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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
7
Readers learn from William A. Radford a prominent authority on building about the rise of the square Italian village style houses. The design emphasizes economy, convenience, and dignity with a simple footprint of 27 feet 1 inch by 25 feet 6 inches and a straightforward interior layout.
The interior trim matches the exterior with simple moldings and straight corners. First floor uses red oak, second floor red birch, with gold oak finish on oakwork and wax luster. The plan features a 12 by 19 living room and 12 by 14 dining room, open stairs, a pantry, two second-floor bedrooms, and a bathroom above the kitchen for economical plumbing. Exterior cement plaster on wood lath with pebble dash, broad wooden paneling, and heavy brackets support the roof and porch cornices. Estimated cost about 4,000 dollars including hot water heat and lighting fixtures.
A period piece lists practical advice on maintaining youth through gardening and provides stain removal tips for fabrics. It covers paint and varnish stains with turpentine and alcohol, grease stains with naptha soap and water, and old stains softened by kerosene. Also includes a recipe for fancy fritters using cornstarch and egg yolks.
The Stavriota of eastern Asia Minor, some 60,000 strong, outwardly follow Islam while secretly preserving Christian rites. After Turkey’s revolution, they petition the Young Turk government for public Christian recognition, but authorities have yet to grant it despite promises of full religious liberty.
A playful scene shows Rip Van Winkle waking and hurrying down the rocky heights. Villagers taunt him with a jab about sleeping another twenty years and missing the top of the mountain. The crowd’s motto is to demand proof.
A historical cooking column offers methods for tenderizing tough cuts like oxtail and pot roast through long slow cooking. It details browning, simmering with water, adding vegetables, and thickening gravy, plus recipes for mush with cheese, shadow potatoes, and cake fritters with jam and vanilla syrup. The tone reflects frugal home cooking.
W R Rilbert argues calf rearing hinges on relentless sanitation and care. Clean housing, disinfecting navels at birth, dry bedding, and good ventilation curb the white scours and contagious bronchitis. Protect calves from cold rain, provide dry quarters, and give open air exercise only in warm weather to safeguard this farm asset.
An illustrated elevation and groved plan show how a bull is kept without a keeper entering the stall. Feed and water pass through a sliding trough, and a pulley operated door controls access from the pen to the runway. The breeding pen is secured until the bull is moved to the cow.
A statesman asks how to prove the ultimate consumer myth while the other quips that the code on high Olympus indulged in banquets proving a myth is an ultimate consumer. The remark ends with a cryptic line about not worth eating at a veterinarian for a bad case of eggs.
Boys can profit from keeping pure bred homer pigeons, with careful mating and good stock. A pair costs about one dollar to feed yearly, and high quality birds can yield six squabs annually for a three to three fifty sale, securing solid margins. Writers say to contact dealers for mating guarantees and to research market practices before starting.
Postmaster General Hitchcock asserts rural mall delivery has greatly increased farm value across the country, noting widespread improvements in rural commerce and mail service efficiency.
The article discusses Sarwar Impressed tablets praised for curing blood diseases and run-down conditions, with testimonial-style anecdotes and local color about tenants and manners. It weaves in humorous exchanges about courtesy and miscommunication, ending with a quip about a deaf and dumb asylum.
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