Printing and devil bargains in old legends fade into print
A crowded, jumbling panel of 14th century Faust legends, Gutenberg’s movable type venture, and Whittier’s Marblehead tale blend with Napoleon era heroism and Attic architecture. The fragment recalls a printing partnership, legal challenges, a sales bonanza for a Bible, and a dramatic sea duel where a captain and his son face doom, amid scattered notes from Detroit News.
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Faust
Main
Germany
Paust
Johann Gutenberg
Orst Printing Company
Gutenberg, Faust and Schoeffer
Gutenberg
Shoeffer
Fauet
Louis Casablanca
Thogg
Hil
Western Newspaper Union
Flock profits by change in ration feeding method
A Vancouver Island poultryman details a dynamic laying mash recipe using shorts barley cornmeal prichard meal and clam shell for lime. He notes greens and boiled barley as greens and weekly scalded wheat and cracked grains for variety, with bone-building groats and oat substitutes.
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Vancouver Island
Big
Trongha
Changes in a Chick After Hatching
A reader explains that newly hatched chicks have tiny digestive organs and most of their body filled by yolk. By 72 hours, the yolk is absorbed, the heart and gizzard develop rapidly, and the chick cannot yet digest external food.
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The
Rgt
Reputation for Egg Quality and Uniform Packing
A Michigan Farmer excerpt explains that a reputation for uniform egg size quality and careful packing builds trust and sustains price. Reputable poultrymen must deliver consistent shipments, with long-term dependability yielding higher prices and steady demand even for smaller producers.
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Michigan
Determining Sex of Chicks by Head Spot Size
D C Warren of Kansas State Agricultural College poultry department discusses methods for sexing chicks at hatching. He notes many theories exist and most are unreliable. In Barred Plymouth Rock, larger white head spots tend to indicate males, and some crosses allow sexing by color and wing feather growth.
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D. C. Warren
Kansas State Agricultural College Poultry Department
Direct Rays For Winter Egg Production
Ultraviolet rays are necessary for winter egg production and affect egg fertility and chick growth. Sunshine provides the needed elements in fine weather, but in wintry days hens indoors behind closed windows lack direct sunlight. Glass substitutes can transmit direct ultraviolet radiation to the hens.
Room for Pullets and Cockerels Crating to Speed Market
The note urges more space for pullets and suggests crate fattening cockerels to reach desired weight quickly. Healthy cockerels can gain about 25 percent of their original weight in twelve days with proper feeding and precautions.
Rowlas Red Pepper Rub offers quick rheumatic relief
Old nature's heat in red peppers is claimed to ease rheumatism lumbago neuritis and chest colds. The rubbing ointment supposedly relieves pain in less than three minutes and is said to be safe and non burning. Available from druggists.
Prayer to Bring Rain in Drought Strikes Georgia Church
In a summer drought in Georgia, a Black congregation gathers to pray for rain. The sermon mixes fervent appeals with dialect and warns against ineffective drizzle. An elderly parishioner interrupts, insisting on serious rain, claiming recent losses from drought.
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Georgia
Colored Brethren
Pabson
Collier's Weekly
Cole's Carbene Pain Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Cole's Carbene calcium stops pain instantly and heals without a scar. It markets 30c and 60c sizes and credits J. W. Cole Co. Rockford, Ill as maker. Also notes an external world Jewish population estimate from the Jewish Chronicle. It lists regional totals and praises Jewish contributions in arts and leadership.
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Cole
J. W. Cole’ Co
Rockford
L.l
Jewish Chronicle
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Australia
South
Montreal Herald
Vermifuge and Wolves Reported in Fragmented Snippet
A garbled mix describes Dr. Jayne's Vermifuge praised as a long used worm remedy for children, followed by an abrupt Portugal story where Da Serra used rockets to rout two wolves near Pampilhos. The text blends marketing tone with an unrelated animal encounter.
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DR. D. Jayne & Son
Philadelphia
Pampilhos
Portugal
da Serra
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OUR Comic
Finney
Mrs Snoop
Beck
Ursula
Faraa
Thomas
Gouth
Bert
Pol
Felix
Xlthink
Freddy
Ireson
Wen John Greenleaf Whittier
Marblehead
Floyd Ireson
Whittier
Betty
Skipper Iredon
Casabianca
Attica
Athena
Tome
Te Dor
Detroit News
Jaynes Vermi Hige
Harvard
Gray
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