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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
2
A publisher notes authenticated palmistry claims while recounting cases from London. Tales include a refined woman told of a bright future and a skeptic who admitted surprising accuracy after a palm reading. The pieces stress surprising foresight and exact life details.
A Philadelphia commentator recalls a Marine Corps entrance exam joke about Euclid and geometry. A student claimed the board uncovered ancient Elements, noting seven lost books and two millennia of unseen theorems unearthed by the latest questions.
A pensive meditation on childhood as a source of goodness and restraint in human nature. It contrasts earthly love with the necessity of family bonds to temper passions, noting angels lack birth and death and live in a heavenly life.
A French mathematician explains the enormity of molecular counting by noting that counting the molecules in a cubic millimeter of hydrogen gas at one billionth of a second per number would take over 1,000 years.
Critics say the performance lacks emotion as a husband abandons the wife. The actress responds with quips about her own past marriages, claiming experience informs her acting in such scenes.
A simple hammock setup for campers uses canvas or muslin and 765 feet of sash cord. Two trees or poles anchor the rope, which is wound around to create parallel cords. The cloth is laid on the ground, then folded over the cords to form the hammock with the inner side up.
The article describes making a quick stretcher by overlapping cloth hammock edges and tying ropes to slope support lines. Two wooden sticks space the rope ends, a pillow is placed at one end, and the bed is hung with a second rope two feet above the first. A canvas sheet covers the setup and is weighted to ground with cords at the corners.
A reader submits a pair of tongue twisters. The first praises a typewriter and its work on the machine, phrased as a loop of typewriter actions. The second twists Betty Botter’s butter consumption into a rapid-fire sequence highlighting better butter.
A game warden inspecting a boy’s fishing line finds catfish perch and suckers on the string. A large black bass is tied to a stone a few feet downstream. The boy admits the bass has been taking his bait all morning and he kept it tied while he finishes fishing.
A brief dialogue centers on obedience and consequences as a teacher and boy discuss a lamb in a fold. The boy admits that obedience might have spared them from eating, while the teacher questions how virtue yields reward in the moral tale.
Henry Dwight Sedgwick notes that Bologna’s students governed the university, forcing professors to take an oath of obedience. The vast body of 10 000 students, aged sixteen to forty, met in general assemblies and appointed guild rectors who held civil and professor jurisdiction. Lectures occurred in homes or rented spaces, with five to six year courses and funding split between students and the city.
A reflection on how grownups lose the vivid, concrete language of children. The piece laments phrases that reveal thoughts as vague abstractions and longs to recover the plain nouns that describe people and things, to better portray motion and emotion in the wider world.
Norton of a large shipping firm recalls Rome as inexhaustible at a dinner. A joke about a pope audience follows a black dressed lady and two travelers, with the pope quipping that the American has not yet begun to see Rome after three months.
An article by Walter B. Leutz promotes concrete silos as safer and more economical over time. It argues durable, sanitary structures with government-tested fodder preservation and notes comparable initial costs when farmers supply materials and labor.
Concrete troughs offer lower outlay than lumber and require modest cement. Farmers gain insurance safety and comfort as they advance with concrete construction, making it an important consideration for experiments in durable cattle housing and feeding facilities.
A state agricultural college offers short courses to modernize farming. Programs run mornings, afternoons, and evenings, covering soil fertility, farm management, crops, poultry, dairying, animal husbandry, horticulture, insect study, and plant diseases. Reading and work aim to increase a farmer’s earning capacity.
Instructions warn against feeding in filth and urge placing feed in troughs only if edible. Remove leftovers to keep ducks in good appetite. Note ducks lack a crop like chickens so use soft foods for proper digestion.
The passage argues that poor seed results reflect farmer negligence rather than seed quality. It asserts the farmer can ensure seed reliability by giving proper attention to cultivation and care.
A versatile tool for forest fires in California combines rake, spade, and hoe in a compact design. It is portable enough for horseback use and weighs under five percent of a hundred pounds, aiding crews in rugged terrain and quick response.
Ducks kept on land must receive fresh water three times daily. The directive stresses regular hydration to maintain health and well being of poultry on dry housing.
In a brief editorial note the article argues that success in dairy farming rests on the intelligence and business skill of the farmer, not just the cows. It emphasizes managerial effort, planning, and practical knowhow as keys to improved yields and profits.
Experts estimate total water power available in U.S. streams ranges from 81 040 000 to 118 8h power units. The figures reflect vast hydropower potential across the nation.
A fragment describes making sardine sandwiches by mincing sardines with lemon juice and spreading between buttered bread. It oddly references Dr. Peery's Vermifuge and mentions worms being expelled promptly, appearing as a strange historical remedy note.
In Suffolk's Iken, the church houses a possibly rare alme dish with a bell metal fragment saved from York Minster's fire. An accompanying ad promotes Knowlton's Dandeline hair product, claiming it softens hair, cures dandruff, and doubles beauty after one use.
A humorous exchange on choosing a baby name shows both families naming two members on a committee. They plan a third name by agreement of all three, highlighting family involvement in the decision. An advertisement promotes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and cathartic remedy for constipation.
In a humorous Harper's Weekly vignette, Jinks pleads against a ten dollar overspeeding fine arguing road conditions. The judge retorts that the mud is to blame, delivering a dry southern-voiced remark about the road as a hindrance to speed.
A playful line centers on a child’s remark about a hand painted fan and a fence joke. The exchange shows humor in a family moment with a child’s clever twist on gifts and their surroundings.
Metallurgists steel makers and rail users acknowledge that the ingot is the original seat of defects causing broken rails. The finding links ingot quality to rail safety and demands tighter control of ingot production to prevent failures.
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