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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
6
Miss Catherine Wendell, heiress to New York wealth who wed Lord Porchester, heir to the Earl of Carnarvon, is praised for her beauty. A little girl, upon meeting her, stared into her bright eyes and whispered, Are your eyes new ones.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine offers an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic to improve general health. The ad notes catarrh worsens when the body is run down and cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, selling the product for over 40 years.
An East Island street office clerk burst into his private room claiming a fire at his house burned all of his sister’s hair. The employer asked about injuries, only to hear she was not present and unaware of the incident. Columbus Disputed.
Friend questions smoke. V Puffer says he smokes to kill time. Friend remarks one cigar nearly killed him, underscoring risk.
The Detroit News notes a link between Korean and Egyptian burial rites after hair and nail remnants were found in Tutankhamen's tomb. It suggests widespread superstition that body parts carried by the dead must be buried to prevent bewitchment by enemies, a concept seen in various countries.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and hot water cleansing to clear pores followed by Cuticura Talcum powder for healthy skin and a pleasing aroma.
A brief note describes a typewriter repair need. It references someone noticing a person entering a dentist’s den. The fragment suggests a simple domestic or observational record. The text offers minimal context or outcomes.
A concise sports or motivational note warning that effort directly affects achievement, underscoring diligence over complacency. No specific people or events named.
A compact admonition echoes that ending a quarrel promptly is wiser than allowing it to fester and worsen, urging reconciliation and restraint.
Agricultural guidance stresses clean nests and feet to keep eggs blemish free and fetch better prices. Use fresh litter, avoid muddy days, clean the dropping board at least twice weekly, and place a wire cage under perches to catch night eggs. If eggs dirty, wipe with a damp cloth and air dry without soaking the shell’s protective coating.
A government inquiry reports purebreds outperform scrub stock by about 40 percent in earning power due to better conformation, production, and earlier maturity. For poultry, the increase reaches about 40.7 percent with higher egg production, uniform stock, and standard products fetching better prices. visit shows to choose a breed and variety.
Poor laying hens appear in all breeds with yellow beaks or shanks from June to September. Capons fetch four to seven cents above spring rooster prices. A busy healthy hen likely lays. For capon buyers, seven pound birds are preferred. Leghorn capons rarely reach that weight. Skim milk or buttermilk can replace meat scraps in ration. Start saving eggs for incubators by week two after mating. Parasites like lice and mites cause many problems. constant parasite control is essential.
On farms when a mare cannot supply enough milk, hand raising a foal demands patience, cleanliness, and judgment. Cow’s milk diluted with water and sugar. limewater added, foal fed warm with a nipple or glove spout. Start with half cup hourly, then gradually increase. introduce skimmed milk after two months and a ration of flaxseed meal, bran, oats, cornmeal, and oil meal as growth proceeds. Keep vessels clean, provide company and a clean, shaded paddock with water and fly protection.
Dairy specialist M H Keeney of the New Jersey State Agricultural College advises on garlic infested pastures. Bring cows from pasture before milking, agitate and cool milk to 50 degrees, milk in a separate milk house, and maintain cleanliness to avoid off flavor and sour milk. Regular temperature checks help ensure proper storage.
The article notes that with good pasture, heavy grain is unnecessary while birds grow rapidly. As they near maturity for market, gradually increase grain until they eat all they want twice daily. Old corn is recommended as the best fattening feed for geese.
A broad sow can be fed cheaply from birth to furrowing by using abundant alfalfa or good pasture in summer and alfalfa hay in winter. With one pound of corn per hundredweight daily plus hay, she can be wintered economically, a ration noted as highly cost effective in the corn belt given current corn prices.
A farm tip suggests making a mineral mix from two bushels charcoal or wood ashes one peck air slaked lime one peck common salt two pounds copperas and two pounds sulphur. Finely pulverize and thoroughly mix then feed in a self feeder or trough. hogs will not overeat and will benefit.
Ducks graze like cattle and should be kept in grassy lots despite enjoying grain occasionally. They require twice daily mash, grit, oyster shell and charcoal, and will consume nearly twice as much as the same number of chickens.
There is no cure for bacillary white diarrhea in chicks. Prevention relies on eggs from non infected flocks and sanitation. Keep incubator dark after hatching, separate chicks into small lots, and frequently clean and disinfect quarters.
The alfalfa should be cured slowly and mostly in shade. Air curing lets water exit through natural channels. drying too fast makes leaves brittle and blocks pores, slowing moisture evaporation from the stems.
Article explains dust baths control lice and mites in flocks, noting damp conditions hinder dusting. Suggests placing a box in a dry area when rain prevents bathing and using clean wood ashes or coal ashes with cinders removed. Recommends adding a small amount of insect powder to ashes.
Guidance on feeding brood sows with ample protein and minerals to support the sow and embryo growth. Recommends dry sows be sustained with alfalfa hay ear corn and possibly some tankage for balanced nutrition.
United States Department of Agriculture supervisors find defects in stock cars at large markets. Holes in floors, nails and cleats, missing bedding, and poorly secured doors threaten cattle and hogs in transit. Shipments show thousands crippled at markets. inspectors urge shipper inspections and bedding checks before loading.
A historical notice explains horses with thick spring coats sweat heavily, tire easily, and shed poorly unless clipped. Clipping should cover the entire body, avoid the belly, and be done before spring work. blankets help against cold rain while horses adjust in hours.
The article argues purebred sires improve offspring and pay for themselves. It stresses strong, thrifty ewes at lambing, sun to prevent disease in pig pens, and careful care of sows and litters after farrowing to boost pig numbers. It notes ram and flock management as key to avoiding degeneration.
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