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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1929
Page
4
Dr L D LeGear outlines early May steps for flock health against chicken pox or forehead disease. Emphasizes close daily flock checks, isolation of affected birds, thorough cleaning and disinfection, epsom salt treatments, and topical remedies to stop spread and reduce mortality.
Dr LeGear advises weekly epsom salt doses for 3 to 4 weeks in fall when pox risk rises, plus thorough weekly cleaning and disinfecting of coops. He stresses pumping disinfectant into dark corners and notes vaccination is used in some areas with mixed results.
An New York insulation firm warns that heat loss from faulty boilers pipes and furnaces can be reduced cheaply by applying patented felt and asbestos insulation. The corrugated outer surface helps block air flow improving efficiency and reducing fuel use when applied to boiler pipes or furnaces in one to four layers.
Wide planks for flooring, a throwback to old days, are popular in English and French architecture and abroad. Veneered on frame backs prevent twisting and cupping, with open joints for a rustic look. Wide planking adapts to many woods and ranks among top floor construction today.
A damaged public notice describes rusting pipes causing water flow to slow to a trickle. The wash water foul and the household suffers as the family’s disposition and daily routines are wrecked by repeated outbreaks of rust and contamination.
A Scot seeks a wife in New York department stores, evaluating clerks as brides. He explains the plan to marry a girl from Mussey's, hoping for a practical match. The chatter follows the scheme through questions of character, money, and suitability, ending with a cautious sigh over potential better options at Gimbel's.
The text argues that the moon lacks an atmosphere, citing that during a solar eclipse the lunar surface remains sharply dark with no solar refraction. It claims stars disappear abruptly behind the moon, not gradually, as an atmosphere would extinguish light. Other indications are noted to support this conclusion.
The article notes that wildlife losses and industrial factors destroy stock and game valued at over 30 million dollars annually. It cites wolves engines and bobcats contributing to the damage, highlighting a significant economic impact on hunting and livestock industries.
In a 1929 equity case a husband George Price alleges wife deserted him after nine days and after distress conducted property transfers to son Medford L. Price to forestall litigation. He says a Deed and Declaration of Trust was pushed by his children to block his recovery, with the matter tied to the trust estate in Queen Anne County and the court order calling for notices to nonresident relatives.
George Price listed as plaintiff in Order of Publication seeking to set aside and void a deed and declaration of trust. The bill states the estate is worth about 27,000 dollars with several mortgage notes and promissory notes to Price from multiple parties, plus a Goldsboro Bank certificate of deposit. The complaint outlines liens on the Rochester Farm, Walls Farm, and a twenty acre tract in Caroline County, with details of debts and interest, and notes the plaintiff's second marriage in 1926.
A quirky excerpt offers guidance on love and relationships with caution against gossip. It emphasizes weighing disadvantages before pursuing a romance, warns about overfamiliarity with a partner's family, and notes a woman may delay engagement after hard work in a courtship.
Isaac F. Marc Cosson notes in the Saturday Evening Post that Germans, excluding Argentina and Brazil, reportedly eat more than others, with a second breakfast around eleven, enjoyed by all from cleaning staff to bankers, and even waiters abundant as they drink coffee. He mocks the habit, claiming many Germans carry meat sandwiches in a leather case.
In Tientsin Peking reports, grasshoppers devastate fields and crops across China, worsening shortages for both rich and poor. Yet locals adapt, viewing the insects as a notable delicacy in Living Age era writings.
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