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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
3
An 1890s farm note reports two sprayed plots in a 2,900 tree Rockford orchard yielding five bushels per tree versus one-fifth for unsprayed trees. It forecasts up to 5,000 bushels if the whole orchard were sprayed, plus better fruit quality. Treatments include leaf bud opening and late summer applications with Bordeaux mixtures.
A collage of dairy tips and farm hints covers cow milk production alfalfa feeding and fat yield, a removable lawn clothespost design, practical poultry methods, celery as a pay crop, pig feeding cautions, and tips on cattle breeding, horn color, and private egg selling.
A New York City tenetary building was completed in forty seven working days. U S army and navy expenditures total 239,727,000. Velapuk language advance and dairy cheese and tea imports figures appear alongside telegraph revenue leaders and a 1909–1889 comparison. Mrs Marilla M Ricker announces a gubernatorial bid on suffrage. novelties in beekeeping and wood seasoning via electricity are noted. Mrs Colburn’s cat collection and luxury sewer-room for pets highlighted.
A film ideas expert notes how early reversible tricks fooled audiences with backwards footage of soldiers and water stunts. He describes a complex six hour Red Sea sequence shot on Long Island sandbars, showing tide changes and actors crossing as the sea appears to part and return.
The article cites H C Greenwood on metal boiling points and lists aluminum, copper, iron, lead, silver, and tin with temperatures. It mentions Lord Dudley backing a solar observatory in Australia to fill a gap in global coverage and improve sun observations. It also notes observations on the California condor and its parasites, plus speculations on future invention and natural light production by fireflies and other organisms.
The Canadian Pur News reports fur prices have jumped from $6 to $30 33 per lynx since four years ago. Beavers and otters grow scarce in Manitoba and western provinces while mink and weasel skins rise in value. A Manitoba dealer has shipped 40 000 weasel skins to the English market.
In Portland Oregon Fred Wilson a Brazil Indiana trainer for an animal show battled a pink tailed baboon named Ko komo for about 30 minutes. The fight ended when Wilson collapsed exhausted and the monkey gnawed his legs until workers intervened to rescue him.
A tea time exchange centers on shared sweetness as a couple enjoys tea together. One speaks fondly of the moment while the other, distracted, notes a whimsical distant jesting figure.
A colored linen outing suit features small tucked panels along the blouse side seams and a blouse led skirt. Black linen accents the belt collar and deep cuffs, with a jaunty hat drawn through a front blouse slash adding a dash of style.
John B. King of Texarkana files a claim under the placer mining act before Commissioner Dennett to obtain title to 4 400 acres of Ferry Lake in Caddo parish southwest Louisiana. The lake, valued as a potential oil field of about 5 million dollars, was never conveyed to Louisiana by the federal government, and litigation centers on state versus federal ownership. The case features figures including former Representative John J. Lewis and J A Toller, with King asserting easy oil-well location once title is secured. A decision by Commissioner Dennett is pending.
A jeweler leaves his new boy Sam in charge with strict instructions to mark goods and prevent theft. Sam reports a sale of brass rings to a man named Ike, earning ninety eight cents, and gleefully presents the money to the owner upon return. The scene highlights a small business episode with a humorous tone and a quick domestic action.
A year saw about 600000 more immigrants arrive in the United States while 260000 returned home. Investigations indicate most who go back are unskilled laborers whose stay here was brief, with mechanics and artisans adapting to new circumstances.
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