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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
7
A jumble of notices and quips mix old war themes with light, domestic gossip. References range from Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup to teething and gums to plans for New York opera and ragtime reels.
A Chicago Journal humorous note portrays William staying up late and refusing to wake the Lord for prayers, prompting his mother's surprised remark and his wry refusal about waking God at such a late hour.
Evening hosts hear a hush as children bring a good night message. The hostess reflects on how children seem nearer to heaven and speak from the heart at night. The whispered message is that Willie found a cockroach in the tub.
A dense set of tips on poultry keeping and general farming. Topics cover broodiness handling room for chicks brushing and spraying trees weed control and careful breeding. Advice includes feeding water needs, record keeping, tool maintenance, manure use, and selective breeding for healthier stock.
Experiments at the New York Experimental Station with four pens of pullets show that pens without cockerels produced earlier and higher egg counts than those with males. Cross-bred pullets thrived more when no males were present, while feathereating may have reduced output in one group. The study supports the theory that presence of males reduces egg production.
The guide notes that Pekin ducklings hatch at about two ounces and reach one pound in 3 to 4 weeks or 4 to 6 pounds by 8 to 10 weeks, with marketing recommended at 9 to 12 weeks. Geese grow similarly, goslings at four ounces. turkeys grow slowly early yet accelerate after three months.
Farmers advised to fatten stunted stock, keep nests clean, and ensure weekly fresh supply of clean eggs. Emphasizes wet feet harm hens, breeding via trap nests, and using middlings and cornmeal feed. Warns against dirty eggs and unruly roosters. promotes year round income from poultry.
City bred in the world's greatest metropolis and untrained as to things agricultural are J. C. Hill and his three boys who settled on homesteads at Lloydminster Saskatchewan eight years ago. They won the Silver Challenge Cup for the best bushel of oats at the Fifth National Corn Exposition in Columbia, C. The Hills grew oats on four homesteads and, despite limited capital, built a thriving mixed farming operation. They credit study of climate soil and seed, careful crop tending, and gradual integration of live stock with their successful farming model. The Hills' method contrasts with earlier poverty and shows substantial credit from Edmonton to Winnipeg.
A Washington natural history student pinned a beetle with a diamond scarfpin to a library table. The beetle escaped, flew around, and vanished with the pin still attached, eluding the researcher and his efforts at the window. No sight of bug or pin since.
Lord Redesdale tells the King Edward memorial fund advisory committee that grass from the countryside withers in London while London grown grass with brown seeds flourishes, illustrating adaptation to environment as discussed for the Shadwell market site pleasure garden.
A brief note describes a chance encounter as opportunity likely arrived while people were gossiping with neighbors. The tone suggests a casual, small town moment of recognition and potential change.
A vintage ad touts Pneumwatica as stopping pain or breaking a cold in one hour with external use. It claims a 25 cent price and urges readers to visit druggists. A separate boast mentions a $50,000 prize for an Atlantic flight, implying grand bets and learning by doing.
Pentwater Michigan resident Alice Darling describes severe back pain and disability before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Peoria Illinois resident Clara L Gauwitz reports daily headaches and heavy right side pain improving after a week of the same remedy. Both letters advocate the product as a cure for women's ills.
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