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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
3
The deserter recounts a late evening prep to defend Vitry with bayonets and grenades, the retreat ordered at dawn, and a cautious stand planned on a ridge as villagers watched. He notes weatherproof gear, rations, and the grim realization of a fading chance at achieving victory.
Soldiers describe a harrowing retreat under heavy shelling and rain. Units fall back in disarray from Vitry to a forest camp of fugitives, with wounded, abandoned guns, and civilians suffering amid ruined roads and gathering hunger. The march ends near a sacked village as famine gnaws.
Long Branch hosts Garfield Monument Association meeting setting Labor Day for unveiling in Ocean Park. New officers named including Mayor John W. Flock. A Jersey City boy, seven, killed fleeing to meet his father after crossing tracks at Water Witch station. Multiple local notes cover fishing licenses, narcotics arrest, mine operations, hospital takeovers, gas rates, drought impacts, and war-related home front efforts.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains backyard poultry breeding for eggs and meat, detailing pen setup with one male two females, cross-raising strategies, feeding focused on green forage, and careful care to avoid overcrowding to raise healthy stock.
The article argues culling hens after peak laying to reduce waste and maximize grain use. It suggests selling poorly developed chickens for meat and feeding grain to younger, more productive fowls to improve efficiency.
Feather pulling is a vice peculiar to owls in confinement. It stems largely from enforced idleness and may be intensified by a lack of animal food in captivity.
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