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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
6
A St Paul Globe hymn-like meditation urges sharing comfort and aid before ruin and death. It warns that praise after death is hollow and emphasizes aiding the poor and distressed, comforting the weary, and helping a penitent seek relief. The verse ends urging timely mercy and compassion.
The old man dismisses changing suitors as trivial fads while warning that a well-raised girl may still run away with the first smug-faced rattle-brain. The young man braces under the blunt critique and questions his own appearance.
A young man seeks his father's consent to marry Josephine. A stern interview reveals family wars and vaunted ancestral deeds from Horatio Gregg, while a crucial document shows a Gregg grandfather fought for Britain in 1812, forcing a dramatic shift in loyalties and plans.
In a Houston Post item a playful exchange centers on a car that has become jammed and cannot be started. One speaker suggests letting it be, noting a worse outcome if the problem prevents starting the vehicle. The lighthearted caption mirrors midcentury humor in local press.
A reader question in the Houston Post asks if the paper enjoys chestnuts. The reply distinguishes between jokes and the edible chestnut, affirming the edible kind.
The article discusses managing aggressive pigeons with wing clipping and mating pens, lists nutritious feeds for pigeons including wheat and peas, and shares a Hillarde style chicken coop for chicks. It also covers thorough cultivation to protect crops, importance of soil air, and simple bird care tips like attracting wrens with boxes while guarding against sparrows.
A method brought by H de Lapparent to preserve meat using sulphurous acid fumes is reported as simple and effective for home or army use. Experiments show low acid levels in meat. smoking or fumigation is noted with minimal taste impact and health risk.
Do not save your own seeds unless you have used every precaution to prevent cross fertilization. Plants often mix without the grower’s knowledge. A melon, it is claimed, may be fertilized by a pumpkin, and though this season’s fruit seems genuine, the seeds next season may fail the crop or ruin quality.
Practical notes on selecting breeding geese. Old geese are advised for breeders while young stock may be infertile. Recommend a ratio of one gander to three or four geese and caution that equal numbers of ganders and geese can lead to pairing and limited mating.
A crowded list chronicles battles discoveries and political milestones from 1322 Bavarians defeating Austrians at Muhlldorf to 1904 Don Jose Pardo proclaimed President of Peru. Notable items include Columbus second voyage 1498 Balboa Pacific discovery 1513 and Washington Yorktown siege 1781.
Dispatches from Vienna report Prof Belar of Laibach observatory conducted seismographic tests during Ostend gunnery trials. He used earthquake measurements to predict fire location and direction from distant artillery. Results were satisfactory and further trials planned for autumn maneuvers in the Karawanke hills.
In a terse conversation, a hostess blushed at meeting Mr. Smarkle while Mrs. Traynoo commented. A guest replies that she believed the hostess knew him, then reveals a personal detail about her own husband, describing him as her antepenulti mate.
A jumble of 19th century advertising copy detailing Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, claims of blood and mucous surface action, and a one hundred dollar reward offer, plus mentions of Hall's Family Pills and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a light joke from the Augusta Constitution.
An article from a New York daily reports a simple prescription for backache, kidney and bladder derangements. Fluid Extract Dandelion, 0.5 oz. Compound Karyon, 1 oz. Compound Syrup Sareaparilia, 3 oz. shake and take after meals and at bedtime. An authority says ingredients are harmless and affordable, with claims of cleansing kidney structure and removing waste from blood. urged for those with symptoms before Bright's disease.
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