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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
2
A historical verse praises the American squadron at Manila Bay with vivid battle imagery. It extols Yankee courage, heavy guns, and resolve while describing Spanish ships as destroyed. The poem reflects pride in the battle and asserts a lasting lesson from the war.
Alexander Olendorf leads a boy brigade formed by Captain Ball to greet wartime troops. A missed carpet beating turns into a comic battle as dust and a black carpet fiend attack the leader. He defeats it in a spirited display before the depot salute.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers, touching on politics, manners, theater, and everyday life. Bits voice cynicism about bribery, social pretenses, and modern follies, paired with punchlines about love, work, and missed opportunities.
The Rural New Yorker describes simple fish traps built from lath or wire netting in a V shape with wings to guide fish, notably eels during spawning runs in spring. Traps can be placed in shallow or deep water with stone wings or wire fins, but wire may snag many fish and increase losses. a lower cut shows an alternate design with two wire bars guiding fish to an open mouth.
At a Nebraskas site meeting five stock breeders including Prof. J A Craig spoke on Growing Sheep. He warned western farmers to focus on fertility and profits, promoting pasture like rye and clover as the best fertility source. A thousand breeding ewes could support 100 acres, yielding wool and lambs, with fertilizing returns from lamb sales. Clover improves heavy soils while on sandy soils it needs mineral fertility and timely reseeding. Color in fruit, notably apples, boosts sales and consumer appeal.
An editorial argues dehorning cattle, especially for feedlot animals, is humane and beneficial. It contends horn removal reduces cruelty, improves space efficiency, and does not harm milk production, while noting critics base opposition on belief rather than proven harm. It cites caustic potash methods for early dehorning.
Describes a 20 by 36 foot hog house with five foot posts and grooved board roof, sunlit roof doors for winter and summer, multiple hog passes, and an adjacent 20 by 20 foot feeding floor. Includes plans to run hogs in and out to exercise in an open lot, to be closed in cold weather.
An agricultural notice describes a model hog house 16 by 20 feet with no floor for sleeping, a 6 by 8 foot bin for 160 bushels of shelled corn, a near east door, a 10 barrel cistern fed by windmill, a salt and lime trough, and a southeast corner patent float barrel. The setup promises non freezing operation when hogs are present, winter feeding profitability, straw bedding renewal, and a total cost around 125 dollars, or 40 dollars if cistern is omitted.
A collection of farm notes and opinions on neighbors, preparation, cider quality, paint, corn costs, and snake advocacy. Highlights include warnings about late payments, the value of snakes in pest control, and claims that corn can be grown for eight cents a bushel, per Illinois station.
A montage of brief items from Montana reports and humor. Mentions Montana business prospects for wool and cattle, barley malting barley, sheep shearing, new settlers, and railways. Interlaced are mock definitions, testimonials for patent remedies, product jokes, and short conversational gags reflecting a bustling newspaper page.
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