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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
4
A Kansas City Journal ditty notes a poet's daily grind selling poetry while others face securities trouble. The playful exchange highlights contrasting fates between art and finance in city life.
A Kansas City Journal quip mixes verse with city life as a poet imagines denser air and incense while a practical person jokes that the scent comes from a passing buzzwagon fueling gasoline.
Adem blamed the woman and said there were no malefactors of great wealth. He argued his response reflected his disadvantages and that he met responsibility as gracefully as possible.
A playful exchange between a student and a teacher references a goose the father planned to send. The dialogue touches on the bird’s wellbeing as it recovers, reflecting light, everyday humor in a Transatlantic Tales setting.
Captain Pritchard of the Mauretania describes sailors as bluff. A parrot on a voyage dies from seasickness and a famed news breaker gently informs the owner the bird is dead. Separately, Jericho excavations reveal a burned lime brick city wall on a stone foundation with many houses unearthed.
An enthusiastic teacher guides slum district children to clear a vacant lot for a playground. A large boy named Schmitty helps move a stubborn stone and asks not to be called Smith. Senator Moses E Clapp of Minnesota resembles former Senator John A Logan in appearance on the senate floor.
The Rex Dental Company offers a booklet on dental science advances. Claims include saving loose teeth and curing pyorrhea and gum diseases. Missing teeth can be replaced with plates or bridgework at their Denver rooms on Sixteenth Street.
An old article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard female remedy. It cites Mrs. Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri recounting twelve years of illness and eleven doctors before restoring health after using the compound and following Mrs Pinkham's advice. It frames the remedy as vastly effective for women's ailments.
George returns from a week away and hands Clara many missives but withholds a kiss in his ninth letter. Clara initially hesitates then accepts his explanation about onions at dinner and the pair reunite, their bond intact despite a chilly greeting.
An 1884 eczema case in a baby ended after Cuticura. a later severe winter skin outbreak for the same family improved quickly with Cuticura Remedies. The note includes M. W. LaRue of Louisville and dates in 1907. Also a remark by David Belasco on matinee idols and a humor about Shakespeare. It ends with a testimonial pitching Defiance Starch as stronger and requiring less paste.
A busy editor answers a postal card from J Alexander McNutt who says he just graduated from a correspondence journalism school and offers to write for the paper. The editor requests that McNutt address letters to the circulation manager and include the regular subscription price.
A quotation reveals surprise at a secret’s exposure and notes the confidants learned of a dose shared in strict confidence. The line implies social dynamics where trust breaches lead to unintended disclosures among several acquaintances.
A London writer extols raw currants for children noting they are safer when the skin is pierced by chewing. Currants are described as heavier in nutrition than many fruits, with sun dried currants turning into grape sugar and praised by Sir Francis Laking as wholesome for all ages.
Melt butter and flour, whisk in stock cream salt mustard and lemon juice. Boil five minutes, cool, stir in two beaten egg yolks, heat to just below boiling, add grated horseradish, simmer briefly and serve hot over meats.
A method to hang clothes indoors using a muslin strip and pins on a clothesline avoids slipping. Also a simple biscuit recipe uses flour salt soda cream of tartar shortening buttermilk to form a soft dough and bake biscuits ten minutes in a hot oven.
Melt one pound sugar with a cup of water over heat. Skim foam as it rises. Boil fifteen minutes then add vinegar or lemon juice. Stir in a quarter pound blanched sliced almonds. Pour into a buttered tin and cool until use.
In New York City, among five persons of marriageable age, two are married and three remain unmarried.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys affect overall health and urges trial via mail sample and a pamphlet. It provides purchase details and the address in Binghamton New York.
A column mocks railroad claimants and rural skepticism after a tale of two Irishmen who crash a buggy and ask where the train is. A brief, moral vignette follows about a Philadelphia boy who doubts prayer as he visits New York, reflecting late 19th century humor.
A railroad worker describes chronic indigestion and poor appetite for five years. After trying many remedies, he started Grape-Nuts and reports improved appetite, increased energy, seven pound weight gain, and no indigestion. His wife also began using the food. Read The Road to Wellville in packets.
A Kansas City Star adaptation outlines home glace making with dry oranges tangerines and citron plus glazed grapes cherries and various nuts. It describes preparing fruits drying them dipping in sugar syrup testing for stage and cooling in a cold place with optional candy thermometer tips.
Morning glories can be grown inside during winter in pots near a window. Plant three to four seeds per pot and cover with tumblers if started late. Train vines on cords or a basket reed to form a decorative frieze. nasturtiums and cobra can run similarly.
A recipe mix describes soaking bread crumbs in cold water, making a batter with flour and sour milk, then chilling overnight. It covers preparing a meat and potato filling with onion and celery and finishing with a warm salad dressing of egg, mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, butter and vinegar.
A feature on miniature baby clothes hangers made as mini versions of adult hangers. Also includes a lemon mold recipe using corn flour and lemon juice, plus a home remedy for croup with lard turpentine and a neck wrap for quick relief.
An amateur asks about a poem's meter and rhyme. the editor says the verse is fine but lacks substance. Short notes urge better laundry starch, a Shanghai ramie treatment, Garfield Tea for health, and a quip on repeating a slur. A final line notes a man who repeats another’s meaning is worse than the speaker.
A nameless speaker recalls a past romance that ended in rejection. He reflects on lingering heartbreak and the ache of unreturned affection, expressing a desire to move forward while admitting lingering sorrow.
Prof. Jennings of Johns Hopkins photographed a starfish at dinner and found that this low form of life has habits. The creature uses about 25,000 jaws or hands arranged in rings and bands to seize various animals for food, including quick fish of notable size.
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