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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
8
Financial and sanitary improvements can boost winter egg output. The article outlines fixing unsanitary, mite‑ridden houses, selecting proper locations, and building a bright, dry, well‑ventilated coop. It details dimensions, roosts, nests, floors, and cleaning methods to prevent mites and encourage production.
A Kansas State Station note explains roup is a germ disease in poultry, spread by infected birds or windborne bacteria. Dampness and exposure promote outbreaks. keep sick fowls isolated and treated regularly. Remedies include hydrogen peroxide solution, potassium permanganate, boric acid, coal tar disinfectants, and carbolic acid preparations.
Advice stresses keeping poultry coops clean and ventilated. Weekly cleaning is advised and sand or litter should be scattered on the floor to aid cleanliness and disease prevention.
Ducks and chickens should not share housing as duck water becomes constantly filthy, endangering the chickens’ health and life. Keep ducks and fowl separate to prevent contamination and disease.
The United States Department of Agriculture publishes Convict Labor for Road Work outlining state and prison coordination. It stresses state control of convict road forces, prison supervision of prisoners, and highway department execution of road operations. The 1917 year is urged as a record year if authorities use the department’s guidance.
A wartime style appeal argues for rat proof cans and extermination of rats to reduce losses of foodstuffs worth millions annually. The ad promotes Stearns P a ch and a two ounce box as effective measures and cites public health urgency. It also includes a quotation about the need for neighborly spirit amid peace talks and a remark from a labor leader referencing G Bernard Shaw.
A colonial era ad promises $1000 for an incurable catarrh cure from Hall's Catarrh Medicine and notes decades of sales. A social anecdote from a ball in Canada features Douglas Sladen observing a politician being introduced to his wife and a witty remark about a “stupid old duffer.”
A list compares protein percentages in foods from 2.2 percent in potatoes to 34 percent in soja beans. The note references Ady’s Plenty of Room and quips on women writers and publishers.
The excerpt urges men to flatter women and claim success as a path to life improvement. It cautions that boasting of achievements is a start, but frames its guidance as blunt social strategy rather than moral counsel. The tone reads as prescriptive social rhetoric with outdated gendered assumptions.
Scientific American reports a survey showing farmers lose about 300 million dollars annually due to poor rural roads. Bad weather blocks heavy hauling, delaying sales and prices, costing the nation billions in annual economic losses.
The article urges farmers to value roads near their farms and to participate in improving the highway system. It notes California voters approved 15 million dollars to enhance the state highway system and all counties backed the measure.
A fragment from a Boston Transcript column mocks an Egyptian mummy scene with Professor X and a romantic remark about reviving the wrapped corpse. It contrasts with a notes on bread stocks, gray hair, and travel exaggerations.
A composite fragment traces humorous banter about marriage and army service with a quip from a suitor and a defiant reply. It switches to light items about Alice Pork and Beans in tomato sauce and a dog lost in a railway accident. The piece closes with a short humor note about a boy future fisherman and a proverb about wisdom.
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