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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
6
The article recounts the long union of Mr and Mrs Gladstone, praising Mrs Gladstone as the diplomat of their era. It notes their more than a century together, and Gladstone’s tribute about the debt he owes his wife for her many offices discharged. It also recalls the strain of his frequent absence during his political duties.
A distorted report describes a well installation at a school site with layered charcoal sand and gravel in a container. The text notes highly colored bore water and health claims, mentioning children and water access, but details are jumbled and uncertain.
The text surveys small town churches as centers of wholesomeness and social life, noting moral refinement, neighborhood pride, and cultivated virtues amid urban contrasts. It mentions figures and places obliquely, reflecting a nostalgic, speculative style about American culture and civic centers.
Citizens weigh location, transit, utilities, streets, and neighborhood quality when purchasing homes. City planning coordinates these elements to preserve property value, akin to a city exchange balancing individual residence needs with communal benefits.
Sixty seven cities have adopted zoning regulations affecting land use within city limits. The list includes Milwaukee Berkeley Washington D C Utica East Orange Yonkers Brockton Cleveland and several smaller cities, with comprehensive ordinances covering building, use, area, and lot dimensions in each block.
Fragmentary line from a Louisville newspaper page hints at foreboding weather or events. The readable text references a house and unsure circumstances, suggesting a local crisis or transition era with sparse details.
A U S Department of Agriculture notice warns hog cholera linked to a local threshing incident. Sick hogs on one farm led to spread to others via equipment and contact. farmers urged to disinfect, quarantine, and avoid movements to prevent further losses.
Farmers advised on sheep shelter to protect from cold and dampness. A south facing shed, with stalling and ventilation, helps keep sheep warm. After corn is shucked, sheep may graze in open fields but should have shelter and fodder like alfalfa or hay for better health.
Farmers with only a few head often sell to a local buyer and ship cattle to central markets. Some cattle end up on neighboring farms where they are finished for market. Feeding cattle increases income over those who do not feed, despite occasional losses, with profitability averaging out over years.
The text portrays Elizabeth Kortright Monroe as a capable and influential figure in early American history. It highlights her marriage to James Monroe in 1786 and her role alongside him in diplomacy. It notes missions in 174 and 1808 and emphasizes her tact, education, and social influence in shaping policy and reception.
The text traces early weighing systems from ancient rules in Mesopotamia to Egyptian temples where scales weighed souls. It notes biblical references to silver shekels and temple measures, mentions Levites and purity laws, and cites Pheidon of Argos as introducing modern weights and measures around 895 B.C.
W R Gardner, Professor of Horticulture at the University of Missouri, explains that fall blooming of trees and shrubs that normally bloom in spring occurs after unusual growing seasons. It is more likely after a dry summer followed by fall rains or post defoliation by insects or disease, and it weakens future blooms.
A curious note on insect power by L B Eubanks in Our Danib Animals highlights a mosquito's muscular strength. Wing muscles rival an eagle's and despite small size, a mosquito can fly long distances with wind aid.
Fragmentary reader notes evoke a garbled plea or complaint about money and a tense exchange. Names and places appear distorted, yielding an unclear scene but suggesting personal grievance and social friction. The voice resembles a late 19th or early 20th century London setting.
An aged recipe fragment offers cooking methods for steamed fish with a savory sauce, poached eggs Creole style, corn bread with sour milk, and a maple mousse dessert. It provides steps, ingredients, and basic technique for each dish, preserving period kitchen terminology.
This clipped recipe segment lists a liver dish with skewered salt pork, brown stock, and spices baked two hours, plus a ginger pudding with butter sugar and ginger steamed in a mold, a celery soup with celery water and milk, and yeast rolls from a yeast and milk dough, including steps for rising and baking.
A worker named Kersten devised a machine after noting grease coating on a garnet and a diamond. The device uses inclined movement and vibration to separate diamonds from concentrates, replacing slow hand-picking. The mine owners and inventors profited as the process became fully automated.
The article explains the origin of the term score from Anglo Saxon scoren meaning to cut and its use in tallying debts, counting on fingers and toes, and marking records on tally sticks. It links pay off old scores to debts and grievances and notes score in games and music.
A California experiment focuses sunlight with 1,783 small mirrors into a 6 foot diameter boiler. The concentrated heat melts copper and ignites a wooden prop, driving a steam engine that delivers about 15 horsepower to pump irrigation water. The reflector tracks the sun via an astronomical telescope and a flying clock.
Ninety story set in Stapleton follows Sylvia Blaine and her fiancé Tom Preragh as Agatha Blaine arrives. Agatha, a seductive blonde, tests loyalties. Sylvia discovers her mistake, writes to Tom, and proposes marriage with a condition that Agatha be maid of honor.
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