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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
2
A sociologist argues practical reforms in education and society can be aided by corn muffins. He cites a Kentucky teacher who improved children’s cleanliness and parental cooking, suggesting a shift to a corn muffin mindset is needed for reform and social uplift.
The greatest thing parents can do for children is to teach concentration of mind as soon as intelligence buds. The mind of a child develops long before school days. Proper education begins at the cradle and, if pursued, mental force of mankind could quadruple in a generation.
The piece recounts old beliefs about famous figures and quests. It links the death of Emperor Maximus to ominous dog howls and recalls Ponce de Leon seeking perpetual youth in Florida. It notes Brazilian belief in Don Sebastian’s return to claim a crown amid windy-night sky watchings.
The wild rice of northern United States lakes and southern Canada has a long black grain and differs from ordinary rice. Favored by waterfowl, it can fetch two to three times the price of common rice and is regarded as the most nutritious grain grown in North America.
Brazil yielded the world’s largest black diamond weighing 3,078 karats found near Lama marsh in Lencoes Bahia by garim perior Sergio Borges de Carvalho. He sold the gem to agent Jose Bezerra de Cerqueira for 190000 francs about $47500.
A reflection on courage beyond heroism stressing honesty restraint truthfulness and living authentically within one’s means. It notes everyday courage to resist temptation speak truth and avoid pretension, urging true self.
If funds are tight and a wedding present is needed, create a memory book covering blank books with satin or silk bindings. Inside, index titles such as books, business, addresses, Christmas lists, garden lists, invitations, and new dishes. Add a companion book with own fried recipes from friends.
A Jersey town store sign advertised charging purchases. A stranger with limited funds asked to charge more than batteries and received a curt response. The exchange concluded with a deadpan remark from a judge about the situation.
The Christian Register argues true religion tests by sacrifice. Self-denial should serve noble ends and the welfare of others, not personal indulgence, as temples of the past were built through individual sacrifice.
At Sharp Mill in New Bedford 650 workers idled after a macaw mascot named Jimmie flew into the belt area among ropes and pulleys. He was hurled to the floor but survived, prompting a warning to never again attempt the risky perch. The bird, owned by Mr. Sharp, resumed duties after the incident, with the mill continuing to spin.
BESSIE L. PUTNAM argues frequent soil stirring and wheel hoes improve yields and reduce labor. She notes hand labor dominates market gardens with weeds and wasted ground. Using wheel tools cuts time, saves energy, and boosts efficiency in farming amid competition.
An English traveler in Trincomalee attends a dinner with a dockyard official. The host’s wife quietly orders milk on a deer skin near her hair, signaling a hidden cobra. The milk triggers the snake to appear and it is killed. the hostess faints on the floor after the danger passes.
The town of Ocos Guatemala loses its four year light supply as the local electric plant heads out. Four years earlier a wrecked steamer near Ocos was salvaged and wired for power by a Guatemalan entrepreneur. A Philadelphia salvage firm refloated the vessel and the era of oil lamps in Ocos is returning.
The article argues that sheep play a key role in reviving fertility in grain growing regions worn out by years of harvests. It emphasizes grazing, soil improvement, and long term benefits for agricultural productivity.
To secure high fertility in eggs for hatching, the stock must be properly bred, reared, housed, fed and mated.
A farmer describes crafting a small eight inch high bird-house with a slanted roof and southeast facing round entrance of two inches. He details materials from dull boards and tree limbs, placing boxes in an apple tree ten feet high. Birds nested quickly, six houses now in use with others pending, plus eighteen barn swallow nests noted last year.
William F. Benson of Brockton, Mass., describes a coil spring tongue holder for boy’s wagons. The spring keeps the tongue vertical when not pulling and is just strong enough to hold it yet allows easy use when drawing. One screweye attaches the spring to the tongue and another to the front axle.
A collection of quick wordplay and riddle jokes including lines about a tailor who fits customers badly and well, a comb never eating, E at life’s end, a cotton dress in print, thyme injuring beauty, a man in bed with the letter B, a tireless carriage wheel, sailors in shrouds, breaking fast in bed, sending milk to Cowes, and sarcasm widening gaps between friends.
The article emphasizes that pure air, clean water, and clean food are essential to poultry health. It states that a fowl’s resistance to disease hinges on these factors and thorough cleanliness.
The Essex squire buried in a farm wagon drawn by a farm wagon team preserves a medieval custom reflecting the old bond between landowner and tenants. The wagon is not a funeral cart. the wagoner wears crepe on his whip and a black armlet on his smock, with no other mourning.
A farmer asserts that feeding 400 lambs to finish between fall and spring is easier than feeding milking and cleaning up after ten dairy cows. The remark highlights labor efficiency of sheep farming versus dairy cattle.
After two weeks old pigs may be moved to a separate lot where they can be fed without interference from sows. The setup aims to reduce stress and improve growth as the pigs transition to independent feeding.
The passage emphasizes proper shelter for young lambs noting that wet feet and soggy fleece hinder growth. It warns inexperienced feeders to provide dry, clean shelter to ensure healthy gains and prevent illness.
The article explains using a pillow to dampen train carriage jolt while writing. The pad of paper and the writing hand rest on the pillow whether held or table-mounted. The pillow smooths motion, allowing legible writing on a fast moving train.
The exchange recalls Adam's imagined return to earth and his reaction to modern life versus Edenic ways. A companion notes the paradox of nostalgia, joking that even Adam would not last long before critiquing present methods.
When Zabor is cheap the trolley invasion of Bombay included natives armed with grubbing hoes performing excavation and carrying dirt away in bowls.
Quote attributed to Horace notes that those who seek much are always in need, reflecting a timeless meditation on desire and sufficiency.
A brief item notes that only a small number of girls can wear a particular wrapper with a regal, poised appearance.
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