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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
2
A Cleveland Leader poem recalls a homecoming scene for veterans. The speaker reflects on the crowd’s cheers and a mother’s tears as soldiers march home, noting no one will miss the narrator and honoring those who served on the Cuban shore.
Hudson Brown Harper confesses a boyish infatuation with Edna Roberts aboard a crowded Milwaukee steamer. He envisions daring rescue scenarios as Edna smiles and teases, while another man intrudes and undermines his mood. The scene blends longing, jealousy and comic mischief with a bustling deck crowd and casual flirtation.
A collage of humorous exchanges and tiny scenes from various papers. Jokes about language use in public, a suffragist retort, a child’s misheard phrases, a doctor’s gentle test of a patient, and light domestic wit paint a portrait of early 20th century humor and everyday life. The pieces feature snippets about manners, speech, miscommunication, and quaint social observations.
The Harvard observatory built the highest meteorological station in the world atop El Misti near Arequipa Peru at 19200 feet summit with seven other stations including an 15700 foot base site. The summit station started in 1893 and requires muleback ascent two days with altitude sickness common though some locals manage well. The trip reveals challenging physiology and contrasting native guides who handle climbs easily.
The Faverolle fowl, developed from Houdan crosses in the FaVerolle district, offers rapid growth, easy fattening, and delicate flesh. Renowned for large size and good egg production, it surpasses the Houdan for table use and is hardy, though rare in the U.S. and popular in England and French markets.
Reports from western Pennsylvania note scarce good driving horses as breeders shift to other stock. Demand shifts drive lines from local counties to Kentucky and the West. Poultry gains urged, eggs rising with grain costs, and careful egg selection for hatching emphasized to improve chick health and farm returns.
The article explains how far bees travel based on bloom availability, noting Italian bees’ distinct marks and typical ranges of three miles, with reports of up to eight miles. It describes navigation by sight and smell, hive relocation effects, and how bees locate food and return home, including winter versus summer hive moves.
The writer outlines a solo method to construct a log chicken coop using logs sized about 7 inches in diameter. He details laying sills, spiking and bracing to keep plumb, stacking hip logs one side at a time, and attaching plates and final logs after the house is erected. The note ends with a signature.
A farmer in Farm and Fireside reports an experiment comparing buckwheat and fallow before sowing turnips. Both plots receive identical treatment except for buckwheat growth. after harvest the buckwheat plot yields more salable turnip roots, while the fallowed plot has fewer and larger roots.
A report from Dakota Field and Farm notes a hen fattened to ten pounds became immobile, stopped laying for months, and was killed. Five pounds of leaf fat were removed, and while the egg producing organ held many tiny eggs, none had begun development.
A witty scene unfolds as a woman confronts a bank teller, explaining that old wartime revenue stamps on checks have become useless after the war. She anticipates repayment from government savings and clears a small pile of stamps for 38 cents, prompting the teller and bystanders to react. The page mixes satire, jokes, and miscellaneous ads.
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