This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
2
A practical guide discusses pruning trees to avoid weak forks and water sprouts. It advises cuts just outside the limb swell, leaving some branches, and protecting wounds with lead and oil paint. It warns against overtrimming and stresses winter or spring pruning to limit future suckers.
An agricultural note by O. B. Whipple outlines orchard establishment from poor initial conditions. It emphasizes proper land preparation, timely watering, leveling, and deep initial cultivation to ensure tree roots receive air and moisture, with cautions against overwatering and poorly leveled soil.
Guidance on heeling in one year old trees to protect roots through winter. Choose sloped ground, plow deeply, and mulch with six inches of earth. Dig a wide shallow trench, place trees at an acute incline, fill soil to cover roots, then remove covering as spring growth starts varies by locality.
The article reviews tall slender qital vases for roses and recommends matching vase height to base stability and flower type. It discusses crystal and imitation crystal options, colors, and the use of nets, bowls, and supports to arrange carnations, tulips, and spring blooms.
The Carnegie Foundation table shows only four colleges with incomes over six million dollars. the Boston Herald speculates Harvard Columbia University of Chicago and Stanford as likely. The report notes half of the 500 colleges earn from ten thousand to fifty thousand. A NY incident tells of a girl rescuing four entangled in a live wire using rubber shoes as gloves. Columbia debaters oppose facing a Cornell coed arguing debates require equal opportunity to speak.
A Cleveland preacher says people should not marry until they feel they would die without it. He notes most feel that way, arguing that striving and failing is better than never trying, and that people often learn from failure more than from success.
The Agricultural Entomologist advises washing every orchard tree twice yearly with strong soapsuds and avoiding scraping. Destroy pests like caterpillars promptly to prevent large outbreaks. Protect wrens by building small-entry boxes to keep sparrows away, as wrens eat many insects daily and multiply in favorable conditions.
Roses are sensitive house plants that thrive for some but require close watching for numerous pests and diseases. They resist many kills yet often grow in ungainly shapes with few prominent towers, demanding careful cultivation.
Advice on sorting orchard produce and removing rotted fruit promptly. Encourages a strong yearly plan to grow extra fruit for home use and sale. Notes berries thrive on any soil type if fertilized, drained, and cultivated carefully.
Readers are advised on versatile chiffon blouse options to pair with dark skirts and coats. The text emphasizes tone matching across skirt coat and blouse, lightweight fabrics, ease of tailoring, and decorative lace capes with V fronts and guimpe collars.
The article notes jeweled studs returning to shirt waists with four studs for central plackets and a jeweled safety pin for the collar. It describes back closures with white crochet buttons, white braid buttons, and a Parisian jabot headpiece using inch wide satin ribbon. Lace edging and soft ruge trim finish high collars and sleeves for lingerie waists.
A detailed needlework pattern describes a thin soft fabric frock for a child. The model features white winey fabric with smocking and honeyconched upper panel, old gold silk accents, and embroidered collar and epaulettes. Sleeve fullness is smocked at the wrists with a narrow frill. Materials listed: 3 3/4 yards of 36 inch width plus 1/2 yard lining.
A period cooking column offers a Parisian Charlotte dessert with gelatin cream and mixed sweets, then a haddock dish with lemon butter sauce and egg sauce, followed by a watermelon mold dessert using ice cream and black currant seeds for decoration.
A charitable item describes half a dozen seven inch square doilies cut from fine dinner napkins. Fringed with a loose buttonhole stitch they can be used as a towel, glass cover, serviette, fruit rest, or for cleaning spectacles, intended as a small gift for an invalid.
The article prescribes a simple diet, substantial water intake, and daily exercise as the best cure. It urges abstaining from tea and coffee and using tepid water for washing. It also details tooth brushing hygiene with hot rinses and ammonia immersion, criticizes powder puffs, and links red nose to poor digestion and circulation.
American taste shifts away from mixing lace types in lingerie. Most costly pieces now rely on embroidery with only a narrow lace edge or none at all. When scallops appear they are outlined by a gathered lace frill or ruffle, using lace depth to accent the scallop background.
A tongue in cheek remark from Josh Wise about a fictional heroine who would not recognize a broom if it passed her by. The comment playfully critiques social pretensions and domestic stereotypes.
Instructions on repairing damaged stockings and fabric using machine and hand methods. It covers tearing, lace restoration on white letter paper, edge stitching, and reattaching eyelets. Guidance includes ironing, starch removal, and maintaining machine pressure and feed for future stitches.
Tiny Dresden flower pots with six to eight inch miniature trees shape table decor. The tiny pink flowers and novel dwarfed trees offer a fresh alternative to ferns in everyday settings.
A parent recalls using a simple behavioral trick suggested by a son to keep a closet door shut. By placing his favorite picture on the outside of the door the child is motivated to keep the door closed to see the image. The method emphasizes gentle visual rewards.
Guidance from Suburban Life explains reviving minor dents or bruises in wood furniture. For small bruises, soak the area in warm water and apply a red hot rake near the surface while keeping it wet until the mark vanishes. For larger dents, wet again, cover with wet brown paper folded six to seven times, place a hot flat iron over, and repeat until level.
A simple two plate serving of crisp lettuce hearts topped with two small lettuce pieces and several thin pineapple slices, finished with French dressing.
Bessie Farrell of Brooklyn president of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association writes praising Peruna as a nerve and blood remedy. She says it rebuilds strength, aids digestion, and helps tired mothers, with Dr Hartman noting many women write in with thanks for its benefits.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.