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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
14
L M Bennington urges forehanded fall work and neighborly help for hard luck cases. He notes farms remain vital to civilization and urges action, warm homes, ice cutting, road dragging, and honest effort to protect animals and family.
An article warns that sulphur mixed with hog lard used on brooding chicks kills head lice but also kills most of the chicks. It advises using lard alone to destroy lice, noting grease suffocates and kills lice within minutes. One to three applications, ten days apart, are recommended to remove head lice without harming the flock.
Poultry roosting in trees is not exempt from insects. Inspect tree limbs where young flocks roost before winter housing to find many mites under loose bark. Birds carry insects inside nightly roosts and trees become infested, weakening the birds and hindering fattening. Move birds to easily disinfected coops when old enough to climb.
A fragmented early guide on butter making cites care in cows handling milking, cleanliness, and cream preparation. It stresses selecting good cows, avoiding waxy butter, proper udder handling, milking quality, and clean, odor-free cream storage to improve butter yield and flavor.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a manure spreader and clover patch work. It references old farm tasks, tools, and possible frustrations with weather or timing, but the text is largely incomprehensible and lacks clear events or names.
Market notes report apples remain scarce causing higher prices for barrels and per unit sales. Traders consider special cure limereting to boost output and profit margins amid limited supply.
A partial report describes the Peonesiventa trial examining a ten ounce balance diet for cows. The study notes potential improvements in milk yield and general welfare, with preliminary data from the Lae recovery stage and Buiter production observations.
Fragmentary OCR text references Poah Dewy and poultry with dairy powder and a tally. Mentions white hair and work to be done and undivided support. No coherent event or identifiable entities to confirm a news item.
A former hermit farmer lends pumpkins for a rural Halloween party at a country school. Miss Mine Seddon plans a communal celebration, the hermit hosts the event, and a romance blooms as he reveals reform and affection amid the grateful children.
An early report tests aerial propellers as motive power for barges on English canals. A 16-bore power motor yields about 230 pounds thrust, moving barges at four miles per hour with loads of thirty to forty tons. Reported efficiency reaches about 147 percent.
A fragment shows a bride asking for pin money and the groom approving a small amount. She requests funds while laughingly noting “I most have some pin money” and he replies “Mere le a quarter” to cover a few papers, hinting at modest wedding preparations.
The dialogue describes neighborhood shifts in taste and appearance, as residents debate where to live and shop. One speaker notes that comfort and charm vary by street and district, with people choosing blocks that bring out their best traits.
The transcript shows a garbled speaker line with "I'm ence het my epeech" and a shouted remark "Nearly everybody in the audience went Wo alewp" suggesting a disrupted delivery and strong audience response at a public event.
Fragmentary reminiscence uses playful mispronunciations to hint at social roles and household chores. The speaker recalls earlier times with humor about small kitchens and daily tasks.
The Washington Fencing club announces an annex to teach society women sword play and revolver shooting two mornings and one afternoon weekly with no men allowed. Notables like Sir Cecil Spring Rice and M. Jusserand are linked as members as the club readies a new clubhouse at 1220 Connecticut Avenue after October 16.
Before arriving in this country several beat feeding schools in France prepared the entrants. French plate dueling is expected to be inaugurated at the club with opponents at twenty yards using leather cartridges and wax baila. New members include ambassadors from Argentina and Panama, the Pan-American Legation secretary, and the Cuban charge d'affaires.
Reportedly the House rules committee favors a plan to install electric voting buttons and a central switchboard near the speaker to replace roll calls. The aim is to save time by eliminating long roll calls and possibly moving toward a committee to study the system and its specs.
A boy pages scene recounts a whippoorwill entering a house and fluttering about the sacred chamber. The bird struggled to escape, harming the adult birds and causing startled reactions among the household.
The fragment presents a cryptic line on morality noting that nothing good exists beside evil save for will. It reads like a clipped historical or literary aside with no clear event or named entities.
A Kentucky congressman Ken Johnson of Bardstown keeps a tame tusked boar at home which trots to him on cue and oinks with joy when he whistles. Pennsylvania’s Representative Rothermel owns an Angora goat that reportedly obeys him and once allegedly threatened a stable worker, then calmed by the lawmaker.
The U S Department of Agriculture issued Bulletin No 15 describing a sealed cardboard cereal container to prevent insect attack. Losses from infested grocer stores and warehouses are substantial. California tests compared glued end seals with label coverings, finding nonlabeled packages heavily infested while labeled ones remained insect free.
The article urges separating young calves from older stock in winter to prevent crowding, ensure adequate feed, and avoid stunted development. It advises distinct quarters with long troughs, individual feeding, and training calves to halters for easier handling.
Representative Edward Evetta Browne of Wisconsin, serving his term in Congress, sits apart as Mann urges support for a federal labor safety bureau. Chairman Lewis asks Browne to speak, but Browne shyly states he is already a committee member, surprising colleagues.
A Pacific coast jewelry firm asks the War Department to aid in collecting Ville debts incurred by soldiers through Nets Collection Agency. The department says it cannot act as a collection agent and directs action through regular civil channels. Debts total about 1,000,000 with many obligations already settled.
A fragmented text discusses how eyes reflect emotion and character. It mentions superficiality of those with gray eyes and critiques about belief, sympathy, and impulse under a general view.
Advice on keeping dairy cows comfortable and productive with clean stables, balanced rations, and regular barn practices. Emphasizes ventilation, humane labor, and using oats and pea hay for nutritious feed to maximize income. Warns that poor conditions invite disease and reduce top market prices.
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