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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
3
A tale of the Little Woman who worries about checks and bank visits. Phil helps her learn to use checks to avoid theft while Nellie’s prior robbery looms as a cautionary memory. The story follows their bank encounters and the mistaken fear that drives the plan to keep checks on hand.
In central France along the Loire and Cher valleys troglodyte cave dwellings span cliff faces from Gien to Saint-Aignan. Homes carved from chalk limestone stay cool all year while offering multiple rooms and connected stables. Villages like Bourre show widespread use by poor and prosperous alike.
An extended portrait describes Ledbetter a six foot ten inch Glasgow plumber with Olympic build who shuns athletics yet can throw opponents and tower over carriages. He inspires remarks on size, public perception, and a humorous monologue on national work specialties.
A French officials mix up places the Legion of Honor on Jules Japy instead of Henri Japy, Belfort councilor. Henri protests that he was proposed but never received the decoration, while authorities say scarce awards prevent correction. The piece ends with a humorous aside on routines and dogs.
Riis recounts how a yellow mongrel lured him from suicide to seek help at a police station. A sergeant ejected him and the dog was killed after biting an officer. Theodore Roosevelt, as police commissioner, later acted on Riis's tale and began cleansing city stations.
A rat and a weasel dispute ownership of an egg. A cat serves as arbitrator and awards the egg to the rat. The rat eats the egg, then the cat eats the rat. The cat proclaims belief in arbitration while the rat denies it.
Neighbors notice changes in Buge after moving to the suburbs. He escalates eccentric behavior until a dangerous incident when he tries to run a lawn mower over his wife’s dress, revealing deeper domestic tension.
A Frenchman’s find, described in an Enugu journal, claims a gingerbread figure of a general serves as a unique barometer. He buys the gingerbread figure each year, brings it home, and hangs it by a string on a nail.
New York reports final plans for the Seamen's Church Institute building to rise at South Street and Coenties Slip. The brick limestone, 12 story structure, costing about 600000, will include a shipping bureau, employment exchange, dockside facilities, restaurants, recreation rooms, assembly halls, and sleeping quarters for 400 sailors and 160 officers.
Omaha city attorney Ignatius J. Dunn is chosen by Nebraska to serve as one of four at large delegates to the national Democratic convention in Denver. A longtime Democratic supporter, he is noted for his quiet steadiness and ability to unite the Nebraska party behind William J. Bryan.
Dr Henry Spencer Blackmore of Washington unveils a process to convert natural gas into alcohol using limited oxygen in steam heated flow through an ionized gauze. He says 5,000 feet of gas yields about 50 gallons of alcohol with raw material cost between 25 and 50 cents.
Clubwomen will be interested in the meeting of governors from 46 states called by President Roosevelt for May to consider natural wealth conservation. Forestry committees worry about the impact on protecting the country’s trees.
In Aries, Provence a city plans a celebration for Homer's immortality. The event centers on M. Charoun, a native poet and peasant whose life is devoted to Provence and is likened to Homer by a French contemporary.
A party of Arapaho and Shoshone delegates visited Washington for business with the interior department and met with Warren at a Renate restaurant lunch. The guests adopted civilized table manners including forks napkins and soup spoons surprising onlookers and sparking commentary on their education and polish.
A humorous scene in the House unfolds as Representative Cy Sulloway sneezes during a speech and colleagues imitate, triggering laughter and a chain of sneezes led by Speaker Cannon. Pages are caught sneezing powder from behind a door while the fate of the pranksters remains undecided.
Quentin Roosevelt exchanged daily bouquets from the White House conservatory for milk top disks used in a schoolboy game. The scheme unraveled as Quentin arrived late, bearing red ink marks on his face from a clown makeup yesterday, prompting his father’s sharp rebuke.
The article notes the growing share of younger men in the Senate while old-timers dwindle. It lists seven members with three terms or equivalent service, details their start dates and ages, and says Allison remains the dean at age 79 plus, with Cullom and Teller close in age. The Iowa primary in June may decide Allison's return.
A mother describes organizing her child’s dolls using Japanese bamboo telescopes as storage. Each telescope holds a doll and its clothes, labeled with the doll’s name, and stored on a shelf when not in use to keep toys tidy.
The piece notes women earn fame through writing before franchise rights. Cicely Hamilton wrote Diana of Dobson's, a top London success, while Harriet Jay uses the pseudonym Charles Marlowe for When Knights Were Bold. An Italian proverb closes the column.
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