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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
3
A local scene features a man who acted quickly to evacuate others from a fire, praised by onlookers. The dialogue includes a Senator Sorghum receiving encouragement, with a constituent urging continued practice for a better speech.
Johnny asks about seasonal change and the teacher links the query to exams happening at night. The exchange suggests a school setting and a playful timing around study and autumn.
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts livestock numbers rising in the next few years with 1937 feed output boosting hog and cattle feeding in 1938. If feed crops stay near average, meat supplies will be larger in 1938 but still below average, with pork and top beef grades driving increases later in the year.
Turkey growers weighing breeding stock options can rely on research by Stanley J. Marsden of the USDA. He notes well matured young hens and toms perform as well as older birds for breeders. Young hens tend to lay more eggs and produce fertile hatch eggs, though proven egg records may favor older birds.
A Wallaces' Farmer note outlines a farm home first aid kit including a first aid book for the injured, several gauze bandages, cotton, bandages, sterilized gauze, a tourniquet, safety pins, scissors, tongue depressors, soap, ammonia, camphor and emergency disinfectants like iodine or mercurochrome. The items are specified by size and quantity in a practical preparedness list.
A Missouri experiment station expert states yearling hens offer greater breeding value than pullets when carefully selected. Pullets, even if good, show a smaller proportion proving profitable for breeding purposes.
Drilled and driven wells rank first for sanitation, followed by bored and dug wells. Top entry is the main pollution risk, so tighter tops reduce contamination. All wells should have tight concrete platforms with drainage away from the pump to protect water quality.
Instructions describe sewing a skirt to a buckram strip for a dressing table with curved front arms. It covers buckram cutting, fabric wrapping, shirring with a 4 inch cord, and attaching the skirt to the buckram, plus thumb tacking. The feature promotes Mrs. Spears’s sewing book offering step by step directions for home upholstery and crafts.
A rough OCR fragment presents a dialogue with characters like Sir Miles, the Boss, Duff, Willie and a teacher. The lines mix insults, casual talk, and a joke about learning. Faint stage notes imply a dramatic or humorous exchange from a historical page.
The text warns against using a poker to agitate a furnace fire from above. Stirring through the door mixes ashes with live coals and forms clinkers that choke the fire and clog grates. Packing coal blocks air, reducing coal burn, though such clinkers can be broken and dropped by shaking the grates.
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