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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
5
The Indiana public service commission will have inspectors patrol during the state fair week to identify faults in transportation facilities and alert interurban line managers. Chief Inspector David Matthews urges extra watch at grade crossings due to anticipated heavy automobile traffic this fall.
Former Indiana man Col. Charles C. Smith leads a movement to place a Filipino division with American forces in France to fight Germany. Smith has raised a brigade of Filipino national guards in the Philippines and served since 1901 in the Philippine constabulary, after Spanish-American War service with the 261st Indiana volunteers. He seeks U S acceptance of a Philippine division and urges mobilization for overseas service.
Hoosier notes report suffragists plan events for Miss Jeannette Rankin Montana congresswoman who will speak at Merom Chautauqua. In Valparaiso thirty four Pennsylvania railroad section workers are discharged between this city and Gary. Terre Haute Crawford Fairbanks donates 300 to Company H mess fund. Booth Bend Gillette Motor shareholders seek a receiver for the Michawaka company. Princeton Rev E E Padford resigns from Broadway Christian church.
The white runner duck breed shows strong egg-laying performance across colors from fawn to penciled while remaining hardy. Ducks hatched in a west England kitchen garden endured severe winters without shelter, with fertile egg rates under 5 percent infertility when three ducks share one drake.
A United States Department of Agriculture test finds Leghorns lay more eggs and consume less feed per hen than Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons. In 1913 1914 and 1915 Leghorn pens show lower feed costs per dozen eggs and higher total egg value per hen over three years, with a peak of 157.6 eggs per hen at 6.7 cents per dozen.
Leather belts gain new lense of Hife with black patent variety and gronour widths paired with gingham and chambray. Wide soft crush belts appear in suede and smooth finishes in colors including gray beige green white and old red. Narrow feather belts also hold vogue as style shifts from all leather.
An examination of 500 Leghorn eggs in May 1915 found 31 percent weighed over two ounces each, about 1.50 pounds per dozen. Leghorns lay lighter eggs per dozen than general-purpose hens, but they excel in spring and summer production and show lower brooding tendencies. Fertility favors Leghorns in yard confinement, though winter lay is stronger in heavier breeds.
The article explains using cold brooders with or without artificial heat. It suggests ready made units or homemade shallow boxes with one open end or large hole for ventilation. A woolen floor cover and daily paper over the floor keep chicks warm and clean while suspended flannel strips hover the birds.
Bart selects market-ready poultry focusing on uniform size and cleanliness. A “forlorn chick” scene in the marketplace serves as a cautionary image about maintaining health and appearance for sale.
Advice on chicken care urges farm owners to dig ground for hens dust and sand heaps and provide steady food to encourage productive scratching and foraging.
Dimity is reappearing in blouse fashion with its sheer texture likened to organdie and a delicate fine check pattern that adds subtle contrast to plain surfaces. The fabric is praised for its texture and job, earning broad appreciation in the dress world.
The Food Administration plans a nationwide consumer campaign to boost home apple consumption this autumn through next spring. Officials note a 190,000,000 bushel crop, below normal but with good prices for well packed first and select second grades.
Stockholm authorities offer 2 percent reward for every dead rat in a campaign to reduce the plague. The corpses are processed in a corpse utilization facility where fat is boiled for soaps and lubricants. Remaining matter becomes poultry feed. South Sweden already uses animal cadavers for fat recovery. Large sewer containers from hotels and restaurants yield substantial fat.
A group of boys on Riverside drive spots a khaki clad man with a young woman and deduces he is a United States marine. A boy notes the emblem on the hat as proof while explaining why cords denote branch, and the article highlights civilians often misread khaki marines.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone for quick relief from corns and calluses. A small bottle costs little at drug stores and supposedly removes both hard and soft corns or calluses without irritating surrounding skin.
In a humorous exchange from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald, Doctor John Johnson proposes to his second wife with a blend of humor and honesty. He notes his poverty and a distant uncle who was hanged, prompting a witty reply about relatives who ought to be. The pair conclude with a chaste, philosophical kiss.
An anecdote recounts a Teuton commander boasting about a fruit tree spared to hang two peasants, while a young officer explains they saved the tree for the joke. The piece ends with a grim quip on economy starting at others’ homes and funeral timing for ships.
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