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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
7
The excerpt notes Germany’s North Sea boundary stretching from Oldenburg’s eastern edge to Schleswig’s northern tip at around two hundred miles. It also cites the Kaiser Wilhelm Kiel Canal as 61 miles long with a construction cost of about 40 million dollars.
Philadelphia ad promotes Wear-Proof Mills hosiery at 3200 Chestnut Street selling guaranteed wear proof stockings to friends and neighbors as a big Christmas business venture.
A vintage ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy to treat red weak watery eyes and granulary eyelids. The copy urges readers to write for a free book and mentions a druggist’s guidance and home remedy claims.
A reflective line suggests aging women may lose focus on complexion as they pursue engagements and rights. The message celebrates women who stay busy and outspoken, implying empowerment through action.
A plan proposes adding poultry culture to rural school curriculums with two student groups managing pens of six hens and a rooster. Classes would compete for a prize based on egg records and feed costs, with weekly reports and parental support optional for egg and coop logistics.
Practical notes on chicken husbandry emphasizing grit for digestion, keeping young chicks indoors until feathered, separating roosters for six months, proper feed hopper height, disposing of rotten eggs, moving coops toward cornfields, letting fowls forage in orchards, and using dry forest leaves as bedding and later fertilizer.
New York wholesale price figures have been abolished and it is impossible to provide accurate quotations.
Ringneck pheasants prove hardy and productive, thriving in open fields with minimal shelter. A hen lays about 85 eggs per season. eggs hatch in 20 to 23 days, and chicks mature in six months weighing around three pounds. Pheasants feed on insects and weed seeds, cost about one dollar per pound in markets, and are easier to raise than chickens. Laws should allow captivity of birds for breeding and sale. England’s Farmer Associates reported 75,000 pheasant hens raised in 1913-14.
The article advises separating pullets and cockerels at eight to ten weeks for best profits. Early hatched pullets should begin laying at five or six months, while cockerels can be sold as broilers if not high quality. Maintain steady growth from birth to sale for satisfactory returns.
The article argues that a laying hen becomes profitable after paying for her yearly upkeep through eggs and advocates breeding for layers as a sustained profit strategy. It stresses recognizing hens that surpass the break-even point and maintaining focus on prolific producers.
Geese and ducks share eating habits with winter feeding best when grain is ground and mixed with greens. Bran shorts and corn meal or barley meal in equal parts with clover leaves or boiled vegetables form a top winter ration, milk boosts it. Boiled roots with shorts and milk work well. a small grain addition improves results. In summer geese need good pasture while ducks prosper on whole grain once daily if rapid growth is not desired.
Advertisement promotes Father John’s Medicine as a doctor prescribed cold remedy and body builder without alcohol or dangerous drugs. It claims 50 years use and a $25,000 charitable guarantee if untrue, tied to Rev. Father John O’Brien of Lowell Massachusetts and his parishioners.
A meditation on mental influence and aging cites Orison S. Marden and Doctor Metchnikoff, arguing the mind governs aging and life span. It mentions municipal cold storage in Cleveland for eggs and butter with lockers for five dollars monthly, plus a Practical Railroad School in Elmira offering rail career training and a catalogue.
W B Trites, the American novelist who found success after traveling to London, lunches in Germantown. His host’s young son asks what appreciation is, and Titus replies that appreciation is a rare malady like beri beri, noting don’t judge by clothes and that few people are too sharp to be flattered.
A Pennsylvania nurse testifies Postum benefits her headaches and indigestion after two weeks of use and notes improved milk flow in nursing mothers. She reports good results among patients when coffee is replaced, and describes preparation tips and product forms from Postum Co.
Larry Mont a New Britain Connecticut policeman spent four years constructing what he claims is the largest jackknife. The opened blade measures 6 feet 7 inches with a 3 foot 234 inch closed length and a 64 4 inch wide blade.
Parents urged to examine each bottle of Castoria for the signature of Fletcher and to trust the remedy used for over 30 years. Children cry for Castoria, a safe choice for infants and kids.
A remark implies Blowley's renown is shown by his own published lecture circular, illustrating how readers gauge his stature through his writings.
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