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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
3
A Parker Post ad copy recounts a saloon proprietors prayer during Arizona prohibition campaign critiquing women reformers in Yuma. The prayer mocks temperance advocates, condemns their appearance and motives, and pleads divine mercy on the women while praising wine.
Poem by Robert J. Burdette about missing a loved one after she went home. Reflects winter quiet, fading sounds, and grief across empty rooms and long days.
H A Bittenden of the Iowa Station urges vitality as essential in poultry breeding stock to reduce losses. He lists strong marks such as a short broad head, bright eye, fiery red comb, compact body, deep breast, and properly developed keel, noting square stance and broad toe nails as signs of activity.
Guam hosts an experimental station report noting natives are hesitant to invest in new farm equipment. Goat breeding and Ayrshire cattle are introduced to boost stock. A mandamus action seeks salary increases for Orange county justices. Mathew Schmidt, convicted of the Times building dynamite murder, gets life at San Quentin. Five of nineteen Americans killed in the Santa Isabel massacre were Los Angeles residents.
A navy broadcloth coat fastened with novelty buttons, belted in a tier and lined with heavy taffeta for winter wear. It features a jaunty turban with an osprey feather background, presenting a serviceable and stylish outfit for cold weather.
This column urges every mother to keep a small first aid box with essentials. Antiseptics linseed oil lime water boracic acid and turpentine help prevent infection. Include castor oil milk of magnesia peppermint ammonia bicarbonate of soda and epsom salts for common child ailments and fevers.
A curious tropical fish Protopterus annectens hibernates in mud during dry seasons, building a mucus lined nest and subsisting on stored fat for nearly six months. A club sandwich recipe follows with lettuce, bacon, chicken and mayonnaise between toasted bread slices.
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