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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
4
A neighbor breeds 50 Merino ewes to a Southdown ram, winters on bluegrass pasture with minimal hay, then lambs are sold in July with little feed. Ewes yield about one lamb per head, wool worth about $2 per ewe, lambs $3 to $4 each. Feeds only late winter grain mix, plan suited to milder climates and available pasture.
A farmer explains feeding hens with mashed polled potatoes and meat meal without conditioning powder. Green foods include clover hay ensilage and small potatoes. Hens lay more eggs in winter and early spring, with eggs and fowls sold at Taney prices. roosters are killed in fall and neighbors sometimes request roosters in spring but are disappointed.
A notice warns that all dead branches must be cut immediately to prevent endangering the tree and nearby people.
The piece discusses usefulness and daily care for a mule and a new umbrella. It advises lightly greasing hinge areas with vaseline to prevent rust and outlines drying wet umbrellas on their handles to keep water from soaking into silk and ribs, protecting the frame.
A column urges that true beauty comes from expression and inward graces rather than external looks. It argues many women waste time and money chasing beauty, while inner charm can transform a plain face into striking beauty beyond a flawless complexion.
A Georgia philosopher urges people to step into sunlight and embrace happiness arriving like a roadbound parade. The note from the Atlanta Constitution imagery links music and joy to public life.
A woman told the judge Thank yer and May the Lord bless er as she received ten months of hard labor. The remark accompanied the courtroom sentence.
A speaker notes George's wife, described as a poor manager, with a house left in terrible disorder and seeming to take care of itself. The comment contrasts the impression of good management with the apparent neglect.
A Ruskin quote about happiness and the enduring value of simple pursuits. He asserts that growth, reading, thinking, love, hope, and prayer sustain happiness, while wealth or hardship depend on knowing and teaching these essentials. The world’s prosperity or adversity rests on these few things.
Widow of Reverend Samuel Williams long time pastor of the Congregational church in Cripplet yle dies at 88 in the house where she was born and lived all her life. She rarely left home, not sleeping away more than six times.
A visitor notes Colonel Brown appears very literary as magazines lie around the Brown house. The negro maid confirms with the refrain Yas ma’am and adds his year round reading habit in a colloquial tone.
The Indian fighting fish and Nesta species build nests among mosses and grasses to hold eggs. Males guard the young, while females do not participate in parental care.
Advice on choosing an ancient subject and expressing it in verse. The editor may reject if meter is off but a well fashioned piece will convey the point.
Percollum of the Daily Bread jokes that his wife inspires his work and storytelling pay. Mrs Percollum counters with playful lines about turning mixed metaphors into stories and earning wages.
A shopper in a butcher shop eyed alligators in an aquarium and declared that a person may as well be dead as out of style, then asked for two pounds of alligator.
The husband praised the gown as a beauty while the wife resisted wearing the dress again this season, a light exchange captured by the Washington Herald.
A complainant recounts the husband’s remark after the wedding service claiming she had blasted his life forever. Magistrate notes agree with the sentiment in the same vein, though more slowly.
Nell jokes about her husband acting foolish after a proposal. The London Opinion notes the comical social moment as the couple faces public amusement and light ridicule.
Fragmented OCR text mentions China rabbit stews a Chicago judge quotes a wife and aviator girl in Chicago Police say she is Meghty New York air on top floor of a new hotel and storm door orders carried by the wind.
A remark attributed to Sys fom mocks the idea of self sufficiency by noting men who mind their own business face sixty rivals, a playful aside on enterprise and restraint.
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