Orphan Harold Atridge Finds Work After War Ends
Harold Norman Atridge, an orphan, lives with his great Aunt Matilda who raised him. After her death he becomes penniless and seeks new employment at war’s end. Jennie is his sole source of recreation.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1931
Page
3
Harold Norman Atridge, an orphan, lives with his great Aunt Matilda who raised him. After her death he becomes penniless and seeks new employment at war’s end. Jennie is his sole source of recreation.
Harold battles confusion as Miss Clarence sleeps unaware while Mr. Clarence trembles and mutters in a disease marked by Delirium Tremens. Harold weighs calling a doctor, fearing to wake the patient or disturb the girl in the adjacent room.
Harold sits in a corner listening to Mr Clarence mutter as a delirious aunt disapproves. He weighs a quiet exit against publicity and finds himself nodding off, exhausted from the tension and late hours.
Harold awakens in a ruined house with Miss Clarence at his side and Mr Clarence asleep on the bed. They plan tea and safety, while Harold recalls his long dormancy of winded time as they tend to injuries and discuss the looming danger. The scene hints at lingering strain and the need to care for both patients.
The term Americanism meaning words of American derivation was linked to Doctor Witherspoon, former president of Princeton, dating back about 150 years.
Farmers are urged to consider cutting stage and weather when buying alfalfa. Kansas tests show protein ranges from 13.1 to 20.2 percent depending on bloom stage, with feed efficiency varying by cutting time. Nebraska and Colorado studies reinforce leafiness and weather impact on protein content and overall feed value.
Kansas State Extension dairy expert James Wlin n stresses accessible clean water for dairy cows, especially on large pastures. He notes cows drink about five pounds of water per pound of milk and urges windmill controlled wells with float tanks for easy, timely access.
Wisconsin agricultural experiment station bulletin summarizes calf feeding with dry skim milk by L W Rupel and G Bohstedt. Calves get 0.8 lb daily dry skim milk and gain about 1.4 lb per day from birth to six months. Results show similar gains when mixed with grain rather than water. Profitability depends on whole milk price versus dry skim milk cost and local marketing conditions.
An agricultural note argues that a sire’s value lies in its ability to stamp desirable traits on offspring, not in scales texture or animal type. It warns many farmers miss this merit, leading to valuable bulls being sold before their true traits are known.
Frank Hawkes the world’s greatest speed salesman takes a day off from flying to insist he is not a speed demon. He says he promotes honest, obtainable speed for all, not freakish records, by cruising conservatively rather than racing.
The article describes the Better Business Bureau as a semipublic agency protecting the public from false advertising and fake securities. It explains the national body with local bureaus in about forty cities, each bureau serving its own community and funded by local merchants and manufacturers.
A national organization declares its monthly publication motto to increase public confidence in business by promoting fair play in advertising and selling. The statement underscores the group’s mission to foster ethical standards across commerce and media.
Dr Charles H Mayo at a Rochester luncheon notes fiction mirrors real surgery with Caesarean births in Dresser and Hemingway. A visitor asks for his most dangerous case. he points to a case of surgical instruments and laughs.
A divorced husband of a red-headed woman with five children remains calm after her remarriage. He even lives with his former wife and her new husband, displaying unlikely devotion and good-natured restraint.
The Brockton Enterprise describes a family unit that supports both its own children and others without complaint. The piece notes this arrangement has persisted for years, portraying the family as a wholly friendly and harmonious group.
A 700 acre peat bog in Canada is now under production for spagnum moss with an estimated fifty year supply. Production runs at about 500000 bales annually, tapping a long term bog resource for the moss trade.
The British guinea stamp tops world values with two known owners, King George and Arthur Hines. A light note adds that love lets people speak silly without feeling ridiculous.
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