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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
4
In a playful scene a Rhode Island girl's fame as a geography prodigy is spotlighted during a winter lesson. The teacher engages a trio of girls with questions about United States geography, sparking humorous exchanges about Rhode Island and national recognition as the children discuss talent and identity.
The article describes selecting and maintaining brooders for chicks with careful cleaning disinfection, temperature control, and proper placement. Indoor brooders require warmth above freezing. outdoor brooders should be in sunlit spots. It emphasizes sun drying, fresh feed, and regulated heat using a lamp or stove.
A boy given a penny buys a doughnut from a vendor who offers a free hole with the coin. The scene shifts to a street protest where a patrol box removal is requested, and bystanders speculate on arrests and bank activity.
The Rev. Edmwhd Horlop of Wie ton Pa reports dramatic relief after using Dodds Kidney Pills for months of swelling back and heart dragging. Rev Graltmontha Tater says his faith remains unchanged and promotes the remedy. Correspond with Rev H How top about wonders and request Hanneholdt Hint at the Medicine Company in New York.
A fragment notes an extreme depth measurement for an arid desert feature, mentioning a depth of about 3 1 40 jet and suggesting investigations into the sandy terrain of Afetoa. The readable text is incomplete but centers on an unusual depth finding.
Instructions describe warming levels from 95 to 98 degrees for week one, then gradually cooling to 90 by day fourteen and 80 by day twenty. Newly hatched chicks stay in the nursery 36 hours before transfer to a warm bed basket with tepid water and charcoal, then fed a mix of milled bread, eggs, milk, and supplements. Details cover three days of initial feeding, then gradual transition to cereal and pasture greens, and finally meat scrap feeding by day six. The method emphasizes keeping chicks near heat, avoiding frozen or spoiled feed, and expanding feed quantities as flock grows, aiming for sturdy, healthy chicks with vitality through week six.
The Kansas experiment station led by James W McCutloch found bees and other insects drive cross pollination in apple orchards, not wind. Bees visit trees from dawn to dusk, with activity reduced by cloudy or windy days and dew removal delaying their start.
A catalog style list describes apple and peach varieties suitable for a family orchard. It includes Hairy Harvest Yellow Transparent Red Astracha, Northern Spy Maiden’s Choice Rome Beauty Fully Watered Fall Gaines Golden Jonathan Ramen Mamie Rode Old Mixon Pond Alberta and other mixes ripening in order.
A Colorado Agricultural College report describes an electrical cooker with stacked cooking chambers and a flexible pressure plate above a water basin. When current heats water vapor to a set pressure the circuit opens and cuts power, repeating as insulation limits heat. The device uses non conducting walls and partial current use to save electricity.
A historical report notes that the United States, with five percent of world population, holds 69 percent of all telephones and 6 percent of telephone mileage. New York City has about 500,000 telephones, far exceeding London, while Berlin has 210,008 and Paris 92,000. Germany totals one seventh of US stations. In 1912 global calls reached 19.0 billion, with the US contributing 12.23 billion.
A new interior illumination system spreads a soft calm glow across rooms, praised for comfort and convenience. It promises a warm, even light without glare, meeting growing demand for home use.
A description explains that reading amp shields light so rays are indirect and collected on the page surface. This yields an evenly distributed glow across the book or paper, avoiding harsh direct night reflections and improving comfort for the reader.
An inventor in Stockholm introduces an electrical apparatus for storing energy and controlling gas lamp lighting remotely. The report describes global trends in electric power, battery tech, and early public utilities, noting advances in storage, charging, and converted energy usage across nations and industries.
A historical cooking note offers several make ahead Sunday dishes. Baked sausages with mashed potato cups top a baked plate, while chicken rolls use prepped leftovers and ham. Mushrooms with sweetbreads create a rich dish, and a Delights pudding uses bread crusts and raisins for a baked dessert.
A damaged recipe fragment describes cake preparation with butter sugar eggs milk flour and dried fruits. It lists baking soda cream of tartar and spices, notes a long two hour bake, and suggests wrapping the loaf in waxed paper for storage. contains numerous misspellings and unclear terms.
A garbled list of dessert and spinach dishes with instructions on apple sauce, spinach, and fruit ginger. It mentions thinning apple sauce, sugaring, lemon, orange zest, cinnamon, and serving with whipped cream, plus a ginger fruit confection with butter, sugar, raisins, currants, molasses, and sour cream.
A sample on dyes and stain removal mentions Putnam Fadeless Dyes and a method with blotting paper and a hot iron. A tale recalls a farmer in need bargaining with a town fool, asking for help in exchange for payment equal to his worth, with a witty retort. The excerpt also references periodicals like Harpers Magazine and the Milwaukee Journal.
A fragmented tale reports a patrolman arguing with a daring citizen over a lakefront lock and a man swimming in public. The exchange highlights local ordinances and a humorous aside about a man staying clothed while swimming. A medical ad and a church anecdote follow in a mixed, column-like clipping.
In a brief exchange the tenant complains that the doors do not shut properly prompting a landlord visit. The conversation ends with a curt farewell and instruction to call again.
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