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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1898
Page
2
In a Williston Wiliston Graphic feature essay the street musician and a piano of nostalgia resurface as a couple’s scene unfolds. George, Geraldine, and Miss Brooks figure in a townhouse recital of memory with a locket and a tambourine. A Chicago Inter Ocean item and a tale from the Globe-Democrat wrap the page in period voice.
A collage of quirky lines and dialogues from various papers. Includes exchanges about rumors, gossip, and light social banter, with scattered references to poems, plays, and public figures. The stitched text presents a mosaic of era humor and cultural snapshots.
A pair of courting men linger as a trio of Italian street musicians perform on a park corner. George is enchanted by the singing, despite Evans urging departure, while Miss Geraldine Brooks and Maude Raymond observe, and George drops a dollar as the singer approaches.
A farmer designs a knife loaded sled to cut corn between rows using horse power. The device uses a 5 foot by 2 by 12 inch runner plank and a 25 inch knife blade angled for slanted cuts. Front secured to the sled, back end 18 inches from the runners.
A dated farmer’s description details a homemade corn cutter on a sled with a 24 foot seat, crosspieces and a spring mechanism to hold strings for hanging corn. It explains setup, operation, and tying methods, noting the corn can stand for weeks with minimal tangling and winter storage.
An 1870s farm case contrasts two managers on a 400 acre property. The energetic supervisor revamped breeding, lambing, and crops, turning a loss into a self sustaining operation. The first foreman, earning 40 a month, left 3 000 to 4 000 annual losses.
The Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station reports on Bulletin No 54 detailing feeding pigs with cooked pumpkins and shorts. Tests on pigs 140 to 210 pounds covered four 14 day periods, showing pumpkins and shorts intake, gains, and cost per pound of gain. The study notes higher shorts use and questions optimal feed balance for cheaper gains. Aimed to maximize pumpkin intake, results suggest shifting to corn or shorts for cost efficiency and better balance for growing pigs and dairy cows.
A guide from American Agriculturist describes constructing a stack with a built platform to prevent bottom dampness, a central pole for stability, and ropes from the top to hold hay in place. A cloth cap under the ropes directs water flow and minimizes loss.
Advice from Western Plowman on humane handling of horses and hogs. Emphasizes clean collars to prevent sore shoulders, feeding buttermilk to hogs, pasture use of clover or alfalfa, ample water, and avoiding worthless watering devices. Recommends humane harness relief at noon, wet sponge or shade for the horse, and careful head area care.
The piece argues grain feeding is economical for beef while grass fed meat was tenderer. It notes grain costs labor to grow and harvest, and if not fed can be turned into money. It cites American Cultivator on grain feeding fattening cattle and beef quality, especially with winter feed.
A 19th century note suggests hens need air when the weather is warm and white clover is preferred over red for its short growth. Any grass may be walked upon. A hen hat often mowed provides a dry, suitable place for chicks, reducing dampness and dew risk to young poultry from rain.
Comrades endorse staying by friends as they plan the Sunseapolis route for the G A R encampment. The Cincinnati train departs Minneapolis St Paul Sept 1 3 00 pm with sleepers and berths, rates 217 50 from St Paul and Minneapolis, tickets sale Sept 4 5 8 4 9, return by Sept 13 extendable to Oct 2, department commander Mortimer in charge, reservations via K W Mortimer Minneapolis.
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