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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1909
Page
2
The Farmington Enterprise page features satirical quips on Castro Venezuela streetcar microbes and a message about a new style of raining. It notes sugar maple trees in the western reserve and jokes about tobacco price rises and possum costs, with Tennessee boxing licensing cited and Nevada premium remarks.
A man shrugs at a cigarette price increase while noting others obtain cigarettes from another's box, signaling a nonchalant reaction amid higher costs. The anecdote reflects everyday coping with rising tobacco prices and informal exchanges.
A collage of clippings notes burglars in Youngstown stealing a burglar alarm, warns about costly items needing watchmen. The era’s quirks include wax bullet duels in New York, mild punishments in Missouri prisons, and a Wright aeronautics lesson price. Alaska posts a large favorable trade balance with exports of 34.2 million and imports of 18 million.
Commentary notes Alfonso XIII aims to modernize Spain and end medievalism while earning popularity as a good king and a good fellow, suggesting public esteem rests partly on his personal character.
The Baltimore American notes the odd contrast of Mr. Morse, a daytime financier earning money through normal channels, and Morse the convict by night, jailed yet still a vivid feature of modern life in a changing society.
A Syracuse woman rejected a $5,000 legacy claiming it should belong to the decedent's nearest relative. The writer laments honesty as rare, noting Hamlet's line about doomsday and presenting the incident as an exception to a common rule.
Prof. Arthur Korn of Berlin develops a water filled globe driven by vibration from an electric motor to create a functioning miniature solar system. Planets move along their designated orbits without external power or visible support, illustrating gravitation theories.
Report says an explosion at the Erie Coal Company colliery in Port Blancheard Pennsylvania was caused by a workman entering an abandoned section with a lamp igniting a gas body. The piece warns that coal mining dangers include reckless or thoughtless behavior by miners.
Reporters claim the crown prince of Germany might not enter the country as planned. They intend to press for access to his knowledge before any crossing or meeting, though details remain unclear.
A garbled report recalls a heated opening in the Finnish Diet where Fee Cuar expressed anger and caused disruption. The fragment suggests a lament on lost potential and the need for action following the contentious session.
The article outlines a farm creamery layout with a 12 by 12 foot work area, an integrated ice house and refrigerator, and a two by four balloon frame. It stresses airtight wall spaces, insulation, and proper air circulation to maintain a dry, mold-free butter room, suggesting cost options from $500 to a high-efficiency build.
A Victorian era farming note suggests a cheap soil loosener digger built from a plow and wood, to break hard subsoil and extend drainage from spring holes to outlets. It also cites Prof. Eckles on milk profits, noting dairy cows yield about $30 to $50 yearly per cow and 60 hours of milking over six months.
Prof. Otis studies sterilized skimmed milk as calf feed showing fewer scours and better appetite than unsterilized milk. Heated milk may lose value due to added water. A dairyman praises ground oats with corn and cob meal for steady milk and fat, suggesting grinding the ear corn adds feeding value. He keeps pigs to use skim milk from his separator.
Paris reports the archbishop of Paris unexpectedly inherited a racing stable from the late Viscountess de Raineville, including 25 horses and real estate. He initially refused but was compelled after the will’s ratification. Horses will be auctioned at a major Rue de Ponthieu house, with proceeds aiding charitable organizations.
Professor Charlea Zueblin of the University of Chicago discussed his lecture The Family advocating a six month marriage license interval to allow thought and reduce ills. He blamed selfishness in men for many issues and invoked a Lake Shore Drive reference to illustrate marital frictions over expenses and personal choices.
Giles-Swiggs was advised to rub whisky on his bald spot to restore hair. Miles asked if he tried it. Giles-Swiggs answered yes but did not follow directions, mistakenly applying whisky about six inches south of the bald spot.
A physician reports two nurses at a hospital clashed over prescribed patient meals in room 30. The quarrel escalated into a regular battle, prompting concern from hospital staff.
Professor Black recounts a night time mugging during which a tarantula specimen bites the thief and the crook later dies under mysterious circumstances. The scientist muses on the unlikely coincidence and the tarantula’s supposed danger.
A St. Louis writer cites T. R. MacMechen explaining that ordinary lions avoid people and rarely attack. He notes night roams in East Africa, lions’ wide berth of nonthreatening humans, and that man eaters emerge after a lion tastes human blood.
A satirical critique of modern urban life argues hotels replace the home as the social center in New York. It notes hotel life, celebrity press, and consumer abundance shaping social events, with dining and hospitality becoming higher priorities than traditional home life.
The piece rails at industrial progress creating dehumanized life where millionaires and beggars resemble freaks. It condemns oversized and undersized homes, comparing semi detached villas to Siamese twins and linking residents with a fragile urban network of brick and sink.
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women with displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down sensation flatulency and nervous prostration with assurances of safe use and patient testimonials from Willimantic Connecticut.
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