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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
2
A jumble of quips and observations covers topics from fashion to farming, crime to cuisine, and science to sports. The piece lampoons trends, slang, and social mores with puns about silks, pilots, and politics, intertwining jokes on shopping and daily life.
Cauliflower is easy to grow and among the most savory vegetables for home gardens. It requires cool weather and nitrogen rich soil with adequate phosphorus and potassium. Daily leaf tying after heads form prevents coloring. keep weeding and surface cultivation steady. use home mixed fertilizers. plant in neat seed beds. package sizes vary with season. harvest and market handling matter. select cultivators with twelve small teeth for truck crops.
James D. Marshall summarizes Nebraska tests over eight years showing no significant yield or weight per bushel advantage from using the heaviest seed fractions of Turkey red and Lig Frame wheats versus lighter or unseparated seed.
Massachusetts governor announces state institutions will grow and sell pure seed at fair market price. The plan aims to aid farmers with quality seed and generate revenue for the state institutions, with emphasis on grass seed production and distribution.
Readers propose workable, results driven ideas for improving chicken coops and flock health. The focus is on actionable tips that yield tangible in-yard gains.
The article notes that bulbous wild flowers that die after blooming can be moved to suitable sites, including spring beauty and yellow adder's tongue. It explains bulbs lie just below surface and highlights Jack-in-the-pulpit’s garden adaptability, with fertile blooms leaving a scarlet fruit globe mid summer to mark past blooms.
The sunflower seed serves as both food and medicine. It is an oil rich grain that can redden the comb and add luster to feathers. Seeds should not be dried in the heads but shelled when ripe and spread on a dry floor to air and dry, preventing mustiness.
In Virginia spinach is sown in rows four to a narrow bed with nine inch row spacing. A row of cabbage is placed at each bed edge. December sowing precedes March shipments and April to early June cabbage marketing. Millions of cabbage plants have been set on spinach beds.
Two close friends meet by chance and share a joking celebration of an engagement. One accuses the other of not giving a hint, then remarks on the suprise of the proposal while noting others expected it, and a chill mood follows the exchange.
A quip from Lippincott's recalls a tale where Hicks faces a wife’s discovery of a memo in his raincoat pocket about buying a ribbon for the typewriter. The note prompts embarrassment as he struggles to explain his to-do.
Dialogue features Mr Converse and Miss Wabble debating vegetarian ethics. The uncle, an 80 year old vegetarian, opposes eggs and thus restrains his niece and nephew from egg consumption. He offers hand painted eggplants as a compromise to satisfy the children.
A dialogue notes two thieves, Snatchem and a second burglar, who operate among women shoppers. The first questions whether the thieves profit, and the second replies that money is scarce. Snatchem makes little from theft in such crowds.
A Harvard freshman asks about the meaning of swank and its usage at the Harvard club. His brother explains the term as “putting on side” and notes both phrases share a Missouri origin meaning “throwing the dog,” prompting a request to keep quiet.
A New York asylum inmate, an Irishman, goes to a neighboring ward to get the time. He returns with a 200 ment and declares it is twenty minutes to twelve. The judge questions his certainty and the inmate retorts that the clock would not be right there.
A humorous anecdote contrasts a Tennessee native who remained silent at a dinner table with a New Yorker who recounted a story in a Tennessee town. The exchange includes playful dialect around the words ain’t and yer as a grocer and a small girl quiz a grocer.
Mrs Hicks recalls a scare at home when a noise woke her and she saw legs under the bed. A nearby woman asks if it was the burglar, but it was her husband startled by the noise. The tale comes from Le Die's Home Journal.
Judge remarks on social workers and visiting calls while Mrs. Hunter-Fadde offers to aid the cause by sending her maid with cards. The dialogue reflects pressures of slum outreach and civic service among Mrs. Futterby and Mrs. Hunter-Fadde.
A speaker recalls a guest who arrived for dinner and, when asked to make himself at home, removed his coat and collar and lit his pipe. The exchange highlights a clash between hospitality and propriety within a domestic scene.
Dialogue hints at a rumored plan or move involving a person or place called Hu Coping. Two speakers, Bosh and Josh, discuss whether the rumor is credible and imply creditors are involved in the chatter.
In a terse exchange Mrs. Jones tells Mrs. Smith she cannot trust his truthfulness after a fishing trip with her husband. Mrs. Jones describes the trip as damaging to her confidence and questions his honesty.
A short verse noting that some boys are credits to their fathers while others are called Habilities, reflecting on paternal pride and the varied paths of young men with a period voice.
In a Punch exchange a bookseller and the author of Pebbles tease rival talent after a customer orders note paper. The bookseller praises Pebbles and the author jokes he could write as good a book, with light humor about literary ambition.
A historical quip questions George Washington's honesty by contrasting truth telling with a fusa that was made in response. The exchange frames deception and reputation as a teaching moment.
Dialogue excerpt shows Maud Why claiming she owes the druggist for her complexion and Ethel reacting with disbelief about paying cash. The passage suggests social tensions over money and vanity in a domestic scene.
A brief exchange portrays Twobbersly as humorless and unable to crack a smile even in a social setting. The dialogue highlights perceived dullness during a meeting scenario and underscores the character’s stiff demeanor.
A witty exchange recalls Bangs once a charmer among the girls. One commentator notes he has not seen Bangs for a long time and is told he has been cured by marriage. The punchline credits marriage with taming his social allure.
A comic exchange shows a grocer recalling a demanding woman who complained about long waits and short weights, while a clerk notes her prior gripe about weight accuracy, illustrating a perpetual customer struggle.
A brief, quoted exchange shows a person joking about baptism plans, saying they intended to join the Baptist church but will be sprinkled into the Episcopal church instead once the sun mer comes. The note preserves regional speech and a light religious preference moment.
A plump woman browses a big store sale of hose and asks for six pairs. A salesboy quips that cheap hosierys aren’t elastic at the top, comparing the affordability to fit. The anecdote appears in Norman B. Mack's National Monthly.
An insurance agent asks a lady if her house is insured against fire and jokes about fear of flames. She replies no, noting her husband is more afraid. during ten years of marriage he has never lit a fire.
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript records Mrs Youngbride asking if she should open an account or pay for her purchases, with the grocer replying that both options are acceptable. The exchange reflects early consumer credit practices and polite commerce phrases of the period.
An older Life magazine quote notes a doctor speaking kindly to mourning widows after a patient dies following a long battle with illness. The widows say they had tried to have the operation long before, reflecting on timing and regrets.
The Boston Transcript quotes Carver claiming to have spent hush money amid ongoing police scandal discourse. A respondent asks for amounts while another speaker jokes about seven children as a metaphor for misdeeds.
A classroom exchange questions how a renowned general ordered more wine prior to the abolition of the canteen. The professor's inquiry prompts a student to speculate on historical wine allowances in military settings.
A club discussion quotes the poet Noyes arguing peace, while another speaker questions practical peace if the sword is turned into the ground plow. The exchange riffs on wartime sentiment and agricultural toil.
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