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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
3
The article explains how the eye exaggerates the upper part of objects and underestimates the lower, causing letters to look top heavy. It gives B as example, noting upper bow must be adjusted to compensate for the eye’s distortion in design.
An $8 Ss optical illusion demonstrates that upper parts appear smaller when right side up and top heavy when upside down. Turning the page reverses which form looks correct, illustrating how perception alters with orientation. Designers should heed this for eye pleasing proportions even if not mathematically regular.
The article describes bright eyed Cuban children who eat bananas daily and enjoy banana biscuits made from dried banana flour, baked green bananas, and banana sprouts. It notes extensive uses of the banana tree including leaves for dye, fibers for cloth, and trunks for building, and explains how new shoots grow after harvests while fruit is shipped to the United States and other countries.
An illustration shows a glove designed for either hand. It features two thumbs each with an outside pocket to tuck away when not in use. The drawing depicts the glove worn on the left hand.
A playful exchange finds Little Joe scared by darkness as he fears he cannot locate the cake, while Mamma reassures him and questions the fear. The scene centers on a family moment about a missing birthday dessert and a hopeful celebration.
A writer in a dim house mishaps while finding his way to bed after a late night. He fumbles past furniture and a toppled plant as his wife’s sister alerts the household. A light reveals no intruder and the family jokes about a cat.
The article discusses Roman matron status under Ferrero, noting sovereign home equality yet uncertain futures. It explains how political forces could force or ease exit from marriage, with aristocratic women shifting husbands multiple times for family political ends.
A terse exchange recalls a surgeon who opened a windpipe and removed a chicken bone fragment for 75 cents, prompting a sharp remark about men who will cut a throat for that price and others who won’t.
State telegraphic communication is officially recognized as open between Caracas and Lima after exchanges between Venezuela’s post director and Frederico Luna y Peralta. The telegraph lines connect Colombia Ecuador Venezuela and Peru, with Peru planning ties to Bolivia and Chile now served by cable or state lines via southern railway lines.
A latecomer hands over a suspicious valise and asks for a bed tonight. The clerk insists on cash in advance and asks if the man is a crook. A local says a horse beater may also beat a hotel.
The London Mirror recounts weeks in a Turkish general’s son in law’s harem. Sixty slaves, haremlik and salamlik sections, and continuous meals. Women host lavish courtesies, baths of rose petals and heliotrope, and veiled marriages. Boys stay until twelve. girls wed young, often with four wives per man allowed, but most settle for one.
German reports claim Dr Bergins of Hanover has produced peat via an electric heating process. He uses a pressure resistant apparatus to heat cellulose and water to 240 C, then 350 C, forming peat in 24 hours. He estimates peat formation from prehistoric plants at 7 million years, aligning with geologists.
A British scientist suggests height could extend beyond current limits if weight pressure on the spine is removed. The Chicago Tribune notes bones grow until the fourth decade when not compressed, while organs and brain continue developing into the 40s.
A simple plan helps curb procrastination by listing household tasks in a notebook. Set aside a free afternoon, tackle as many items as possible, and mark them off as you finish each one. The growing list provides motivation and may inspire a continual “do it now” habit.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note explains saving asparagus stumps and boiling water to extract flavor. Simmer the softened stumps, combine with tip liquid, onion, flour, butter and cream to make a versatile soup. The piece links thrift in cooking to comfortable living.
Recipe instructs boiling cabbage with vinegar nearby, then layering minced cabbage with salt pepper butter crumbs and corned beef or ham. Alternate layers, pour the beef liquor, top with crumbs and grated cheese, bake covered then uncover to brown. Serve from the baking dish.
Layer water ice one inch, cover with vanilla ice cream, add one pint frozen fruit, then top with more ice cream and lid. Bind, pack, refrigerate two to three hours, then unmold with warm towel and serve dusted with macaroon dust.
A simple method for cooking red cabbage cut into thin strips. Simmer with two parts water to one part vinegar until tender, about one to two hours. Drain, then season with salt pepper and butter for serving.
The guide describes making fluffy pancakes by beating four eggs with salt and sugar, adding three cups of milk and flour to form a thick batter, then mixing in baking powder and baking immediately in large pancakes.
One pint of flour, two tablespoons lard, one tablespoon baking soda, half pint sour milk. Roll very thin and bake in a hot oven for four minutes. This compact instruction card records a simple tea biscuit method with basic ingredient amounts and a brief bake time.
The mole remains active through winter when soil is moist, expanding runways and repairing tunnels. Males push soil aside with great strength, digging when ground is hard, and feed on grubs and earthworms, helping control pests to save grasses and crops.
A cold frame is built with 2x2 stakes set three feet apart in two rows six feet apart. Install 8 and 12 inch wide boards on the south and north row insides, level tops, and extend end boards 2 inches above side boards to slope. Use 1x4 strips 5 feet 10 inches long across the bed every 3 feet, spread rotted manure inside, spade and pulverize the earth deeply.
A farm guidance note urges careful today’s work to avoid repeating tasks tomorrow. It emphasizes completing tasks properly while progress continues.
The piece argues against constant spending on artificial insect destruction and urges farmers to study bird value as nature’s pest control. It cites Audubon sentiment and statistics but emphasizes farmer action to preserve and multiply birds for practical benefits.
Fall corn stalks left in the field reveal the farmer’s bounty and imply prosperity. Shredded fodder can make good bedding, and timely cutting would have yielded more feed for stock.
Sorghum seeds ground have been found to be worth about ten per cent less than corn for milk making purposes.
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