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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
2
A Philadelphia column offers guidance on marriage and patience, urging wives to endure without tears as love fades. It blends fashion tips, grooming advice, and practical domestic how tos, from preserving youth to shrinking wash fabrics and restoring furniture polish.
The illustration shows a large hat trimmed with plumes arranged at the back. The article notes soft ribbons framing the model and discusses fashionable hall hats with pins and bows. It also offers advice on soap use and foot care, endorsing proper shoes and muscle development for a neat look.
Farmers push for strong pure food laws and firm standards for milk fat while endorsing Dr. Wiley’s national benchmark. The issue spans dairy quality, lime sulphur wash methods, garden tips, windmill power adaptations, and TB prevention measures urging open air, nutrition, and hygiene to bolster public health.
The outlook committee chair T J Pletcher of the General Federation of Women's Clubs addresses the issue of farmers wives visiting town on market day. The town lacks department stores for the visiting wives to lounge and shop, highlighting the needs of rural families during market weeks.
The per capita meat consumption in the United States is about 179 pounds with Australians high meat eaters. Argentina Great Britain Germany and France follow. Italy at 27 pounds. Germany slaughters vast numbers yearly. Paris averages over 20 000 horses mules and asses slaughtered for food. Fall Beauty apples from Kentucky are described as deep purplish red with waxy stripes, average weight around 0.5 pounds, ripe late September to October, good for eating and cooking, with attributes and storage noted.
A Vermont dairy man reports a cow yielding 100 pounds of butter per year increasing to 120 pounds with selective breeding. Dairymen elsewhere claim success with similar gains. Rest, improved breeds, and proper feeding are crucial to raise production without extra stable space or labor.
A Scotch minister and a friend plan their exit after a wedding as the minister worries his intoxication might be noticed. He steps ahead to test his balance and asks if he is walking straight. Sandy, half drunk, answers that all is well but wonders who is walking with him.
Canada seeks 60 000 laborers this season to build new railways in various sections. New steamers enter service and all available ships will be chartered for immigrants from Great Britain. Laborers pay only 4.54 for passage, with the rest deducted from wages. They are guaranteed two dollars daily.
A Washington Star quote notes that public exposure can ruin reputations. Mr Dustin Stax argues that water in stocks is not harmful by itself, but sunshine of publicity causes many faded reputations to suffer.
Uncle Eben likens strict obedience to tem commandments to the attention paid to a card game. The Washington Star notes that the aggressive man is often just a quarrelsome friend in disguise. A man may boast of a “good cussing” he gave another.
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