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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary excerpts reveal a past coffee trade with German aims, a shift to beer, and claims of coffee as luxury. Advertisements promise Allen's Foot Ease and Winslow’s soothing syrup. Phrases invoke Stevenson and Willington Comfort, praising mothers as inspiration to great men.
A quoted Denver Chronicle style reflection argues a woman cannot win a man by comfort alone but may do so by keeping him guessing. The piece critiques a man uninterested in public schools roads religion and politics as unsatisfactory.
A simple home made wheel spins without external power. A glass bottle half filled with sand and water supports a cork with a perpendicular needle. Four copper wires form spokes from a cork disk and hooks on the rim create a curious self revolving device, described as entertaining and educational.
A fragment from a Sussex gravel pit is believed to be the oldest human skull found in England, dating to the pleistocene era. It suggests a primitive type with a brain differing from modern humans, matching Europe’s oldest remains.
A Scientific American description credits A Pflolffer of New York City with a new toy derrick mechanism. It allows children to operate a motor driven crane to raise and lower loads and swing the boom, using reversing controls and two handles for precise movements. The device aims to combine amusement with instruction.
To aid hanging pictures this powder is described as cutting a groove in the curtain pole end to cradle the picture wire. The wire end rests in the groove and is hoisted to the tail or hook, reducing climbing and enabling a clearer view of the picture’s placement.
A child named Ethel tearfully confesses to her mother that she broke a brick in the fireplace. She explains she pounded it with her mother’s watch, a reckless act prompted by curiosity and discipline.
The Maine experiment station completed a six month trial to determine profitable hen density. Pens sized 10 by 16 feet housed Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks at counts of fifteen, twenty, twenty five, and thirty per pen.
An experiment with hen pens shows profits per hen fall as flock size rises. Fifteen hens yielded 80 cents each and 976 eggs. twenty hens produced 1208 eggs and 71 cents per hen. twenty five hens laid 1828 eggs and 35 cents per hen. thirty hens produced 1200 eggs and 20 cents per hen. Total profits dropped from 72 dollars for ninety hens at fifteen to 36 dollars at thirty, after feed costs.
A New York man has designed an apparatus for fumigating fowls to remove injurious vermin. The device uses a specially made coop with guide tails and rails to place the chicken while fumes spread over the birds.
The article describes a top of coop fumigation device to kill insects by releasing fumes through a hole near the fowl’s head, and mentions a basket system to fumigate young chicks. It also explains using 10 percent liquid glass to preserve eggs, forming a protective coating to keep them fresh for months. mongrel fowls are advised against for egg production due to uneven color and usefulness.
The passage argues that flock welfare declines with irregular breeding and stresses regularity in poultry care and business practices, comparing breeding discipline to orderly conduct in business. It emphasizes consistent methods and standards to improve overall productivity and integrity of the poultry operation.
A varied list of shark types is given including mttoral pelagic and bathybial forms with several named species such as tiger hammer-heads porbeagles fox and basking shark. The article also quotes Abraham Lincoln on judging others and recalls a judge rebuke to a loud lawyer in court.
In Westwood Maryland a farmer's wife describes years of weakness and monthly pains. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health after months of illness and bed rest. The letter urges other women to consider the remedy with faith and caution.
A humorous exchange from the Boston Transcript notes Dinny asking about money and a plan to go to work by automobile instead of a trolley car. The strip plays on old urban commuting quirks and attitudes toward labor.
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