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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
2
A veteran businesswoman argues women complicate work with personal ties, saying men keep business and friendship separate for efficiency. She contends men outshine women in petty concerns, and that women’s friendships hinder professional harmony. the piece notes fashion tips for working women and stresses balancing workwear with home attire.
A mixed page of household hints and social anecdotes discusses balancing home duties with interests, cloth cleaning with chloroform, and thrifty cooking tips. It then shifts to light vignettes about farewells aboard ships, waste reduction, and evolving fashion trends including novel leather slippers, lingerie fabrics, and empire coats in wine hues.
A boy wheels a baby carriage with a baby inside and shouts to a companion. They race along curbstones while a girl and a second girl later quietly guard and peek at a second baby. The scene ends with the girls walking together, guarding the babies and sharing hopeful smiles.
The article discusses Luther Burbank's new plum variety named Miracle, a hybrid with the French prune as a parent. It is dark with a blue bloom, yellow flesh, sweet juicy flavor, and a small stone. Burbank claims potential for northern hardiness though not fully tested outside California yet.
A. Dird Census, A. O. Grows and H. A. Ray walked from Indiana to the Mississippi River last fall and counted 4800 birds of 3 species in a 150 by 102 foot survey strip. Two thirds were English sparrows, about one sixth the remainder were crow blackbirds, followed by meadow larks cowbirds crows horned owls and mourning doves in descending shares.
A French Academy report notes grafting pear trees on pear seedling versus quince alters fruit. Pear stock yields green fruit while quince stock produces golden yellow fruit with sunlit rose brush, higher weight, denser flesh, and richer acidity and sugar. A Dakota Farmer writer also describes a brine cure for meat before smoking.
The piece warns that mouth breathing harms health by bypassing nasal filtration and warming, risking chronic inflammation and deafness. It lists causes such as nose deformity adenoids and enlarged tonsils, and urges examination and removal of blockages to avoid serious disease.
A fragmentary report describes the discovery of a new gem as a matter of concern to the finder and to scientists. The text hints at broader consequences and a potential threat to proper documentation and verification by peers.
A fragment discusses timothy bay as a horse feed, noting cattle prefer clover and that timothy bay may be less digestible for horses than previously thought. It also mentions poultry house orientation for winter warmth and a veterinary update on a leather artificial leg for a horse.
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