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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
2
A humorous verse from the Chicago Daily News contemplates affection between a beloved dog and his owner. The speaker muses why the dog is loved, wonders about altering his own looks to win similar attention, and ends by confessing his attempts to imitate the pet in lighthearted doggerel.
Ned Warring loves Elsa Marce in Rightway where Elsa is shared by Captain Wayde and her mother. Ned sees Wayde as rival yet admires him, while Elsa’s attentions swing between Ned and Wayde. Tension rises as Ned contemplates confrontation and the two suitors’ standings in Elsa’s favor.
Ned confronts the captain over Elsa and Mrs Marce as Elea and her mother depart. The captain confesses love for Elsa’s mother, reveals Ned as a likely rival, and suggests a joint wedding after Ned’s proposal to Elsa. The scene ends with the captain courting Elsa and Mrs Marce embracing Ned.
In New Haven colony in May 1660 the People versus Murline heard by the governor punished Jacob Murline and Sarah Tuttle for kissing. The male blamed the woman, she denied intent, and both were lectured before being fined 20 shillings to the colony.
A blend of anecdotes recounts Samuel E. Allen of Salt Lake City owning an early English printed Bible, a girl’s glimpse at a king’s effigy, and James C. Needham born in an emigrant wagon in Nevada. It notes Howard K. Sanderson planning graves marking in Lynn and related civic tales of inheritance tax schemes, Maine’s Representative Littlefield, Indiana’s Henry A. Johnson, and Judge Alfred Steckler. Also mentioned is a Roosevelt vignette by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, tied to a future use on government funds.
A feature on women of the five tribes and allied groups in the Indian Territory and neighboring states. It explores beauty, education, cultural mixing, social roles, and political loyalties, noting both refined charm and lingering tensions with white society.
Praire Farmer argues seed quality drives corn outcomes. Select fresh, high bred ears from your fields or reputable dealers, avoid large white types in yellow sort fields, and pay a fair price for seed that tests high in germination. Reid’s Yellow Dent is praised for uniform, deep kernel traits and strong cob cover.
A West field Chautauqua County correspondent describes a grindstone mounting frame using a blunt wedge shape and wooden end pieces with extended handles plus legs and a metal crank setup. He also offers wheat crop rotation suggestions and cautions about fertilizer value, noting nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash as key.
A Farm Journal description shows building a foundation for walls by digging a front trench, laying loo stones, placing four planks per side anchored by stakes, filling gaps with loose stones and soft mortar, setting until hard, then continuing section by section. Final mortar seals the top and embeds the sill for an airtight wall.
Miller in Country Gentleman discusses the rising value and seed demand for cowpeas, noting nitrogen fixing and soil benefits. He cites trials with 300–600 pounds acid phosphate and 100–200 pounds muriate of potash increasing yields, recommends thick planting in 18 inch to 2 foot rows, weed control, and expects 10–15 bushels per acre on average, up to 20 bushels, with spring seed prices $1.50–$2 per bushel making the crop highly profitable especially where seed is scarce.
The article lists annual U S timber use for pine lumber matches railroad ties and poles, shoe pegs and other products, equating consumption to vast forest areas. It notes 7.5 million telegraph poles with 10 year life and 800 million board feet of paper pulp, stressing industry growth and reliance on timber resources. It also highlights Michigan sugar industry investments and future crop potential, plus advice on storing grain to deter insects.
A wife denounces her life insurance policy as hateful after reading the fine print. Her husband questions the objection as she discovers a section that restricts access to funds or benefits unless specific conditions are met, revealing tensions over policy terms and fairness.
An incoherent OCR fragment blends mock Victorian satire with stray ad style lines. It cites satirical remarks on coronation seating, suffrage, and a patrol quip, then shifts to a pitch for Felicity Stomach Bitters as a trusted family remedy and a garbled exchange about a distracting newspaper sheet.
Messrs J E Blum and J Grumper of Manchester Michigan toured Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba regions last summer and praised Saskatoon and the Regina Longlake corridor. They found thriving farms with oats barley hay water wood and abundant crops and decided to locate in the North Saskatchewam area urging others to seek land with government agents' info.
A Vermont reader notes the electric light plant froze during the night in the Green Mountain State with Secretary of Vermont breaking a record for cold. A string of whimsical quotes from papers including the Richmond Dispatch and Chicago Daily News accompany the report, illustrating exaggerated weather and pointless banter.
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