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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
13
A reader claims Target Tobacco saves money and provides cigarette flavor. The note touts blending similar to Teady-mades, easy rolling with free gummed papers, and advises trying it to get thirty or more cigarettes per package.
Grandma and Bobby joked about hair bobbing. Beas argued against it, he teased she would be horse and buggy. Grandmother joined, asking what she would be. Bobby answered with a kiss and \"Covered wagon\" ending the playful exchange.
A historical note argues the first four weeks are critical for chick development. It stresses housing cleanliness roost placement clean water and food, and avoiding pecking as chicks establish habits. The piece underscores early management over later stages to protect profits.
The article notes average yearly feed use under 75 to 00 pounds per year for large flocks and explains how body maintenance costs affect profitability. It argues hens that lay all year, except molting, are worth keeping, while hens laying nothing in winter are not. A Nebraska Farmer item.
The Rural New Yorker notes soft-shelled eggs arise from lime deficiency in ration or inefficiencies in the hen's egg-making mechanism. It advises keeping crushed oyster shells, providing alfalfa or clover hay, cod liver oil, and direct sunlight to aid mineral absorption, and suggests checking for missing oyster shells in poultry rations.
Describes that most destructive fowl diseases are bowel related and spread via droppings from domestic and wild birds, especially sparrows. Warns sparrows carry mites and near buildings. Encourages parasite control and disease prevention to maintain healthy profitable flocks. Notes broiler and poultry meat prices held up and food prices were cheaper.
Wisconsin Agriculturist notes dried milk fed with grain rations offers similar value to whole liquid milk with less loss and danger of attracting pests. A flaky ground milk powder is preferred when combined with the standard Wisconsin chick ration, and raw bone should be included if liquid milk is used.
Ferguson discusses worm control in poultry, stressing that parasite management hinges on understanding the parasite life cycle. Confinement, range rotation, wire floors, and cinder guards help. Do not use worm remedies until a flock is confirmed infested, then treat according to worm type.
The poem Paracelsus presents a Swiss physician who burned Avicenna and Galen’s works while seeking new knowledge. It portrays Paracelsus as founder of modern pharmaceutics and uses the life devoted to research to explore the soul, reflecting disintegration of character at age twenty three.
The long search for Raphael's Sistine Madonna models ends with Marguerita Luti identified as the muse behind the Madonna and her world woman. new studies also propose Pope Julius II and Saint Barbara as other figures, with Duchess of Urbino named as the St Barbara model.
Mark Twain based Huck Finn on Tom Blankenship, a boy from his hometown, while the illustrator B W Kemble depicted Courtland Morris as Huck Finn. Court posed four dollars weekly, much of it spent on candy, and Kemble chose Morris after seeing him in a Bronx playground. The piece notes how real boys inspired the famous characters and mentions wild horses lingering in western states like Idaho and New Mexico.
A Woman's Home Companion report highlights progress in cancer control. It says up to 100 percent of cases can be saved with early diagnosis and treatment. Public education urges people to seek truth from doctors, with drives showing many worries prove unfounded and early findings yield high curability.
A shorthand expert argues Americans now speak faster than twenty years ago and the value of deliberate poise may be fading. The piece contends quick talk wins attention, while long-windedness risks losing listeners, urging brevity and selective timing in conversation. A short anecdote follows about Paul who fears talking to death his grandmother, noting a clock’s tick when he stays silent.
Mae West of St. Louis reports losing 20 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts. The eye catching ad claims fat reduction and increased energy with a half teaspoonful daily in hot water before breakfast. It urges readers to buy a four week bottle at drugstores with a money back guarantee.
An amateur gardener shows off his greenhouse in a playful scene. He explains a flower belongs to the petunia family while a witty young passerby jokes about tending it in someone's absence.
Joe Palooka the boxing champ moves to radio in a 15 minute Tuesday and Thursday program at 6 46 p m EST on the Columbia network. Tod Bergman portrays Palooka with Knobby Walsh played by Frank Readlek and Georgia Backus adapts the sketches. Tel Gusing and Barry von Zello announce the program.
A light sketch notes Graham McNamee seeking quick summer work in a garage and being told he lacks a mechanic role because he is a McNamee. It also mentions NBC rooster crowing contests prompting a Louisiana boy to seek an on air frog croaker showcase and a West Virginia man inviting wild turkey gobbling contests for public challenge.
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