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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1916
Page
3
William A Radford presents a study of the square house as an efficient design for cold climates. The feature article highlights compact layout, minimal walls, amid warm decor elements in a cozy living space with a curved bay window and a sun parlor.
A detailed description of a two story house with bay windows on the front corners, decorative brackets, hip roofs, and a sun porch. The layout includes a bright dining room, compact kitchen with a back pantry, four second floor bedrooms and a sleeping porch, plus ample closets and attic storage. Also notes locomotives as a major cause of forest fires, citing 1914 fire data and losses.
A short exchange from Patriotium features a defiant claim of patriotism and a challenge to prove it. One character asserts they never smile when the United States army is mentioned, signaling opposition and seriousness in the dialogue.
Mr S L Wallace of Spokane, former Western Canada resident, letters the Spokesman-Review rebutting a Canadian critiquer. He recalls government assistance for settlers, land grants in Saskatchewan, yields of oats and wheat, and returns from a 155 acre plot, arguing Canada helps people get on their feet and supports landholders.
An emergency appeal asks Canada to send 1500 experienced bushmen to England to fell crown forest oaks for timber. The battalion will wear khaki and operate under military direction in Hamp shire and Dean forest, Gloucester shire, with many woodsmen likely sourced from Quebec.
A Peoria area doctor tending a dying woman asks how he can help in her last hours. She replies that she has always wished to own a glass butter dish before she dies, a simple final request reflecting her modest wish.
A new method for oiling machinery uses collapsible lead capsules with a screw thread into a brass adapter to apply grease. The tight joint allows periodic pressure to push grease into the bearing, and when a capsule empties it is unscrewed and replaced with no refilling required.
An odd rustic saying notes that a foolish man would mock a gar brick yet might marry her later and then be glad for the outcome. The fragment hints at caution in judgment and the value of lasting consequence over quick mockery.
A statistician asks how much the war costs Europe daily. A busy man replies he only knows the price in friendship lost at home for maintaining strict neutrality, underscoring the social costs of neutrality in wartime.
A historical brief notes that fretebt cars transporting bananas are heated by six large stoves placed along the center of the car. The system maintains an average temperature of 35 degrees to preserve the cargo during winter.
A collection of dated home economy notes offering recipes and food hints. Includes cranberry sauce with raisins, Graham cookies, Maple Walnut Dessert, Berlin Cabbage, Amber Marmalade, and aphorisms on success and blunders, reflecting a midcentury domestic instruction style.
A collection of fruit and meat salad ideas with mayo dressings and French dressing notes. Recipes cover Grapefruit with a paprika mayo, Apple and Bermuda Onion Salad, Apple and Raisin Salad, Candied Plum Cheese Ball nests, Crab Cocktail, and Rice with Orange Marmalade. Also includes Philadelphia Scrapple, Califa Liver on Casserole, Goette-Doll sausage dish, and advice on work ethic.
A writer in the Christi Register notes Japanese proverbs influence daily life. Quoted maxims include insects feeding on smartweed equated to taste, speed proverbs about haste, living under one’s own hat, and the tongue being a gate to misfortune.
A Washington Star quote shows the Times discussing a cautious statesman who contends he will not speak in a crisis and hints the government may need to act swiftly without hearing lengthy speeches.
In America rice appears more as a dessert than entree in these old dishes. A layered bake uses boiled rice with tomatoes peppers and butter, topped with more rice and baked slowly. A Belgian rice dessert combines milk currants eggs sugar vanilla and croquettes fried golden. Rice Creole Style saut́s onions peppers ham butter then simmered with rice and broth, tomatoes and salt before slow oven finish.
A terse remark argues that laughing at troubles reveals hypocrisy and makes a person an undesirable acquaintance. The line conveys a skeptical view of lighthearted replies to hardship.
Dear Readers, a short treatment replaces harsh salts or alcoholic medicines for kidney and bladder trouble. Dr. Pierce's Anurie Tablets claim a cure, shared by Mrs. Melinda E. Miller who says a doctor calls her well preserved. If you suffer backache or lumbago, try Anurie powder.
An ad style health note touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier drawn from American forest herbs. It promises to revive weak, pale patients and counter indigestion by removing impure matter from the system.
Chicago justice chief cites a national anarchist plot as ghastly, likening it to the Sching case. A four year old’s misadventure with a pie on a cane is recounted. Health notes compare baths by boroughs with 2000 inspections. A diner misreads a sandwich as mustard plaster.
A mother admonishes a boy Hobbs to return rival marbles to Willie Smith after winning them in a game. The tale briefly contrasts honesty with mischief as the boy agrees to repay. Additional snippets promote Allen's Foot-Base and Red Cross Bag Blue with brief product ad copy.
A fragment shows Dinks asserting superiority only to be challenged by others. The quote hints at a recurring pattern where he declares others mistaken and then retracts or backtracks when pressed. The text captures a tense exchange and a display of confidence versus doubt.
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