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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
2
A collage of satirical notes on diet, industry, and gender roles critiques reformist aims, medical cures, and new technologies. The piece highlights fears of famine, rising production, and shifts in labor while wryly commenting on women drivers and domestic labor.
The Breadwinners was written by John Hay and published anonymously guiding early fame as a secretary of state. The Youth's Companion notes that Mrs. Hay finally allows the credit to go to her late husband in A Manual of American Literature.
A man collecting dandelions beside a wall along a Philadelphia road was crushed to death when a trolley car derailed and struck him. The Baltimore American notes such a freak accident may not recur for generations.
Since 1901 Fayum fossils drew paleontologists to Africa. Osborn and Andrews led American Museum explorations revealing early elephants and related species, from Moeritherium to Arsinostheres, with Libya’s Eocene seas and Sirenia links noted. Fayum landscape and ancient lakes frame human history from Amenemhat I to Greek and Roman ruins.
The St Louis Globe Democrat reports that lake travel remains high with 7.6 million passengers from Detroit and 1.9 million from Chicago, plus substantial numbers from Milwaukee Port Huron Grand Haven and Marquette. Excursion steamers run daily among chief lake cities ensuring safety and comfort.
A census style observation notes about 320000 residents in the District of Columbia with over 60000 living outside the old city of Washington as it merged into a larger district containing many towns and villages scattered across hills and valleys.
Detroit reporter covers Dr. Orville W. Owen inventor who believes vibrations can lift weights and enable flight. He cites Jericho and ancient ariel machines, and works on a vibratory flying device using seven distinct bell notes powered by revolving tops and siren-like action. He warns modern aircraft rely on wrong principles and promises a practical flight test soon.
The dairy cow differs from beef cattle in body shape and in the hidden factors that govern milk production. Key traits include udder size and placement, digestion efficiency, and blood flow to the secretory system, all influenced by care and management.
Chives are a milder onion family herb native to US northern borders and parts of Europe. They grow in ordinary garden soil, spread by division, and form dense green borders when planted along beds or borders. Once established they need little care aside from occasional watering and replanting every few years to maintain vigor.
Annie Murphy an 11 year old girl in Boston chased off three men who grabbed a three year old neighbor. She confronted the abductors and forced them to drop the child and flee, citing years of fighting boys as her training and noting other boys did not help.
A simple wooden feed trough with a centered split board and cover hinges shows how to build at low cost. The piece warns dairy stock quality is dropping as unpedigreed cows are sold after a single lactation, urging sellers to shed their poorest cows to raise overall herd quality.
The well informed world seeks a simple pleasant and efficient liquid laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical safe effective remedy. Buy genuine California product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
The humorist argues money myths from a financial panic era. Twain contrasts spendthrift and miser ideas with how Australian gold diggers live simply, recounting a portside anecdote where a porter-turned-gold-coin gesture ends with the man tossing sovereigns into the sea.
A young girl introduces Jimmie Hawks Shaw as her detective protector against kidnappers. The exchange features a humorous mispronunciation as a man questions the boy’s role, while the girl confirms he is her hired guardian.
A distressed employer recalls a caller who left no clear name. The office boy struggles to identify the caller, listing several partial guesses—Grim, Hawk, Hen, Brad, Fan, Ker, Rick—before admitting memory failure.
In a Maryland church near Washington during a service an Irish worker’s power caused the organ to fail. A choir fracas followed and a boisterous remark rang out sing like the devil the organ's busted.
A quirky scene unfolds on an old road with a jogger and a talking horse. The wise nag turns, asks what is seen, and jokes about reading between the lines while revealing yellow teeth in a playful horse laugh.
A Cleveland grocer cites multiple customers who improved health by cutting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. He recalls his own two year caffeine ordeal with nerves and irritability improving after switching.
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