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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
7
A concise guide warns against dieting on friends advice and excessive restriction. It urges medical input, religiously following diet from diabetes or kidney trouble, weighing costs beyond vanity, and stopping if food intolerance appears. It cautions against overzealous physician guidance and stresses common sense and moderation.
A Washington report by immigrant inspector A. A. Seraphie depicts the padrone system in American shoeshine stands. Greek padrones control the labor, expel Italians and Black workers, operate high priced shops, and profit $100 to $500 per boy yearly while forcing tips to the padrone. Chicago serves as a central traffic hub evading immigration laws.
Mrs. W A Wilson formerly Anna Luce, now married to W A Wilson, returns to Wichita with her ex-husband A W Luce and their young spouse to form a three person family. Luce funds travel to Los Angeles for the initial marriage and helps legalize the union later in Newton. He wishes to keep them near and see them happy.
In Mercer County Justice Thomas Allen reports a jury verdict that the bargain should stand and costs be split after the jurors escaped from the courtroom. The slip showed the verdict favored dividing tests between litigants. The judge, finding the jury fleeing on a snowy hill, declared no such verdict should be rendered.
The Dyaks bury a deceased's property and often large sums of money or valuables with him. This practice can leave widows and children impoverished after a father loses his heirs. In some vanished American societies only the deceased's land remained for the widow and children.
A newspaper brief notes a first class laundry uses a rubber eraser to remove pencil marks from cuffs. The manager explains that old methods with soap water often left splotches, so the eraser now performs a preliminary dry scrub to clean the cuffs.
A brief juvenile note reports a boy named George O speaking proudly of a swap with a schoolmate. He traded his month organ for a spelling paper marked 100, celebrated by his mother as a clever exchange.
In Optimistic Vein. She was cheerful and always able to communicate her cheerfulness to others. During the nine years we spent in poverty and debt she was always able to reason me out of my despair and find a bright side to the clouds. She taught her children fortitude and never uttered regret about their circumstances.
A parent recalls teaching a three year old to dial a neighbor or doctor number. The child successfully called for help twice when illness struck and a burn required prompt aid, demonstrating early safety training.
The article states water used as an anaesthetic is no longer considered a valid method in major operations. It notes extensive use by operators that has led to substantial costs borne by the American public.
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