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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
2
A Milwaukee Free Press note recounts a streetcar moment where a man, head in a newspaper, gives up his seat to a young woman. She speaks softly, clarifies a mistaken exchange, and he apologizes, mishearing her as saying thank you.
The poem fragment contrasts old summer courtship scenes with domestic labor and daily chores. It traces a shift from riverbank suppers and canoeing to a small dining room and washing tasks while noting a changed, quieter social atmosphere.
The text offers a quip about good governance implying prosperity when agriculture thrives and public institutions are neglected passions. It cites rusty swords and bright plows, empty prisons, full granaries, worn temple steps, and law courts in decline as signs of effective rule, with doctors walking and bakers on horseback.
An exhibit at a BerJis musical exposition showcases a mouth roof film as a sounding board to increase voice resonance. Designed for orators officers and anyone needing greater vocal reach including musicians.
The Rev. C. T. Phillips, vicar of Ivegill, a Cumberland naturalist, found in a wood pigeon’s crop 140 beech nuts and observed another pigeon had consumed more finely chopped leaves than could fit in the palm of a hand.
A school attendance officer quoted a woman warning she would throw hot water at him during a truancy case. The stipendiary admonished her not to throw hot water and noted she could heap coals of fire on the head of the defendant.
Three sailors died after fumes from germinating potatoes in a provision room aboard the Superb. The potatoes released gas that suffocated the men, described in the annual health report on the British navy.
A concise reflection on absolute power and self contentment. The speaker asserts that true satisfaction comes from being free to do as one pleases, leading to contentment and the absence of further desires. The quote attributes these thoughts to Cervantes.
A bone handled razor once owned by Robert Burns was sold in London. It bears silver pedigree plates noting it as the last razor Burns ever shared. The item passed from Burns to William Dunbar in 1839 and successive owners added plates marking each purchase.
A terse remark hints at a confrontation as Da Flint visits a house to demand payment. The line suggests a serious, possibly tense encounter tied to an unpaid bill and a local dispute.
University of Wyoming bulletin endorses steel wheels with wide low tires for farms citing lighter draft 380 to 100 percent less on average and easier loading. Proponents say steel wheels reduce pasture damage avoid mud ruts and pay for themselves over time through lower maintenance and labor costs.
A short promotional note urges farmers to raise small ponies for sale in city markets. It argues keeping ponies costs little for owners with other stock and promises immediate profit as children and neighbors seek the cute ponies.
The guide says an acre of red clover can support eight to ten hogs for three to four months and alfalfa can pasture twelve to twenty hogs for the same period. Do not pasture alfalfa so closely that mowing is unnecessary. limit hogs to allow one hay cutting during pasture season.
Frogs' legs, once met with disgust, now become a dietary staple with six million frogs killed annually in Minnesota. Northwestern frogs prized for delicacy. southern bullfrogs are larger but less sweet and tender.
The article explains profitable farming of mining mules in the middle west. It describes two classes surface and pit mules, sized to tunneling needs, weighing 600 to 1350 pounds and standing twelve to sixteen hands tall. Preferred ages are five to eight years with deep bodies and good feet.
Farmers overlook grain’s harm to fowls from long diets and the benefit of mixing concentrated grain with bulky succulent material for better results.
A short note explains three reasons a hen eats: to repair body tissues, to keep warm, and to produce eggs. It concludes that a varied and plentiful diet is necessary for her health and egg production.
A Mrs Harlow discussion about Western wives being sent East to husbands leads to a Missouri tale of courtship. The father recalls a hunting trip memory of a farm with multiple suitors, a crowded parlor, and a haystack night as courtin’ nights grow brisk in Missouri.
A kitchen tip explains making chocolate custard with two cups milk one ounce chocolate two eggs three tablespoons sugar a pinch salt and flavoring. Melt chocolate add milk boil boil eggs sugar and salt then milk, strain into cups set dish in hot water bake until a knife test comes out clean.
A rump of beef eight pounds at least is larded with salt pork and seasoned with allspice parsley and garlic. It is browned in beef suet then simmered in bone broth tomato sauce parsley onions and turnips until tender. The vegetables are pureed and plated under the meat with gravy poured atop.
The Commoner warns that dumplings fail when the mixture stands after blending or when water is not kept at a boil. It prescribes a flour and baking powder base with salt and butter, milk, rolling on a floured board, cutting shapes, steaming for fourteen minutes over simmering water, and serving with meat portions.
Cairo purchase by the sultan of Lahej includes a dynamo to generate light for his residence at Lahej. The sultan also bought a large supply of electric lamps wires and other fixtures for the installation.
At a Chicago banquet of the Michigan Society Congressman Kelley recalls a Minnesota town where Scandinavians dominate. He notes two Irish natives in town who served as mayor and police chief, illustrating perceived Irish influence in public life.
Bake large potatoes until done then scoop and press to pulp. Cook with butter sugar lemon rind and egg yolks, heat until creamy, spread, cool, cut rounds, dip in batter, fry until golden. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Cream one tablespoon flour and butter until smooth. Add one cup milk or stock and cook until blended. Season with salt and pepper if desired. For brown sauce, heat butter, stir in water to brown, then add gravy or stock and cook until thick.
A traditional steamed pudding combines beef suet flour salt cinnamon mace allspice and cloves with seeded raisins milk soda and molasses. Mix and steam four hours in a buttered mold then serve with a sauce or bard ence.
The village of Gotham in England inspired the name Gotham for New York. Legends call its inhabitants the wise men of Gotham for their supposed wisdom and simplicity. Washington Irving used the epithet in Salmagundi, and the nickname endures beyond its original meaning.
A critic faulting Wells's Marriage finds the hero confounded by a woman whose charm and caprice promise superiority while also revealing spiritual insight when needed, exposing a literary tension between desire and intellect.
A noted Oxford figure complains that today’s undergraduates are idle compared with earlier generations who hunted and fished. He says the current students “never shoots, they never goes a-fishing,” doing nothing but reading from morning till night.
An antiquary sues in Avignon to seize the door of the city of Alan he purchased. The sale was blocked by a prior contract, now contested, revealing an old agreement barring demolition of any part of the property. The case may affirm the antiquary’s possession.
A concise note quotes Goethe on taste and judgment, suggesting people favor mild or dull things due to unfamiliarity with true excellence. The line frames a critique of popular preference and the value of discerning quality over common appeal.
The government sets up a meteorological station in San Esteban Córdoba at a 4000 foot altitude to monitor mountain weather conditions.
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