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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
5
Detailed step by step instructions from bulletin 136 US Department of Agriculture on laying a cement foundation for a silo. Includes center stake method, wall thickness 10 to 18 inches, material ratios one part cement three parts sand five parts broken stone, mixing and placing procedure, and trenching to frost line.
In Farm and Fireside W H Shay describes a 20 by 80 foot chicken house with a wind shield hall, 40 birds on 30 feet of perches, and a 8 by 8 scratch shed. The design includes three windows, a ventilator outlet, and metal roofing. Plymouth Rocks are praised as a productive, manageable breed suited for market production.
The piece argues that no man can afford to pitch hay by hand or plow with a walking plow when a sulky plow is practical. It states a double-shovel cultivator is unnecessary if a double cultivator suffices and claims improved machinery yields good profits on investment.
A Virginia oil well near a farmhouse kitchen reaches a gas point requiring strict safety. The farmer's wife threatens to bake a dough batch in a Dutch oven, demanding ten dollars to put out the fire. The driller pays, fearing a blast and vowing to avoid further dealings with women.
Sailors and officers of the Norwegian steamship Minerva claim they possess the original cat that came back and cannot be lost. The cat boarded at Lambert's Point coal piers and later rejoined the ship after a 3,000 mile voyage via Portland and a British steamer, winning fame in Pacific Coast papers.
A Grecian school called the Academy of Silence with 100 members admits a newcomer who tests a water filled urn by dropping a flower petal onto the liquid. The petal floats without displacing any water and the academy’s membership grows to 101, as described by Hollis Godfrey in the Atlantic.
A woman laments losing a winter house near Washington Square North after mistaking a Russian consulate emblem for a lager beer sign. Her friend explains the emblem is the double eagle of Russia, clarifying the supposed sign was actually a coat of arms.
Mrs Asquith faced criticism for inviting Maud Allen to a luncheon. She planned to invite Parisian artist M Poiiret to avoid objections, claiming this guest would quell critics by raising clothing to the maximum. Yet criticism persisted.
Silas Morgan of Whidbee Island Washington found several dozen cans resembling red paint and used them on his house after assuming they washed ashore. A town sample proved the fluid was opium worth about $300 per can. nearly thirty cans were used wasting more than $9 000.
Dr. Von Mathesius once pastor in New York, allegedly posing as a German count, was horse whipped in front of the Sheldon hotel after a chase through Mexico. Richard Koval of Terrazas, Mexico, said Mathesius slandered him and that he tried to horsewhip Mathesius in Mexico City but police intervened.
Pittsburg Kansas report notes word was carried to Coroner Dudley and to members of the investigation that witnesses were warned against talking about the case.
A masked man warned the Enberg family Monday night that the investigation must end or another death would occur. Family members were reluctant to discuss the visit and several witnesses have refused to testify before the coroner's jury.
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