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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
4
The quotation urges steady adherence to duty even without friends or joy to share. It frames duty as an imperative guiding personal conduct and perseverance, citing Walter Scott as the source of the sentiment.
Eskimo women and children catch most of the fish and birds while men hunt polar bear and walrus, storing perishables for the eight months of winter. The passage highlights gender roles in subsistence tasks and seasonal provisioning.
Jud Tunkins asserts a rule that he would not object to watching a man play a piano if the performer’s facial expression could be kept out of view.
A terse Galveston News quip notes the sole benefit of baldness is that hair brushed in the morning will stay in place all day, preserving a steady look.
A Paris medical review warns against placing any electric appliance within reach of a person in a bath. Dr Zimmern notes 110 volt shocks with wet hands or bodies, cites deaths from touching lights, heater cords, or chandeliers while wet, and urges caution changing bulbs on wet floors due to insulation defects.
A Canadian writer describes an ingenious method used at Fitchburg Massachusetts sewage disposal works to gauge sludge depth. A pitcher pump is attached to a 28 foot 1 inch rubber hose marked in feet, screwed to a plank across the tank, and lowered into the tank inch by inch with pumping between shifts.
The procedure describes a complete change of water hose to raise sludge and measure depth. By advancing the hose beneath the chimney top and noting its length, and knowing the distance from chimney top to tank bottom, the sludge depth can be estimated accurately.
In Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico a rare light snow fell during a sudden cold spell. People who had never touched real snow watched from doorways as the peaks Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuetl loomed snow covered sixty miles away. Barefooted locals stepped into the strange element then spent the day indoors.
A traveling salesman notes Uncle Riley’s mood at the Petunia tavern. The landlord explains Riley has destroyed the peach crop for next season and disrupted the League of Nations, leaving him with no talking points. The crowd seems indifferent to Mars’ climate and his usual rhetoric.
Before the war Japan supplied most packing cases for rubber sent from Burma. Due to higher costs and shipping scarcity, the Burma Forest Department took over the business and supplied the needed boxes, earning a fair profit and aiding a local industry.
United States Department of Agriculture notes junior dairy clubs favor bred heifers for beginners. Heifers are easier to handle and teach care before calving, while cattle ownership builds experience. Calves increase in value as youngsters gain skill. Spreading mature cows to youths is riskier due to inexperience.
The text argues that keeping cattle or calves costs less for attendants but requires about three years to complete, risking reduced member interest. It notes the challenge of selecting the best animals for profitable production and stresses the cow’s value when production and expense records are kept. It adds that junior dairy club work develops future breeders who grow from raising a single animal to owning large, quality herds.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises farmers to give breeding cows in poor condition extra care and liberal feeding during winter. Overly restricting feed harms calf vitality and cow health. provide silage or legume hay, plus protein supplements such as velvet beans or cottonseed meal, and supplement with two to three pounds of grain. If silage is unavailable, corn stover or straw may be used.
The text explains that milk yield depends on blood delivered to the udder and that strong digestion and heart function support milk production and vigor in calves. It emphasizes cardiovascular and digestive health as key farm assets for dairy cows.
The note emphasizes not filling churns half full for better results and urges thorough cleaning of cooling equipment and utensils. It warns cows adapt to dirty winter conditions if handling methods are lax and mentions a contesting association planning border cow sightseers with lost return tickets. It praises corn stover as roughage and recommends feeding silage at three pounds per 100 pounds live weight.
A World War era outreach note from the Service and Information Branch invites soldiers sailors and marines to contact Capt H C Billings in San Francisco or their Legion secretary for help with discharge bonuses travel pay lost baggage Liberty Bonds insurance disability vocational training employment and welfare matters 1 2 3 15 16 17 18 19 seek names and addresses of tubercular or insane service members and to provide prompt action on every case.
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