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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
10
USDA guidance explains how to insulate and heat box cars for winter potato shipments. The article details building false floors and walls, air channels, stove placement, and the materials needed to keep sweet and white potatoes from freezing during cold storage and transport.
A Maryland Harford county program shows farmers organizing a cooperative motor truck route to collect milk and produce for nearby towns. By bypassing rail points they save time and labor. details are in Farmers Bulletin No 1082 from the U S Department of Agriculture.
The article outlines fruit storage needs emphasizing cleanliness, sun light, air, and ventilation. It warns moisture invites mold, recommends dry shelves, limited water use, and unslaked lime to absorb moisture. It notes molds grow slower with light, air, and cool temperatures, and a successful cellar requires all three.
The article urges good land treatment for seed crops and notes top dressing alfalfa can reduce winterkilling. It recommends fall plowing or dishing to destroy grasshopper eggs and says straw adds more organic matter and nutrients than fresh manure per experiment stations.
William A. Radford outlines a five room brick bungalow design praised for economy and salability. The plan features a 26 by 48 foot layout with a 6 by 10 porch, a rear attic space, basement, and a generous 12 by 17 foot dining room.
Neighborhoods seek to acquire buildings once erected for other uses to convert into community centers as a lasting result of wartime activity. Towns with temporary soldier headquarters propose to make these sites permanent community hubs.
The piece compares a billion to the Brooklyn Bridge's cost and build time, noting 21 million dollars built the bridge over thirteen years. It asserts that a billion could finance about forty eight bridges and offers a mental scale by imagining a teller counting one dollar bills from 1870 to 2016 at a steady pace.
Popular Mechanics describes a magnified vacuum system removing ash from large New York buildings. A concrete pit feeds a pipe to street level where a powerful blower extracts ashes into a bin and dump truck, providing dust relief.
An article from Popular Mechanics outlines straw air strainers and muslin window ventilators to provide abundant fresh air for poultry houses while avoiding drafts. It describes building a second ceiling with straw packed between layers, side vents under eaves, and movable muslin frames on wires for adjustable ventilation.
Instructions advise covering narrow poultry house windows with burlap at night to block wind but not sealing them until cold weather arrives.
Instructions urge fattening poultry before shipment to fetch higher price per pound. Emphasizes that heavier birds fetch more money, implying careful feeding and care to maximize weight for sale.
A practical guide urges culling weak slow growing stock and keeping a rare flock small for profit. It advises Leghorns for cheap egg production and stresses daily salt in feed, warns against gravel or peppered additives, and notes parasites waste energy that could become eggs.
An old advertisement urges Cascarets as a remedy for indigestion sour stomach and sluggish liver. It claims the product cleanses the stomach relieves constipation and waste, promising relief by morning after a night of use.
A fragment from the Limingham Age Herald quotes Mr Grimpkin reflecting on popular circuses. The chatter suggests a gossip tone about hareback riders, trapeze artists, and a mature snake charmer, implying social tastes and curiosities of the era.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use a small bottle of Danderine sold at drug or toilet counters to remove dandruff and stop hair loss. It promises dandruff removal, renewed hair growth, increased vigor and color after several applications.
A man narrates an odd scene as his niece spots a boy on house steps. She stares, he urges her along, joking that the boy might lure her inside. The boy retorts they already have two.
A health notice tells women that kidney and bladder issues go undetected and that Swamp Root from Dr. Kilmer may restore kidney health. It invites readers to request a sample bottle for ten cents and to buy larger bottles at drug stores.
A neighbor compliments Avery’s new suit but Donald, busy with a floor project, says he will not buy new clothes. He explains Avery has outgrown the suit and they will modify it themselves.
An advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to build up the system cleanse the blood and lessen susceptibility to colds. It states the medicine is taken internally acts through the blood on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials with a $1000 guarantee for any cure not achieved. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A customer argues that 17 cents worth of milk and an ice cream soda should cost less, while the store manager counters that labor and service are in play. The exchange highlights perceived value and pricing tensions in a small shop.
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