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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
9
A Kentucky man designs a mechanical toy horse called the Galloping Morse. Operated by a crank, the horse trots with pivoting legs, head bobbing, and a jockey figure moving at the hips, appealing to youth amid growing fascination with mechanical toys.
A column of humorous wordplay jokes and puns ranging from weather, measurements, and physics to social quirks. The piece spoofs language with homophones and double meanings, delivering quick setups and punchlines about everyday items, professions, and situations.
A sharp boy enters a grocer shop and asks if there is a sugar trust. The proprietor confirms its existence. The boy says his mother wants to be trusted for two pounds.
The narrator quotes a father asking his son Tommy how he stands in school. Tommy replies that he spends most time in the corner, reflecting a humorous or critical classroom moment.
The article advises that well fed chickens kept dry and thrifty suffer fewer gapes. It stresses housing sanitation, fresh ground during the season, and preventive care over cures, noting carbolic acid treatment for signs of gape and reintroduction of chicks to clean ground.
The Scientific American outlines a draft equalizer for trucks by D. M. Marken of Manhattan New York. The device uses a network of interlinked levers and springs to equalize leverage for one two or three animals pulling abreast. It accommodates one two or three swingle-trees and is designed for quick animal changes, with an engraving illustrating a plan view of the mechanism.
A 1912 agricultural column advises on seed corn and alkaline soil, manure handling, weed control, soil fertility, livestock, and winter tools. It notes the U S farm wealth exceeded 9 billion dollars.
Alford Branch of Overton Texas figures 167 bushels of corn from one acre at 12 cents a bushel, plus a $250 prize from the Texas Industrial Congress, totaling $346.35 in value. He credits fall land preparation, seed selection Bloody Butcher, mulch-like soil surface, and fertilizer for the high yield.
The article notes high corn yields in Texas contests from 1911 and 1912, with an average of 31 and 4% bushels per acre respectively, across many counties. It discusses prize winners, agricultural guidance from the Texas Industrial Congress, and mentions a prayer for strength and a critique of doctors’ finances.
A brief remark in the Galveston News notes how warning a girl about choices can prompt her to buy new clothes, illustrating the subtle impact of guidance on consumer spirit. The point highlights social dynamics and everyday consumer impulses in a compact opinion brief.
A Viennese anthropologist claims nature designed men as superior to women. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the provocative hypothesis, noting the debate over gender roles and the implications for society and science.
The room fills as steady crowds gather to witness remarkable cures. Practitioners report growing demand and increasing interest from patients seeking relief and healing through innovative methods.
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