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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
2
Recipes and tips for warm drinks and snacks include Ginger Cordial Mulled Grape Juice and Coconut Milk Chocolate. The article adds guidance on eggless baking, buttermilk dishes, and simple desserts, citing Dickens and a child’s observant remark.
The article outlines economical Swiss cooking practices stressing thrift in all ingredients. It describes veal roast stuffing, flour soup, and various uses for olive oil, plus recipes including Tyrolese mackerel and a flexible biscuit dough that adapts to many desserts and entrees. It notes improvisation with oat and corn mush and fruit fillings.
The article outlines dangers from bites and stings causing swelling and asphyxiation, rabies risk, and detailed emergency care for bites and burns in horses. It covers snake bites, rabid dog wounds, and burns from flames, chemicals, lightning, and trolley wires with specific antiseptics, dressings, and stimulant use. Treatment emphasizes keeping animals alive, wound cleaning, caustics, and avoiding excessive movement while noting prognosis varies by injury severity.
Land used as pasture may be uneconomic if the land value is high. Compare pasture needs to stock head costs and land interest. Assess pasture value by per acre land value, stock return, and current charges to gauge relative pasture economy.
The article advises horse owners to inspect a thriving colt for lice and treat with frequent lice powders or coal tar dip sprays. Apply the spray weekly, targeting the mane, jaws, backbone, behind the forelegs, and flanks for a quick thorough treatment.
A naturalist notes that harvesting a pound of clover honey involves 62 000 blossoms and about 3 750 000 trips by bees. The text highlights the immense distance covered by bees as they search for nourishment, illustrating their remarkable industriousness.
The New York museum adds two wampum belts once owned by William Penn to its collection. These treaty belts, with white grounds and violet diagrams, mirrored the 1682 Shackamaxon friendship treaty. One belt joined the Archives of Pennsylvania, donated by Granville John Penn in 1857.
A novel salvage ship built for Spain is launched at Zaandam. The double-screw steamship spans 20 meters and features an eight meter gap linking two hulls. Hoisting gear can lift up to 650 tons with a 1000 ton test, and four workshops plus storage hold support submarine repair and torpedo heads. The craft measures 9214 meters in length.
Investments in Bethlehem Steel and General Motors were discounted at a Madison Square Garden trotting horse sale where bay stallion Guy Axworthy was knocked down for 20000 to Harry B Harkness of Donerail Kentucky. The horse once fetched 2100 at a prior garden sale when sent by Senator J W Bailey of Texas. It later rose to fame as the sire of Lee Axworthy, leader among trotting stallions and regarded as a premier trotter.
An article extols composted manure as equal or better than well rotted manure and cheaper since more is saved and less is wasted. It argues it provides balanced plant nutrition and reduces excessive leaf and vine growth at the expense of fruit or root production.
A skeptical reader questions the line Who's Homer? in a tale about Greek references. The second Greek responds by noting Greece's past prominence and deflecting the challenge with a humorous retort about knowledge and history.
The article argues farmers should breed their own flocks and keep detailed records of egg production. It notes trap nesting as one method, emphasizes measuring eggs per hen and laying timing, and suggests winter and early spring eggs fetch higher prices while hens’ second laying season often proves best. It also cautions against keeping hens too long and that older hens brood better.
The Runner duck is described as well suited for poultrymen seeking both egg production and meat. They are efficient layers, averaging 200 to 250 eggs yearly with proper feeding, and make good roasters and fryers when well cared for.
An agricultural note claims pheasants cost same to raise as chickens and sell from five to fifty dollars per pair with Chinese ringneck at seven fifty. It states buffalo cost equals cows to raise while deer cost equals sheep but deer sell from fifteen to fifty dollars per animal.
The directive instructs that culls reaching two proper sizes should be fattened. Place them in a separate pen and feed a high carbohydrate diet such as corn or its milling products. Do not provide any green food during fattening.
During a diarrheal outbreak a common but false alarm of cholera appears. The remedy suggested is boiling rice and mixing it with large amounts of powdered chalk which is claimed to cure and pass the illness naturally without harm.
Advertisement claims Cascarets cleanse and regulate the stomach remove sour food and foul gases take excess bile from the liver and carry off constipation waste. A 10 cent box from your druggist will keep your liver and bowels clean and head clear for months. They work while you sleep.
A travel note recalls Arabs joining a party for safety in wild lands. An Arab chief escorts a well dressed woman, barefoot yet dignified, wearing a Swiss watch. An insult leads to a thrashing, then the Arab group shows blunt respect to the white men.
A Maine cobbler substitutes worn tire casings for leather drawing crowds to his shop as patrons mob it. The article notes leather prices soaring and suggests the substitute could curb rising costs. It lists common minerals reportedly found in households.
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