Culling the Flock Reduces Losses in Mississippi Poultry
Reports from county agents show culling unprofitable layers saves grain and money. In Missouri and Mississippi pilots, 40 percent culled, selling 18,607 birds to yield about 9,641 dollars in grain savings. A cooperative plan marketed 10,792 culled birds, saving 1,554 dollars versus individual sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Department of Agriculture
H. E. Cosby
State Extension Poultry Husbandman
Nellie McGhee
Green County
A. Cockefein
Mississippi
Savings for Hens Breeds with Noted Physical Traits
The passage describes hens to be saved as healthy and vigorous in September or October, with large moist vents, bright red combs, and well spread pelvic bones. In yellow-skinned breeds, shanks and beaks should be pale.
Infertile Eggs From Hens With No Roosters
A note on egg production explains that removing male birds does not affect the number of eggs laid by hens. Infertile eggs result from hens kept without male birds, while laying frequency remains unchanged.
Columbus the scout in the voyage of discovery
A Columbus profile frames him as a sea scout who claimed the twelve points of the scout law. It depicts him as trustworthy loyal helpful friendly courteous kind obedient cheerful reverent and brave, noting his role in appealing to Queen Isabella and opening the Americas to Spain.
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Columbus
Isabella
America
Spain
New World
Scouts Replant Walnut to Aid War Effort
The United States Forest Service urges replanting black walnut trees amid wartime shortages caused by German looting years ago. President Wilson had called Boy Scouts to locate individual trees for airplane propellers and gun stocks, with scouts reporting over 19,000,000 board feet, nearly 5,000 carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forest Service
Germany
Wilson
Boy Scouts
Forest Service
Ordnance Department
Scouts Against Nicknames Rally for Immigrant Integration
Commissioner P. P. Claxton of the U S bureau of education urges Scouts to reject slurs and hyphenated identities. He says natives should embrace American names, discourage derisive terms like Dago Dutchy Frog Gy Ginny Greaser and similar offenses, and promote assimilation through the Scout code.
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America
P. P. Claxton
United States Bureau of Education
Bureau
Boy Scouts
Dutchy
Froggy
Ginny
Greaser
Henry
Horwat
Hunky
Mick
Paddy
Sheeny
Spaghetti
United States of America
Farre to Fly for Scouts at Atlantic City Visit
Lieut. Henri Farre, famed French artist aviator, visiting the United States on a government mission, befriends scouts. In Atlantic City he presented a war service emblem to Rodney Fitzsimmons of Troop 15 for selling 43 bonds totaling 28,000 dollars. Farre promised to fly under scout auspices from Atlantic City to Philadelphia.
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Henri Farre
France
Atlantic City
Treasury Department
Rodney Fitzsimmons
Farre
Philadelphia
Wolf Cub program aims to unite Boy Scouts for youth ages nine to twelve
The Boy Scouts of America have acquired copyright control over Wolf Cub literature with approval from Sir Robert Baden-Powell. A small edition of the Wolf Cub handbook has been printed so the scheme can be studied in line with Baden-Powell's recommendations. The program targets developing organization among boys aged nine to twelve.
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Boy Scouts of America
Robert Baden-Powell
Rheumatism Pains Relief Ad and Cartoon Quote
An advertisement touts relief from rheumatism with Vacher-Bulm in 25c jars or tubes, directing readers to E. W. Vacher, Inc. in New Orleans for mail orders. A separate cartoon caption has a conductor quipping that thinner people would free space for more standing passengers in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Castoria ad and odd dialogue fragment
An assortment of old ad lines and quips. Mentions Castoria for children and Fletcher’s Castoria with a cry for it. A joke about a dog trainer Jinks and a Binks elevator operator. A Roman eye balm ad and a gag about gargling salt water.
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Fletcher
Jinks
Binks
Yeh
Do Not Neglect Aches Try Capadine For Flu Warning
An old advertisement urges immediate use of Capadine for grippe symptoms claiming quick relief. It promotes a trial bottle at 10 cents with two doses and notes larger sizes available. The ad also includes flashy quotes about movie leads and humor from Mrs Bannon and Mrs Henpeck.
Toothache Relief Ad From Vacher Balm
An advertisement for Vacher-Balm proclaims quick relief for toothache. The product costs 25 cents in jars or tubes and is made by B W Vacher Inc in New Orleans. The text shifts to a dialogue fragment about choosing advice, with a humorous exchange about money.
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B. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Ady
Dora
Law
Clara
Minneapolis
Jourlel
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
An old advertisement promises $100.9 for an uncured catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicines as an internal remedy benefiting mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 75 cents with testimonials offered.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Groww's Baby Low Medicine Teething Advertisement
An old advertisement claims Groww's Baby Low Medicine soothes teething by correcting stomach and bowel troubles with harmless formula. Instructions supposedly appear on the bottle. The claim echoes typical 19th or early 20th century patent medicine style. There is a note mentioning 25,000,000 cats in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grovw
The
United Sates
Guaranteed Fur Prices January 1919 Texas Fur
The notice lists wholesale fur prices by grade and animal type including raccoon otter muskrat and fox. Prices show per size class and average ranges, reflecting market rates for furs in early 1919. Also includes an unrelated medical ad for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and a general moral remark about life insurance.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules for kidney relief
A vintage advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long trusted remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims cleansing, healing effects, no patent medicine status, and a money back guarantee with imported Dutch oil, available in three sealed sizes at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills Ad Sample
An advertisement touts Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as a simple old fashioned remedy for regulating the stomach liver and bowels. It urges readers to get a box and try them. The rest offers aphorisms about ignorance deceit and courtesy.
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Wright
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Lowell, Mich
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