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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
3
Poultry fowls harbor body lice and mites with common types: body, shaft, and head lice. Dusting with powdered sulphur or pyrethrum provides initial control, but repeat applications are needed. Recent discovery notes sodium fluoride powder or dip as a single application eradication method for all poultry lice species.
The article notes that with clean poultry houses mites are usually not troublesome, especially in cool weather. It advises applying liquid insecticides or disinfectants to hens and harborage areas, repeating weekly until mites are destroyed, and using common petroleum disinfectants for effective control.
A circular from the office of the secretary of agriculture proposes 100 hens per US farm and 100 eggs per hen annually. Authors estimate 600 million hens and 60 billion eggs yearly, framing it as a strategic resource. The plan argues many farms can support 100 hens without significant costs and outlines avenues to raise average production nationwide.
The text argues chickens are best in general poultry production, adapting to conditions and converting a wide range of scraps and waste into profit. They utilize kitchen table scraps, waste from farms, and even salvage grain from stables and pens, especially in winter when livestock are kept. Chickens also serve as effective insect destroyers.
A concise note argues poultry as a wet necessity to convert unusable food materials into edible products, framing poultry farming as essential to prevent waste and provide nourishment.
In a New York Red Cross workroom a group of women share trials and patriotism as they discuss losing sons to the war. A mother names her sacrifice and declares, I gave him to my country, not loaned. The scene centers on courage, duty, and maternal resolve.
Congress required every ocean going passenger steamer leaving U S ports to carry an efficient wireless telegraph apparatus operated by qualified personnel. The 1910 act set a one hundred mile range and on duty operators, reinforced after the Titanic disaster by requiring two skilled operators at all times during navigation.
A mother carries a sleeping baby as several girls skip rope on an East Side street. Lacking other options she uses a city iron refuse barrel turned on its side as a makeshift cradle to soothe and protect the infant.
Dialogue fragment shows a bride and groom arguing over a $1,000 check from the bride’s father. The bride notes their father already gave a gift and assumes papa’s actions influence the couple’s wishes. The text ends with incomplete dialogue.
The season highlights cotton voile dresses for girls aged five to twelve, praising voile’s softness and durability. Designers and mothers favor embroidery, smocking, and colored thread work, with two dress views showing white voile, smocking in colored silk, and velvet ribbon accents.
The article profiles three fashionable street shoe styles for women, highlighting American manufacturers as leaders in quality and design. It notes high standards for elegance and finish, with options including white buckskin oxford uppers, mahogany calfskin vamps, and black kid leather with French heels, emphasizing comfort and leather conservation.
A fashion feature notes skirts and coats worn by women of all ages, highlighting the seasonal craze for one style and the broad appeal from children to grandmothers.
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