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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
8
Indianapolis W C Ball of Terre Haute named by Governor Goodrich as coal director for Indiana state institutions. He serves on the special purchasing committee and will oversee distribution as institutions need about 200000 to 225000 tons next year.
Huntington county unveils a new hospital at city edge within a five acre grove. The building offers thirty two rooms and cost fifty two thousand dollars. Superintendent of Boonville schools Charles E. Clarke, 69, longtime educator for thirty two years, died of heart disease. He was a University of Cincinnati graduate.
The Indiana branch of the Women’s Peace Party resigns from the national group citing links to the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace. Telegram from Indiana chairwoman Mrs. Helen Freeman Bennett states continued commitment to peace but disavows recent developments. The Indiana group had long cooperated with Massachusetts, opposed the army draft, and led local activism since the party’s formation.
Indiana items report a hunter misfire injuring James Jennings of Winslow while a man in Naperville closes his store during wartime, Vigo County bars draft resolutions for Seigel Hughes, and Odd Fellows group to attend county meeting. Other notes cover First Indiana Infantry at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, a body found in Greenfield, home guard efforts, and local election vote estimates.
The Sussex fowl is an old English breed, little known in America, with large size and good fat distribution. Its ancestry is debated, with some linking it to the Dorking and fifth toe trait. Three colors are recognized in the English standard: speckled, red, and gray, all sharing core breed characteristics.
Kansas State Agricultural College expert N L Harris notes that the forcing method yields high short term egg output but harms long term hen vitality. He advises against concentrated feeds for breeders and says most farms should let hens range freely to balance yearly production.
The article compares soil types for poultry grounds, noting sandy south slopes sustain flocks longer than heavy clay. It advises alternating runs across seasons and outlines Maine Agricultural Experiment Station cropping: year one chickens, year two hoed crop, year three seed down to timothy and clover, year four chickens, year five rest with grass.
A home made insect powder is described as effective and cheap. Mix cresol or crude carbolic acid with gasoline and plaster to form a dry powder. Spread thinly, dry, screen, and apply by shaking from a perforated can. Apply again in four to six days to target lice or mites and unhatched eggs.
The piece urges efficiency in poultry management, condemns killing laying hens, and promotes culling non laying birds and surplus males. It calls for study, careful rationing, waste elimination, and maximum production of meat and eggs amid meat shortages. Poultry is presented as a quick solution to scarce meat.
The article notes that rations deficient in nitrogen and variety cause feather eating in chicks. When birds are inactive and fed unbalanced diets, this habit arises as feathers supply nitrogen to compensate for the poor ration.
In a Smokers daily pinochie game a man yelled for a new deck when the conductor punched the ace of diamonds instead of his commutation ticket. The incident interrupted play as the newsboy was summoned to resolve the mix up.
Improved farm in old settled port area of South Central Wisconsin offers 720 acres of black sandy muck land yielding 60 bushels oats 30 bushels wheat 30 bushels rye 150 bushels potatoes and 4 tons hay per acre. Also 5 000 acres in crop pasture and hay without buildings. Commission to agents. Geo W Mills Bedford Building Chicago Ill. Adv.
A terse exchange asks who planned the ventilation for the building with a quip about draftsmen. An advertisement urging reduced meat intake contrasts with a slogan on happiness through virtue and duty.
Danville Virginia educator Russell J. Coles claims a method to prevent global famine using certain dark shark and ray species. He tested in North Carolina and sent findings to Herbert Hoover hoping to spur shark eating. Coles suggests leather from large fish and shares a shark steak recipe.
A humorous exchange notes The Browns invite to dinner and a wry line about professionals growing vegetables. The joke shifts to a man’s reputation and his suspenders, poking fun at social satire.
An advertisement touts a low priced, sustaining meal with Alice Beans described as part Soja and part Navy. It promotes a tasty blend as a splendid combination and urges readers to try them. A lyric line references a character named Mary and Elsie. Atlanta plans a new 500000 dollar office building to be constructed.
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