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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1931
Page
2
Sam leaves family for a week on a railroad section gang. His wife greets him at the door shouting for him to return and work the stove. He protests with a tone of injured innocence saying she acts as if he planned to take the ax.
A family trait is cited with actors in the family. The quote notes that several of them barely escaped the mobs, highlighting danger they faced.
In a large pen itentiary a proposal for an honor system was voted on by the inmates. A prisoner asked a fellow about the vote, and the reply implied strong support with a bold, rough confidence.
A city man at a rural farm asks for writing supplies for a letter home but the farmer says there is only the hired man available. The playful exchange highlights simple rural hospitality and humor from the Florida Times Union.
In a Chelsea Record brief, Jerry asks Freddy about months of salary study. Freddy replies poorly, noting the boss was also researching expense cuts at the same time. The piece frames a pared down outcome amid cost scrutiny.
A terse dialogue contrasts teaching a boy to count with the idea of hiring accountants. The tutor notes the boy will want to play his own game of golf.
A brief exchange shows a sister insisting a letter from a sister contains something vital. The brother claims to have skimmed and notes there is no postscript, suggesting nothing of note.
A humorous dialogue features a character praising a ham as sugar cured, with a witty response hinting at charm and culinary pride. The exchange blends light wordplay with culinary detail in a quaint domestic moment.
The dialogue opens with a jab about making something from nothing and Mrs Jabbs retorts about women cashiers. He replies that embezzlement rarely happens but when it does the employer is taken as well.
The dialogue suggests Henry grapples with married life, showing disappointment as he contemplates the course after marrying. The exchange uses playful sarcasm to imply strain in the relationship.
Dialogue captures a quarrel between a wife and husband over advice. The wife complains that her husband bypasses asking for her input, while the husband retorts that she does not wait to be asked for guidance. The exchange highlights communication friction in a domestic setting.
In Arizona, iconoclasts challenge the Lost Dutchman gold mine myth of Superstition Mountain. They say no mine ever existed, noting repeated searches and the 65 year old A Ruth of Washington, D. C. who vanished after obtaining a map. Air and ground probes failed to locate any mine or remains.
Canton engineers announce a horizontal rotary boring machine that installs piping underground without open trenches. The unit sits in a side trench with a flexible drive shaft powering a rotating cutter head to drill passageways and place casing. Demonstrations show practical use under varied conditions.
Oregon poultry expert Edward Shearer says turkeys in Oregon are growing larger with many toms hitting 50 pounds. He urges halter training so they can be led around stalls, noting the task requires strength.
Prof Martin Sprengling of the University of Chicago has deciphered the Sinai inscription, tracing the alphabet to its Semitic source and disproving Phoenician origin. A Bedouin mine foreman in Egypt is credited with inventing the rudimentary alphabet between 1850 1800 B C according to his theory.
Henry L. Doherty, millionaire head of Cities Service, deposits a 500000 fund for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to study methods to alleviate unemployment.
Italian priest Don Piccardo, famed for tower straightening, has realigned the belfries of Monerago and Santo Stefano d'Aveto. Assisted by workers, he trenches the base, steels stays at the top, drives steel wedges, covers with sand, and hammers the structure upright.
Harold Marks, a robbery convict at San Quentin, learned his unpickable lock design earned him 100000 dollars after a patent attempt. An eastern lock firm reportedly placed the funds in escrow, with Marks planning to move his family to California and start a business after release. He also mused about writing a book on wealth in prison.
Mrs. Dorothy Harrison Eustis of Tennessee created L Oeil qui Voit the Seeing Eye in Vevey Switzerland to train German shepherd guides for the blind. Assisted by Miss Edith Doudge and E S Humphrey the program accepts a few dogs at a time and uses patient conditioning to teach dogs to guide and cue safe street crossings.
In Columbia Missouri a city water and light plant whistle guides shoppers on the day’s weather. One blast means fair weather, two long and three short warn to defer trips or bring an umbrella and coat. George Reeder arranged with the plant to broadcast forecasts.
Lehigh and New England railroad workers in Augusta New Jersey found a robin nest on the air brake compressor of a locomotive between Augusta and Goshen New York. The engine runs 90 to 100 miles daily and contained two healthy young robins. The engineer noted a large robin often bringing prey to the engine and guessed the mother feeds the brood en route.
Data from 28 states show 359 active associations as of January 1, 1931, up 63 from 1930, with 7,037 members owning 1,609 pure bred bulls bred to over 58,000 cows. Dams sired by 84 proven bulls yielded average milk 9,888 pounds and fat 885 pounds, while daughters produced 10,304 pounds milk and 414 pounds fat, surpassing dams by 416 pounds milk and 29 pounds fat. This demonstrates the system’s success in building better dairy herds through cooperative bull exchange.
An American Agriculturist warning urges farmers to sell three teated cows, noting their scarcity is overstated yet many are unworthy of keeping. It argues udder care can save a caked udder with diligent massaging, warm water, ointment, and daily lengthy sessions.
A dairyman weighs grains by total digestible nutrients per pound rather than price per bushel. With example prices, corn costs 1.65 cents per pound of TDN, wheat 1.46 cents, oats 1.55 cents, barley 1.86 cents. Wheat emerges cheapest for milk production.
An experiment at Huntley Montana tested daily pasture needs for cows. A Holstein weighing 1685 pounds ate 218 pounds of green pasture in one day, while average intake reached 140 pounds when fed freely. J R Dawson estimated 75 pounds daily would sustain production.
An official 1931 report shows Canadian dairy outputs in 1930 at 127 million dollars with 57.2 million from creamery butter, 18.1 million from factory cheese, 10.1 million from concentrated milk products and 41.9 million from miscellaneous. There were 2,719 dairy plants: 1,200 creameries, 1,202 cheese factories, 291 combined butter and cheese plants, and 26 concentrated milk plants.
The text argues that historic medicine viewed blood as the medium of nature’s actions, asserting humoral theory that bodily messages travel through the blood and regulate health through the body’s fluids.
The Washington Star notes a playful debate between poetry and music, praising poets for less disturbance while practicing. The piece highlights a 4s poet as an example of preference for verse over melody in public life.
A scientist notes a snail covers two miles in 57 hours. The dialogue weighs on motives for travel, social dogs, and how genuine friendship arises from sacrifice. It also comments that doctors understand illness and that ease with others reflects mutual ease.
An old advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a reliable laxative and health booster for children. It cites Mrs H J Stoll of Nebraska praising its effect on her daughter Lucile, claiming improved color stance and energy. The copy warns buyers to seek the word California on the carton to ensure genuineness.
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