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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
2
The piece surveys summer heat and wardrobe planning, noting women seek comfort and postpone winter purchases. It highlights midseason gown ideas including eyelet embroidery, home stitching, and summer coats in cretonne, with tunic and vertical-front styles to elongate the silhouette.
A Colorado agriculture note argues rising dairy demand boosts prices and prompts breeding programs to improve local stock. It cites seed stock, disease concerns, and potential profits, noting eastern markets like Connecticut pay high costs while Colorado could supply all starter cows with cheap feed.
Wisconsin lawmakers enacted nursery regulations to curb uninspected stock and protect farmers from diseased or insect infested plants. Growers must obtain a $10 certificate license, attach tags to packages, and ensure agents carry proper duplicate licenses. Send stock for inspection to the state nursery inspector at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Madison.
Do not constantly drug livestock fearing health issues. When an animal is truly ill and medicines are needed, a veterinarian should prescribe and direct administration. Repeated use of condition powders with diuretic drugs can harm kidneys by training them to rely on stimulation, leading to sluggish function when treatment stops.
The article notes some duck raisers believe ducks and ducklings do not need grit as they forage for sand in creek bottoms. It cautions that ducklings should have ample sand since it substitutes for grit, and warns against mixing sand into feed for young ducks.
The article emphasizes cleanliness in milking with wet hands, noting clean hands, a clean udder, and avoiding dirt. It warns against oily hands and suggests dampening teats with milking aid to ease milking and protect teat tenderness.
A handful of grain dug into a sandy bill will attract chickens and drive away insects. A pinot of Swiss chard sown adjacent to the poultry yard will supply greens all summer provided the fowls are not allowed to eat it more than an hour daily.
Wallace Gordon fights flood to save a woman clinging to a bridge rail only to discover the rescued traveler is Nellie Stewart. The storm, a toppled bridge, and a frantic swim lead to a dramatic reunion as Nellie forgives and confesses doubt about love and aging.
In New York's Central Park menagerie the secretary the Cape buffalo was shipped to William Bartels of Newark along with two eelands two tapira and a pair of ontriches valued about 1700 dollars. A laborious transfer saw the lion Secretary pulled from his cage after a tense hour and a quarter as keeper Bill Snyder and crew corralled him into a shifting cage amid roars and frenzied parents Rose and Bismarck guarding nearby. The cubs are expected to fill space soon as the zoo received the eelands earlier that afternoon and notes that two more eelands arrived from the duke of Devonshire in the last ten days.
Two Chicago detectives vacationing in Michigan narrowly escaped drowning when their capsized rowboat left them adrift off Brick Take near Holland. A courageous woman, Jennie Goshen, swam to shore with no desire for reward, saving Sergt. Michael Kehoe and his colleagues as winds and waves menaced the lake.
In Trinidad Colorado the bodies of Roy Keller, superintendent of the Delogua power plant, and Mies Elizabeth Bennett sixteen, Keller betrothed, lie on the plant floor. Authorities believe Keller was electrocuted while repairing the plant and Bennett died trying to help him, a live wire likely causing both deaths.
Mrs Bacob-How asks about her sister’s progress with boarders while Mrs Egbert notes no complaints from a boarder. The exchange hints at a family concern about hearing and domestic tensions without explicit conflict.
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