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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
3
A nostalgic poem by Rhen EB Rexford in Golden Days laments autumn’s dreary beauty. It describes brown fields, falling leaves, quail calls, nuts dropping softly, squirrels and plover seeking summer remnants, bluebirds returning to empty nests, and the faded summer flowers along roadside hedges.
In an old Detroit scene lumberjacks returning from northern woods clash with a new conductor Johnny Hall who must collect fares from a rowdy group of spring guests. History recalls Mac the famed Detroit Lansing Northern wrestler turned railroader and the spring test of leadership among weary crew and hardened woodmen.
A Detroit to Yallah stretch tale recounts conductor Johnny Hall enforcing fare collection through threats and violence on a night train. He and brakemen wield two pistols, forcing passengers to pay. The narrative credits Hall as a famed conductor, with lingering lore on his bold methods.
A collage of light humor and quips drawn from multiple papers. Jokes about marriage, postmasters, initials and stairs mix with sly exchanges between couples, a tombstone joke, and a blunt remark about stubbornness. The snippets capture a period newspaper vibe with pithy punchlines and social satire.
Eliza BR Scidmore describes Peking as a remarkable blend of Chinese and Manchu elements. She portrays the city as a fortified capital rooted in Mongol legacy with ancient walls, nine gates, and medieval military practices. The piece contrasts Manchu rulers with rising modern forces and notes foreign influence and looming tension.
New insights on ivory supply foretelling the decline of African elephants as central Africa opens. Polar regions yield hidden ivory from mammoths frozen in tundra, with Siberian markets historically trading vast quantities. Mammoth tusks have long fueled commerce since ancient times, peaking in 19th century Yakutsk and Siberian markets.
A subscriber in Sidney C requests a cheap convenient poultry house. The proposed design fits 50 hens with an attached scratching pen under the same roof separated by a wire partition labeled A. The building measures 16 by 20 feet with a gable roof nine feet high and a front roof slope six feet long.
A detailed plan for a four-compartment farm poultry house with scratching pens, roosts, nests, doors, and ventilator. It describes partitioning, placement of water and grit, feeding in the scratching room, and a sunlit dust bath. Roof with ponsett roofing, battened sides, and drying, warm conditions.
Rape and turnips rely on soil nutrients for nitrogen and potash and do not add these elements when plowed under. They increase humus only modestly, while leguminous crops supply nitrogen and improve soil fertility. Poor soils may support rye and buckwheat as preceders to clover, but rape and turnips fail to grow well enough for green manure.
In cold weather frost injures bird combs and wattles causing blackening decay and loss of eggs. Remedy includes keeping birds dry, glycerin and petroleum on combs, and protecting from drafts. If needed trim and dip in alum water then warm dry housing.
A Fair Hatch notes that seven chicks from fourteen eggs is a fair hatch and that breeders cannot guarantee hatching. It explains factors like hen warmth and egg quality. Farm notes discuss bonedust trials for young stock, citing France data and calf gains from four ounces daily, claiming improved flesh formation and feed assimilation.
A detailed guide on chicken breeds and crossbreeding strategies. It compares Leghorns Brahmas Cochins Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes and others for laying, table quality, and confinement. It gives crosses to produce good layers market fowls or setting hens and notes the risks of excessive cross breeding.
A New York Tribune illustrated method shows using four worn brooms as a crosspiece to form a yard and stable sweeper. A handle is added and the user pushes the device for efficient, clean sweeping of farms and stables. The article also notes breeders should avoid claiming any single chicken breed as best due to varying advantages and drawbacks. It discusses farm start-up costs and recommends beginning with a small, affordable farm to avoid debt.
Poultry West explains chick weight gain from hatching to ten weeks. Eggs weigh two ounces. the one week chick weighs 1% ounces. two weeks two ounces. three weeks 6% ounces. four weeks ten ounces. five weeks 14 ounces. six weeks 18% ounces. seven weeks 23 14 ounces. nine weeks 32 ounces. ten weeks 36 ounces. forty-one weeks 41 ounces.
A fragmented note describes a Dewey era anecdote about life paths and moral lessons. It claims mothers will read it aloud but warns boys won t be fooled by fairy tales. The text mixes garbled phrases and names, offering little coherent reporting or clear figures.
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