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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
2
A garbled OCR style compilation mentions New York and London dispatches including diplomatic strains with Turkey and a Cape Colony locust scare with eagle kite effort. It references Miss Lotta Rand in Boston and Dutch hesitation over Venezuela, with varied unrelated items and scattered names.
For three months the city reports an average of 85 suicides per month with a recent peak of 18 in one day. A Chicago woman bought a home with her pin money, without her husband’s help, prompting other women to wonder if she kept up with fashion independently.
Report notes plans for an airship service linking New York and Boston. It recalls a previous advertising push for a New York to Chicago line claimed to take ten hours.
The Newark News notes peanut shortages in the country with about $5 000 worth imported from Marseilles in 1906 and over $73 000 in 1907. It also laments recurring drownings on each summer season and urges heedful action to change reckless attitudes among youths and adults.
In Century Magazine an essay by Prof. George Trumbull Ladd argues that Japan deserves trust in commerce. He credits recent samurai influence as lifting commercial ethics standards and counters detractors who question Japanese honesty versus Chinese peers.
The passage describes various old fashioned beverages and remedies including currant water lemonades and oatmeal drinks. It lists ingredients such as currants lemons ginger and Jamaica ginger extract and outlines steps to prepare cooling infusions and sweetened drinks for invalids and children.
A discussion celebrates the domestic luncheon as a practical and social centerpiece for women and children. It lauds the mid day meal made from leftovers, cold cuts, and scraps, praising mothers for creating nourishing soups, stews, and fish and vegetable dishes.
Beaded leather belts are on sale in large quantities and praised for their beauty. The top pieces use soft suede and multicolored glass beads imitating Indian work. Some belts feature beads only at the front as a buckle substitute, while others have an imitation buckle at both ends.
Recent Parisian jewel trends reach London as corsage diamond mesh nets adorn shoulders on royal blue and black gowns. Inverted diadems and pointed wheat ear crowns appear with duchess and Queen Alexandra in similar coiffures. Satin wraps paired with empire gowns and Grecian tunics create summer evening elegance.
A quoted reflection argues that women exist mainly to cook for men and manage the home. It claims single women neglect eating, married women face unhappiness if they reform, and that housekeepers deserve greater acknowledgment than men for household duties.
Stiff collars long embroidered now appear decorated with little Dresden shade flowers. Tiny nosegays cling to collar corners on white linen suits, paired with jabots sewn from embroidered handkerchiefs or white linen butterfly bows for a dainty, clean look.
Silk remnants available as winter approaches. Narrow skirts demand less material, so small remaining lengths can be stretched with a lace ruffle to fashion attractive petticoats.
In Patagonian days Billy Nutzel and I hatch a plan to smuggle live ostrich eggs to Frisco for sale. We rig crates on a cargo captain, hatch nearly 360 birds, then face quarantine and a rogue ring heist as we battle to keep the birds and the loot. The women and crew scramble, while chaos erupts and a stolen ring remains elusive until two children reveal its hiding place.
A humorous dialogue shows an uncle recalling his youth and a nephew retorting with cheeky lines about being seen and not heard. The exchange captures playful generational contrasts in a homely setting.
The text questions Peruna’s claimed effectiveness against chronic catarrh and cites the United States Dispensatory on ingredients like golden seal hydrastias canadensis corydalis formosa and cedron seeds. It notes these components as a mucous membrane remedy tonic and a bitter tonic for dysentery and intermittent diseases as quinine substitute. It invites readers to request a free testimonials book on Peruna.
A sexton watched as three women and a male observer used a church for a walking class. The physical culture instructor claimed to teach proper church gait, prompting astonishment from the sexton who then invited them to return for further lessons.
A young oculist, facing few patients, hires a blind beggar woman to display a lighted board bearing his name, address, and qualifications near the Church of the Tidy Cross. Shoppers notice the display, and benevolent ladies donate to the beggar, though patient numbers remain unclear.
An elderly man visits a music shop seeks a flute music book. He buys a half dollar volume of 50 airs, then plays each tune on his flute for an hour, remarking he has only finished half the tunes.
Bill Nye joked about Julius Caesar landing near London and walking through Regent Street. An English acquaintance quipped that Regent Street did not exist then, showing skepticism about Nye's historical details.
A housewife impatiently asks if dinner is ready and Nora replies it will take two hours more. Nora explains the delay by counting and splitting hundreds of peas, noting many remain to be split or counted.
Mr. Wyse voices annoyance over a distant Gunson relative who died leaving a million dollars. Mrs. Wyss suggests sending a sympathy letter. The Wyse couple debates whether to extend sympathy or congratulations as a homely girl resents blunt descriptions.
Denver prepares for the first Colorado Interstate Fair opening Monday with a grand military display led by Governor Buchtel and Denver officials. Troops from Fort Logan and Colorado militia will take part. Three thousand autos in a Friday illuminated parade. Twenty tons of mining ores and a world class horse show. Knabenshue airship and a Midway known as the Great Divide headline entertainment. Gargiulo and other bands will perform daily. Seventy five thousand visitors expected with continuous attractions all week.
A young woman entered a well known shop and asked if they kept stationery. The shopwalker replied they did not to avoid risking his job.
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