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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
4
The maguey plant, a cactus in Mexico, feeds many and serves as medicine, drink, fiber, and weaving material. It yields aqua miel, pulque, mescal, and tequila, with medicinal, intoxicating, and textile uses. the plant grows abundant and reaches full size by year five.
A young Baltimore woman newly married fears domestic ignorance and encounters a street ash man, mishears his cry, and replies with firm politeness to decline a daily ash delivery. The anecdote, from Lippincott's, highlights a comic clash of modern housekeeping and social nerves.
A memorial presented to the Swiss government urges that no more concessions be granted for Alpine railways. It notes sentiment that such lines, while popular with visitors, harm the scenery. Many mountaineers prefer to avoid climbs and seek districts without railways, as quoted from The Queen.
At Dunfermline Scotland twenty five boys were birched for malicious mischief connected to a coal pit incident at Lochgelly company. They were brought by brake and whipped by a police officer with medical approval, some receiving three stripes. Mothers protested alleged injustice as the boys left the sheriff court area, then chatted cheerfully outside.
A scatter of zany notes highlights include a Chicago firm buying 6000 three cent stamps, a New Haven doctor operating on himself for appendicitis, a St. Paul girl driving nails in under an hour, and a German aerial cruiser promised to carry 300 passengers.
A New York cook was arrested for stealing a steak, with commentary that the punishment should not be harsher than for stealing an egg. A separate note jokes about a wheat hunter not wearing certain fashion items and a potential suitor avoiding a specific woman if found.
A Belgian cavalry expert estimates the global horse population exceeds 80 million, with Russia at about 22 million. Germany and Austria Hungary each surpass the British Isles, which are put near 5 million, underscoring wide regional disparities in horse holdings.
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