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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
2
Mrs Darlington confronts Mrs Madison over a noisy violin from the neighboring cottage. A social clash unfolds as tea and sugar exchanges reveal pretensions and hidden tensions in a genteel neighborhood. The visit ends with an awkward correction about the neighbor and a quiet domestic drama.
A vivid scene from a bygone spring shows two flower peddlers with wagons moving along opposite sidewalks shouting Flowers and Flowee as they sell bright blooming plants. The slow horse and easygoing vendors create a quaint city show, while lingering reflections discuss moderation in national progress and a witty note on Scottish humor.
The Monterey, a coast defense monitor now at San Francisco, was named after a story told to Secretary Tracy by Union Iron Works head Irving M. Scott. The tale recalls a 1546 naval chase near Monterey involving a Yankee skipper and a Britisher, ending with American control of Monterey and California.
A Confederate cruiser Shenandoah is described as a small privateer whose eight months of war at sea yielded $1.2 million in captured vessels. It traveled 53,000 miles across oceans, with its last engagement atop the Shepandoah and Waddell, and sailed toward an English port before surrender news ended the chase. The piece cites the Atlanta Constitution and Chicago papers on naval nerves and a humorous aside about Dorothy.
The piece argues that roads and highways are vital to a village’s life and prosperity, comparing circulation to a human circulatory system. It warns against neglecting road networks while praising vital railways like New York’s, and contends every village and farmer depend on accessible, well-kept highways for growth and sustenance.
The piece argues rural districts should be placed on equal footing with cities through highway improvements and better communication. It highlights a California Cultivator proposal for systematic road numbering to locate every farmhouse, enabling rural free delivery and closer ties to urban areas.
The article warns that moldy feed ruins cream and butter, urges careful rennet use at 24 ounces per 14100 pounds of milk, cautions against excessive corn meal or oil meal in pig and cattle feeding, recommends skimming milk and oats with limited oil meal, and advises separating butter by shaking self sealed milk after 12 hours to diagnose which cow’s milk fails to yield butter.
Caution on overfeeding calf growth with separator milk. Proper balance with corny meal at start and shelled corn after two months yields two healthy calves from one good milk row. Emphasizes avoid overfeeding and ensure balanced nutrition for profitable results.
The Dakota Field and Farm notes two main causes of creamery failures. Insufficient milk, caused by weak dairy herds and poor supply planning, undermines operations. Overinvestment and overpricing by promoters also hurt ventures. Before building, ensure a steady milk flow from a sufficient number of good cows and prudent investment.
Instructions describe tethering and head leverage for horns use a front mast and rope to steer a bull, then discuss dairy cow milking timing and techniques. Notes warn mis-timed milking causes stress and reduced yield, while proper manipulation increases milk flow and prevents premature drying.
The article catalogs six winter apple kinds for fame and market use including King, Spy, Spiteenburg, Bald win, Greening for sour apples, Pound Sweet for early sweetness, and Belle Longe for late, praising Belle Longe as a great keeper and noting its Connecticut origins. It suggests additional varieties Havbainston, Nanesuch, and Seek-No-Farther as candidates to restore clean crops and remarks on their resistance to pests and fungi.
A Denver Times fragment quotes Rox ML Daiz praising Hood's Sarsaparilla for purified blood and improved health. The text shifts to wartime dialogue about loyalty, courage, and duty, depicting marital strain and questions of going to war. Source includes garbled dialogue and promotional medicine reference.
July 3 to 6 tickets from all points to Washington via Chesapeake and Ohio at one fare plus $2.00 return, valid to July 15 and extendable to August. Includes stops at Mountains and Sea Shore Reserve, Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads, and North Atlantic Squadron rendezvous. Sleeping-car reservations via Chicago agent.
Two letters from women describe long standing womb ailments and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Mrs Many Bortixcen of Chicago and Mrs Henry Donn of Cincinnati credit the remedies with cure and praise the physicianly support behind the products.
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