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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
2
A.C. Wharton in American Agriculturist recommends a 12 by 14 foot smokehouse for curing 75 to 100 hams. Build a strong frame and fill gaps with soft brick to keep the interior cooler in summer and more even in winter. Cover with shingles and lay a solid clay floor for durability.
A mixed set of instructions and observations covers building a concrete floor with a brick firebox, ceiling options, and meat hooks. orchard cultivation for soil moisture, cover crops for winter pasture, and timing for farm visits. It also includes tips on corn fodder, currants and gooseberries, pasture care, cider and storage, and general farm management practices.
A classroom tale shows children mislabeling seeds as oats wheat and corn while a pupil corrects the teacher revealing local slang for foods. The piece sits among quotes on effort, Napoleon, and humorous vignettes about marriage and squatters in Australia.
A reflective column questions women’s civility toward other women, citing behavior in public transport and department stores. It contrasts “would-be ladies” with real courtesy, notes neck-deep social awkwardness, and lampoons pretentious posturing while urging practical decorum and mutual respect.
A fashion column surveys silk cashmere hues and fabrics including colored Russian center styles with chantilly borders, golden brown velvet blouses, moire, and madras figured fabrics. It notes gilt ornaments on button counters, scarves in velvet and taffeta, and one sided frills on sheer blouses with plaited and scalloped trims.
Miss Hattle Pearce of Billings Mo is a court clerk and Miss Nellie Horton of Fort Worth elected treasurer and secretary of the Farmers Union in Texas who just passed her 95th birthday. Mrs Danforth Willard Blgehard age 99 travels with her niece to Detroit. Rev Sarah A Dixon leaves Lowell Mass to pastor in Tewksbury Mass. Mary Nye Columbus Miss Bertha Salygaber Bellaire and Mrs Irvine Miller Springfield are named deputy inspectors of workshops. The Wesleyan Conference of England debates admitting women as lay delegates, subject to synod approval. Mrs G C Kenelly named probation officer of New Orleans Juvenile Court. Rice of New York chosen to lead the International Society for the Suppression of Street Noses congresses in 1912 New York and 1910 Berlin.
A fragmentary note reflects on women's evolving roles from merry widows to peach baskets and wash bowls, pondering where the change will end as a general muses on progress and tradition in a Genoa coda.
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