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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
7
Louis P. Von der Heide of Chicago returns home after months abroad in the Rhine region serving as a machinist. He married a German Red Cross nurse during his service and is noted as the last American soldier to arrive home from overseas duty.
Exclusive photograph shows Gloria Gould heiress and her fiancé Henry A. Bishop Jr. Gould, a famed amateur dancer, counts among America's social elite. Bishop is the son of Henry A. Bishop of Bridgeport Connecticut.
A bold editorial line proclaims victory over personal and global struggles. The Boston Evening Transcript frames triumph as decisive and complete, suggesting moral and worldly conquest over temptation and evil.
Art Campbell, traveling steeplejack, clung to a smoke stack timber 80 feet above ground for nearly five hours while firemen fought to rescue him. The scaffold gave way during interior repairs, he caught a timber and held on until rescuers breached the wall and freed him.
Detroit social circles buzz over Florence Barri grand wedning Francis Barri grand former gardener for her millionaire father. The couple live in River Rouge in a $10 a week flat where he works as a riveter. She said the publicity was ghastly but now finds humor. he added Let them have their joke. They plan to move to a small farm in the East.
Irene Mead of Chicago attempted suicide after loosing favor with a man who refused to take her to the races. While crowds cheered at the event she swallowed poison tablets in a car ride with two friends and was rushed to a hospital. A friend said she had loved the man for some time despite his wife and children.
New York police found Thomas Henley along the water. He said he intended to drown himself but could not plunge into the icy water. He mourned the cold water as preventing his death.
Lansing bill requires adult children to feed and clothe aged and helpless parents. Violators face up to three months in jail. The legislation recently passed the Michigan Legislature and is slated for enforcement in the state.
Gabriel Tannotte was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing a tea pot valued at fifty cents in Brooklyn New York. He was paroled after starting the term but violated parole by failing to behave and now must return to prison.
In Philadelphia a four year old named Morris Combs confronted bandits robbing milkman Eugene Curran. The boy's cries frightened the robbers who fled, leaving several hundred dollars behind in Curran’s pocket.
Mrs. C. L. Powers woke to a burglar in her home in Springfield Ohio. She phoned police as the thief hid under a bed and then stole her purse before fleeing.
Two hens help a mother cat care for five kittens at Mrs. A. W. Weiler’s home near New Holland Pennsylvania. The cat curls around the kittens while the two hens perch on top of her.
George Bertrand, owner of a New York restaurant, found a $600 diamond set in a ring inside a six pound weakfish. The discovery occurred locally and the gem was secured by the finder.
The article notes guinea fowl flesh resembles game birds, with meat favored in hotels and eggs good for cooking. Young birds are tender, and they help eat bugs. avoid confinement as they dislike cages, and manage nesting carefully to prevent nest abandonment.
The article advises feeding chicks in small amounts often with feedings at dawn and night, plus two feedings in between. During weeks one to two provide three soft meals and two hard meals, gradually reducing soft feed as they grow. Ensure no leftover feed to avoid souring and illness. Promote exercise from the start, scatter grain in litter, and use fine chaff or finely cut clover as litter.
Decayed animal matter is blamed for limberneck in fowls per Prof. Harry Embleton of Oklahoma A and M College. He advises checking premises for carcasses such as rabbits snakes or other fowl remains. Castor oil given via funnel and rubber tube into the food passage may aid recovery.
The Light Brahmas are commonly used for capons but they are too large to mature in the short summer season. They would need nine or ten months to reach standard weights.
The article outlines large scale duck and turkey farming essentials. It notes high chick mortality, egg hatching to pullet conversion, and dangers before turkeys mature. Water needs are emphasized, with advice on clean fresh supplies during warm weather. It warns about health risks when hens become fat leading to egg binding and related illnesses.
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