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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
2
A London Mail note quotes observers from the Royal Anthropological Institute on red hair in women. They say Titan-tinted hair is rare in young and old, with redheads often marrying quickly and red hair arising mainly when both parents carry the trait. The piece reflects curiosity about the disappearing trait.
Wide World reports West African anthills reach about 40 feet tall and resemble sugar loaves. The vast nests host hundreds of rooms and countless workers forming tunnels roads and storage. Ants guard the structure around trees with thick walls while a ground floor royal cell houses the queen who is fed and protected.
A country girl answers a vicar's job ad by asking if beer counts as a vegetable to satisfy a vegetarian kitchen rule. The vicar pursues a test about meat avoidance, but the girl converts the inquiry into a humorous caution, and no engagement results.
Ole, discharged by the foreman of the section gang, asked for a Chicago pass. A railroad official tried to humiliate him by asking if a fired worker would expect a farmer to haul him to town. Ole replied that if the farmer were headed to town anyway he should let him ride, and he got the pass.
A community dispute arises over rooster crowing in the early hours and a resident who complains about lawn mowing noise from a neighbor, seeking quiet. The exchange underscores tensions between rural soundscape and urbanizing neighborhoods.
A bold claim circulates that a new complex ion preparation, praised as the finest ever made, promises relief from pain and longevity. The dialogue features debate over its significance and potential impact.
A humorous exchange at a wedding features the bridegroom declaring delight in the light of matrimony while the bride teases that the groom had claimed five marriages before this. The banter underscores playful disbelief and celebratory mood.
In Ipoh Malaysia one of the first motor cars in the country remains in frequent service as a funeral hearse. The old vehicle is hauled by goolies and tows its slow path to the cemetery, reflecting its continued usefulness despite age.
A Kansas City Star essay urges facing life’s troubles with courage and cheer. It contrasts two workers laid up by accidents, one who laments and quits, the other who laughs, rests, enjoys books, and finds kindness in others.
Ettel Polansky aged 109 and Rachel Moreno aged 105, both born in Moscow, now live in a New York Jewish home. They recall Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1812 invasion of Russia, wine cask firings, and troops marching through Holy Moscow, later witnessing invasions in wartime Poland and Russia. Their recollections illuminate history’s living link to a bygone era.
A satirical note from the Detroit Free Press mocks gullibility as the line between scam and naiveté blurs. It highlights a man who ignores risky investments and factual reading yet eagerly buys concert tickets over circus crowds.
George Ade at the Chicago Athletic Club listens as a youth praises love. Ade replies to wait until marriage and decades pass. Sinnickson’s wife, reading an Elinor Glyn novel, muses on courtship while Sinnickson quips about the ecstatic days ending in a humorous, blunt line.
Mr Growler explains his plan to stay in town to enjoy a large chunk of ice for a dime rather than pay a quarter for small pieces elsewhere. The exchange highlights pricing and local options during the summer.
A dialogue shows a teacher prompting Georgie to use the diphthong sounds in a sentence. Georgie responds with a mispronounced phrase reflecting regional speech and accent.
An instructional piece by E B Tuttle extols soldering for farmers offering a frugal starter kit costing about 75 cents for two cof fers and wire solder 10 cents. It explains tinning the soldering iron point, using muriatic acid, patching holes, and basic methods for sealing leaks and patching pans with simple steps and cautions.
The speaker urges reducing fly exposure for calves by providing access to a dark stable or shed and applying fly repellent. This method is claimed to double growth and flesh development by decreasing energy loss to flies and supporting better feeding efficiency.
The passage explains poultry nomenclature: a chicken is a young fowl under six months, fowl denotes an older bird, a young male under one year is a cockerel and a young female is a pullet. It notes cock and hen names develop after these ages.
It is best to market chickens from January 1 to November 1 to avoid November December oversupply. Sprague recommends selling before November or holding until after the holidays to secure better prices. Applies to open markets not private customers.
The text argues a good laying hen should not be sacrificed while she can breed. Selecting such hens for breeders would improve the flock over time.
A veterinary note warns that excessive confinement and overfeeding corn on young pigs can lead to foot problems. The guidance cautions farmers to balance exercise and diet to prevent lameness and welfare issues in swine.
A compact collection of strawberry dessert recipes including Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake, Strawberry Charlotte Russe Cake, and Strawberry Foam. directions cover mixing, layering, whipping cream, folding in berries, and serving with cream. Includes notes on substitute ingredients and serving style.
A collection of practical advice covering mold prevention with lavender oil, stopping kettle boils with butter, soaking coconut for pie filling, cooling boiled tongue to remove skin, polishing with linseed oil, securing an ironing board clamp to prevent spills, and selecting prime whitefish with firm fins and flesh.
Four pounds brown sugar and one pound currants combined with cit ron cloves allspice soda salt coriander mace pepper and hartshorn. Boil almonds peel, chop cit ron currants and nuts fine, mix with sugar and spices. Stir hartshorn into flour with buttermilk to form a stiff dough. Roll, cut into small pieces, bake until brown. Makes about half a bushel.
A guide advises treating scorch marks on white garment areas instead of washing the entire item. Place the scorched spot over a deep dish, press with a teaspoon into boiling water, then lift, wring, and air dry to restore the fabric so the mark disappears.
A historical remedy explains destroying carpet bugs or moths using a mixture of two quarts of water, three ounces of salt, one ounce of alum, and one ounce of chloride of zinc. After soaking overnight and straining, dilute with two quarts of water and spray along carpet edges up to a foot from the wall. The method claims no carpet damage and promises effective pest control.
An instructional piece urges boys to become men by learning farming through hands on work. It lauds farm life, sharing personal steps from starter crops to poultry and gardening, urging boys to begin small this year with chickens vegetables strawberries beans and celery potential earnings.
A writer in an exchange asserts happiness at home hinges on the Lord within the family. The brief remark highlights religious influence on domestic harmony and personal contentment.
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