Cobwebs and the Mind From a Homemaker’s Dish
Cobwebs are blamed on neglect in the home and in thinking. The article urges housewives to think, work, and stay active to clear cobwebs from their brains and improve efficiency.
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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
4
Cobwebs are blamed on neglect in the home and in thinking. The article urges housewives to think, work, and stay active to clear cobwebs from their brains and improve efficiency.
A crowded Lyceum performance by the Fairchilds Ladies Quartette fills the opera house with standing room only. The writer laments youths crowding out elderly patrons and urges schools to teach proper public courtesy to honor the aged, calling lack of civility a moral pestilence with broad social consequences.
A Western Farmer letter praises the wife of a modest farmer as the greatest woman in history for managing a home, raising children, and pursuing self-improvement. It extols stay at home women's contributions as essential and comparable to public officials.
Registration books for the coming city elections are now open at my office and will remain open until Saturday night March 34 1917. Office hours 9 a m to 5 p m. Those who voted at last city election need not register this year. A W Smith Hoge Registrar.
Congress proposes building a dam on the Mississippi River at an estimated cost of 40 million dollars. The plan envisions federal involvement and potential regional impact while lawmakers weigh environmental and economic effects.
The Mutual Creamery Co presents a bold plan to build a worldwide market for dairy and poultry products by leveraging western states production. It boasts a fixed three percent profit on sales or a higher surplus returned to producer stockholders, with one share par value ten dollars for every two cows milked. Sixty percent of capital stock reserved for producers, 243 farmers and 66 employees already as stockholders, and 1916 dividends totaled eight percent plus five percent of product value.
The report lists enrolments and attendance percentages for multiple wards and towns in January and February. It notes general averages around 62 percent and cites missing reports from Sharon Beynington Wardboro Montpelier Third wards and others. The Enlistment Committee asks for prompt submissions to finalize the Gual report.
A fragment discusses an army of widows in the United States and ponders how long a wife might remain a widow, urging a Guarantee Fund policy to protect her and children from drudgery and loss. It mentions rates and ages in a garbled insurance context.
Farm loan agents wanted for quick service and liberal rates on first farm and stock ranch mortgages. Live representative needed forpromotional outreach. Box 1166 Povatelta Idaho.
A note highlights how vision problems hinder students' study. It promotes proper eyeglasses and mentions Dr Gathner Sr, suggesting a local eye care resource for pupils.
A terse note discusses how orchard owners use various apples including for cider and vinegar and argues that worms and rotten fruit should be disposed of by feeding to hogs or destroying them.
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