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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
2
A disjointed OCR bundle mentions quantum topics, sunspots, and a mix of names and places. It references Professor Barus, Paris, Milwaukee, Chile artillery tests, and the Watervliet factory. The passage weaves speculative science with military and industrial notes and incomplete dialogue fragments.
President G Stanley Hall faces wide criticism across the nation for saying female teachers are feminizing the boys. Critics mock his view and joke that if he were correct he should have advised creation itself on mothers.
A new tunnel through the Ricken mountains in Switzerland, five miles long, completes another major link to expedite railroad traffic. Begun four years ago, the project joins a nation famed for scenery with a growing network of tunnels making peaks and waterfalls increasingly hidden from view.
The fragment reflects a reflective line about Nomas choosing to sow rather than reap happiness, implying a moral or philosophical tone rather than a concrete event or person.
A speech by Commander Booth-Uckela argues poverty hinders marriage among the poor and demands homes and reform. He cites London and Kansas City data, urging policy to place waste labor on waste land with waste capital to enable stable families and reduce vice.
A columnist argues for early marriage as a prudent life investment. He cites happiness rates, the role of wives in male success, and the dangers of bachelorhood. Conceding faults, he urges mutual forbearance and constant effort to maintain harmony.
A plain 1680 built lithographic stone house near Nuremberg’s city hall becomes a local treasure as lithographers value its material, now worth about $4,000, and its owner Andreas Lichtenstein refuses repeated offers to tear it down. Además, notes on Chinese roller skating in Chicago and women carving wood in St Louis follow in this broad survey.
The renowned astronomer says he distrusts telescopes for Mars and favors imagination over instrument viewing. He notes that even the best telescopes can hinder creative perception.
A school debating society discussed whether Shakespeare works were authored by Lord Bacon. The Baconians gave a strong case yet the three judges ruled against them, noting both sides made points while two judges admitted buying Shakespeare volumes for 15 dollars.
Paris plans a church built entirely of paper with a lime milk curdled milk coating to make it impermeable. The structure will accommodate 1,000 people.
Boston rumors say Assistant Secretary of State Bacon will become secretary of war around July 1, succeeding Taft who intends to retire. Bacon, born in Boston, captained Harvard varsity crew and was Roosevelt’s classmate. He worked with RE Rollins Morse & Co and J P Morgan & Co before settling in New York.
A 745 by 125 foot dry dock at Lorain Ohio has just been finished. It is described as the greatest freshwater dry dock in the world and nearly matches the length of League Island navy yard’s dock. In recent years four vessels 605 feet long have been launched on the Great Lakes.
The text reports a cow dying in a joking, exaggerated fashion with regional dialect. It notes the animal’s end and a playful claim about the cow’s value or reaction to its death. The tone resembles a rural or humorous obituary fragment from a local page.
After rheumatic illness sores appeared on his legs from below the knees to the ankles. He suffered intense pain and burning as three doctors failed to help. A household use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent began healing in three weeks. By three months the condition was resolved. July 24 1907. Upper Frenchville Me Mrs V V Athert.
An elderly village resident near Glasgow counters cold porridge with a whisky blind, managing to finish the meal by pouring the whisky back into the bottle. A separate anecdote recalls James McNeill Whistler meeting a Paris artist who credits a pet monkey for his lavish meals.
A testimonial letter claims quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee cured years of stomach issues headaches and heart trouble. Several women, including a former WCTU state president, report relief from asthma dyspepsia and constipation after switching to Postum. The letter ends noting general happiness and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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