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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
1
A Warm and draft free brooding area is vital for chicks during the first weeks. Keep brooders warm without crowding and provide ample space, fresh air filtered by screens, water and grit, with a starter feed of dried breadcrumbs and eggs then transition to oats and commercial chick feed.
Care of young turkeys requires no food until the third day after hatching. Afterward feed boiled egg with rolled oats and fine cracker crumbs in small amounts. Avoid corn and corn products and keep a varied supply of grits. Some poults are greedy and need careful feeding to prevent digestive upset.
The article advises checking chicks hatched under hens for scaly leg. It recommends applying kerosene to the legs of affected fowl after dark to treat the infection, noting one application usually suffices and scales disappear in weeks.
A public notice warns that average homemade brooders with lantern heat will safely handle about half the claimed chick capacity. Crowding leads to dire outcomes including asphyxiation unless brooders are properly built and monitored.
Hatching early chicks without ready care always sparks chicken fever. Proper planning, housing, feed, and veterinary guidance prevent losses and keep flocks healthy and productive.
The piece notes sixty six bird species common to the southeastern United States feeding on boll weevil in varying degrees. A policemen intervened in a downtown street dispute sparked by a drunk man who claimed to be a brick and wished to fight. The officer replied he was a bricklayer before joining the force.
The Providence Journal notes oil’s rise in U S navy fuel making coaling at sea a nightmare yet oil offers efficiency with 200 gallons of oil doing the work of one ton of coal. It highlights oil ships Kanawha Maumee and sea fueling experiments while detailing coal sources and coaling stations.
A Chinese and Japanese plant known as the flower of the air appears to have no roots and does not fix to the earth. It twines around dry trees or rocks and has shoots bearing two or three lily white, odoriferous flowers. It can be transported 600 700 miles and grows while suspended on a twig.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes touring oriental mystics emerge from mysticism to tally box office receipts. The remark satirizes performers counting earnings amid promotional mystique during touring shows.
A Kansas City Journal quip mocks a scientist who can reconstruct a dinosaur from a single bone by joking a landlady can do the same with a bone and a dinner, illustrating a humorous comparison.
A reflective proverb notes that solitude follows a person everywhere and urges making one's own company constructive and pleasant as a remedy for inner conflict and distraction.
Fillet lace trims new blouses with wide turnover collars and waist front panels and deep cuffs fastened with small lace buttons. The trend began in November and gained prominence this month, pairing especially with crepe de chine and georgette crepe.
An advertisement claims Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription instantly alleviates womanly troubles and restores health. It touts non alcoholic, non narcotic ingredients from nature’s roots and herbs, promises relief from pains and insomnia, and offers a free 136 page guide and confidential medical advice from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N Y.
Patent medicine notice touts Doctor Pierce's Pellets as unequaled liver pills. Describes as smallest easy to take one sugar coated pellet per dose. Claims cure for sick headache bilious headache dizziness constipation indigestion and all liver stomach and bowels derangements. Priced 25 cents a vial at druggists.
Police statistics indicate 1000 to 1500 women and girls disappear annually in New York City, with men missing at 50 percent higher rate. Most missing persons are later found, and many girls leave home after minor disputes to stay with relatives or friends.
Spring house cleaning urges inner cleansing and brighter skin. The ad promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a mild laxative to flush wastes and improve complexion. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
A long list of real estate transfers mortgages and liens in Hoquiam Aberdeen Elma and surrounding areas includes quit claim deeds assignments of mortgage releases homestead declarations and court notices detailing parcels sec 7 17 7 sec 10 15 5 and other sections with numerous buyers sellers and banks involved across multiple blocks and additions.
The State of Washington summons C C Cozine and unknown claimants in Grays Harbor to answer by June 16 1917 or pay $157.36 plus interest and costs for delinquent 1911 taxes on Lot 4 Block 29 North Aberdeen Addition Aberdeen. Plaintiff T A F Williams seeks judgment foreclosing lien and sale of the property. First publication April 17 1917. last May 22 1917.
Public auction to satisfy a judgment of $999.00 on property Lot 8 Block 24 Samuel Benn Original Plat Aberdeen Washington. Sale set May 5 1917 at 10 am at Montesano Court House. Sheriff Jeff Bartell Deputy Elmer Gibson and attorney A M Wade listed.
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