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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
3
The column weaves disparate items from reform and invention to tragedies and curious anecdotes. It cites Russia's lag behind modern progress, a Philadelphian's endowment for an orphan girls institution, Edison style homes, a distant earthquake, a dangerous steeple jack, Dennis Morgan's skull fracture, and a preacher’s provocative question about a woman’s drink orders.
The young queen of Spain disapproves of bull fights and may share dislike for professional fights in England. The piece notes the similarity between bull fighters and ring fighters as brutal, and cites a New York judge ruling that a wife may not throw dishes at her husband. It argues for poetic justice even if it harms some women.
A study on how editors across many newspapers influence public understanding of home industries and economic policy through editorial writing and opinion shaping.
A long editorial argues that dollars earned in a town should stay local to strengthen the community. It claims patronizing home industry benefits workers, farmers, merchants, and doctors, while sending money elsewhere harms local prosperity. The piece advocates supporting local businesses to grow the town and welfare of all residents.
Section SASSO revised statutes outline punishments for fraud schemes using the mails. It specifies fines up to $500 and up to 18 months imprisonment, or both, for placing letters or packages in post offices to facilitate deceit.
The author argues that centralizing 10,000 acres under one owner yields less merit than 100 smaller farms owned by many. He asks why large city stores, serving 1,000 small-town shops, are preferable and whether such concentration should be questioned. The piece questions wealth concentration and its impact on local towns.
The average American farmer is a progressive mortal who learns new things. He now sees science as a profitable factor in farming and worth applying to succeed. The more intelligent the farmer, the more he will contribute to his town and community development.
Analysis warns that so called cooperative schemes are often funding methods for promoters to extract money from the public. The piece condemns system driven trust schemes and “membership” plans promising fake bargains and vast dividends. It urges careful scrutiny of any cooperative store or concern and notes promoters push appearances of soundness to mask personal gain.
The piece argues that adopting targeted town ordinances can reduce vagrancy. It classifies wanderers as harmless, indolent, or criminal and contends penalties for the unproductive will push such visitors away, benefiting communities.
A shoulder strapped bag for fruit picking is easier and kinder to fruit than a basket. Use a grain sack cut to length with a front cutaway and lap buttoned edge. Create cross over suspenders and fasten with a strap for secure wear.
The text advises using wooden protectors around each small tree in heavily infested areas and notes some trees can be saved without guards where rabbits are scarce. It describes pruning before snow and using apple bait laced with strychnine to kill rabbits that bark trees, claiming quick, instant results.
A warning about self preservation and danger of following quack advice. It cautions farmers against investing in new cooperative mercantile establishments promising large returns and urges support for local town businesses.
The Susquehanna boom, famed in Williamsport, will be phased out as lumber companies end two more annual drives. The boom company plans to build a sawmill to process lumber from boomsticks rafting platforms and crib timbers, use a stone crusher to market the crib stones, and abandon the boom entirely.
A study of 24 mid sized cities shows dramatic growth in play spaces. In two years school playgrounds rose 94 percent, park and municipal playgrounds 48 percent, with total playgrounds up 54 percent.
The article advises forming four shallow pits about ten inches deep with three feet wide beds for potatoes. Heap into cone shapes, cover with straw or hay a foot deep, add earth, and repeat until hidden. Include a window-like opening for access and a drainage trench outside for cold climates.
Prof H N Bailey of Cornell summarizes the apple’s origin in Plant Breeding The first apples were small inferior crab apples borne in clusters Pliny noted some were sour enough to dull a knife By about four centuries ago many varieties existed with larger fruit fewer fruits per cluster and single fruit per bloom now common
Instructions describe placing the beam to the far side, plowing a shallow furrow with one horse for the last pass, and letting it walk in the furrow to leave a narrow strip along the tree row. The harrow then smooths the band, preventing damage to trees.
Orchardists should promptly attend to any tree injuries. Wounds from careless cultivator damage should be protected from water to aid healing.
Oklahoma Experiment Station advises two effective tree protection methods for young orchard stock. One uses trunk and lower branch painting with a formula of water soap and carbolic acid. the other wraps trunks with materials like cornstalks or wood protectors. Both aim to prevent rabbit damage year round and guard against sun and borers.
The article explains an effective technique to kill unwanted trees and shrubs by cutting and stripping bark. After growth, cut bark two and a half feet from the ground, peel strips two to three inches wide nearly to ground, creating a water pocket that speeds stump decay while leaving a few shaded trees.
Comte de Labour flees Paris after a night of danger and betrayal. In a final act of courage he defends a kidnapped girl and dies by the side of the unconscious Lucile, the woman who betrayed him.
The note covers apple cultivation with advice on pruning fertilizing and spraying. It warns that careless picking and packing hurts profits and stresses planting apples and pears this fall while delaying stone fruits to spring. It urges winter protection of vegetables and orchard care against rabbits mice and cold.
Double glazing of the roof makes a small greenhouse feasible and helps heat efficiency in northern districts with long winters. The article explains why animal manure harms grape growth and suggests potash fertilizers as the preferable alternative.
Poem reflecting on a mother’s comforting words and guidance as a child, and the void felt after her death. The speaker recalls how gentle phrases soothed anger and lit the path, contrasting childhood warmth with a world that becomes merciless without a mother’s care. The Buffalo News is cited as the source.
The London Daily News reports a wedding at Peterhof, czar’s summer home, between Ratimoff a Cossack bodyguard and a bolt from revolutionary plots. Ratimoff who betrayed conspirators was rewarded with 25 000 rubles and a lifetime pension. A Russian onlooker quips Judas received 26 guilders.
A concise note records the saying Anger begins in folly and ends in repentance attributed to Pythagoras. The line appears as a standalone aphorism without added context or sourcing details.
A New World writer argues that beauty alone brings little lasting value. True worth lies in sincerity, generousness, and a well formed conscience that shines through words, eyes, voice, and conduct. External charm fades while inner beauty grows with age and wisdom.
Garden City in Letchworth Hertfordshire plans a central cooking hall for cooks and domestics. Tenants share the cost to ease wives worries and expenses while giving servants more freedom and dignity.
The piece notes wedding gifts featuring button jewelry and buttons as fashion statements, with Cameo buttons revived and ornate historic designs for evening wear. It mentions sets priced over 500 dollars and describes large hat and boot buttons in velvet, satin, and mother of pearl. It also includes a humorous dialogue about a boy returning to college.
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