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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
A historical note explains the peanut as a legume related to the bean and pea. It describes the plant as a straggling annual with leaf characteristics matching other legumes, yet its appearance and uses set it apart from common beans and peas.
The passage explains the peanut plant with butterfly shaped blossoms and pod development. It notes peanuts are widely grown in southern states and used for hog feed, referencing a United States Department of Agriculture bulletin.
A midwestern farmers column argues farmers must leave the two crop rut and rotate crops. It urges sowing cowpeas and soybeans, adding livestock, bees, and fruit trees, and rehabilitating soil with legumes and forage crops to avoid hard times.
Henry I. Baddon, New Jersey public roads commissioner, notes real estate rents near cities have fallen while suburban properties rise in value due to good roads and trolleys. He argues improved highways will ease urban congestion, promote rural living, reduce crime and government costs, and bring farm life in touch with centers.
A garden and field cart can be cheaply made using an old buggy axle bent as shown and repaired wheels. Bolts and a front swing drop-stick improve stability, reducing upset and wheel wear for spring and fall harvest work.
The article emphasizes rationing, pure water, and mineral salt to improve milk and butter quality. It urges keeping salt in horse troughs, exercising swine, and providing clover pasture with peas and rape in season for healthy cattle. It cites farm journal guidance on raising product quality.
The article notes squashes are barely known in Great Britain and sweet potatoes remain rare imports. It cites Secretary Wilson hoping for several shipments of Cropston, Marrow, and Tivbivard to seed eventual export markets in England and on the continent for these American products.
A collage of light humorous snippets from Philadelphia North American Philadelphia Times Philadelphia Record Cleveland Plain Dealer Baltimore American Atlanta Constitution and Boston Transcript. Jokes about crime disguises domestic life and social faux pas feature punning lines and satirical exchanges from late 1800s journalism.
Ralph Benton explains carbon's family in St. Louis, detailing diamonds as pure carbon and their value, graphite used in pencils, gas-carbon or coke for arc lights, and steel's carbon content that hardens iron. He notes coke fuels city lighting and that steel rails and ships rely on carbon-strengthened iron.
Mr B E Hambleton of Santiago notes ice making has become a thriving industry in Cuba since the Spanish American War. He observes all classes clamoring for ice year round, with demand dipping only during heavy rains, and cites modernization of plants across Cuban cities as essential for reliable supply.
In a compact quip the column notes a reversal of fortunes as Wessel and Sinnott comment on aging and family height. An old joke compares a man forcing his son to wear shortened trousers with the son now towering over him, illustrating a playful reversal of authority and time.
A compilation of miscellaneous items: early engineering ideas like a screw elevator. obits noting Edgar Brel’s death and the Brehm family extinction at 65. a Louisiana Live Oak plantation sale to North American Rice Co. for over a million. Rev Dr L Marrill Miller’s golden jubilee. Greek criminal law remark. contrasts in touch vs heat sensitivity. Crispi’s memoir negotiations. Miss Charlotte Crabtree’s California visit. Congo described as wide and navigable. a delicate gold weighing machine at the US Mint. Mme Adeline Putti on vocal rest. Waller B Stevens named secretary for St. Louis world’s fair corp. printing without ink venture. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters promo. a romantic quip about life as a song. Town Topics in Philipsburg on dandruff care. Herpicide hair regrowth success story. Allen’s Foot-Ease sample offer. face powder remark. a cough remedy tout. a Colonel’s remark about Tutti Frutti. bachelor’s dating notes and a Chicago Daily News quote.
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