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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
3
A collage of early 20th century ads and snippets promoting patent medicines and tonics. Claims include curing indigestion liver trouble malaria and nervous affections. Also notes Grain-O a coffee substitute and various lifestyle quips and light social bits.
A farmer focuses on dry walks from house to barn and woodshed, noting high cost but long life. Practical methods include edge pegged wooden strips with gravel or sawdust, alabs built with flat ends, long slabs 12 to 20 feet, and cobble or brick side rows filled with gravel. An indestructible walk uses a deep trench, cobbles and shale, with layered gravel and sand, but frost remains the main challenge.
Two amendments to the 1881 highway law pass Indiana legislature. One allows boards to reroute portions of proposed improvements after weighing damages. The other sets weight and tire width limits for loads on thawing or wet roads, with fines from five to 350 dollars per overloaded haul. A prior dispute over what counts as a load over 2400 pounds arose in a Standard Oil case.
A Turret New Yorker style note on seed blends for cemetery plots urges Grane Seed forms and Kentucky bluegrass or redtop for beauty and utility. Recommends sowing 8 to 100 pounds per acre in rich soil, adding a pound of sweet Verna grass for odor, with heavy seeding states. suggests sowing six to eight pounds white clover per acre to improve soil nitrogen and cover slopes. Also discusses orchard spacing and spraying with Bordanz mixture to prevent blight and improve fruit quality.
Dr Smead notes bacterial causes of bitter milk but a stockman argues many cases stem from the cow’s own physiology and feeding. He advises quarter milk tests, digestive issues, proper feeding, udder care, and clean stalls to prevent bitter milk and warns against overreacting to bacteriologist claims.
Charles Molles describes two methods for lifting heavy loads up slopes using pulley setups. One uses a rope attached to the load and horses pulling uphill, the other uses a rope attached to a tree and drawn downhill to lift the load. The piece notes various preferences for each plan.
The article argues farm suitability hinges on location and land type. It stresses pasture versus tillage, size as a constraint, and that crop plans must fit land and labor. The farmer’s character largely determines success, shaping outcomes beyond physical factors.
Massachusetts highway commission to showcase model road construction at Pan-American exposition. Civil engineer John McClintock of Toston to supervise a section of highway. a municipal road-building plant planned to educate visitors from central and far west on improving rough country roads under Massachusetts system. In separate notes, commentary weighs processes that reduce waste and protect consumers, and fruit tree tips are offered by Rural World with peach varieties and butter handling guidance.
A collage of quips and exchanges from 19th century papers features witty putdowns about medicine offices, office quirks, and domestic frictions. Snippets include banter about doctors, a singer and whistler, and a bride’s mumbling remark on purchases, with a crowd scene about riverbank precautions.
The German government awarded a Philadelphia firm a contract for 2400 tons of sauerkraut to be sent to the Kaiser’s army in China. Once thought inferior, American sauerkraut is now seen as superior due to improvements in production. The shipment, arriving soon, will fill eight freight cars as it moves westward.
Parla correspondent notes M d Arsonval’s demonstration at the Museum of Natural History on liquefied air. He claims temperatures near minus 180 ventigrade, with air stored in double-nilvere vessels. Rubber browns, glass and steel altered, meat preservation debated, and moral cautions given to investors.
Dan A Grosvenor deputy auditor for the War Department writes from Washington praising Peruna as an excellent spring catarrh remedy. He reports rapid improvement and urges others to begin treatment in the spring, noting its systemic effects on catarrh of head stomach and bowels. He invites readers to write Dr Hartman for free advice.
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