Fall of the Bachelors Club in Williston
A battered, misread lyric note from Chicago Times Herald recounts the men of Williston’s Bachelor Club and a chorus of “Heigh-ho” as they scorn marriage. A maid teases a bachelor about suitors while club lore hints at freedom from wives and toddlers, ending with blunt lines about love and bachelor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hhe
Ted
Helen-ho
Inddie
Laddie
E. Kiser
Chicago Times-Herald
Secret Romantic Triangle Ends in Family Reconciliation
Fred, a confidant of Maisie, confronts guilt over past love with Lucy Dormer while Maisie confesses a hidden letter that reshapes loyalties. Maisie, dying at fourteen, urges forgiveness and truth, prompting Fred to reevaluate love, stay by her side, and eventually win her back as life teeters between hope and tragedy. Lucy reveals her own part, and after Maisie’s recovery, Fred remains a devoted bachelor awaiting Miss Light, now grown into eligibility, with the sisters’ dynamics settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dormers House
Maisie
Fred
Lucy
En' Ti
Lucy Dormer
Tam
Sue
Thad
Fife
Miss Light
Uttle Malshe
Chicago Herald
Good Roads For Wheelmen And Miscellaneous Items
The piece notes progress in highway improvement from the Alleghenies to the Missouri with Wisconsin leading local Good Roads efforts. It cites Senator James H. Scott and Gen. E. T. Harrison, Milwaukee roadwork, and a 1000-delegate convention as catalysts for county associations and broader public support for better roads. It also includes a child’s schoolroom anecdote and brief quotations from the Boston Globe and Washington Star.
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Alleghenies
Missouri River
Chicago Chronicle
Wisconsin
James H. Scott
Menominee
E. T. Harrison
United States
State Fair Management
Milwaukee
Badger State
Waukesha
Sissy Wilson
Jenny Wilson
Bettle
W. Johneson
Boston Globe
Vintage Gossip and Humorous Snapshots From a Penny Press
A collage of light vignettes and quips from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style page. It skewers social pretensions with jokes about aunties and young naïve dreams, fashion, marriages, and everyday foibles, sprinkled with cartoonish captions and brief anecdotes.
Useful Little Tool for Poultry Feed Preparation
The illustration shows a simple device intended to cut roots for feed and to chop and mix stale bread, potato peelings, refuse, and fruit for poultry. It is designed to aid farmers who lack ironworking tools, as described by the village blacksmith.
Homemade cutting blades and box for home use
J G Allshouse of Ohio Farmer describes making a device for cutting with two steel blades eight inches long and one and a half inches thick, a half inch iron rod forming a spade handle, and blades bent and welded into place. He suggests a wooden feed box with a stout bottom for poultry feed and root cutting.
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J. G. Allshouse
Ohio
Belgians hare craze and kitchen notes from 19th century paper
Belgian hare craze may benefit poultrymen who resist temptation and stay with established industries. The piece argues the market for hare meat is not education ready and warns the industry may collapse when supply outpaces demand. Additional notes cover weed cutting, pig feed, asparagus with eggs, and strawberry preserves tips from periodical sections.
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San Francisco
Salt for Livestock Health in Middle Ages Advice
The piece urges providing salt to domestic animals to prevent disease and improve growth. It recommends block salt for hogs and sheep, powdered salt for cattle, and warns against overdosing. It notes salt availability aids digestion, prevents parasites, and increases milk production while stressing moderation and water availability.
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Tani
Improvement In Swine
The article argues improvement is relative to human needs not intrinsic. It notes hogs’ self-improvement has regressed, predicting shifts toward quick growth and lean meat as buyers’ standards change. It warns future breeding will adapt yearly to demand pressures, per Partners Review.
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Europe
Goodman
Chicago Tribune
Feeding the Colts and Honey Plants on Farms
Dr J C Curryer describes a simple pasture feeding device for colts with a central grain trough in a fenced yard, keeping grain dry and shaded. A Feeds tip notes eggs should be incubated promptly for best hatch, and a Rural World column lists abundant honey plants for bees, urging use of diverse flora to maximize honey production.
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Journal of Agriculture
J. C. Curryer
Minesota
Orange Judd
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She Williston Graphic
Dy Goveraxy & Ovensos, N. Dak
Williston
Mish
Madle
Owen Oliver
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Mildred
Aitiared
Great
Arthur
Liberty
Woodvate
Tommy
Mr. Y
Tarra
Tomyoy
Hariom
Yaold
Todd
Detroit Free Press
Indianapolis Journal
Lulu
Dolly
Phil i Mdelpti
Indianapolis Press
Bui
Mabel
Fawtiz
Buffalo Courier
Collier's 1
Weary Wriggles
Chicago
West
Citlman
Lonelyville Country Club
Philadelphia Press
Mim
Antal Willie
Featherstone
Willie
Chicago Daily News
Julie
Polonius
Hamlet
Dinwiddle
van Bramum
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Peter Punttry
Seteet
Freding
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