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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
2
The Chicago Record prints a fragment of a dramatic monologue about regret and longing. The speaker recalls frost and winter, asks forgiveness for misdeeds, and imagines a wife accepting him with a loving, forgiving look.
Irene von Leyden defies her mother by planning a ride on a horse with Herr von Kreuser. Stormy exchange reveals family tensions over freedom and a hidden tragedy linked to Irene’s forbidden mount. The scene ends as a public walk by the river mirrors shared grief.
The article recalls colonial Wisconsin justice as exercised by Judge Reaume and Col Boilvin highlighting rough frontier methods. It contrasts with a Scottish island custom on St Kilda where men undergo a dangerous balance-on-one-leg test to prove suitability for marriage and avoid disqualification in a remote cave.
A brief quote attributes success to the ability to accept contentment with what is available. It states that taking philosophically what one can obtain while the best remains out of reach is key, as expressed by N. Tritune.
The Dempsey pear, a cross of Bartlett with Duchesse d Angouleme, arrives from Toronto stockholders and is described as a large upright tree with glossy foliage. The fruit ripens from October to November, has a green turning yellow skin, fine white flesh, and a rich sweet flavor. It is praised as a top desert or market pear and expected to ship well.
An article discusses selecting soils for apple orchards, favoring hill locations with natural drainage and medium clay soils, while warning against overly rich or meadow soils. It extols apples as brain food and healthful, detailing medicinal benefits and aids to sleep, digestion, and detoxification. It also cites General Roy Stone on Porto Rico roads and rural poverty due to neglect of infrastructure, linking it to agricultural hardship and lack of supplies.
The article explains that odor in milk comes from volatile oils produced by animals and shed through the skin and udder. It notes milk must be aerated to remove the oil, and that odor does not always indicate dirt, but reflects dairy practices and air exposure.
A Minols farmer, selling milk at two cents a quart, invited locals to tour his farm. He demonstrated clean milking, sanitary handling, and proper cooling. The crowd saw quality and voted with a six cent market price, a cent above the town rate, easy delivery to Chicago via rail.
From American Agriculturist a sketch shows a milk stool for restless cows. No upright legs use two by fours a foot long and inch boned supports hold the bucket and seat. Three cornered blocks under seat and bucket boards act as stays. the stool supposedly resists being upset.
The article asserts no universal feeding rule exists for dairy cattle and emphasizes the dairyman's skill in selecting feeds and methods to maximize his specific product with quality and economy. It stresses profitability depends on practical, businesslike effort rather than fun.
The English Exchange urges promoting skim milk as a cheap wholesome food in towns, noting it interferes little with whole milk trade and suggesting evaporation to ease transport. Our Horticultural Visitor advises fruit growers grade fruit, wrap fine fruit, evaporate second grade, and package fancy fruit to raise crate prices up to a dollar.
The article notes United States war risk of bringing leprosy home and cites Koasettee s Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach disorders malaria and ague. It includes Harp and cottage scenes with neighbors cleaning and planning home improvements amid wartime talk and a medical advertisement.
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