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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
3
Advice from Home and Farm: avoid relying solely on pullets, keep older hens for stronger eggs and hardy chicks, pair 2 to 3 year hens with mature cockerels, guard against weak stock. Gapes caused by worms from yard filth. incubator or clean grassy plots prevent it. Maintain clean runs, rotate coop locations, lime bare ground, and keep chicks away from filth and mud.
The sketch shows a simple duck nest arrangement using inch boards twelve inches high and sixteen inches long with a three inch front strip to hold sections together. Nests are wall mounted and fastened with a single wire nail at the top of each board for support.
A West Virginia experiment bulletin notes that feeding mash in either morning or night yields similar results, but mash increases egg production versus whole grain. Yearling hens show smaller gains. New York and Hatch stations report mixed outcomes with Leghorns and Cochins, some weight and feed cost differences.
In Geneva a millionaire named Galland left most property to the city but bequeathed his desk to lawyer Couchet. As the desk was about to pass, 222,000 francs were discovered inside. The city claimed the money, but after a legal contest Couchet won the fortune.
A ship from New Zealand docks as Larry O'Brien tells Mrs. McCarthy her late husband Denny died months ago, easing her grief with Father McGinnis words. A writer complains of typographical errors in a linotype poem misread as my wife, then slips down an elevator shaft in a punchy Indianapolis Sun anecdote.
In the Spare-Time Study, women play a vital role in administering the U S Post Office Department. The piece highlights the large female workforce at the Washington headquarters, rural mail carriers, and the famed Dead Letter Office, where top women decipher indiscernible addresses and redirect millions of misdirected letters each year. It notes long-serving female staff, skilled decipherers like Mrs Patti Lyle Collins and Miss Caroline Childs, and the extensive stamping and engraving work aided by women, with references to language knowledge and international addressing.
A St Paul campaign manager says he spent a small amount on newspaper display advertising and achieved vastly greater results than with other campaign methods. He predicts most future funds will go to display ads, arguing it is better to do one thing well than many ineffective efforts.
A curfew in Brooklyn Hills prompts a resident to sneeze from his porch which neighbors mistake for tunnel blasts. The night air carries a chorus of sneezes as people seek cures like hot mustard and quinine, challenging doctors warnings about grip.
Montana lawmakers protest railroad passes issued to legislators valid only for 60 days matching the session length. Most members travel little, yet the passes enable travel during the period. The dispute centers on access versus cost and policy.
A testimonial from Miss Graham Minaro of New York City claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after doctors offered no relief during menstruation and general weakness. The letter promises $5000 if the original cannot be produced and markets the remedy as curing female ills after other methods fail.
A brief note praises a leading Osake military arsenal power plant installation in Japan and promotes Allen s Foot Ease a foot powder claimed to cure corns bunions and other foot ailments. The ad notes retail price and a free sample offer and mentions a beetle discovery count reaching about 150 000 species.
Frank J. Cumney, senior partner of F. J. Cumney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each ca tArrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gurason notes the oath dated December 6, 1886. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and mentions Druggists sell it for 75c, plus a line about Hall's Family Pills and a quip about chronic borrowers.
A letter from Gro. W. Suri of Mt. Pleasant Ohio reports relief from severe kidney and bladder congestion and asthma-like pressure after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Baxter Springs Kansas residents Saone Davis and others praise back pain relief and urinary improvements, claiming life-changing results and broad health benefits.
A Bruges philanthropist left $20,000 to be divided into seven parts for the town parishes. Each portion is to be subdivided into $200 sums to provide small business start ups for the poor on the charitable society’s books. Winners will receive micro‑loans to establish trades or businesses.
A repeater device tested at Moneasen Pennsylvania by officials of the American Steel Hoop Company automates transferring hot iron between roll sets. The system, based on continuous wire rod mill principles, reduces the labor of two men per train of rolls.
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