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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
2
Verse describes an oriole awaiting its mate amid blossoms. Lush imagery of colors, fragrances, and flowering limbs evokes a bridal scene, with the speaker promising a shared lyric of blossom time and love.
Major Wharton and Clark scheme to salt the Paradise mine to swindle investors. They profit fifty thousand each before a Boston buyer reopens the case. Mrs Wharton buys back the mine for a fortune, while the major contemplates new schemes as the tale ends with a twist in Chicago.
A string of antiquated humorous anecdotes unfolds around Mrs Siddons and Fanny Kemble, recounting private jests about hotels in America and a misnamed gift. A crusty acquaintance berates a widow as Widow Redette while a bookstore clerk helps a man recall a missing title, ending in a quizzical miscue about a work called The Wirkow Teduuw 2.
A humorous snippet on genealogy from Cornhill Magazine recounts a man asking for four coat of arms and failing to recall ancestors. The teller riffs on lineage and exaggerates with a prison escape and a self hanged statue joke, ending with a quip about King Lad.
A string of humorous snippets and light exchanges from multiple sources, including lines about a new keeper in a menagerie and comments on social conduct, paired with brief quips about dining and daily life. The collage-like items reflect playful prose and short exchanges.
A Brazilian man, drinker of coffee to a daily pound, was arrested as a drunken suspect but released after officers found no liquor. He claims coffee is his narcotic, brewed from green and burnt beans into a heavy syrup. The captain calls it a new vice and hopes no one imitates it.
A farmer recalls difficulty with a three horse plow for corn in spring, the land cutting too deep when set to cover enough. He considered a three horse devlis but balked at dealer prices and sought an alternative. A long elevis on the plow beam was added to regulate depth, with the blacksmith creating figures 2 and 3 to illustrate the modify.
Instructions detail a homemade iron plow attachment with a 20 inch rod and a 4 inch joint bolted to the beam before the jointer. A long U shaped piece and wagon tire component form the depth mechanism with multiple holes for bolting. The system uses a loop for levis and changes depth when bolted to the plow. Neighbor interest spread locally as cost is small.
The article explains curing clover hay as a key farming art. It advises cutting in the morning and curing without overnight dew, spreading loosely to avoid weather spoilage, and raking by evening before hauling to the barn. It warns against wet stacking.
Advice column urges keeping stock off meadows and selling for cash when possible. Warns against irrigation deficiencies and working soil when wet. Stresses good roads and repairing fences. Suggests blue grass pasturage on river bottom lands and planting shade trees like elm and hard maple. Recommends clover grows with small grain at low cost.
The text advises that heavy grazing or mowing on pasture harms plant food and soils. To prevent decline, apply manure or fertilizer, keep stock off felv, and follow with heavy fall manure. If grass remains poor, plow the field and plant corn next spring.
A farmer explains that stronger bee colonies yield more surplus honey with fewer hives. By comparing a yard averaging 10 000 pounds of honey yearly, 100 colonies gather 10 000 pounds but leave 30 pounds per colony as surplus, while 71 robust colonies gather the same amount and produce 5 000 pounds surplus, illustrating the value of quality over quantity.
The article discusses hive construction six inches high with a slanting projection to keep entrances clear, and notes that in limited attention a simpler design is better. It then covers corn as a finishing fattening food for hogs, its suitability and limits, and finally debates profitable poultry farming versus breeding stock sales and market advice from Farmers' Review.
A voice argues for postal savings, claiming they would serve the public better than the money order system. The speaker urges senators and representatives to push legislation establishing reliable government savings facilities. The text warns the nation risks falling behind other nations without such reforms.
A jumble of ads and anecdotes highlights Peruna testimonials from women in Richmond and Chicago praising relief from female ailments. The piece also promotes the new 1900 edition of Shootin Fishing Along the Line of the Northern Railway with its colorful binding and practical Northwest sport details.
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