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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
3
A fragment blends summer verse with a vivid narrative of a chase in a city harbor. A romantic escape on a gunboat ends with a wedding ceremonial scene aboard and a tense pursuit, while stray lines hint at unrelated gossip and local ads.
Louise A. McGaffey portrays Easter Sunday in St Augustine where two young men in naval uniform and as a guide, hidden among churchgoers, observe a rich couple whose movements lead to Fort San Marco. The scene shifts to a lively plaza, a carriage exit, and a rising tension as romantic intrigue unfolds around a naval heat.
A historical tip suggests a direct lane from the cow lot to the water trough to give cattle free access to water without entering the family area. The design aims to keep cattle away from living spaces while ensuring stock is watered from the same pump.
J M Shull describes a farmyard lanes arrangement with two inward opening gates that form a temporary passage to fields. A four inch hook, staples, and a top post latch prevent cattle from pushing the gates, allowing flush closure and easy two gate operation for frequent wagon traffic.
The piece extols trees as life preserving, climate moderating and beautifying, urging planting next spring or fall. It contrasts a treeless land with lawlessness and praises the farmer laborer who milks cows, tends stock and is well paid, noting such workers are scarce and often leave for themselves.
Rural World recommends whitewash as a durable, economical finish for homes and barns. It outlines a recipe using unslaked lime, salt, ground rice, whiting, and glue, applied hot, to cover a square yard per pint of mixture, promoting a neat, market-friendly appearance. An emphasis on white as a sign of thrift and appeal.
New York officials report watering of milk is hard to prevent and a stern warning was issued by a New York justice. The Medical Society of New York County proposes a purity label for milk bottles to help consumers avoid adulterated products and pressure suspected dealers.
A simple device shown in the accompanying cat will serve in place of bars to stop animals passing through fences. It is easy to build and often used where much passing to and fro occurs.
An Ohio farming note describes constructing a center post with two crossarms bolted on top to form a revolving barrier that allows people to pass while keeping cattle out. It details hole sizes and a bolt head to position the crossarms. The rest discusses fat in animal bodies and soil fertility. It also criticizes hauling back skim milk and whey from factories and urges proper cleaning and sterilization.
A garbled OCR fragment references a lawyer in a state office case against a German for selling liquor on Sunday and a German jury remark. The text then jumps to ad-like lines about Hostetter’s Bitters, Castarets, and various public notices, with snippets from Cleveland and Chicago papers and random dialogue about dinner, tombstones, and bookish quotations. The fragmented sources offer no coherent single event.
A Philadelphia hateman’s home run in Chicago sparks a humorous tale of a ball becoming bread and window lodging. The piece shifts to praising Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania for health and sport, noting 1800 to 2000 feet elevation, dense pine and fir, abundant wildlife, and easy access via Okawanna Railroad from New York to the Great Lakes region.
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