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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
2
W J Evans, editor and manager notes that few clocks keep perfect time due to atmospheric and magnetic factors. He observes that adjusting a clock by small amounts can cause it to run fast or slow, and that moving past certain hours often starts the watch misbehaving.
A small preacher swapped pulpits with a towering pastor. The high pulpit was reached by a winding stair as the diminutive speaker slowly ascended. The crowd saw only a bald head and eyes as the preacher began in a high squeaking voice.
In a late scene a venerable ex senator lingers with young people as the daughter proposes a close call of the house. Those not entitled to speak should retire while she and Charlie discuss a personal privilege question.
The recipe guides a simple chowder: fry a bit of butter or bacon, add one onion and one green pepper and brown slowly. Transfer to a saucepan with corn and tomato, each in a small can, and cook slowly for twenty minutes. Serve hot with toasted bread croutons.
Beat yolks and whites of three eggs separately and stiff. Add one cup flour and one cup milk. Lightly mix and fry very thin cakes. Put jelly in center and roll into long narrow omelets. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
The article advises cleaning copper cookware with soda hot water and soap for inside and outside. It warns vinegar on the tin lining may cause damage and suggests polishing the exterior with a rag dipped in vinegar.
Beat three egg whites stiff then fold in two thirds cup sugar one teaspoon vanilla and a pinch nutmeg. Stir in one pint thin cream. Fill one crust like custard and bake thirty minutes in a hot oven.
Instructions describe treating matting by sprinkling with wet newspaper bits to sweep along the weave without crossing it. Then wash the fiber with strong salt solution or skim milk, rinse in warm water, and dry quickly with a coarse cloth.
The article traces modern games to their roots in eastern nations for tennis and to ancient northern origins for bat and ball games. Ring games and target throwing trace back to forest peoples where spears were common weapons, all converging from early human experiences shaping culture and survival.
A concise moral note defining a gentleman as kind, quiet, polite, helpful, attentive to others, free of anger and boastfulness, respectful to the strong and weak, and fair to all. It notes the rarity of such self observation, claiming few men see it in a mirror.
In a terse exchange from Fliegende Blaetter the guest claims having eaten many a better stew, while the enraged landlord retorts that such a remark has no place in this house. The snippet captures sharp domestic tension and a boast turned rebuttal.
Private William McDermott known as Lucky Bill fools an army surgeon by claiming a stiff leg hinders him. The doctor declares his wound healed and admits he can still work. McDermott later jokes about dancing with a stiff leg and uses a touch system line for a typewriter to the friends.
A Kansas Industrialist column urges patrons to mind manners in libraries. It notes overdue fines reflect personal carelessness not a bribe to librarians and warns against chewing gum near the delivery desk. Patrons should be courteous to ensure librarians assist borrowers effectively.
Amateur Burmese legal professionals presented Pericles in Mandalay Burma with a China scene adaptation by district judge Maung Tin. The favorable financial reception encourages future productions with scenes shifted to suit promoter imagination.
A large sand amphitheater at Parran Round in Cornwall could seat over 2000 spectators and testifies to early British dramatic art. Open-air stages produced medieval plays and later faded, with sands possibly burying multiple examples along the Cornish coast.
A sharp exchange reveals an unpublished piece drew sharp attention, with neighbors in four adjacent flats kept awake during its drafting on a typewriter. The dialogue highlights curiosity about publication status and the public reaction it provoked.
Boss asks for Jones location. Fellow clerk notes Jones took days off to rest after vacation. Judge records the exchange as a brief office moment.
In a courtroom style exchange Madge questions seeking medical advice while Marjorie laments a doctor’s directions. The judge notes the humor in human nature as the characters debate following professional guidance.
They joke that space at the top is scarce as riders humor the crowded trolley. The quip touches city transit life and the challenges of crowds and limited seating. A light social moment captures daily commute realities.
The cabbage crop remains a key food source in Western and Southern Europe and the United States markets. Disease resistant cabbage strains are being pursued to combat fungus threats, with sauerkraut factories driving demand and fostering contract farming, though yield and quality vary.
An Ohio alfalfa grower finds afternoon mowing reduces moisture loss in heavy hay compared with cutting in the morning. He starts the mower around noon and often rakes the next morning after dew. Late-season crops show more favorable curing conditions under this plan.
The guide explains sowing in rich soil in early spring with seeds three inches apart in rows two and a half feet apart and one inch deep. One-year-old plants are preferred to reduce transplant shock, and these seeds will yield plants ready for permanent planting the next spring.
Prof. L. R. Jones of Wisconsin reports that commercial fertilizers and soil disinfectants fail to prevent soil born disease. He notes strong gains from selecting resistant heads in 1910 11 and using home grown seed in 1912 13 yielding up to 93 percent properly matured heads. This shows the promise of seed from resistant strains.
A local exhortation extols sweet clover as a versatile weed that can be cut into hay. It relishes stock, improves rations with variety, and enriches poor soil as a nitrogen gatherer when lime is adequate. Farmers urged to harvest it this season for practical use.
Elmer E. Waite of Mystic Conn describes a simple beekeeping aid called the super-rest. The upper drawing shows a sawhorse style stand and the lower one a box that holds a smoker and tools. The holder ends should be about sixteen inches apart to support supers near the hive and prevent bee crushes or tipping.
The plan is to choose the best developed plants with large buds once older plants are ready. Inferior specimens will be discarded to ensure a high quality cutting bed.
Make Up of Thoroughbred describes what constitutes a sound horse with proper feet and legs, straight limbs under the body, a well poised head, good facial expression, symmetric shoulders ribs and thighs, and a quality coat.
Liquid manure helps revive a flagging garden in drought. A cheesecloth bag filled with fresh manure is suspended in a tub of water to create the nutrient tea.
A brief inquiry notes cut worms preferentially attack vegetables while avoiding pusley and red root. The piece explores possible feeding preferences and hints at underlying plant cues guiding larval behavior.
An article argues training country children to grow more corn and apply farm skills in math, reading, and writing improves lifelong education. It suggests germination tests, livestock rations, poultry records, home garments, and cooking arts, with the schoolhouse serving as a community hub for socials and events.
The article notes perfumes were common in the ancient world, with aloes as a staple aroma in solid form and wood. It adds saffron was highly popular with Romans and remained favored in England until the 16th century, though modern views deem aloes disagreeable.
Linnaeus described perceiving God in the unfolding blossom as he bowed his head in worship. The remark frames nature as a divine revelation, linking scientific curiosity with reverent awe at creation.
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