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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
6
A Wyoming experiment farm reports discovery and effort to hybridize a renowned currant variety referenced by Irving in his history of Bonneville. The project seeks to blend traits of the historic currant with modern varieties to preserve its heritage while improving yield and hardiness.
In each month of the year the Colorado and Southern Railway will sell round trip home seekers’ tickets to numerous points in New Mexico and Texas at one fare plus 9.00 for the round trip. Ticket validity extends twenty-five days with liberal stopover privileges. For details contact the Colorado and Southern agent or T. B. Fisher, General Passenger Agent, Denver, Colorado.
A small girl asks if old Detbin rode the train cars and smiles as her mother confirms. The exchange shows a playful domestic moment with a hint of humor about plush cushions and a Woman's Home Companion reference.
A Swedish emigrant, Neston Kaske, lost $205.50 on a voyage from New York to Sweden. The wallet was found by H. Kaufman, a cigar store owner on Water Street, who handed it to Pastor Lilja at the Swedish emigrant home. The owners were traced, tickets verified, and funds wired to Lundberg agents for delivery.
A Louisville woman cited two cures by Cuticura products for severe dandruff on her daughter after her husband served as a Southwest missionary. The tale, relayed by The Courier-Journal, also includes an offhand remark about a neighbor's baby and weather discussion during a porch gathering.
The famed Sullivan, aging with his sharp humor, visits a Baltimore theater where a wealthy townsperson introduces him to the manager. While Sullivan freshens up in the dressing room, he jokes to the manager asking if the newborn is a boy or a girl.
The readable fragment mentions 4 seats and a Bible reference with unclear names and context. The garbled text prevents identifying persons, organizations, dates, or a coherent event to summarize.
Boston report on a jewelry maker B A Sweeney of Attleboro giving up his School street residence to house fourteen working girls from distant towns. Miss Margaret Eckley urges a self supporting home run with church backing to improve welfare, morals and conditions for Attleboro shop workers and possibly expand to a larger facility.
Seventeen bloomers and male teachers at the University of Missouri take to base ball and football to keep their jobs in tough education times. The group includes superintendents and principals who run athletics in small high schools and often coach due to tight budgets and lack of hired staff. Some teachers are reluctant yet must learn sports to avoid resignation.
Across the lower Rio Grande region Mexicans prefer goat milk to cow milk citing healthful benefits and longer life. Goat dairies dot the area with dogs herding and tending the goats, reflecting a widespread daily reliance on goat milk in homes restaurants and camps.
In Muncie Indiana the No 1 station firemen report 14 chicks emerging from 13 eggs placed by a farmer in their growing menagerie. The bantam rooster and hen added recently, and a hen sitting on 12 eggs yielded more chicks than eggs. Experts suggest twins from a double yoke egg as the only plausible explanation for the discrepancy.
An inmate known as Warrgn McKen and a prisoner in Jeffersonville Indiana share a marriage amid a model conduct report. The article notes a previous resident’s account and hints at ongoing questions about the deceased remaining alive and Goodwin's background in Indiana.
President Taft amused crowds in Cincinnati with a child friendly moment when a girl challenged his gift for babies and quipped that he forgot himself. In another scene on Main Street Dallastown Pa a boy climbing a maple tree to view robins was driven away by a protective mother bird as she pecked at his hands and face.
A Los Angeles mother narrates a child confusion over an unfinished prayer after her six year old son confides that he was hurt by a boy named Howard and fears retaliation tomorrow. The poignant tale centers on forgiveness and childlike moral lessons.
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