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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
2
The narrator observes the aftermath of Flexmore’s death at Flexmore House. Lynn Yeames betrays calm arrogance as Laure pleads for protection while Miss Dalrymple and Dr. Awdrey race to confirm signs of life. The narrator suspects Lynn’s London trip hides a clement alibi and schemes to secure the will and inheritance.
In the drawing room Lynn Yeames asserts control over Laure and Miss Dalrymple. He orders the child sent away after the funeral and mocks sentiment about the situation. Laure clings to her friend as Yeames plans to fetch Andrey and urgently secure the certificate.
In a practical tale a narrator keeps a labeled drawer for crucial papers. A car accident delays a will signing, affecting the Flexmore estate. Dr. Awdrey and the narrator debate Lynn Yeames as a deceitful guardian hopeful who boasts of wealth, while Laure Dalrymple faces his cruelty.
The article traces Sir Vere de Vere as eldest son of Sir Aubrey de Vere, notes Aubrey and brothers Vere and Stephen left without heirs, and explains how the De Veres inspired Tennyson to nickname a class as the Vere de Vere. It also mentions Lady de Vere and the fictional Lady Clara.
A flirtatious scene in a furniture emporium features a pretty girl seeking a sofa and a bashful suitor. The clerk teases with a Cupid Slide joke as they joke about a sofa that slides to the center, ending in a playful punchline about love and seating.
Mrs Oldwed asks about expense tracking and Mrs Newed explains she uses a double-entry system by recording every item twice to ensure accuracy and avoid forgetting costs. The quip highlights financial habits in a playful exchange.
A student quotes Nero’s famous fiddling as a critique while a teacher replies that many violinists practice best in quiet times, sparking a humorous exchange in a Washington Star style remark.
The claim that Washington Street in Boston is the longest street was reported, noting a distance of 1714 miles end to end. The passage presents the assertion without verification or additional details.
A long excerpt discusses sheep housing and barn design to improve flock health and wool quality. It advocates ventilated sheds, sun exposure, dry drainage, and avoiding fermenting manure. Bedding should be long straw or hay to prevent fleece contamination.
Highlights from a Missouri Columbia bulletin by Dean M M Waters compiling experience of about 1000 cattle feeders across Missouri Illinois and Iowa. Includes feeding ages weights seasons shelter market demands and sifted results from tests with different feeds ages and cattle types. Also describes root storage pits with ventilation and drainage for farm use and cites New York Cornell Experiment Station guidance.
A recommended canker treatment advises painting the affected trunk with one pint whale oil soap three pints burned lime and four gallons of water. Thickening with wood ashes or Bordeaux mixture achieves the correct consistency. lime should not imitate whitewash.
The Department of Agriculture conducts a long term trial to test seed germination after burial. Experiments at Arlington farm place 32 complete sets across 100 species in 3,584 porous clay pots at depths from inches to 8 1/2 feet. Tests will occur at one, two, five, ten, twenty, and fifty years.
The excerpt discusses the challenges of aligning bee hive walls for identical bee spaces, suggests easier cheaper staples over nails, and warns on hive orientation. It advises avoiding northern exposure to protect the colony from harsh winds and overheating shade effects on entrance hexes.
In Gingering a round cistern 17 feet deep and 10 feet diameter holds 202 barrels of GL S gallons. A second cistern 21 feet deep and 10 feet diameter holds 206 barrels.
The text offers advice on sheep shelter and weather endurance, rotating hog pastures to prevent disease, and reducing feed costs by removing weak poultry. It notes a farmer feeding roupy chickens soaked corn and using kerosene mixtures for eye swelling, plus planning succession planting to keep crops continually coming.
Fragmentary text describes a meeting with references to O'Brien Palmer Bogland Duluth Lake Michigan Mackinac and a racing division license for four tracks. mentions Douglass Park Latonia Wheeler and a British cups challenge. Readable facts are sparse and inconsistent.
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