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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
3
R B Buckham argues people should embrace country living to enjoy nature and farming. He cites city dwellers failing to appreciate seasons and trees, urges renewing alliance with nature, referencing Thoreau and the Danish as examples of happiness through farming and fruit growing.
English walnut trees do not require special soil but avoid wet low spots. Space 40 to 50 feet apart. cultivate with corn or potatoes and fillers for income before bearing. Prune between fall and spring to clear growth. keep soil around trunks mulched and spaded three feet. apply manure after year one. Avoid cultivation after August to slow wood growth.
A San Francisco Chronicle reprint recounts a Spanish gunboat incident near Jolo. Moros allegedly went juramatado during a camp meeting, a sultan complains, and the gunboat pesters with bombardment to provoke a response. The governor notes the navy cannot interfere with a religion.
The piece criticizes traditional Egyptian customs that harm female progress, noting mass family life is rare and wives are treated as chattels. It contrasts widespread superstition with the rising push for political equality among intelligent women and anticipates a strong suffrage association in Egypt.
Dr John W Wainwright argues modern man is taller healthier and better housed than in past. average lifespan up by six to seven years over the last century. He notes stress brings nervous complaints and digestive and heart issues yet contemporary men show outward calm and poise in affairs.
A tale of a scientist who pursued a butterfly around the globe for twelve months. The pursuit culminates with a proposal in Egypt, where a marriage proposal is accepted. The narrative blends travel, science, and romance in a single yearlong chase.
A playful dialogue reveals a girl engaged to a poet and describes affection as mutual idol worship. She jokes that his love is an idol and that her fiancé is idle, while her father weighs in on the situation with light commentary.
Dialogue shows Nell lamenting a small diamond in the engagement ring from George while noting his growing meanness about the gift. The exchange suggests strain in the relationship over expectations and spending.
A dialogue shows a patient acknowledging a doctor's unpaid bill. The patient Ward appeases the physician by insisting the debt should be settled, while the doctor recalls a promise of repayment. The exchange centers on trust and obligation.
A Sen egal tailor offers his daughter to the faster craftsman. The daughter secretly guides the outcome by giving the longer needlefuls to the rival she dislikes, while the one she loves gets shorter runs. Her cunning wins her choice. the tale credits a woman's wit in selecting a husband. The story appears in Alice Bunner's Twice Told Fairy Tales as cited by the Atlanta Journal.
At a New York dinner Prof Henri Bergson discussed love with his renowned European fame. He recounted a fable where cynicism predicts aging and change, while Love replies it will not be present to witness the future.
A Home Progress Magazine piece argues the best families assign definite duties to each child not as drudgery but as a contribution to family comfort. It stresses inner attitude matters more than task specifics and highlights a mother’s role in shaping that perspective.
The dialogue features a poor playwright telling Walter Jordan he is not a business man yet praising his collaborator's business faculty. Jordan counters that the collaborator errs by not pursuing business, highlighting a clash between artistic impulse and commercial acumen.
A collection of household hacks including slicing citron with warm water, drying tools with hooks above a table, removing ink with cornstarch and buttermilk, releasing bread with steam, and using potato water in place of milk for griddle cakes to save on milk.
A quick fruit surprise dessert is made by pulping canned peaches pears or plums with liquor to make a quart. Add sugar water and egg whites then freeze. Serve after it firms. Variations include oranges bananas dates figs and apple sauce as a base.
Choose large peppers wash clean cut tops and remove seeds. Prepare filling from finely chopped cabbage onions pepper seed salt and chopped celery or celery seed. Pack peppers press tops replace and cover with hot vinegar to use later. Mix vinegar sugar and spices to taste and store in cool place without sealing.
The guide recommends rinsing white satin collars with ether rather than sponging spots. Use a small bowl to hold ether and cleanse half the collar at a time until the fabric looks perfectly white. Ten cents’ worth of ether cleans the collar many times.
A simple salad using canned tomatoes and leftover chicken. Simmer tomatoes with onion parsley bay leaf salt cayenne and black pepper, strain, melt gelatin, mix with diced chicken, mold, chill. Serve on lettuce with mayonnaise for a cold savory dish.
A recipe instructs whipping rich cream until thick then folding in dark grape jelly. The mixture is frozen for ten to fifteen minutes, yielding a pretty mauve color and delicious dessert.
A vintage style recipe describes combining juice and grated rind from two lemons with four egg yolks and one egg white beaten with seven tablespoons sugar and a tablespoon melted butter to create a lemon dessert base.
A Rehoboth Herald essay extols loafing as a beneficial restraint on hurry. It argues loafing must be learned, not merely avoided work, offering mental calm and physical ease. Proper loafing renews spirit, delays time, and can refresh even amid busy life.
A courtroom-style exchange unfolds as officers tease a joke about car shows and ownership. The conversation features Smith and Jones debating interest in autos and dodging traffic, ending with a dry quip attributed to a judge about looking at cars one need not dodge.
Judge comments on a family gift involving a house and lot given to the daughter and son in law Speed er Brumley with an agreement to cover their business needs. The exchange is noted as a liberal provision in the context of the couple's marriage and the first year of their venture.
A brief dialogue shows a sponger asking for a half-dollar, receiving a counterfeit coin from Smart who explains why it is fake and can be identified. The exchange reflects caution and detection skills in a quick newspaper-style note.
A witty exchange notes a famous British doctor crossing the Atlantic to lecture on vertigo. The pun hints at the theme of dizziness and the certainty of a notable medical voice delivering talks abroad.
The New York Sun reports Becker Levy endorses a tax on the introduction of fool bills as a straightforward way for the state to raise money. The idea targets insecure financial instruments and aims to curb frivolous legal tender.
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