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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
3
An article argues against overfeeding calves yet warns against excessive coarse fodder. It compares two calves from the same dam and calls for balanced, nitrogenous rations to build bone and muscle. It emphasizes maintaining size and constitution while prioritizing production for dairy and breeding value.
The text warns of spotted cowbane Cicuta maculata a dangerous weed in damp meadows and brookside. It details roots stems and odor, symptoms of poisoning, and urges grubbling out plants. It contrasts cowbane with wild parsnip and notes tobacco dust as an insecticide, with practical farmer anecdotes.
A dated note from Colman's describes ongoing calf care challenges and partial success in treating scours. It mentions feeding practices, risks of overfeeding, and a calf slowly regaining strength after limited milk intake and a period of illness. The report reflects household remedies and practical farm observations.
An 19th century note explains grape grafting with the cleft method. It covers timing before sap flow or after shoots reach a foot, ground prep, stump cleaning, graft sizing, eye placement, and securing with wedges or ties. Maintain stock vigor by removing suckers and staking as growth begins for a strong first season and harvest.
Special committee on good roads submits premises for a centralized advisory head for future roads, one third state aid with three funding options, consolidation of road officers to a single town highway commissioner, abolition of the old pathuuster system, a broad fire law to regulate road width and load, prison labor to manufacture roadbed materials, and accompanying bills. Poem praises ideal country roads and a smooth, dustless, dry path.
A roundup of quirky notes from around the globe. British rivers surpassing others in size. Norwegian girls must prove knitting and baking skills before marriage. a five hour frontier walk spans two kingdoms and three principalities starting from Steinbuch in Navarra. Portugal to mark Vasco da Gama voyage's 400th anniversary. Italian belief in red to ward off evil eye. a dolmen reerected near Paris over an archeologist’s grave. Egyptian catacombs reveal Semitic features in pyramid laborers, prompting debate on Hebrew bondage. London’s Haymarket opera house design mirrors the former site, with marble staircases and grand entrance. Nineteen hundred salmon caught in a single seine haul near Dilcott and Seattle, with boats loaded near waterline. other fisheries report 1,600 and over 1,009 salmon in separate hauls.
The London Telegraph coins new term new womanity as women enter Kew Gardens in working trousers. The Boston Herald notes women gardeners embrace the freedom, deny oppression, and claim ease of work, while Mrs. Grundy frowns on trousers and gendered attire.
Mix eight egg yolks with eight ounces of sugar. Add six cups boiling milk and a cupful of strong coffee. Strain, fill cups, place in a pan with water to half their height, skim froth, cover, simmer twenty minutes. Cool in water, drain, wipe cups and serve cold.
In a Pittaburgh Chronicle Die patch item Mrs Hiland notes that people shed old sayings as they grow older. She asks if it is true and reflects on familiar adages like the proverb that “the good die young,” illustrating how wisdom shifts with age.
From The Gazette Burlington the tale of Mr Tabor a secretary at Commercial Printing Co explains his severe sciatic rheumatism. After eight weeks on Williams Pink Pills he reports strong rapid improvement and full recovery claiming the pills offer lasting relief. A local physician notes growing sales and patient satisfaction with Pink Pills praised for nerve and female health benefits.
Public notice style excerpt warns against mercury containing remedies for catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney Co Toledo. Mentions testimonials, price, and druggist sales. Also notes Red Lake reservation land opening May 1 near Fosston McIntosh and Thief River Falls with Great Northern railway access and Crookston Land Office. Includes a Haliburton quotation about imagination.
April rate one way from St Paul Minneapolis to Minnesota North Dakota as far north as the boundary line and Minot. Large reduction from one half to one third in some cases. For information address F I Whitney Av St Paul MO. Personal quotes and miscellaneous notices accompany this scanned excerpt.
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