Christmas Plum Pudding Sparks Maggie’s Courtship Blow
Maggie MacKenzie, six weeks married, endures a cold and loneliness as a snarly note from Sentland arrives. Jamie Mnae- Kenzle, an American returnee, left her to work in Uncle Sam’s land. The tale blends domestic joy with heartbreak and the mischief of small family letters.
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Maggie MacKenzie
Uncle Sam
Parcel Post
Jamie
Sentland
Jamie Mnae-Kenzle
Maggie
States
Uncle Sam's Land
Dave
Wallace
Jenn
Bobbie
Neole
Land of
Heather
Jule
Magale
Biylys
Joen Thornton
Hopkins
Poultry Must Have Exercise
A practical rule discusses adjusting food to meet flock needs and providing adequate exercise for hens. It covers methods to promote activity, such as using a scratching shed with scattered grains, choice litter materials, clean housing, disease prevention, and fattening to boost market weight.
Manure Value From Hens Calculated At Connecticut Station
The Storrs agricultural station measured night droppings from 1000 hens estimating 73 pounds per hen year totals. Larger birds produced proportionally less manure. eight pound birds yielded about four and a half pounds nightly, around 0 pounds annually. At prices from $6 to $15 per ton the by product value is estimated near 7.5 cents per bird per year.
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Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
Connecticut
Correcting Grain Overflow in Hen Litter
The text advises forming one or more piles to readjust excess grain in litter and withholding food until hens process it. It warns against feeding very small or finely cracked grains which may be wasted and suggests sifting fine matter. Emphasizes infertile eggs reduce marketable egg output and proper handling aids sales.
Slacker Hens Ousted in Connecticut Poultry Meetings
The anti-slacker hen demonstrations held by the poultry specialists of Connecticut drew 1,504 farmers across 70 sessions starting in July. They culled 3,446 of 8,442 hens as clackers, cutting losses with 7 percent fewer birds yet a small drop in egg production. In New York a county culling effort with 225 attendees covered 1.78 fowls per flock, while other counties reported financial savings from prior year demonstrations. The piece urges disposal of nonproductive fowls and notes meat breeds yield five to six pounds by ten weeks with proper feeding.
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Poultry Special Ists
Connecticut
New York County
Wen
Obituary Notice Sparks Editor’s Scrutiny in Winkleshire
The editor of the Winkleshire Spasm questions an obituary notice filled with flattery for Mowery. He insists the deceased did not die in a fall or during a crime. The piece asserts the man died a natural death in bed, prompting debate over its tone and accuracy.
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Winkleshire
Cloaking the Emotions in Fashion during War Time
The piece argues clothing boosts mental attitude and emotional balance. It urges women to use dress as a tool to maintain composure while men fight for safety and future women.
Western Canada Farm Boom Promises Giant Returns
The piece extols Western Canada as the nation's farming heart, noting high wheat and oat yields, rising land values, and strong profits. It describes farmers gaining status amid wartime conditions, with large and small operations profiting and many farmers visiting westward to inspect land, roads, schools, and rural amenities. The region is praised as a world leader in grain and land opportunity, dubbed "The World's natural bread basket."
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Canada
Western
Onco New Home
Out Home
Western Canada
Wheat
America
Canton
Coun
Boxer Regiment Refuses to Fight Under Foreign Referee
In Sporting Terme, a dialogue depicts a captain explaining why a regiment of boxers abroad would not fight under a foreign referee. He notes they wanted to name their own official, face a German bet of 810,000,000, and stage the bout in New York or Milwaukee, highlighting tensions over control and location.
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New York
Milwaukee
Puck
The Truth About Eczema and Piles
Promotional piece touts Peterson's Ointment as a cure for eczema piles and related skin conditions. Claims include rapid relief and skin improvement with endorsements by a Druggist in Racine Wisconsin.
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Eczema
Piles
Peterson
A. B. Ruger
Jane
Racine
Wis
Extra Potato Dinner Conversation Sparks Banter
Jones urges Smith to join dinner as a joke about boiling an extra potato. Smith fears trouble from his wife, but the hospitable Judge downplays it saying seventy five cents between friends.
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Jones
Smith
Judge
Town Awakens to Young Locals Rising
The lettered messenger notes a quiet era giving way to new talent. A telegram to Lew Higgins sparks chatter as townsfolk remark on the swift rise of the younger generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Higgins
Farmer Mowbrey
Lem
Crickey
Hall's Catarrah Notion and Deafness Cure Ad
A historical medical ad claims catarrhal deafness stems from mucus in the auditory tube and that healing reduces inflammation to restore hearing. It promotes Hall's Catarre product by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio with circulars offered free.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohia
Matter of Opinion. Maude Do You Write Poetry Chicago News
Maude asks if she writes poetry and Frank asks the editor forbids it in a short exchange labeled as an opinion piece. The Chicago News notes the editor's stance.
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Maude
Frank
Chicago News
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Lin
Blyty's
Santa Claus
Mike
Maggie MacKenazie
Uisease Aloe
Special Information Service
United States Department of Aariculture
United States
Ruth
Juan
Ruthie
W.N. U
Fort Wayne
Peps-Aid Company
Goshen
Indiana
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