Antioch and Aleppo in Historic Syria Travelogue
Prepared by the National Geographic Society, the piece contrasts Antioch’s faded splendor with Aleppo’s enduring trade culture. It depicts ruins, ancient defenses, local life, and vivid street scenes in Syria and the journey from Alexandretta to Homs, Hama, and distant plains under red desert light.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Yria
France
Republic of Syria
Alexandretta
Antioch
Chosroes
Aleppo
Syria
Haleb-al-Shabba
Abraham
Tiger
Palestine
Developing a Profitable Spring Hatching Poultry Flock
Poultryman R. S. Dearstyne of State College outlines the path from incubator to laying house as the route to profits. Emphasis is on stamina, bone, vigor, and breed weight with protein rich mashes, abundant lush feed, and careful housing. Regular nesting changes, clean litter, mite control, space requirements, and dampness avoidance are urged, along with water, oyster shell, grit, and twice daily feeding. Daily flock observation is recommended to spot thriftiness or disease early.
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R. S. Dearstyne
State College
Dearstyne
Caponizing Proves Profitable Poultry Marketing Method
A historical report details caponizing late-hatched cockerels as a lucrative poultry marketing method. In an experiment, fifty June hatched cockerels reached 12 to 14 pounds and sold in April at 85 cents a pound, $2.10 per bird, with 84 cents feed and 10 cents dressing, yielding $1.16 net per bird. A second case of 176 barred Plymouth Rocks averaged 7.7 pounds, sold at 43 cents per pound, with total costs $366.14 and total revenue $561.14, netting 85 cents per bird.
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Plymouth Rocks
Winter egg profits depend on pullet care and feeding
Poultry notes urge early hatch of chicks for winter laying with Leghorn specifics and long light exposure. They warn soft shells if calcium is scarce, recommend greens and mash, require ample space and strong birds, and caution against culling as a substitute for proper flock management.
The Difference leads to sentimental arithmetic joke
Jones asks what the trouble is as a popular joke falls flat. The solemn friend lists flowers chocolates and theater tickets. The young man sighs that the moment requires sentimental arithmetic.
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Jones
Bad Luck and Worse George
A humorous exchange tells of Jim’s misfortune ending in tragedy but improves when a lucky rescue leads to marriage, as Harry notes the sequence from near drowning to an unlikely wedding. The dialog highlights ironic twists and social dynamics surrounding a couple.
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George
Jim
Harry
Up like rockets down like sticks poem folly
A short rhymed quatrain contrasts timid youths who boast of ambition yet fail to rise. The lines play on ascent and collapse, ending with a moral about empty bravado and inaction. The verse uses playful imagery of rockets and sticks to critique lack of progress.
Real Worry Blinks At a Cosmic Collision Prediction
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote contrasts distant cosmic fear with a near heartbeat threat. A scientist predicts a cluster of stars racing toward Earth at 200 miles per second could collide in a million years, while a motor car speeding toward a person at fifty miles per hour feels scarier in an instant.
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Ft Ip
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wanted Him Personally At The Office Door
In a brief gag the office boy reports a wife calling on the manager line. The manager reacts with disbelief and jokes about needing a personal call, while the punchline centers on the insult the wife reportedly uses as she seeks direct contact.
Football friends duel over free rides and delays
Two former teammates recall a football clash where one, now a railroad president, tackled the other for free transportation. He says I used rush tactics and wonders if they worked as a delayed pass idea lingered in conversation after the game.
A Good Reason Too
A brief dialogue fragment presents a puzzled exchange about punctuality with questions on why a missed train occurred and the denied thing being on time this morning. The lines imply a light humor or irony about timing and expectations.
The Ostrich in Hat Feathers Divides Opinion
The ostrich is mocked and praised in equal measure as a feather in many ladies hats stirs debate. Some deem him queer as sin while others note his bold display of plume. The piece uses light satire to comment on fashion and propriety.
Rule Doesn’t Apply Here Visitor In China Breaks a China Piece
A fragmentary quip notes that friendship between a visitor and China is cemented by breaking a piece of china. A line from Mistress of House hearing a crash jokes about treating a maid as a special friend if they lived in China.
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China
Stern Reproof Lady of the House Over Damp Kitchen Patch
The householder calls in a plumber to address a damp patch in the kitchen. The plumber responds with a steady warning that strong language does not help, restoring calm as the repair proceeds.
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Mr. Puff
Sir Walter Raleigh
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville
Sir Walter
Raleigh
I’s
California
Hotel Roosevelt
San Francisco
Eddy
Wiltshire
Stockton St
Union Square
Franklyn B. Smith
Bath
Biola Hotels
Los Angeles
Seneets Erhow
Hope St
Calif
ST. Francis
Jas. H. McCabe
Hotel
Alexandria
P. T. A. Assoc
Alexandria Hotel CO
E. C. Eppley
Charles B. Hamiliton
Hama
Orontes
Homs
Lebanon
Anti-Lebanon
Ostrich
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