Choosing Backyard Hens for Small Poultry Flocks
The article advises on selecting Wyandottes, Red ains, and Orpingtons for home coops, noting nervous hens may feather-eat and that white and light plumage breeds are less suited for small yards. It emphasizes buying from local breeders, checking vigor, red combs, bright eyes, and smooth legs, and avoiding birds with yellow or bluish combs signaling disease.
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Plymouth
Wyandottes
Orpingtons
Denier
Hye
Smick Yard
Newsppers
Forte
Split Infinitive Usage in 19th Century Grammatical Debate
The text discusses the term split infinitive and critiques grammarians who place adverbs or phrases between to and the verb. Examples show preferencing phrases like in order to inspect over adverbial splits and note distortions in historic prose.
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Ara
aMer
Fragmentary Goerintin Socialist Rant Lapses into Jumbled Critique
The readable text rails at German socialism with garbled rhetoric about saving a brother’s country, killing money mad children, and exploiting resources. The profane, opaque phrases obscure a pointed political accusation and threaten violent implication without coherent argument.
Summer Storage of Coal Aims to Prevent Next Winter Shortage
The United States Fuel Administration urges early storage of coal this summer to avert a repeat of this year’s shortage. State and local agencies will push buying and stocking by all users and dealers to keep mines running, with emphasis on user stockpiles at premises and avoiding mine curtailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fuel Administration
State Council of Defense
Am Cal
Hla
Fuel Administration
Women at work abroad and at home in wartime notes
The article reports women serving as newspaper correspondents near the front in France and describes American women operating farm tractors and preparing to gain professional privileges. It highlights widespread participation of women in skilled and paid roles during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
France
Blind Man Runs Farm Prosperously in Delaware
Nicholas Johnson, disabled, runs a large Parmington Delaware farm proving sheep farming can succeed without grading. He prowls hay for day feeding and sells wool from his flock, covering all expenses and earning several thousand dollars from the young stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Johnson
Parmington
Del
Lower
Delaware
How to Raise Potatoes in English Drills and Cures
Instructions on planting Irish potatoes four to five inches deep with one eye per eight inches and replanting failed spots. Advises hoeing without cutting roots, not piling soil high after tying a wood sleeve, and notes a second crop issue. Mentions using pivls genon for potato beetles and careful watering for results.
Plan for Rehabilitation and Re-Education of Disabled Men
Plans for rehabilitating and re educating wounded soldiers to return as productive workers are outlined in two Congress reports by the federal board of vocational education. They urge funding for teachers and large schools near hospitals nationwide to develop muscle and willpower, enabling higher civilian wages after service.
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Congress
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Hoxpitala
CG. A. Prosser
Prosser
Tientus
Home War Time Cake Recipes From Mother's Book
The excerpt lists practical cake recipes and substitutions used during wartime. It details oatmeal cake, macarons, corn flour cake, sponge cake, raisin drops, and frosting ideas using reduced sugar and alternative sweeteners. It emphasizes simple ingredients, such as corn flour, oats, and raisins, with instructions for mixing, baking, and flavoring.
Taft Woman Leads Red Cross Reorganization Efforts
Miss Ina Taftyanty of Chicago heads a Red Cross women’s unit in Washington and led the reorganization at the war’s start. She previously managed hospital garb and hospital garments disposal in Le Moyne building, overseeing work across two states, praised for executive ability and a sharp, feminine intellect.
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Ina Taftyanty
Nth
Quen
Chicago
Ena
Washington
Daft
Chengo Red Cross
Fqllahe
Red Cross
Dutston
le Moyne
Twe
Ottumwa Doctor Backs Tanlac Tonic For Health
Dr E I Lowry of Ottumwa a leading midwest veterinarian praises Tanlac herb tonic noting it eased his wife’s stomach kidney and nervous ailments. He recalls she gained ten pounds after starting Tanlac and now enjoys a stronger appetite and energy. Tanlac available at first class druggists or via Iowa jobbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. Lowry
Ottumwa
Middle West
Lowry
Tonine
EB. F. Lowry
Adv
Modern Wizard Offers Freezone Corn Remedy
An advertise ment extols Freezone as a painless corn remedy promising instant relief. It touts a tiny bottle for cents and claims to treat corns between toes, bad calluses, and sore skin with minimal irritation. The piece also promotes other nostrums including Bristoline soap and Dr. Plerea’s pellets, framing them as trusted health aids in a typical late 19th or early 20th century ad style.
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Cincinnati
Ady
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Torquay
St. Dustan's
Regent Park
London
Terriory At
Statistical Notes
Urdresgor
Vek Mei
Woman’s Bureau of Red Cross
Hawkeye
Progressive Veterinary Medical Agen
Iowa
Indersee Taniac
Takem & Brenkem
Ohio
Gramps
Tnes House
Ofntins
sinAhes Y Hoathra
Dept
eSoa
Tae, Gewrau Gonpany
New York
Gombe
Ind
WeiAy
Eatonic
Ted
Bathian
Ipl Ramedy Co
Talpertas
Kington, Wd
Seil Shep
Wart
Eatonic Oritewa
Balen
Adliam
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkhan
Lydiia E. Pinkham
E.R. Crommmra
R. No. 1
Hellam
Lowell
Miah
Lydia E
Mrg
Miolu
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham
Lynn, MA
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