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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1910
Page
2
A collage of wry observations and curiosities spans science, society, love, and entelechy. Notes on Mars life claims, canal fantasies, a navy non-swimmer fact, the Andean tunnel project, spelling patches, and a Hartford romance stir light commentary on age, marriage, and social norms.
A faded vignette recalls a woman of a noted American family living in a Hudson mansion for sixty eight years who marries her hostler aged 24, then pivots to a broader discussion on fishing. It traces humanity's reliance on ocean fish for food, noting global fisheries worth about 400 million dollars and US leadership at 63 million, with Britain and Japan following. It highlights the expansion of fish markets due to refrigeration, the role of cold storage, fish’s affordability and nutrition, and government efforts in propagation and conservation.
A Broadway shoe dealer asserts happiness hinges on imagination. He recalls a shopper who wanted larger shoes. by stamping the number 8 with a half underfoot his stock pair felt bigger, changing the customer’s view to contentment. The dealer adds a remark on selling a second pair by tricking perception.
A compilation of old jokes and quips from Success Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar with brief gags about pantry keys in boleros, dentist bridges, and a Kaiser godfather line. It mingles domestic misfortune with light humor, ending with a quip about men and mice fears.
A compendium arguing gambling harms with Hubbard's critique of amateurs evolving from recreation to ruin. The piece links disciplined work, early rising, and study to success, citing figures like Humboldt Goethe Schiller Heine and Napoleon plus Lincoln as examples of productive mornings.
Dr Madison C Peters extols early rising and eight hours sleep, citing Ben Franklin and Gladstone. He argues night time is for rest, while morning hours hold productivity, noting ancient and modern figures who rose early to achieve more.
A curiously themed moral piece urges readers to cultivate the art of listening over talking at social gatherings. It compares nervous talkers to stage fright and includes a humorous anecdote about a lawyer candidate forgetting the liability of a common carrier, labeling the scene a calamity.
Dr Paulson argues that a large trial of workers adopting nonflesh diets suggests fresh food may not be essential for health strength and endurance. He cites University of Brussels studies showing nonflesh eaters outlasting meat eaters by up to 200 percent in endurance and quicker fatigue recovery among vegetarians. He notes vegetarian examples like George Allen the mile-a-minute walker and quotes Newell Dwight Hillis urging simple plant based meals as accessible to all. If hundreds of thousands continue the meatless plan, many may sustain it long term.
Economists and lawmakers push the small holdings act of 1908 as a remedy for farming decline. Reports are mixed with landowners calling it burdensome while farmers begin to show interest. In Nottingham 243 applicants sought 4,059 acres, 124 okayed totaling 1,285 acres, 511 acres actually acquired. A large estate plans to divide 4,000 acres for small holdings. The movement, though uncertain, draws global economist attention.
Prof William Niven of Cuernavaca and Mexico City unveils ancient Mexican pottery and skulls near Tacuba, uncovering that locals sold genuine antiquities as modern fakes for years. He notes petrified stones and burned clay heads likely used as family portraits, challenging beliefs about the origin of these collectibles.
A Baltimore American quote mulls a dilemma of parliamentary life. It notes the irony of a man being agile enough to chair a standing committee, capturing the paper’s wry wit about political conduct.
A New York Times retelling describes Daniel Boone as a towering marksman who hit 200 yard targets with a single shot and killed game with astonishing ease. The old hunter recounts Boone loading a powder horn, patching the bullet, and driving a ramrod into a compact stock later adopted by armies and manufacturers.
Orison Swett Marden argues in Success Magazine that sincerity is essential to popularity. Pretence destroys confidence, while genuine interest in others builds trust. A German student’s letter mocks deceit, and the piece ends noting the pitfalls of marrying for convenience and vice of fortune.
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