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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
4
A simple explanation of thaumatropes and how children can make one using a cardboard disk with two pictures on opposite sides. It describes the optical principle of persistence of vision and the quick twirl method to fuse images.
The article argues that friendship is never complete and must continually develop. It notes expectations formed in girlhood often fail when tested by real experiences and that loyalty and selflessness must be renewed daily rather than treated as fixed credits.
A historical note explains why people shake hands. In former times a handshake showed no treachery by offering the weapon hand, the arm used to draw a sword. Even after swords vanished the habit persisted, signaling peace with friends and war with enemies.
At Goodwin of McEloney Texas, a skilled watchmaker recently built an electric motor for a scarf pin. The motor is minuscule weighing only nine one hundredths of an ounce. Its front is gold colored with salt metal conductors and segments. Goodwin wears the piece as a necktie decoration and its novelty is best appreciated up close.
An old newspaper item advertises Munyon s Cold Remedy claiming rapid relief from head and throat pains and pneumonia prevention. It offers free medical advice by mail from Professor Munyon and lists 68th and Jefferson streets Philadelphia. It also mentions Thulin s Wind Of for headaches and teething pains with assertions of cures and a warning about attempting to profit from quack remedies.
A collage of tips and ads on animal feeding and child teething remedies. Mentions Winslow's Soothing Syrup and general health hints, urging sleep for beauty and referencing quack remedies and a quote from William Lloyd Garrison.
Reported testimonials from Mrs Many Haestrap and Mr Ammuta Dast in Platea and Walcott, North Dakota praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing female weakness backache and nervous spells. They claim improved sleep and mood after use and encourage others to seek advice from the company in Lynn, Massachusetts.
A practical guide by A G Phillips outlines how to select hens for egg production. It explains body shape V formation for laying power, head and comb indicators, and behavior traits of productive layers, with notes on Leghorn and Plymouth Rocks. It also includes anecdotes on laying indicators and confirms that a hen’s physical condition reflects its laying state.
A student challenged a teacher after failing an English exam asking why no questions were posed on The Merchant of Venice. On the retake the first prompt was to quote the play. The boy's paper reportedly provoked the teacher with the remark O hell what have we here. The anecdote is cited in Lippincott magazine.
A dubious ad questions doctors about prescribing stimulants for children and promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a safe alcohol free tonic. It urges keeping Ayer s Pills in the house and suggests one pill at bedtime to ward off illness, citing the maker J C Ayer Co Lowell MA.
An old ad touts W L Douglas shoes as the standard of quality for over 30 years with prices listed from 2.25 to 5.00. It emphasizes the name stamped on the shoe and guarantees value, urging customers to insist on genuine W L Douglas footwear and offering mail order from Brockton.
In a quaint exchange a summer boarder asks Mrs. Ashcraft why she keeps guinea hens. she replies her husband enjoys their meat, while later another guest asks and she says her husband likes to hear them sing. The bluing ad touts Red Cross Blue for laundry, praising its reliability and price of ten cents.
Agricultural guidance covers best onion soil types and preparation including loam drainage and muck land needs. It recommends fall plowing, clover and potatoes as prior crops, then heavy topdressings with barnyard manure, compost, and fertilizers. Nitrate and ashes are advised. wood ashes supply potash. Extra tips discuss avoiding weedy land and costs of high yields versus moderate yields.
A Kansas Agricultural College expert warns against using apple pomace to feed fattening hogs and to avoid orchard application due to disease risk. He touts pomace as soil improver when processed properly and notes hogs may reject it if sour or treated with strong acids.
A fragment notes on insects drawn to decaying matter and elder influence, describes the Bacon Breed in England as large black and four known herds, with long deep bodies and drooping ears. It mentions coal ashes and manure as a deodorizing, preservative aid for poultry droppings and hints at agricultural practices including hog fattening on acorns by a farmer near Husum, Washington, with limited grain use.
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