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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
3
A Chicago Record-Herald elegy recalls absent soldiers in blue marching past the living, as crowds cheer and banners wave. The poem mourns those who fell at Gettysburg, Malvern Hill, and other fields, with a speaker picturing vanished mates among the brave old lines.
A veteran recounts Civil War experiences with McCook's brigade and Fifty second Ohio. He recalls Lexington 1862, Richmond battles, wearing a hat at Louisville, meeting Col Dan McCook who critiques his appearance, and switching to a blue cap. The tale includes a loyal servant, a coffee pot mishap, and battlefield moments amid burning turpentine and night alarms.
A veteran recalls a grisly Civil War field scene after the second battle. A wounded boy pleads for water and, before dying, bequeaths his purple fez to the narrator who had taken a symbolic relic. The tale mixes horror with a poignant moment of humanity in war.
Orange Judd Farmer reports urgent measures against the common asparagus beetle. Farmers should use trap plants sprayed with Paris green or flour mixed with poison, collect beetles by hand in early stages, and spray after the cutting season ends to prevent two broods from maturing.
An expert warns that refined petroleum shows variable effects on fruit trees and may be dangerous. While it may destroy the San Jose scale on contact, indiscriminate use has caused many dead trees and bark damage. A 10 to 20 percent water mix can wash and kill young scales, delaying spread until whale oil soap applications are ready.
The article explains that flavor in fruits like strawberries and melons hinges on rainfall and sunshine. Wet seasons yield larger fruit with less sugar. dry seasons boost sugar content and flavor. Drainage and potash phosphorus fertilizers improve quality. variety selection also affects flavor even in wet seasons.
A New York bulletin details the fruit bark beetle invading western New York peach orchards and some plum and cherry groves. It causes sap oozing gum excretions from trunk punctures and twig damage, with prevention through removing dead wood and caustic trunk washes.
A simple calf muzzle is formed from a 1 by 3 by 14 inch scantling with three holes bored for a nose strap and horn supports. Two sharpened wand pieces are inserted as horns and a string ties over the calf’s nose to secure the muzzle.
A collage of notes on world affairs and everyday life from 1901. Topics include Roanoke Island cures, English artificial marble, the 1904 St Louis Olympics, California cowboys, gun-cotton materials, Viking ships near Kiel, Russian naval ships, English language dominance, Italian royal tombs, sailing and steamer speeds, Portugal heating habits, bachelor and widow statistics, West Australian gold in 1901, Japan’s newspaper history, global newspaper readership, per capita food spending by country, Prussian weddings, colonial governance musings, Sydney commercial power, Sydney ship shipments, and African dental habits with wood ash.
Mrs. J. Flanigan of Sumpter in White County suffered fifteen years with Dropsy and could not wear shoes for three years. After taking six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills on a doctor’s advice, five used, she recovered fully and attributes the cure to the remedy and Dr. Dale. The case is widely discussed locally.
Paragould Arkansas resident Captain Percy W. Moss extols Peruna as the finest catarrh remedy and tonic. Washington DC judge William T. Zenor endorses Peruna for catarrhal trouble and invites others to write for free medical advice from Dr. Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
July 6 to July 18 eastern terminals, first class round trip rate 645.00 to Pacific Northwest cities. Return by August 1. Stopovers allowed at transit points. Also notes travel interest and scattered historic text amid railway promo.
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