London hotel page boy cites restraint on wage fines
A London hotel page boy lampoons wage deductions for minor faults. He warns the manager that any further fines would prompt his resignation, drawing on a comic sense from Tit-Bits.
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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
3
A London hotel page boy lampoons wage deductions for minor faults. He warns the manager that any further fines would prompt his resignation, drawing on a comic sense from Tit-Bits.
A New York company provides ready to use typewritten sermons for clergymen. The firm markets complete, polished sermons that can be delivered without additional preparation.
Practical guide from the Department of Agriculture outlines tree surgery basics. Remove dead or diseased wood, sterilize and waterproof cuts, and cover cavities. use shellac and creosote for protection, with annual checkups and recoating as needed. Notes on cavity filling, bolting large repairs, and correct tool use.
Poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture advise dry-picking for better looking market birds and cooling in iced water. Birds to be killed should be feed-deprived for at least 12 hours. killing methods include suspending by the legs and cutting the jugular, plus brain destruction. Scalding is easier for home use, and both dry-picking and scalding are followed by cooling. Drawn birds are common for market, with viscera removed as needed and liver and gizzard returned to the body.
Farmers have not routinely installed platform scales for motortruck weighing. Consider future buyers should prefer scales designed for weighing motor truck loads even if they do not own a truck.
Most Sudan grass seed comes from Texas Oklahoma and Kansas while western Missouri and eastern Colorado and New Mexico also produce more seed than needed for local consumption.
The Department of Agriculture outlines phases to boost poultry output through careful breeding stock selection early hatching confinement after hatch to breed coops free range for stock and layers egg preservation infertile eggs broiler disposal cockerel sales limiting profitable hens and pullet selection. It also promotes backyard poultry keeping and encourages turkey duck and geese raising when feasible.
The poultry house must be dry well ventilated and well lighted with ample floor space for scratching. Dryness comes from a good roof raised floor and proper ventilation. South side open others tight to supply air without drafts and light is crucial for laying.
Matings should be made at least two weeks before beginning to save the eggs for hatching. If less time is allowed, the maximum fertility is not likely to be obtained. It is often desirable to mate even further ahead than two weeks so that a few eggs can be incubated for five or six days to see whether they are fertile. If these eggs are not fertile, there is still time to change the male bird and thus be sure of fertile eggs for the earlier hatches.
A farmer warns not to close all henhouse windows at first cold weather. Leave some open to circulate air. If wind enters, cover the opening with burlap to keep out the wind while allowing ventilation.
Billy and Mary visit a neighbor’s new talking machine. Mary claims it resembles a Scotch collie. Mrs. Case doubts the odd description. Eily corrects by stating the animal comparison is a fox terrier based on the picture.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine will cure catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and no other diseases. The liquid is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Circulars free from B J Cheney & Co based in Toledo Ohio.
In London amid the Olympia jamboree, a Highland soldier boards an underground train at Paddington. A young wolf cub offers his seat, but the soldier politely declines, saying he is not a girl guide yet.
A cuticura advertisement promotes pimply skin relief by applying Cuticura Ointment then washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water for five minutes. It claims daily use keeps skin clear and mentions Cuticura Taleum.
Cortlandt Bleecker recalls a lunch at Dark Harbor where a modern girl in an ultra modern bathing suit reveals her hired chaperon caught her kissing a married man. The response is that she was discharged by ST, highlighting shifting social mores.
John Quincy Adams kept strict hours with lights out at ten each night and rose early. In summer he swam at dawn with his son John and then had breakfast preparations overseen by his wife. He studied astronomy with a rooftop telescope and planted trees urging congress to send seeds to constituents.
A banker tells his daughter about a well dressed young man visiting weekly. She slyly replies that he is currently unemployed but hopes to become a life companion to a young woman of means.
In a North side meat market a woman and her young son wait for lamb chops. The boy asks for hot dogs, and the mother hushes him saying they must have something different for company. The scene, described in light domestic detail, captures a small urban moment.
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