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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
3
The Chicago Record-Herald poem warns against ceasing effort after failure. It urges persistence when wings fail and rivers bend, comparing growth from bud to branch and the quest to reach the salty tide. It asks readers not to surrender to obstacles but seek paths around and over barriers.
Esther, a resourceful runaway, seeks work to fund her search for Reggie. She meets Harold Allyn Feners aboard and later, at Mrs. Van Maurice’s, falls for him while misidentifying him as a hero. The pair reveal true identities, reuniting as Reginald Fitzgerald and his sister Esther, ending with a cautious engagement to proceed.
A Marysville schoolma'am asks Johnnie what tense fits the line I am beautiful. He winks and answers The past. The quip appears in a local humor column of the Kansas City Journal.
An Arizona experiment station peach tree shows roots reaching 20 feet deep while water lies at 34 feet. The diagram debunks the idea that branch spread mirrors root spread and notes that soil texture supports trees with limited surface moisture, explaining orchard resilience amid drought.
Farmers are urged to reuse ashes as fertilizer and for soap making or coal ash walks, noting potential savings and reduced yard waste. Advice covers ash handling, soap-making economy, strawberry bed benefits, and turning ash into pig feed. Also discusses historic asphalt roads and perils of neglecting hen lice in poultry businesses.
The Buffalo Pan American exposition hosted a large good roads congress with delegates from 42 states plus Belgium, Mexico and Canada. Attendees praised growing public interest and progress, especially in the South, where road conditions have hindered wheeled travel, and urged faster development of a national highway system as a matter of social and economic advancement.
A light movable gate hung by ropes passes over pulleys at the top of posts with counterweights. Center ropes raise the gate from the archway, guided by wheels at the gate ends to reduce friction. The gate lifts to let vehicles pass and falls back by its own weight. a subscriber has used it for years and recommends it.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent cites a New York orchardist who cleared 1000 old peach trees using a traction engine, two men, and a 20 foot chain. In ten hours he pulled 500 trees with roots, the soil described as light loam and fairly dry, trees spaced 13 feet apart, engine backing necessary.
A humorous exchange recalls a Woman's page and jokes about a Man's page in a magazine parody. The clippings discuss public health ads, sports notes, and varied items from horse racing to football attendance, with multiple named figures and events across the era.
Northport Michigan December 9 doctors and laypeople discuss a remarkable cure for kidney disease. Byron Leslie of Northport, long a victim, found relief with Dodd's Kidney Pills. After months of good health he declares permanent cure, prompting widespread interest.
Travel notices urge caution that fares should not exceed Nickel Plate Road rates with claims of lowest rates and reliable service. Mentions Pullman, transcontinental routes, and a 2002 schedule linking Chicago and Indianapolis to Jacksonville and St Augustine with through sleepers via multiple lines. References to related anecdotes and varied quotes in periodical clipping style.
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