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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
5
A detailed, step by step home experiment describes building a tongue gauge for bees. It uses a wooden block with a glass insert, a circular saw to make a slot, and waxed glass to measure how far bees lick honey from a groove. By marking thicknesses and watching honey remaining in the groove, one deduces tongue length to about one hundredth of an inch.
The Farmers Review argues farmers should treat poultry as farm equipment to earn profits. If well kept and weeded of old birds, a flock averaging about 125 eggs per hen per year can yield a dollar profit per bird, with extra 25 eggs per bird boosting overall flock profitability despite variability in individual hen performance.
A Massachusetts poultryman recalls sparseness of chicks last winter due to hawks and crows. He notes hens bred for winter business can keep eggs steady when prices rise, urging careful planning for next year to counter feathered marauders.
Advice on managing poultry moulting season emphasizing warm housing, varied feeding, and protein sources. Recommends sunflower seeds beef scraps insects and oil seed use, plus attention to birds that moult early or late to avoid production drops and weak chicks the following year.
A ten cent egg carrier made from corrugated brown paper and one side of a pail by layering circular paper pieces between sheets. Used to gather eggs from nests and transport to market with few breakages, as described by the Orange Judd Farmer. Also notes that rough handling harms laying hens and can ruin their future productivity.
Miss Carson and Hubbard share a fast ride in a livery car with Billy Stone as a chaperone. Hubbard reveals his feelings and plans, while Miss Carson teases and tests him, culminating in a lighthearted reconciliation and a pending ride commitment. The scene blends romance with humorous misunderstandings during a coastal New England visit.
A remarkable double wedding in a Viennese church sees Muller marrying a widow while the widow’s daughter weds a man who becomes father to his own son and mother to his son's wife. The ceremony links two generations in a single union as the couple’s families intersect in law and affection.
A garbled notice offers a $100 reward and references a danger involving a scheme and warning failures. It mentions a uh herbal remedy and a foundation, with names and numbers obscured, suggesting an alert about a local scam and a call to authorities or readers to report suspicious activity.
A jeweled crown valued at £20,000 disappeared from the church at Mont Saint Michael Rouen. One report says theft, another suggests priests hid it to avert government confiscation. Carrie Chapman Catt, the American clubwoman, has been received abroad by royalty and some papers claim she has a right to view a king.
In mid July the author suffers severe itching all over and sleepless nights as hair falls out and scalp itches. After trying baths and remedies, a friend suggests Cutlenra Remedies. four weeks of nightly baths and ointment restore health, hair stops shedding, and the writer is cured.
A portrait of Lydia E. Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece covers her early life teaching, marriage to Isaac Pinkham, and interest in herbal remedies. It details how the family created Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after financial loss in 1873, the kitchen lab origins, and the expansion through pamphlets and newspaper ads. It notes the ongoing work led by Lydia’s daughter-in-law and the enduring advisory service for women.
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