Poultry House Design For Sixty Fowls
A Prairie Farmer sketch presents a 16 by 20 foot poultry house optimized for small flocks. Emphasizes floor space over roof area, airtight bottom, stone or cement foundation, pine ship lap siding, coal tar sealant, steep roof for warmth and ventilation, and dual end windows to maximize sunlight. Designed to resist cold and wind while housing about 60 fowls.
Clean Drinking Vessels Protect Fowl Health
The article warns that unclean drinking vessels spread contagious diseases like roup among fowls. Slime in mouths contaminates water, enabling rapid spread as birds drink. Keep drinking gear clean and remove any bird showing cold symptoms immediately to prevent further infection.
Beef Scrap and Egg Laying Geese Output
Poultry keep beef scrap before fowls with birds pecking as they like. A flock of 30 pullets consumes about five pounds weekly. Use this to estimate mash feeding. Toulouse geese usually lay from 20 to 40 eggs per season.
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Nests Stolen in Cold Days Raise Egg Safety Alarm
Cloned watch must track stolen nests to prevent eggs spoiling overnight as cold days drive nests to hay mows in barna, where they are favored sites for hidden eggs. Authorities urge quick recovery to ensure eggs can be used for cooking.
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Barna
Plenty of Doins in Backwoods Cuba Coffeehouse
A summer tourist chats with an elderly backwoods native about bustling days and odd misadventures. They recount a yellow dog tussle with a polecat, a rattler killed by the wife, Mag fighting a wildcat, a mad dog laid out, two teams and a stray cow, a hedgehog killed, and the wife tumbling in a cellar, all amid rural humor and local bravado.
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New York
Johnson avoids the walk after snow shovel purchase
A light exchange reveals Johnson bought a snow shovel and there were no directions, prompting questions about why he hasn’t cleared the walkway yet as his spouse comments.
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Johnson
Marriage a Success
A light hearted exchange depicts a husband and wife over a $50 shopping request. The wife teases the prior night’s atmosphere and the husband admits to coming home in a shaky condition, while they acknowledge the value of silence before exchanging the money.
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Golden
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Exasperating Cuss Hewligus Stops Loans Again
A Chicago Tribune excerpt mocks Hewligus for refusing to lend money, noting his pretended wealth yet repeated rejections. The speaker expresses frustration at being turned down by him despite expectations of financial stability.
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Scott
Chicago Tribune
Oscarical Pastimes Duel At Emerson High Party
A Chicago Daily News report notes that at a party at Emerson High the attendees engaged in oscalatory pastimes described as juvenile and uninteresting by a speaker.
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Hester
Emerson
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Teacher asks about Columbus land year
In a classroom exchange a teacher pleads for the year Columbus landed while a student hesitates. The dialogue notes uncertainty and references the term lire, indicating a historical or period setting in a weekly publication.
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Unerring Maternal Instinct in Twin Lookalike Oddity
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a caller noting two twins who look identical and wear matching outfits. The mother jokes that telling them apart is hard, as a child proves the point by slapping another and swearing his name. The exchange highlights playful confusion between twins.
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Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Dinner invitation by Mrs Newlyrich referenced
A Detroit Free Press note states Mrs Newlyrich invited line and staff officers to a dinner and conducted the affair without argument, described as tactful though the phrasing implies a cautious social ritual.
Fragmented anecdotes on noisy conversations and fading papers
A witty exchange contrasts a distracted observer with a detailed description of a woman in vivid clothing while a penniless reporter recounts a cascade of newspaper absorbitions from the Dally Bugle to the Daily Graball, highlighting editorial distance and the fate of a claim.
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Resolutions Debate Sparks Spouse Tension at New Year
A quarrel unfolds as a wife accuses her husband of failing to deliver warranted resolutions, while he counters by blaming her for unmet promises. The exchange centers on expectations for commitments that would endure rather than fail.
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Prize Hen Refuses to Work for 36 Cents a Dozen
A boastful prize hen resolves to quit, declaring it absurd for a $500 fowl to spend her time laying eggs at 36 cents per dozen. She perches on her roost and looks down on the hens below.
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Chicago Tribune
Foolish Mar and the Smoking Death Joke
A courtroom scene reveals Mrs Hoyle asking how her husband died by smoking. Mrs Doyle quips that he did it all in one Saturday after accepting a Sunday invitation at a non smoking place. A judge declares the line a sharp rebuke. Shoeblack exchanges pushy dialogue about manners.
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Pedigreed Prize Returns: Man Wastes Effort on Read Book
A Detroit Free Press note laments a man who, after an evening of effort to win a pedro prize, discovers he has earned a book he has already read, framing the outcome as disappointing and anticlimactic.
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Detroit Free Press
Pearl barley water, tonics, and remedies for wrinkles
An article from the Philadelphia Ledger promotes barley-water skin cleansers and tonics to prevent and reduce wrinkles. It details a facial wash from barley infusion with benzoin, a nourishing alum almond milk rose-water tonic, and a heavy-duty cream using mutton suet glycerine benzoin camphor alum and isinglass for advanced aging, with massage guidance.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Divan Cushions of Silk and Filet Lace Covers
Dressing a lounge with silk cushions and bright covers enhances comfort. The article suggests large downy pillows and small cushions with silk or brocade covers in green Japanese designs, dainty white removable covers, and filet lace baby pillows combined with fine handkerchief linen. It notes cost effective options, including imitation filet, and hints at dyeing lace for desired ecru shade.
Blue Delaine Dress with Dainty Drape and Trims
A vintage pattern description details a blue wedgewood delaine dress with three side and back flounces, plain center front, muslin bands along the sides and front, a bodice with two deep tucks for broad shoulders, silk bands and ribbon straps under live buttons, gathered sleeves with silk trim, and materials listed as fourteen yards delaine two yards sill fourteen yard sateen for bodice mining six buttons.
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Remedies and beauty tips from a past era
Small ice for nausea and Lenon Ix shampoo for white hair provide glossy softness. Freckles resist removal. a sulfur paste helps with rub nightly. Hair knotted at chin height to suit facial shape. A cup of hot water on waking aids digestion. Fresh air and ventilation improve complexion and sleep comfort.
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Lenon Ix
Pastel Blues and Dull Tones Dominate New Gowns
The article describes long and three-quarter coats in pastel blue and muted shades, including Copenhagen blue. These garments are versatile for day or evening wear, theater, and conetta. A Copenhagen blue outfit features black satin trimmings, dull olive green collar and sleeve decorations, and burnished gold buttons as a seasonal accent.
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Kinjona
National and Local News in a Turbulent Week
A sprawling roundup reports on U S budget figures with a recent bill passing in Congress, railway freight idle shares in Pennsylvania, British parliamentary age limits on smoking, oil price shifts, and a central Georgia storm loss. It notes a possible Broadway appearance by a Moroccan bandit, a Washington document found in New Jersey, multiple deadly fires and deaths across Canada and the Midwest, legal and financial moves in American banks, and ongoing probes and violence in several cities.
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