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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
2
Barstow Printer describes Bombay as the capital of the Bombay presidency and western India’s principal seaport. The island city spans about 23 square miles with a population near 979,445, flanked by two ridges of low hills and home to the Walkeshwar temple on Malabar hill drawing pilgrims from across India.
A doctor recounts nineteen years of practice and a patient who asked whether to drop liniment into the eye before or after meals. The anecdote ends with the patient returning after leaving the surgery to pose the timing question.
The government appoints a woman as subinspectress in the department of public health in Porto, earning the city the distinction of having the only feminine health inspector in Portugal. A renowned woman scholar is named professor of Germanic philosophy at the Universities of Coimbra and Lisbon, filling the ordinary chair.
The article argues that removing part of a very large tonsil can help when it nearly fills the throat, while adenoids not obstructing breathing need not be removed. It states that neither colds prevention nor cure is aided by tonsil or adenoid operations.
The passage notes aging alters youthful skin, removing its softness and pliant glow. The delicate light and color in the skin fade, expressions grow stiff, and the soft mood shifts disappear, leaving a diminished grace as age progresses.
The piece extols lavender as a tonic for excited nerves and irritability. It recommends two or three teaspoonfuls of the tincture in hot water with lemon to create a restorative drink that restores calm and readiness for daily duties.
Uncle Remus author Joel Chandler Harris chats with an old-time reporter who asks about spelling graphic with one or two Fs. Harris responds gently that if using any adjective, go to the limit.
Gladstone, famed for his love of music, enjoyed the Christy minstrel performances in London years ago. Lord Malmesbury's diary notes his vivid delight, singing every verse with spirited enjoyment and favoring Camp Town Races.
Fishes trapped under winter ice in Siberian rivers stay alive and revive when the ice thaws. The article notes that months of freezing do not kill the fish and they resume activity as spring returns.
Anns Garlin Spencer notes the shift from private wells to a public reservoir demands ongoing vigilance to ensure safe water supply. The aphorism underscores enduring public responsibility and safeguards in water systems.
An Electrical News feature explains that twelve billion horsepower equals the output of 7,500 central stations, with total U S power including private producers likely doubling that figure. It offers dramatic comparisons like 5 million locomotives or 342,857 liners to convey scale and cites Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler on census classification limits for electrical industry data.
A young woman discusses living with relatives, praising personal space and mutual respect. She says harmony comes from mindsignaling and not nagging, valuing independence and shared routines while avoiding constant scrutiny.
The text asserts that a child's original nature is constant and uncorrupted. It argues that adults corrupt the child's purity with false examples, causing inconstancy and unreliability in the child, reflecting Harriet Beecher Stowe's perspective.
Mrs Futterby remarks on the visiting committee of the social workers society while Mrs Hunter-Fadde says she is willing to make the sacrifice for a good cause. She sends her maid with her cards on every visiting day as the judge notes.
A wife vows to spend her birthday money on framed portraits of her first three husbands as a reminder of her husband John’s generosity. The line is delivered tenderly in a domestic scene. The tone is light and ironic, highlighting social norms and marital dynamics.
The article traces Fusarium as a field trouble in potatoes, describing early green foliage, wilting, and yellowing leaves as infection progresses. It notes uneven stands, stunted growth, and rotted roots in affected hills, and urges longer crop rotations of at least five to six years to remove the parasite from soil.
The text explains moisture buildup from drying rotting tubers in storage. Excess moisture allows bacteria and decay fungi to enter infected tubers, causing soft rots mainly due to Fusarium. Under average cellar conditions, losses from dry rot and complications are estimated at one to five percent.
The article suggests feeding methods for horses in summer. Grinding corn is inefficient unless teeth are poor. Ear or shelled corn is preferred over ground grain and cobmeal. A mix of corn, bran and a touch of oilmeal forms a good diet. For a 1000 pound horse ten pounds of corn and three pounds of bran daily equals about fourteen pounds of oats, with more carbs and less protein. a small amount of oilmeal helps offset this.
A humorous note describes using a cart wheel as a makeshift chicken roost. By inserting or bolting the axle to a post, a portable wheel roost can be planted in the ground for easy cleaning and catching birds on the opposite side by turning the wheel.
The text explains that soil fertility fades not from depletion of nutrients but from exhausted forces that liberate them. It cites about 150 million bacteria per acre in typical soil that require humus as food. Farmers are advised to grow legumes and cover crops to produce humus and stimulate beneficial soil bacteria to release nutrients for plants.
A Fruit Grower columnist advises sprinkling salt on the heart of cabbage plants after transplanting. The salt dissolves with rain and should be renewed until cabbage worms are no longer a threat. Treated cabbages reportedly grow larger and avoid wormhole honeycombing.
Practical tips cover crop rotation shading radishes early sowing smooth peas Alaska variety and clover seed use. Advice on drills silo profits cabbages after beans and alfalfa with hogs. Planting timing for sweet peas radishes cucumbers onions beets spinach lettuce parsley and carrots. care to avoid potato scab and dry soil. Calf raising dairy herd economics and cabbage worm control included.
A simple batter combines cornmeal salt buttermilk and an egg with soda dissolved in water. Bake in a hot spider until just cooked about one inch thick. Serve hot with butter or molasses and cut into wedges like a pie.
A note from the Indianapolis Star describes melting paraffin in an old coffee pot to pour wax over jelly neatly, avoiding spills on tables or trays. The tip emphasizes ease of use and cleanliness in jelly preparation.
A woman lectures a tramp on work as a social example. The tramp retorts that his one hard effort led to a man’s death from nervous prostration, highlighting social pressure and austerity era attitudes toward labor and responsibility.
Harper's Weekly notes a sponge substitute made by treating wood pulp with zinc chloride to form a viscous mass. Salt is added, the mixture is rinsed with alcohol and compressed to produce a fair imitation sponge.
The London Spectator notes that a female red deer is called a hind and a young red deer is a calf not a fawn. It flags that such terminology can shock sensitive ears.
A speaker suggests a music box as the preferred item to provide immediate, controllable sound rather than a canary that fails or dies early. The exchange frames a preference for reliability and tuneful output over a live vocal pet.
A haughty saleslady asks if anyone is waiting and a shopper replies that her husband waited outside but has left, saying he has grown disgusted and gone home, in a brief exchange cited by Catholic Standard and Times.
First Surgeon questions whether Jones recovered from the operation. The second surgeon recalls the jury awarding him $50.
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