eyes sharpen and headaches disappear and urges boiling the product well. The ad cites Postum Co battle Creek Michigan and recommends reading The Road to Wellville.
A collage of ad snippets and quotes including medical pills for constipation and a cold cure, fur and hide suppliers in Minneapolis and St Paul, dairy price notices, and miscellaneous proverbs. The text resembles a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page fragment with commercial blurbs and literary lines.
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