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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
2
A reflective poem by William G. Haeselbarth in Christian Work extols spring rains reviving earth and renewing life. It likens rain to divine benediction guiding buds, blossoms, and hearts toward renewal, invoking Job and biblical imagery.
Norris Thornton a 12 year old troublemaker in a small town defies rules at school. He tests Miss Rose with spitballs and defiant banter, but a dramatic confrontation with blacksmith Jack Parker ends when Norris begs for mercy and promises reform. The encounter reveals Parker’s stern challenge and Norris’s resolve to change, restoring his standing in the village.
A dramatic exchange shows a husband pleading after losing honor while his wife weeps and retorts awkwardly. The couple appears controlled by fate as the spring routine looms, with lines about keeping peace at home and avoiding temptation.
A collage of gag lines, quips, and cartoon captions from Chicago Daily News, Punch, Boston Transcript, Yonkers Statesman, Washington Star, and other papers. Jokes touch on war, politics, marriage, society, and everyday life with players like ministers, fathers, and pedestrians as throughlines.
Mr Von Culin,an incubation expert, outlines brooder care for chicks hatched under hens or brooders. Remove dry chicks to a warm basket, then place in a brooder at 80 90 degrees after initial feeding. Feed small amounts often, keep water clean but not spilled, and prevent overfeeding. Teach chicks to use the hover and return before sundown. Include varied foods like screenings millet seed crumbled corn and whole wheat.
A Western Swineherd reports eradicating hog lice by oiling cloths in the hog house. After trying kerosene, powders, and acids with no success, he saturated cloths with coal oil, placed them where hogs rubbed, and kept them in place overnight. He then restocked bedding and has seen no lice since. He claims the method works for any number of pigs.
William II Caverhill of Ontario writes to the Farmers Advocate describing a simple sheep melt. He prescribes four scantling for legs, cross pieces, boards for bottom, and a thick piece along the crack between bottom boards with beveled edges to divide grain or roots. The plan includes specific dimensions and construction details.
A detailed description of a sheep rack built around a frame, with exterior nailing, a 12 inch board around, and wooden pieces 2% feet long and six inches wide attached eight inches apart. Mentioned features include a head space eight by twelve inches above the feed, a rack that fits against a ford floor, and compatibility with various feeds. The author claims twelve years of use with good satisfaction and capacity for twenty four sheep eating around the rack.
Worms plague young and weak horses on wet pastures. Types include lumbricoid pin and tape worms with remedies such as santonine turpentine tartar emetic and bitter tonics. Date palm trials led by Dr Zwingle aim to grow arid Arizona orchards with imported trees costing about five dollars each.
A distorted historical snippet stresses blood purity and nutrition as keys to health. It notes blood as the body’s sustainer and praises disciplined effort, suggesting pure food and steady work transform labor into ease. The fragment reads like a didactic health exhortation with archaic phrasing.
A long review introduces The Blind Goddess by Tyler as a modern murder novel with dramatic climaxes. It contrasts it with Four Months After Date and highlights the prosecuting officer’s theory, the implied innocent daughter, the indictments, and the adventurous subplot. The piece also advertises romance, character sketches, and a purchase of a vase and a laxative syrup ad.
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