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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
2
In Lander Wyoming a one story six room log ranch, run by Mrs Becker, outshines all in the state for cut glass, china and silver. The hostess is refined and generous, hosting lavish gifts at social events and expanding the ranch with a new addition as fame grows.
Lawton Oklahoma reports Cement 30 miles east of Lawton as a major melon shipping station. So far 120 cars have left for Kansas City St Louis and Denver with over 500 cars expected this season. Average yield 500 melons per acre with 700 acres planted nearby. Producers earn about 50 dollars per acre and total shipments could reach 25 thousand dollars in pocketed profits.
A colossal Columbia River oyster weighing nearly 98½ pounds was shipped to Minneapolis from the coast. The two shells filled a floor space as a novelty item in a Fifth Street shop, with a boat resting in one shell. The owner claims the world’s largest oyster resides in Minnesota.
London reports remarkable scoring in this year’s fleet exercises. The destroyer Bruizer achieved 46 hits from 64 1 pound rounds and six hits from ten 12 pound rounds, a record for its six pound guns. The Barham cruiser scored 42 hits from 68 rounds with 74 inch guns yielding 11 hits in 44.74 inch rounds.
A brief pas sage notes that sermons on money often begin with the collection, highlighting how giving can reveal attitudes toward wealth. The remark frames poverty and gentler appeals as central to religious discourse.
Battle Creek area farmers report a shortage of reliable harvest workers this summer. Wages rise to 1.50 to 1.60 a day with board and lodging, plus use of horse and carriage in some cases. Rural youths drift to town jobs, while women increasingly help on farms as men seek urban work.
Berlin reports that Frau Cosima Wagner used the Longworths presence to vent anti American sentiments after Parsifal. Her orders allegedly kept the presidential party from invitations to soirées and social introductions, except for a warm greeting from Mme Schumann-Heink.
Immense store of honey discovered between beams in Mrs J A Naary’s Schrader Street residence. Honey formed a six inch thick, two foot wide, 14 foot high mass from basement to first story beams. Bees entered through a knothole, stung Mrs Naary and a gardener, and fed on nectar from nearby gardens and park flowers before starting anew.
An actor announces retirement until he is fully played out, signaling a lengthy pause in performances and implying an eventual return only when his career story reaches a natural end.
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