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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
4
A trained ostrich disrupted a London music hall show by repeatedly attempting to leap over footlights into the orchestra. The exhibitor apologized, saying the engagement ends until a new orchestra leader is found after the bird’s antics.
An old style ad promotes Murine Eye Remedy with vague claims about eye care and suggests contacting a Chicago company for an illustrated Eye Book. The piece also notes ocean depths near Guam and Mindanao, plus California redwood strength and California’s mountain count, mixing commercial and factual tidbits.
The text urges attention to kidneys during winter due to indoor living and rich foods. It links symptoms like back pain and bladder issues to kidney trouble and promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as an herbal remedy, offering a sample bottle with a 10 cent postage request and paper mention.
Safety guidance on handling dynamite for stump removal. Stresses storing caps separately, avoiding heat, and following official directions. Discusses risks from improper thawing, temperature effects, and methods to bore holes and place charges. Emphasizes judgment from experience in determining charge sizing.
Mothers rely on California Syrup of Figs to ease bowel issues in children and adults. The ad promises gentle, prompt relief by cleansing the stomach and bowels within hours and recommends a 60 cent bottle with usage directions for all ages.
Notice to farmers that The Western Farquhar Machinery Co. of Portland Oregon is the exclusive distributor of Alamo Engines for Oregon Washington and Idaho. They stock repairs and extras and ship the same day by parcel post. Catalogs and prices mailed free on request at 808 to 314 East Salmon Street Portland Oregon.
A new schoolmaster spots a pupil checking a watch during history. He opens the watch and finds the word Sold. Inside, the back reveals Sold again. The clever, wary master realizes a playful swindle by the students.
Poultryman B Brown from North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Crookston outlines winter feeding for turkeys. Feed and water twice daily, adjust to keep birds healthy, and add a small grain ration after winter to prevent wandering. Ration mixes equal parts corn barley oats and wheat screenings plus daily green feed such as mangels cabbage or clover loaves, with grit and water always available.
The article discusses clover as a polling crop hauled directly from fields to the manger with no special qualities except possibly offal. It highlights clover as a valuable green manure and notes that careful cultivation and crop rotation boost humus and nitrogen, increasing farm profits in the North Central States when most produce is fed to stock and manure returned to fields.
The article notes decaying apple trees as breeding grounds for pests and urges removal and replacement with healthy trees. It mentions using chopped wood for fuel and emphasizes regular exercise for a stallion. It also references weed germination in corn kernels and broad webbed symptoms indicating strong germination.
National forest net receipts in Washington and Oregon totaled 115 620 dollars for four months, up 17 percent from the same period last year. Philippine forestry notes that American and European lumbermen seek steady Philippine food shipments for cabinet making. Over half of England's income tax is paid by Londoners.
A Danville woman reports drastic relief from female trouble after using Be Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She spent ten dollars, sleeps better and suffers no bearing down pain. She urges others to try the remedy, claiming renewed health and freedom from symptoms.
The article highlights a wide range of vegetables for winter meals, emphasizing salsify and oyster plant as inexpensive, versatile options. It explains how to prepare salsify for creamed dishes, croquettes, and escalloped bakeware, noting the oyster flavor and a lemon finish to lift the dish.
Ordinarily the only part of a shade that becomes soiled and worn is the portion exposed to the light the part drawn down half the length of the window. A simple method doubles the life of a shade by hemming the end after removing from the roller and reattaching the old edge to the roller.
A wartime style column offers thrifty furnace and fuel tips. It explains building a crater-like ash bed to conserve heat and how to restart a fire quickly in cold weather. Also includes a pickled pigs feet recipe with cold-water soaking and vinegar preservation for a luncheon dish.
A guide on washing sweaters to maintain shape and attractiveness. Use white soap and thorough rinsing. Add bluing to final rinse, then dry in a clean pillow case pinned to the clothes line. When nearly dry, hang on a coat hanger in a suitable location.
A historical recipe details croquettes made with one cupful cold boiled rice one cupful finely chopped meat half teaspoon salt saltspoon pepper two tablespoons butter half cup milk and one egg. Milk is brought to boil then meat rice and seasoning added. Mixture beaten, cooled formed into rolls dipped in beaten egg and fried in hot fat.
A collage of period ad copy and humorous vignettes. It promotes Knowlton's Danderine hair tonic while weaving in jokes about poverty, shoe comfort remedies, and a Washington club discussion on efficiency. Includes quips on manners, wordplay, and brief anecdotes from various newspapers.
An ad touts Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for headache constipation biliousness sour stomach and bad breath. Claims rapid relief by cleansing stomach removing fermenting food and toxins, with a box from the druggist lasting months and working while you sleep.
An old advertise claim promotes Papa's Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion gas and dyspepsia. The copy promises relief within five minutes, boasting it as the world's fastest stomach doctor and a fifty cent case from any drug store.
President Elliott of the New Haven railroad denounces socialism as impossible while people remain acquisitive. He cites a mocked chronology from the New York Tribune, tracing seven ages of man from seizing the earth to finally “the strip of it.”
A painter in a lunatic asylum calls his studio canvas a new masterpiece. Visitors see only a bare expanse and hear a parable about the Exodus. The anecdote, quoted from the Argonaut, accompanies notes on Oceanic Steamship adding ships for transpacific service. The cocoanut palm fruiting age is cited as seven to eight years, sometimes five or six.
Year rings on the settles of fish are used in Norway and France to determine the age of sardines, whether they have reached full growth and when they will spawn. New York registered 133,000 auto owners and collected $1,275,000 in fees from them last year.
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