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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
8
A lettered testimonial urges women to avoid unnecessary operations and credit Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving lives. It cites long standing female troubles cured by the remedy and invites readers to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
A bee keeper describes experiments with frame depths of 14 and 13 inch bottoms and three inch spaces between brood chamber and bottom board. The writer advocates a three inch deep frame between brood and bottom boards for ventilation and frost protection, proposing escape-boards as a central entrance with a three inch space under broad combs and a vestibule at the bottom board.
The Alberta Poultry Bulletin explains breeding laws for plants and animals, noting inheritance and variation. It warns that pure breeding produces uniform, prepotent birds while crossing lines creates scrubs, reducing desired traits and undermining long breeding programs.
Modern market duck culture concentrates on green ducklings sold at ten to twelve weeks with an average weight of five pounds. Young birds fetch higher value due to fat content, while old ducks are marketed mainly from the west and south. White Pekin ducks are easier to handle in large numbers and grow rapidly with relatively low disease risk, making duck farming highly profitable.
A bulletin outlines how feeding pullets influences growth and production. Forced pullets show better weight gain, fertility, eggs and hatching outcomes, vigor, earlier molt, and lower mortality than retarded pullets, while dry versus wet mash and grain feeding yield varied gains, egg size, and broodiness.
The dowager empress died at 2 PM and the emperor at 5 PM, both unattended and alone, with Pu Yi named heir and three-year-old prince Pu Yi declared heir presumptive. Regent Prince Chun ordered mourning and provincial administrations to continue, while foreign regents were notified of the succession. The court to observe three years of mourning as red objects were removed from the city.
In Okmulgee on November 16 eight of Deckard’s sons were fatally hurt and ten more injured in a confrontation between Jim Deckard, a Black desperado, and law officers. Deckard attacked Indian youth Steve Grayson with a rock, fled to his house, and fatally wounded Sheriff Klaber and five Black deputies. A mob then opened fire, Deckard died as his house burned. Armed guards patrolled the streets afterward.
The plan outlines a 20 by 10 foot henhouse built for 106 hens but capable of holding 150 with crowding. It features a shingle roof and a front iron option. Roosts hang on the back with hinges to raise when needed.
The front features two 10 by 12 inch windows, two ventilators, and a door. The windows are lowered to maximize sun exposure and ventilation.
A floor plan sketch notes tent and nest layout with hexagonal areas. The nests align along one side with hexes measuring 12 inches square and trestle spacing about 10 inches between trunks. The drawing emphasizes grid arrangement for spatial planning.
Live poultry deaths from disease and mismanagement. Reserve unthreshed millet to let hens thresh this winter. Fowl diseases stem from foul crops and drinking water. Watch for insects that drive birds from roosts. Best results come from proper treatment, keeping large breeds easier to house, and ensuring eggs are clean and naturally fresh. Build nest entrances from the back for dark, roomy nests.
Washington reports Senator 5 TL King declared there is no engagement between his daughter Katherine and the Duke of the Abruzzi of the Italian navy. Miss King approved the statement to avoid public interest and avoid speculation.
A fire at the Indiana Reformatory in Louisville across the Ohio River destroyed the reform school and nearly all of the Indiana Manufacturing Company plant in Jeffersonville. Loss estimated at about 250000 dollars. No fatalities reported as inmates cheered firefighters from their cells through grated windows.
A Columbia Herald snippet notes a peculiar Kansas City tale about a country home in Jackson County named Ladderway at the gate, and recounts a wife’s wish to move to a farm ending with the home named Hadherway. It also promotes Definnce Starch and urges proper starching for wash goods.
The excerpt urges care with every bottle of Castoria for infants and children, noting its long standing use over 30 years and the familiar signature. A dream dialogue between Percy and Edith hints at a proposed marriage arising from a dream, presented in a witty London Opinion style.
A mothers anxious call to her son echoes through a domestic scene. The child rushes to ready, admitting almost complete preparation while a stray remaining shoe exposes imperfect appearances. The proverb suggests outward ferocity abroad masks gentleness at home.
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