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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1907
Page
7
In a Chicago Daily News piece a housewife pressures her husband to buy a new gray spring suit through careful argument and flattering remarks. He resists at first but concedes that clothes shape perceptions and self-image. The exchange reveals concerns about appearance and pride.
England boasts over the Dreadnought shown during a West Indies test cruise. Turbine engines proved a success and the ship’s maneuvering matched expectations. Officials say the all big gun vessel dominates modern warfare with speed over 21 knots, length 490 feet, and a 19 12 inch gun battery.
An uptown club debate centered on a claim that postal law prohibits carrying letters beyond four post offices and delivering mail by messenger. A post office official said letters may be sent by messenger anywhere, but not regularly or at scheduled times, citing postal law sections 1186 and 1187.
The New York Tribune surveys naval progress as Congress approves two Dreadnaught class battleships for the U S Navy and other nations pursue modern vessels. It also criticizes post office monopoly and delivery rivals seeking open letters and circulars, urging regulated mail routes and stamped letters.
Prof. Moore, head of the weather bureau, contends that recollections of severe winters reveal nothing about climate trends. He cites Jefferson and century-old Virginia notes to claim memory distorts weather with aging, insisting winters have not grown milder and climate is not changing.
The article argues bees show rapid intelligent adaptation across climates from California to Barbados. It cites Buchner and Knight on learning, propolis use, and pollen substitution, noting bees adjust behavior when resources change and even respond to novel stimuli like cement-like resins and flour as substitutes. It also mentions changing canary plumage using cayenne pepper to produce orange feathers.
A Washington Star quip notes the careful crafting of a memorable speech and the caution of retracting words later, while pondering the fate of a once famous girl who gave her hair as a keepsake. Reformers appear to have addressed many topics yet left themselves unsettled.
A collage of humor from early 20th century papers, including quips about cooks, quack medicines, marriage mischief, and social gaffes. The miscellany features puns, misheard phrases, misunderstandings, and light satire across varied captions and cartoonish snippets.
A freehand discussion blends advice on shaded watering troughs for horses with agricultural reports. It covers trough placement for cooling drinks, soil and gravel preparation to avoid wet spots, alfalfa seed testing, weed content and vitality, soil sterilization methods, nematode control, and clover as a cover crop. Also includes notes on English egg imports, continuous corn culture, early onion planting, and vermin-proof roosts.
Anticipatory gloom grips a Chicago cigar shop where a cracked wall mirror disrupts the new business a week after opening. The owner dismisses superstitions yet frets at the bad luck chatter from patrons while preparations to replace the pane unfold.
Being followed cheap everlaating. Trap nests of any wort are not known within fifty miles of town. We are backward save for Sheep. Every farmer who keeps abeap should try rape this year. Get the dwarf Enex variety plant it in detite and begin to maet na soon ae it im well grown. It may be planted in April. It in now considered indispensable to all who keep sheep. It is also reliable for other stock and late-season forage after rows are gone. Excellent for poultry. Prof. W. A. Taylor says American fruit growers have great field abroad with proper learn ers requirements and supply the surk of fruit demanded.
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