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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
6
Four boys from a country school built simple experiments to test soil properties. Using lamp chimneys and pans they compared water flow, absorption, and drainage for humus clay loam and sand. They also tested temperature effects and neutral versus acidic soils with litmus and common substances, concluding action lessons outweighed reading.
A Victorian era hobby piece describes making tiny cedar boats with magnetized sewing needles as keels. Cut narrow boat shapes, point the bow, place a needle as keel, seal with hot paraffin, then float in water to watch the magnetized boats move mysteriously when a magnet is brought near.
A compact set of old time riddles with punny answers. It features a steam engine anomaly, a five letter word riddle, a tall fly joke, a false friend quip, and a divinity student versus merchant pun about prophets and profits.
Mrs Emberson seeks a vacation from endless housework and bread making. She travels to Kansas to rest, but returns to find her sister Laura’s household relies on her bread, prompting a humorous realization the change was in bread boards not the duties.
A Newark News quips about tipping habits in upscale barber shops. A reader contrasts a barbers intelligent talk and honor with the custom of tipping, noting a barber who accepts a dime without flinching. The piece satirizes social status and gratuities in fashionable venues.
Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati shared a macabre humor anecdote about Horace Annesley during the Economic Club dinner in New York. He recounted Horace’s joke about being told by a surgeon he has an incurable disease with one year to live, delivered with ghastly laughter.
A Philadelphia North American item reports David Glover near Haneyville buying two Angora goats to guard his flock from panthers and other predators. The goats, described as fierce enough to deter prey, inspire other local sheep raisers to watch the experiment as wild ranges host bears and cats. Also included is a short Epictetus quote on laziness and reasoning.
A Times correspondent recounts a perilous journey by boat from Para into the Amazon forest toward the Rio Negro. He describes insect swarms, motuca bites, dense canopies, sleeping under nets, and the eerie forest sounds that haunt travelers along black and white waters.
A wartime era voice argues that women cannot fight while another reply challenges the claim, asserting women will prove capable if given the vote. The exchange reflects debates on suffrage and military roles in the period.
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