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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1912
Page
3
The Farmington Enterprise quips on frost on ragweed and brief Indian summer. It jokes about aeroplane rides for a dollar, sneezing spreading measles, and a Chicago death under a radiator while noting heat dangers and living skeleton reports.
An Englishman is imprisoned for inability to pay his wife's debts. The puzzle asks if he is married to an American, and notes the New York board of health plans a probe into beef stew, querying what the board has lost that it hopes to locate.
The report notes manufacturers observe women wearing bigger stockings ahead of the holidays. The cause is linked to Christmas shopping, while a tangential remark suggests wartime sacrifice and football injuries as a contrasting image of progress and peril.
A quirky inventor claims to have built an umbrella that will not turn inside out and jokes about making it thief proof. The piece also notes England’s military authorities stopping aeroplane use and questions how a mat of bills washes away government levies. It cites Bavaria’s law banning kissing on trains and a device by an Indian woman to muffle crying babies, suggesting trials on bikes and motorbikes.
A court of appeals held that tips are personal gifts and not mandated payments. The author questions whether the court weighed the moral courage needed to refuse tips in similar scenarios.
A Moscow merchant died after learning his brother had stolen 260000 dollars from him. The shocking theft involved 360000 dollars in total, an amount described as unusual for Moscow.
A scientist notes memory decline in men, citing findings from investigations into trust language. the report links cognitive trends to ongoing studies and emphasizes caution in interpreting statistics.
A coroner's physician in New York City shut off the judge's wind to demonstrate how a murder was committed. No further details on the physician's fate or disciplinary outcome are reported.
A boy has died in a case described as involving an apparently empty vehicle with uncertain motives and possible links to illicit activity. Investigators assess whether the vehicle's occupants or owner were involved in the fatal incident.
Governor Colquitt told the Salt Lake gathering that irrigation means more than watering arid lands, stressing drainage of wet lands and the use of rice irrigation to boost Texas crops. He described state surveys of swamp lands for reclamation and urged federal support for geodetic control, climate data, and flood records.
R E Tremble of Wenatchee Washington explains irrigation ditches should be deep with wide bottoms in heavy or fine soil and shallow narrow ditches in light sandy soil. To retain moisture keep soil mulched three or four inches deep and maintain humus by plowing under cover crops or manure.
Fragmentary text discusses eggs stored in moss air or cold storage and their condition. It mentions moldy or musty outcomes at low temperatures and notes changes in egg quality over time. The legible parts reference storage methods and spoilage risks affecting egg viability for market use.
Fragmentary text suggests a note on Pekin ducks and profitability with unclear details. The readable portion references "Pekin ducks" and profitability but lacks specifics on dates, places, or figures. Further context from the source is needed for a precise summary.
Joseph Montgomery argues in Minnesota at allion registration that draft horse demand remains strong. He cites rising breeding sires, high prices for first class draft horses, and overall horse value growth despite increasing automobile use, urging Minnesota farmers to keep breeding strong, sound horses.
An ointment from Professor W. R. Graham of Guelph Canada offers a powder substitute to kill lice and mites in poultry. Mix mercury 60 parts lard 25 parts beef suet 23 parts oleate of mercury 2 parts, render suet, combine while warm, stir with a table knife, and store in small bottles. Apply to vents and under wings to combat vermin on both old and young birds.
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