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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1899
Page
2
An archaic exhortation urges a pale star-eyed maiden to walk a true, honest path. It counsels contentment over wealth, steadfast hope as a guide, and a shield of truth and honor to protect the soul. The poem frames virtue as light above earthly temptations.
A Wisconsin farm family on a distant frontier fights a wildfire five miles from the village. James Reymont Perry recounts how farmer Sigsbee braved flames to reach help and return with the widow Stearns sheltering in a deep well. Frank Sigsbee shields his mother Ruth Mary from embers by piling earth and water under a overturned cart, saving his family though burning his own face and hands.
A prose survey of wildflowers and their folk lore. Carlina thistle links to Charlemagne and plague cures, Myosotis symbolizes friendship with a tale of lovers. Nasturtium’s name hints at its pungent bite and a playful note on watercress and bread.
A foreign visitor in Peking notices a doctor’s house with just three lamps, contrasting with others' dozens. The doctor explains he has few patients since starting practice, while others have many. The piece notes a local rule forcing lamps to be displayed after dark.
A practical guide describes building a two wheeled farm cart from a broken cultivator frame. It covers frame, axle, balance, and a wooden box with removable sideboards. Holes, pins, and hooks ensure secure assembly for loading and transport on the farm.
George Appleton notes a farmer transformed a mud-hole fed by a brook into a productive cranberry bog cost about 300 dollars. He flooded meadow sections in fall to guard against frost and grew cranberries as large as cherries, meeting rising market demand for sauce and food.
A farmer notes cows require vast water, with milk cows needing about ten gallons daily and more than two thirds taken from drinking. Dry cows drink slightly less than two thirds. The article also cites orchard soil care, including fall rye cover and soil preservation, plus a St Paul report on using crude petroleum for road dust control near Port Worth, Texas.
A household gardening plan encourages children to cultivate a small plot with bright flowers. Provide a ground bed eight to ten steps long, seeds, a little spade and hoe, and plain sturdy clothes. The activity teaches outdoor exercise, inexpensive care, growth from seed to bloom, and a child’s name traced in living green.
The article offers methods for handling vegetables to prevent bruising and moisture loss. It covers packing in earth, keeping onions in garrets with straw, cabbage storage with newspaper wraps, burying boxes in dry ground, and preserving squashes with varnish. It notes temperature, freezing risks, and outside storage options.
Inquiries to this office indicate the buffalo tree hopper has caused injury to young orchards and other trees in recent years. The insect is usually unseen but leaves distinctive scars.
A Farm and Fireside article describes the buffalo tree hopper found in bark causing battered twigs. The insect lays eggs in the bark and sucks sap, harming young trees though not seriously harming large ones. Remedies include removing eggs and jarring insects into oiled sheets. The mature insect is about one third inch long, green with brown dots.
The article urges farmers to avoid starving cows and notes lamb and mutton demand remains steady. It praises dairymen with silos and weekly butter shipments while advising humane handling and a saltbox near watering troughs to discourage kicking, as explained by Farm Journal.
The Philadelphia Post notes Margherita Arlina Hamm visiting Chinese households in Chita. Women inspect her clothing and shoes, wonder at her unbound feet, and discuss strength and mobility. An interpreter relays phrases about walking, riding, and whether foreigners take more than one wife. The snippet ends with a quip about a 16 year old learning restraint.
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