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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
6
During the long school season a house without a telephone seems isolated in days of constant communication. Parents know the school is within call and this gives security and comfort. The Bell Telephone carries the same confidence into all relations of life. Your friends are within reach by the universal service of the Bell System.
Caleb Heamen returns from the post office in high spirits. He discusses a new monthly periodical named Every Woman Her Own Dressmaker offering patterns and clear directions. A tongue in cheek plan predicts costs saved for neighbors and a string of home craft guides including Every Man His Own Tailor and Helps for the Home Plumber.
A guide urges taking pleasure in restoring old, dusty pictures. It suggests cleaning back paper, removing tacks, washing glass, and resealing with fresh backing. Ammonia in water is noted to polish glass and freshen a room with spotless frames.
Two years past bees and bats contested the hollow Liberty statue on the Texas capitol dome. A steeplejack found a bee hive in the head while painting. Bees then expanded into the body cavity and now, from the ground, the bats appear driven out and bees hold full possession.
Simuel G Blythe edited a long dockside incident story about John Smith visiting the docks at night wearing a silk hat. After editing the piece was shortened for style and appeared the next day with Smith listed as going to the emergency hospital.
An article on stable ventilation urges mosaic air inlets at stalls, central ducts to ceilings, and three exhaust flues. It stresses temperatures, moisture, and metal versus wood frames, noting insulation, paint, and moisture management to prevent ice and corrosion. It cautions against universal solutions and favors multiple small inlets and adjustable vents.
Walter B Leutz outlines poison and trapping methods to destroy ground hogs. He notes wheat soaked in atrych nine or carbon bisulfate placed deep in burrows, with heavy cloth covering entrances. He warns the poison is deadly and must not be inhaled and kept corked until use.
The article notes that a two year old mule performs as much work as a horse does at ages three or four, highlighting the mule’s early work capacity.
An illustrated chart from North West Homstead lists horse ailments with numbers and names such as poll evil, swelling from bridle pressure, inflamed parotid and jugular areas, caries, fistulas, spavin, curb, foundered foot, rat tail, sand crack, ringbone, capped hock, and several others, detailing locations and conditions.
Doctors prescribe very little alcohol these days and prefer tonics and alternatives. This ad explains Ayer's Sarsaparilla is now made entirely alcohol free and advises readers to ask their doctor and follow his advice.
An old advertisement notes daily action of bowsers and warns against poisonous products causing headache billousness nausea and dyspepsia. It urges readers to ask their doctor about correcting constipation with Insative doses of Ayers Pills from a distant manufacturer.
Dr C W Aked, noted minister, replies at a San Francisco banquet to a debate on scriptural piracy with a quip about quiet speech versus unfair eloquence. A fable about a diver and his wife follows, referencing Rev Dr Tenthly profiting from sermons.
Twenty years of experience back of RHO CROSS BALL BLUE. Every housewife will prefer it as the only blue that is truly blue. Liquid bluing is discarded when Red Cross Ball Blue is tried. Makes clothes clear and white. Large package 10 contains. At all grocers.
A London Chronicle snippet shows Willy reprimanded by his mother for a scuffle, noting his dilapidated state and an earlier promise to stand still when about to strike. She recounts Jacky Jones’s action while she counted, highlighting streetcorner conflict dynamics.
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