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Newspaper
Keota News
Location
Keota, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
4
Resolutions, obituary poetry and wedding presents priced at 3 cents per line. Church and society notices and entertainments with money consideration billed at regular rates. Display copy due in office by Wednesday noon weekly. All advertising runs until canceled. Job printing is cash.
A concise aphorism notes that historical greatness rises from humble origins while notable misdeeds arise from privileged roots. The maxim contrasts social strata with moral outcomes, implying direction of character formation linked to class.
A wry line reflects on creation and the idea of multiple wives for Adam. The text jokes that if God had made more than one wife for Adam there would have been more trouble than in the shade of the apple tree.
An economic view argues that living costs rise with trusts and extortion, and it is easier to manage financially with a wife. The piece notes an old bachelor can prosper in this monopoly age, though he cannot show pinfeathers.
Thousands look forward to time off for lake or river trips while mosquitoes and pests threaten. The writer notes ancestors rarely enjoyed vacations, reflecting on the contrast between modern leisure and historical hardship.
In a tone of shared hardship the article notes severe heat in eastern states while local readers pray for relief. It reassures that the region is not uniquely afflicted, urging optimism and solidarity despite ongoing dry conditions.
A riddle guides the reader through a sequence of arithmetic steps using the counts of living brothers living sisters and deaths to reveal three numbers. The left shows living brothers middle shows living sisters and right shows deaths as the final result. The puzzle ends by inviting you to try the method.
A compact moral about microbes in food and drink contrasts modern caution with an ancient frame. The piece uses Methuselah as a rhetorical example, suggesting people still eat and drink freely despite microbial risks, implying longevity without constraint.
The Corn Exposition proclaims Colorado the top grain producer and the census bureau confirms by reporting yields per acre and net profit that Colorado outpaces eastern grain states. Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska average over 18 bushels per acre, Illinois about 19.5, while Colorado reaches 24.9 on both irrigated and dry lands.
The article extols the United States as a land where a son of a poor mechanic can become ruler and a farmer’s daughter can marry a president and bear senators. It claims every citizen can reach any honor, depending on individual effort, from senator to street sweeper or banker to bankrupt.
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