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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
6
Gustavus F. Swift pioneered traveling ice boxes on wheels for meat transport. From a single ice box on a boxcar, seven thousand Swift refrigerator cars now roll nationwide, keeping meat fresh day and night. The cars symbolize Swift & Company's commitment to usefulness and service.
A brief essay notes that few have laurels to rest on while suggesting a hammock offers comfort accessible to all. The passage contrasts achievement with simple rest, implying contentment comes from modest, universal comforts rather than grand honors.
An advertisement claims Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules restore strength from overwork and poor living. It promotes three capsules daily to aid uric acid issues, kidneys, bladder stones, stomach derangement, and general recovery with a 200 year Holland origin, money-back guarantee, and substitute prohibition. An aerial rudder note follows.
Ad asserts that cold head episodes arise from acute catarrh and hall’s catarrh medicine can boost the system, cleanse the blood and reduce susceptibility. It warns chronic catarrh may develop from repeated attacks and claims internal action through the blood, with testimonials and a money back guarantee.
In Rumpus Ridge Gap Johnson debates winter prep with a presiding elder. He jokes about taking his family to town to be shod, then clarifies he meant shed not shot. The exchange captures rural humor and frugal worries of the era.
A fragment highlights Tet terine as a remedy for pimples blotches and eczema with price 50e from Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga. The piece also mentions WWI pilot Richthofen and a humorous shoe price exchange from the Boston Transcript in a mixed excerpt style.
The item mentions GROVH'S BOWEL MEDICINS said to ease teething stomach and bowel troubles with bottle directions. It also notes Queen Wilhelmina of Holland caring less for travel and a 1917 Utah production valued at 96,823,060 dollars, hinting at a broader economic context.
Nebraska inventor M. N. Latta of Valentine conceives road making machinery that forms roadways from material directly at hand. The patent aims to streamline construction by using readily available earth and aggregates, reducing hauling and labor. The Scientific American describes the device as a roadway machine designed to operate efficiently with local materials.
A road building machine is described to move along a chosen roadway site and form wheel tracks as it travels. It can be rapidly adjusted and reconfigured for other uses, including transformation into a freight car. For grading, it self-loads and self-adjusts, automatically leveling from high side to low side on either flank.
A glossary of road building terms including aggregate sand pinder water bound cement concrete and crown definitions. It defines aggregate as mineral material mixed with bituminous binder and explains fine and coarse aggregate and mechanical bond in macadam roads. It notes pinder types and the concept of crown in cross sections.
The main lines of travel should use better roads than dirt. Every state has gravel deposits and a well maintained gravel road is highly effective for main travel routes.
A broken stone road bearing heavy auto traffic requires a tar or asphalt binder to prevent stone pieces from grinding and powdering under use, preserving the surface and extending road life.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges fall flock management to maximize production while cutting losses. Cull unprofitable birds by October, house early and mature pullets properly, ensure sanitation and ventilation, and provide a simple clean ration. Emphasis on breeding stock and yearling hens supports next season’s layers and breeders.
The text warns that seemingly trivial issues like a sickly chick or adult near the flock, dead birds left unburied, sour feed, and pests such as lice and mites, along with drafts and dampness, are serious threats that must be guarded against and combated as insidious enemies.
Feeding table scraps and kitchen waste is best prepared by running through a meat grinder. The moist mass should be mixed with corn meal or bran until crumbly. Feed at noon or night, or both, in a trough or on a board, and remove any leftovers after 30 to 45 minutes to prevent spoilage.
Observations at the Beltsville Maryland government poultry farm show that early hatched pullets reach maturity with weight benchmarks. Five month Plymouth Rock should weigh at least four pounds, Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red three pounds, Leghorn two pounds. Unmarked or mixed-age broods obscure true age, causing small pullets to be kept as potential winter layers.
The article argues that feeding fowl on a single grain harms digestion and egg formation, urging diversification of grain in sheep diets. It states that excuses exist for narrow sheep raising but calls for broader adoption as a patriotic, national policy to regenerate this branch of animal husbandry.
Whitewash is a cheap paint for interior and exterior use. Quicklime slaked in water forms a base, then water added for brushable consistency. Exterior whitewash uses hot water slaking, salt, zinc sulfate, skim milk, and thorough mixing for a weatherproof coat.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges feeders to concentrate on economically short fed cattle rather than heavily finished exports. Use of inexpensive roughage with silage and protein supplements is advised, reducing dry corn to 15 to 20 bushels per steer or eliminating it, to profit despite high feed costs and labor.
A clean wallow hole is important as hogs prefer clean water in a concrete wallow over muddy troughs or natural mud holes when available. If no clean water is provided, hogs may use the muddy wallow instead.
Horses mules and cows should be protected from flies as much as possible. Some of the prepared sprays on the market greatly help in doing this.
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