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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
6
Mrs. Golding of Ayr Ontario describes a dramatic eczema ordeal from knees to ankles with one limb wasting and severe discharge. After trying doctors and other remedies, she credits Cuticura for soothing pain, enabling walking again, and eventual cure. June 6 1905.
The Baltimore American quotes a conversation about Freddy misusing terms. A parent explains entomology as the science of bugs and Freddy asks if an entomologist is a crazy man, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of words in everyday speech.
A Detroit News quotation asserts that societal punishment of the rich for moral offenses, paralleling the treatment of the poor by law, would move toward a long overdue solution.
A fragment quotes the New York Press remark that a joke becomes dull when you must listen rather than tell it. The line discusses humor and perception in a concise media отправ.
Kidney trouble patients endorse Peruna and Manalin with testimonials from R. C. B. Sterling in Kentucky and Mrs. Geo H. Simser in Ontario. They report lasting pain relief after short courses, celebrating improved health and renewed energy, while a brief note explains kidneys remove toxins and Peruna offers temporary support.
The article notes a shift in New York straw hat rules from fixed dates May 30 to September 15 toward wearing hats when weather allows. It cites spring examples such as an April 2 sighting on Fifth Avenue and April 20 warmth as proof that comfort now overrides convention.
Maj. I. H. Tomlinson has lived since a recent quake in a cistern at Broadway and Jones in San Francisco. The ten foot chamber on the Demarest estate is reached by a tunnel where he smokes and a cat shares the space. He notes over 100 tremblers since the great earthquake and says the underground room remains undisturbed by fire or seismic shocks.
A milliner recalls a city shopper who insisted trimming on her hat be moved to the church side so it faces the congregation. The saleswoman notes the trim was on the left, but the customer demands the other side for visibility in church. The trimming was moved accordingly.
The oldest architectural ruins are the Ipsampool rock temples on the Nile in Nubia. One temple contains 14 stone apartments and a 57 by 52 foot veranda stone 19 feet thick. Two rows of four colossal pillars rise 30 feet high, each with massive statues. Four colossal figures stand in front, the largest 65 feet high. Ruins dated around 4000 years old.
A Victorian note recalls annual feasts given to heroic dogs. Newfoundland rescues a drowning man when boatmen demand payment, leading to a festival honoring the dog. Later, Hero at Astley’s rescue of two children prompts another banquets in the dog’s honor.
A New York Press account describes a tailor made gown wearing girl who insists on standing in a Fortieth Street car as seats stay empty. The conductor notes she never sits, attributing the habit to her well fitting clothes and good figure that resist creases under scrutiny.
A brief exploration traces the penknife from quill era to modern times, noting its central role for writers and pen-menders. It laments the tool’s disappearance, recalling skilled craftsmen who once kept pens in top condition as quills faded.
Over twenty years capacity of electric generators rose more than a hundredfold while efficiency quadrupled. The largest unit a decade or two ago was a 100 kilowatt dynamo belt driven by a 150 horsepower engine, but today’s dynamos reach up to 12,000 kilowatts.
A new mineral, molybdenite, is exported from Nourway with deposits near Flekketjord reportedly sold to a British firm. Production in 1905 is stated as about 29 tons.
A detailed map 32 by 35 inches maps Wind River Shoshone Reservation land for settlement. Compiled under John T. Wertz favoring townships fractional townships sections lots and natural features with proposed railroads irrigation ditches and roads. Available from H D Childs & Company Chicago for $1 per map with notes to contact Wertz in Lander or Shoshone Wyoming.
A column argues men are not self made and warns against marrying for beauty alone. It likens beauty to a fragile kite needing a string of responsibilities. The piece suggests married life grounds men and strengthens resolve more than bachelor freedom.
The text advises lighter dinners in summer than winter, noting a quart of wheat has more nutrition than a bushel of cucumbers and two pounds of potatoes equal 13 pounds of turnips. It favors light soups desserts and meals in warm weather, urges abundant seasonal vegetables and fruits, and recommends beginning dinner with soup to prepare the system for a hearty meal.
The report notes Argentina exported 3,325,134 sheep and lamb carcasses and 1,922,757 beef quarters last year. France mines lead zinc copper coal iron antimony arsenic and salt with vast stone and slate quarrying. Cement and phosphate production vastly large. Coal remains the leading mineral. Germany sent about 10,710,000 in silks to the U S and Japan 1,190,000 in 1890. In 1904 5 Germany silk goods reached 4,998,000 while Japan hit 5,593,000. Japanese silk exports rose from 7,470,000 in 1895 to 22,410,000 in 1904 05 and still climb.
A brief exchange recalls a society moment where a man notes he can move about again after an illness, while a woman mentions a past pie gesture from a fortnight earlier. The snippet ends with a quirky line about personal belief in one’s own exemption from the law.
An old classified brief offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cay or march not cured by Isis FP. J Cheney & Co of Toledo signs. The fragment mentions sales by druggists and several patent medicines like Hall's Pills and Winslow’s Syrup. The garbled text hints at teething and inflammation remedies and a closing jab about enthusiasm and backing.
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