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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
5
In a column attributed to John D Was Young, a Rockefeller denial rejects forecasts of overproduction as the cause of crises. A rural parable about a job seeker on a bridge contrasts urgency with prudence, while a humorous butcher shop tale ends with a pun about a yard of pork demonstrating misinterpreted measures.
A Wisconsin Experiment Station report highlights a premier alfalfa field in the North yielding 82,576 pounds of green fodder from four cuttings, about 14 tons per acre. The alfalfa doubled clover and tripled timothy in green weight and produced far higher protein. Seed rate was twenty pounds per acre, with Common alfalfa outperforming Turkestan in trials.
An excerpt from Succons Magazine recounts a German Pays piece noting Frau Fischer Ustinelly recalling predicting Roosevelt's rise. It includes a discussion with Mrs Roosevelt about Teddy becoming a professor or U.S. president, with her rebuke and the author’s continued interest in his career.
In a lively snippets page a matinee idol is teased for a side line with a glove factory paying him. The gag centers on fans applauding and a sales pitch urging young ladies to patronize Fit s Glove Company during the cheering.
A moralizing piece notes that inheriting great wealth does not make one great and that three years of folly can ruin a life. It contrasts flattery with humiliation and argues that success without honesty leads to penury of reputation. The author warns every reader to avoid swollen heads and remember humility.
An authority puts Earth's surface at about 1 701 984 square miles with 53 000 000 square miles of land and water. Pi bury's VITOS breakfast cereal touted as ideal and widely available. The State Normal School in Los Angeles installed a new heating system with a brick boiler house and steam radiators in classrooms.
She and he discuss a distinctive difference in hair. She notes most male poets and pianists have long hair. He explains poets have hair hanging down, while pianists have hair that stands up.
A warning against mercury containing catarrh ointments notes they damage smell and sense and advises prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is claimed mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation and urges buyers to ensure genuine products.
A garbled fragment references DE Kune's Great Merve Restorer and a trial battle involving 1s Kuler pies. It mentions oearch Bt Philadelphia and a date 1905-51, but many words are unclear. The readable items point to a local medical or patent remedy matter with possible Philadelphia origin.
Archaeologists report unearthing leather fragments in Asia containing Syriac and Persian Christian legends from a city ruins in Turkestan. Prof. Bloomfield notes the find sheds light on Christianity's spread through Persia and Turkey and how Bible stories traveled to the Far East.
Dr William Keen outlines ancient to modern dissection practices from Alexandria in 300 B.C. to Vesalius revival in the 16th century. The piece notes morgue thefts, grave robbing, and public hostility to anatomists including 18th century mobs in Philadelphia and New York, naming figures like Galen and Madonna Manzolina.
A New Zealand Graphic reader letter complains about a difficult arithmetic problem for a pupil and the wasteful effort with bottles and wine. The writer laments the cost of solving the task and asks for simpler problems such as water. The note ends with a historical aside about Finland being conquered by Sweden and Christianization in the 13th century.
Agricultural Epitomist suggests six inch by five inch by two inch plank joints laid in two layers to drain urine and keep stalls dry, with top planks spaced four inches apart. It also cautions that inbreeding should be limited to three years with careful selection, to improve pure breeds without excessive related mating.
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