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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
The essay details chalk marks left by tramps on fences and gates to signal meals, danger, or shelter. It explains how a circle, cross, or other marks convey warnings to fellow wanderers about homeowners, dogs, or the likelihood of charity, and notes symbols vary by situation and householder reactions.
A fragment from Weekly Bouquet urges boys to heed their mothers. It argues that minds a mother’s counsel keeps boys from sin and wicked paths, promising her care guides their welfare from birth. The verse stresses daily adherence to maternal wisdom to avoid downfall and missteps.
Doris Balfour confronts tragedy and choices as Miss Wellington guides her through loss and social pressures. A past engagement, wealth shifts, and a planned Adirondacks retreat unfold amid fragile friendships and inner resolve.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat item, Letty reveals Tom’s recent letter to Doris confessing love and guilt over abandoning her for wealth. Tom plans to visit Philadelphia briefly, return to Hamburg on Aug 8, and asks to bring a companion, while Doris contemplates the implications of their past decisions.
The New York Herald explains Norway's Samlag system granting municipalities licenses to run the liquor trade with a capped return, outlining license types, compensation for dispossessed licensees, and aims to eliminate private profit, create a public monopoly, and enforce reforms.
Boston Globe quotes Robert Watchorn, immigration commissioner, noting Germans from small states as the most valuable immigrants. An anecdote follows of a tall blue eyed German girl landing at the pier and asking for letters, jokingly prompting the postmaster about letters for love.
A humorous fragment recounts Guo on the Cabman who, after a brief cab ride to the Patria opera house, balks at paying ten francs for five minutes. The cabby insists the fare reflects a fortune made by playing on one string, and Paganini offers nineteen francs for a trick when the passenger can make his crowd go on one wheel.
A compact fragment notes that the best microscopes magnify about 10 000 times and are the kind most people would use. It adds satirical lines about examining neighbors faults and gendered sensibilities, ending with a wary remark about a war cook's capability.
Hogs fed alfalfa hay with Kaffir corn meal gain 78 percent more than Kaffir corn meal alone. One bushel Kaffir corn meal plus 7.83 pounds alfalfa hay yields 10.88 pounds gain, while Kaffir corn meal alone yields 7.48 pounds. Hay effective when cut early. main nutrition in leaves. Earlier test shows alfalfa pasture produced 776 pounds pork per acre in summer. Also describes a scoop gate for wagon box enabling easy unloading by swinging down a hinged gate on sturdy chains.
The article advises using lean meat or green bone to boost hen lays when egg supply falters and suggests feeding white beans for home sustenance. It notes fat hens may need limited lean meat, and emphasizes planting sizeable cod or beans after frost danger, with beans improving soil via nitrogen-fixing nodules.
Cleaning drinking vessels prevents spread of contagions in fowl. Roup causes slime in mouths when birds drink. Keep water vessels clean and remove any bird showing cold symptoms to stop transmission.
A Missouri farmer reports using oxen for farm work as cheaper and more reliable than horses or mules. He trained a bull to run a treadmill pumps water and runs a butter churn, outperforming windmills and gasoline engines. Other farmers observe, predicting ox powered, horn friendly, low tech farming may spread.
The passage notes leather care for saddles using warm water and soap then three parts palm oil to one part neatsfoot oil, plus vigorous rubbing. It warns salt harms feather, and neatsfoot oil is highly valued. It covers fertilizer use, nitrogen needs, and gradual nutrient availability from guano, bone, and phosphates for edible plants. It also describes early layers in poultry, acre measurement, and a livestock condition powder recipe.
Prof Rane of the New Hampshire station recommends the American purple top rutabaga for market value and storage. Other notes urge angle iron posts for fences, non climbable designs, cows producing from 0 to 12 000 pounds of milk, avoid dirty milking strainers, buy new roosters for better stock, and general farm guidance on feeding, seed sorting, water for dairy cows, and rearing young stock.
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