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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary lines discuss taxpayer money and a daughter of Thabat two years off, with crude remarks about a dinosaur and a baby mammoth. The speaker, Pick, comments on training in schools and the difficulty of fitting ancient creatures into a modern context.
A fragmentary dental scene shows Mr. Ack lin' recalling a dentist's warning about a crown and trouble. The patient laments discovering the crown and the pain it brings, noting prior claims and confusion over the tooth’s fate.
Experiments in Europe explore using paper in pneumatic tires noting that paper may combine metal strength and rubber elasticity with a cheaper material. researchers report promising results and potential advantages over traditional metals and rubbers.
A reflective excerpt discusses slow self harm and bachelor life. It ponders whether unmarried men live shorter lives, asserting bachelors nonetheless look after themselves though care may not extend longevity. The narrator claims a centered, self-guarding stance.
A prisoner admits stealing a doctor's watch after the physician prescribed medicine at a free dispensary. The judge notes the charge and the man explains he acted because he was in a hole and had no water to take the prescribed spoonful each hour.
A quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson argues that women should vote and hold equal political power, comparing to Shaker and Quaker practices and decrying the idea that women voting is a joke. The remark frames early feminist sentiment about political rights and gender equality.
A distended cow was removed by state veterinarians from a New York dairy farm and killed. In its stomach they found a gold watch with a chain, lost months earlier by a dairy boarder.
A three year old friend visits Bobby and asks Mia to share some of the pie marks on his face. The scene centers on a quaint family moment as a child points to food remnants.
Five launches attempted to tow the enormous whale to the pier after it was caught in Pred Perez’s nets near Santa Cruz. Nets and ropes broke and the monster was abandoned. The whale measured itty feet long.
In a dialogue still readable from the clipping a father asks if he can support his daughter in the style she has been accustomed to. The Sultor replies he can but not in the style her mother and he have tried to impose for six months.
Rag and Gobtall, from tege, in the second year of age, form a scarlet herd at rutting time. Rag stands for a fawn dust after weaning, while Gobtall refers to an indelicate, infnate gol of sheep or deer.
A reflective aphorism asserts that every person carries the future in their mind and heart, with humanity entrusting its hopes to the capable hands and minds of each individual, urging responsible action and shared progress.
A garbled excerpt notes a fortune teller warning about mixed romantic interests including a blonde and a bronette in danger, provoking curiosity among readers about a hidden local dilemma and the mysterious adviser’s role.
A neighbor describes a simple, inexpensive method for raising sheep using mixed grain feed in winter and grazing on pastures. Ewes lamb in summer, lambs sold in July with no extra feed, averaging one lamb per ewe. Wool value and lamb price are modest but acceptable given labor and grain input. approach suits milder winters and Bluegrass pastures. The choice of ewe types, such as fine wool Merino and Southdown, affects ease of care and fleece quality, though finding the right stock can be challenging.
A farmer explains feeding hens with mashed potatoes and meat meal powder, and using surplus small potatoes for hogs or as a feed supplement. Hens lay more eggs in December through March, boosting egg and fowl sales at high prices. Neighbors seeking roosters in spring are told roosters are culled in fall, and winter storage is not available.
The notice warns that all dead branches must be cut immediately to permit the tree to survive and prevent endangering the tree. It emphasizes prompt pruning to protect life of the tree and surrounding area.
A montage summarizes curious claims and vignettes including fashion warns of hobble skirt danger, a South Carolina prophecy of the world’s end next year, a capitalist shedding ten million dollars in New York, a Cleveland grocery listed as for sale due to the owner’s death, aviators citing metal asphyxia, and a Ohio convict contracting tuberculosis from tainted money slipped into his mouth, reflecting sensational era miscellany.
Fragmentary text from a medical journal claims women should maintain beauty as a duty and references powders and fashion, with garbled, unclear phrases about standards and social expectations. The readable portions imply gendered norms without coherent argument or date.
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