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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
7
Meredith argues for the value of French criticism for both praise and blame and praises its ironic, instructive style. He contrasts it with English criticism, which he says is limited to likes and dislikes and defends an old conservative taste.
A local housewife cheats her bank by altering check stubs and dates. Her husband, reviewing the account, discovers nine occasions where she added dates to checks and concealed real deposits with fictitious ones.
Algiers is described as having the largest European population in Africa with about 100,000 Europeans in Oran and Johannesburg following. The class is asked to locate the town Oran without using an atlas.
Pierre Loti advises dinner talk should be curbed with practical steps. The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests hiring hotel staff to add the issue to the menu alongside bread and butter as a preventive measure.
An old time remedy for painful swollen feet promises quick relief from smarting sweating and friction. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores with free sample offers and an address in Le Roy New York for inquiries.
An island in the Gulf of Mexico called Snails Island shows sands that alternate between purple and gold with the tides. When tides rise the gold sands gleam under sunlight, while ebb tides reveal purple sands dotted by tiny purple snails.
A Church of England bishop recalls a family debate with a strict Roman Catholic relative who argues heretics cannot reach heaven. The bishop asks why she doubts his salvation and she replies his ignorance would be his reason.
In Earl Stonham Suffolk villagers clash with school managers over appointing a woman as teacher. The appointed mistress has been told she is de trop, yet she is temporarily allowed to teach pending a conference with the educational committee.
J H Andre of Wisconsin explains a low cost method for wells where pipe driving or stone supply is limited. Build an 5 to 6 foot high stone wall arching to 15 18 inch stones, cap with a large flat stone with a central hole for a 6 inch pipe, place a 18 inch diameter 4 inch thick stone at the bottom, and use a concrete cone fitting an 8 inch sewer pipe. Begin with 8 inch pipe, tapering to 6 and then 1 4 inches as the well rises, with four feet of top pipe iron to resist breakage. Most dirt can be returned to the well, using a round stick in the pipe to keep it straight during refilling.
The Iowa Homestead describes a method to lift and reload a heavy hay rack without much effort. Use two 18 foot 2x6 boards as posts, place them four feet apart, and spike long pieces to form rails that slide the rack. Drive between rails to unload it and reverse to load.
Yonkers clergyman vows to return a man's watch lost on North Broadway three years ago after a church member’s conversion inspired him. The minister’s ad seeks the owner via over fifty magazines, three months, Seper word, A. S. Mankin & Co., Alexandria, Va.
A Boston judge holds a husband justified in resisting his wife’s attempt to search his pockets, noting a prior contrary ruling and leaving the question to higher courts and to the wives. Also an advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Cures a Cold in One Day and Cures Grip in Two Days by E. W. Grove signature.
In St. Louis, a woman flies the boat while W. A. Hulett minds the babies and handles chores after her recent examination clears her for the role. The couple faces a pilot license hurdle due to color blindness, with the wife actively guiding the craft. For sale ad notes 120 acres near Bella Vista California with 30 acres of cult, a five room house, barn, outbuildings, sheds, four acres of orchards and machinery listed by W. H. Gusha of Bella Vista California.
A recent experiment shows carrier pigeons can deliver messages from ships several hundred miles offshore. For sale: 140 acres in Fresno County California virgin tillable land, fenced, excellent location, below market value. T C Irwin Oleander CA R1 Box89.
A Viking skeleton was uncovered in a sand bank at Reay Caithness Scotland. Near it lay the ancient bridle of a war horse suggesting a warrior burial. An advertisement offers agent terms for Spark gas lighters and catalogues from A Mankin & Co Alexandria VA.
A compact page of small business notices including patent attorneys G E Harpham 698 Pacific Electric Building and E Hardesty 629 Higgins Building offering consultation by correspondence. Also stationery and school supplies sellers YokS bought and sold, a factory shoe repair shop 813 West Sixth Street Los Angeles, Mr Rancher low price implement house 205 207 N Los Angeles St, cancer cure claim by Rev Francis Schlatter 1480 N Myra Ave, and Pioneer Boiler and Machine Works foundry and machinery services at Palmetto and Carolina streets.
The advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars for their rich natural tobacco quality and full flavor. It positions the product as a straightforward, premium smoking choice.
Advertisement notes that China has no typewriters for its script while praising Red Cross Ball Blue as a blue laundry product sold worldwide. The quirky copy suggests a language barrier for typewriters and contrasts it with universal laundry blue.
Thirty cats kept by Paris customs to destroy rats disappeared in recent nights. It is believed they were killed for their pelts amid a spike in fur skin prices used in fashionable fur manufacturing.
Druggist backs PAZO OINTMENT promising cure for Itching Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days with refund if not. Advert shows price 50 cents and emphasizes quick relief and money back guarantee.
Growing Turnipe turnips are easily grown and often command paying prices. They do well in any rich garden soil. Avoid sowing too thickly. It is advantageous to sow in rows so the plants can be cultivated.
An art exhibition in St Petersburg presents a 36 plate porcelain set valued at 36,000 rubles. Each hand colored plate is priced at 1,000 rubles, making the full service the world’s costliest. The owner is Count Oroloff Dadivoff.
Sorghum makes very good silage and broom corn yields about 1,270,000 dollars annually. Soy beans are a coming crop. soil preparation for soy should match corn. Alfalfa fields and silos mark progress, celery can be earthing up, and rye silage should be cut in seed milk.
For sale at a bargain an elegant 10-room home with 50 by 150-foot lot on a prominent residence avenue opposite Arbor Villa near San Francisco. An adjoining 50 by 150-foot lot also available. For details write to owner W. W. Madge Milk River Alta Canada.
A compact era ad promotes silence as a virtue in conversation and markets a nationwide job offer. It urges readers to write Bell Craft Co. in Hilton, New York for free particulars about quick money in spare time.
A reflective quotation from Prof Harris Bickford notes that youth remains present in the aging great, describing how the first elixir of life endures as one grows older. The remark frames youth as a lasting influence on legacy and character.
After Harvard researchers crack the Sphinx riddle attention shifts to Yale scholars who investigate why a woman steps off a moving streetcar backward. The item notes a clever puzzle and academic inquiry.
A recipe describes beating a batter with four tablespoons of flour one pint of milk and one egg for sausages boiled in water after removing skins. The batter is poured over the sausages in a baking dish and baked until brown. The ad notes Mothers Wyne Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy.
The text describes how Native Americans treated a bear blocking their path with polite speech. It claims that bear talk acknowledged brotherhood and praised the bear’s nobility, requesting passage. The bear supposedly allowed safe passage due to its gentle nature and the approach of respectful words.
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