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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
6
A trolley car hits a heavily loaded milk cart spilling cans into the street. A crowd gathers as bystanders react with shock and humor, while onlookers bicker about the sight. The scene shifts to a laborer exchange and a judge’s quip about workers.
A cautionary note urges a young man to stay in at night as his outside activities are linked to his sins and moral decline. It frames evenings away from home as a source of trouble and urges restraint.
A brief quip contrasts dire finances with philosophy, presenting a streetwise musing on money and coping with scarcity as a defiant, dryly humorous takeaway. The exchange frames poverty as a test of wit and attitude rather than a cry for help.
In Syracuse University lore Dr. James R. Day cites ministers who sensationalize scripture. He recalls a Whitneyville magistrate nicknamed Maine Solomon who ruled a disputed pullet belonged to neither Mrs. Jones nor Mrs. Smith and ordered the janitor to deliver it to his cook.
Colorado and Southern advertises Tuesday ticket sales from Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all state points at very low round trip rates for excursion day travel.
A Washington dinner remark recalls the late Duke of Devonshire who read a sporting paper with prophets predicting races. After a race where the seventh horse won against six foretold, he replied there is room for another prophet on that paper.
Julia Marlowe cards Peruna as a great remedy aiding digestion and nerves. Mrs J C Jamison of Wallace California says six years of stomach trouble and nervous dyspepsia were cured after using Peruna, with multiple bottles taken and complete recovery reported.
Stories from a Connecticut suburb reveal mothers comparing their children and defending their methods. Mrs Worthing touts Gregory and Ethel while others praise Tom Bingham, a well behaved, helpful boy, and question their own parenting. The narrator reflects on how parental pride distorts perception of sons.
A miscellany of short vignettes from a bygone period includes Eben Soule asking a pastor if playing the horn threatens his grace, and a minister assuring him to balance practice with family duties. Mrs Jones recalls a fishmonger’s pride in non swimming as a jab at associating habits. Kangaroo hunting pits and the evolving value of kangaroo skins are noted along with a humorous museum remark and Beaconsfield’s Primrose league tribute.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a health food that boosts strength and brain power. A New York city worker credits rapid recovery from overwork to the cereal, noting weight gain and sustained energy while traveling. The copy cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville for more stories.
In the Intelligence Office a manager asks if a plain cook is needed for Mrs Honeymoon and she replies yes, requesting “plain as possible” preparation as stated in the court exchange.
At a rural neighborhood sale the talk centers on Lim Jacklin buying a pile of old books while ready money dominates the scene. The participants contrast material gains with the spiritual value of books and recall Abe Lincoln and Washington as symbols of work, sacrifice, and knowledge.
An elderly farmer and a younger listener debate happiness, money, and the value of books. The elder recalls his life of toil and warns that accumulating land and wealth cannot buy true joy, urging the younger to read and seek spiritual riches to ease the path to fulfillment.
Instructions describe roasting meat in tissue paper with butter and water in the pan for tenderness and browning. Also provides a recipe for strawberry cream muffins using eggs milk flour salt and fresh strawberries with a hot oven bake time of 20 to 30 minutes.
The tender leaves of young rivet tops or turnips may substitute for spinach in greens. Wash thoroughly to remove grit and boil until tender. Drain press out water and dress with butter salt and pepper warming through. A splash of vinegar and oil at table enhances flavor.
A caller submits a spring poem but faces editor’s refusal. The editor mocks the title Woman and Her Defects and suggests the author pick familiar subjects. The exchange ends with the editor returning the essay.
An eczema case from 1907 details a baby's six month struggle with facial sores and itching. After trying two doctors with no relief, use of the Cutiura Remedies led to immediate sleep and rapid healing, with a clear face within two months and no recurrence since.
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes of life saved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of female troubles and costly treatment. The advertisement claims cures for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and digestive and nervous complaints and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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