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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
6
An excerpt discusses the matriarchal system in an Indian tribe, where the mother heads the family, owns real property, and inheritance flows through the maternal line. It notes the father’s kinship ends at birth and highlights linguistic gender roles and a feminine sun with a masculine moon. It also mentions Orris for washing and a violet scent usage from the root.
Prof Behring at an Agricultural Union meeting in Berlin attacked Pasteur’s milk purification system and sterilization of milk and water. He argued artificial products replace natural milk and boiled water destroys natural elements essential for bone and sinew, insisting on pure water and healthy cows.
A compilation of social notes and tips on women’s lives. Includes figures on American women’s annual spending on beauty products, a 120 year old Portland resident, a Hungarian girl in Denver making violins, Red Cross delegate Ethel McCaul, and a Minnesota teacher’s homestead law case. Also offers household tips from paste recipes to two story beds, stocking sleeve uses, and advice on marriage as partnership with emphasis on self respect and mutual respect. Health and beauty hints cover fresh air, massage, avoiding lead powders, lemon juice for liver health, and hot soda baths for gooseflesh remedies.
A fragmented column offers old fashioned remedies and home tips. It warns about babies and footing with roughened soles, mentions asthma like throat issues affecting sleep, and suggests a wooden frame for window coverings to block damp air.
A fashion prose piece surveys hats in velvet and felt with plumes and roses, remarks on facial wrinkles and repose, records a society collector who preserves dress remnants by dating buttons, notes Kansas clubwomen push for state libraries and kindergartens, and mentions practical and decorative room furnishings including tea tables with drawers, papered closets, and Damascus brass lamp shades with silk lining.
An analysis explains humus as the key to nitrogen availability, mineral element solubility, and moisture retention. Soils rich in humus rely on organic matter for sustained crop growth, and warm dark soils heat faster and dry sooner, enabling earlier spring work.
The article discusses methods to eradicate Canada thistle through soil stirring and persistent effort. It describes the thistle as a European weed widespread in the U S, its growth from seeds and roots, and notes Idaho station experiments. It also covers an Ohio invention to curb horse kicking using a whipping apparatus, mulching for soil protection, and a study on dairy cow rations improving butter production and profit.
Commander Peary led a small party on a perilous push for the pole from Cape Sheridan. They faced an open lead two miles wide and scarce supplies, racing across fragile ice with ice sheets creaking underfoot. They reached Greenland coast after a grueling, life sustaining march aided by dog sledge teams and a final cross to firm ice.
An illustrated method from the American Agriculturist shows using a four by one foot plank with a V notch to convert horizontal draft to vertical lift for pulling fence posts. Attach a chain at ground level, incline the plank against the post, and drive the team to lift the post in seconds. Also notes on farm profit through utilizing home grown products and continuous labor on stock farming.
In a Paris tea scene from Home Life In France a tall gentleman in a frock coat visits Marcel and buys toothpicks for about 20 cents daily. The couple’s income from a monthly visit and home-made goods adds to six to eight dollars weekly, illustrating gilded poverty.
The London Mail quotes Walter the commercial traveler retorting that there is a difference between roast mutton and roast lamb. The walter replies that roast mutton is a chilling and roast lamb is one and elapence, highlighting a humorous mispronunciation or pun.
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