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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
3
The article discusses selecting feed for hens to balance cost and health. Trials by the Poultry Division show beef scrap and fish meal can raise egg production. wheat is not essential. It covers substitutes, feeding patterns, winter housing prep, cleaning, disinfection, ventilation, and structural considerations to keep birds healthy through colder periods.
Farmers overlook beet scrap as essential winter feed for hens. A method mixes beet scrap with bran wheat middlings and meal in three parts for a balanced ration, using a mix of fish or other protein to boost eggs until supplies run low.
A feeding test by United States poultry experts compares Leghorns with general purpose breeds such as Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and others. Leghorns use less feed per bird and produce more eggs in later years, but their eggs weigh less and their per dozen value is slightly lower due to lighter egg weight.
The guide urges shipping or delivering eggs at least twice weekly and planning improvements to poultry houses and fences. It stresses separate housing for growing chicks, market segregation for shell colors, and keeping feeding stuffs affordable. It warns against disease, insists on protein concentrates of animal origin, and notes fertilization timing of eggs when roosters or males are present. It also advises conditioning pallets before bad weather and avoiding bids in sloppy conditions.
Westen greets locals with a message of goodwill, dismissing doubt and promising cheer. The speaker asserts a resolve to brighten the community and overcome gloom with positive action and shared spirit.
A reflective piece on the fragility of friendships and the lasting value of true friends. It contrasts easy acquaintances with loyal companions, notes how past kindness fades, and urges constant memory of loved ones. It laments aging, missed celebrations, and the simple duty to write or reach out to those who once mattered.
A fragmentary verse depicts New Year and Old Year on a tower amid roaring winds. The scene contrasts cosmic exploration with human sorrow, asking if any knowledge or science suffices as seas churn and waves crash.
A man who sends New Year cards includes Tolstoy inspired lines urging kindness over evil. The card states this as Tolstoy’s novice and marks every day on a calendar with good topics.
The passage reflects on New Year as a chance for a fresh start and hope. It notes that today resembles tomorrow in life’s normal flow, yet a new start offers meaningful opportunity. It urges using the moment to begin improving what our imagination envisions.
A vintage recipe piece extols sugar free fruit cake using dried fruits and crushed nuts. It shares steps for crafting three to four portions, plus a quick fruit cake variation, and promotes nuts as a nutritious fat source with nut heavy dishes and bread toppings. It includes detailed ingredient lists and instructions for nut loaf muffins and nut enhanced pastries.
A brief note urging the use of available nut supplies for the gathering. It mentions that most parts of the country have nuts and nut nutrients coming in, implying preparation and resource use for the event.
A reader admonishes to retain only green financial instruments and not carry over any aid billed into the new year, stressing green bills as the sole acceptable form. The note frames a fiscal preference for status quo green transactions and rejects extending prior aid credits.
A local note outlines a resolve to improve character and effort during the coring year, emphasizing better conduct and constructive actions to benefit the community and project goals.
A brief quarrel between a tailor and a customer unfolds over the price of clothes. The customer expresses frustration at costs and asks how much the outfit would total, while the tailor notes clothes are expensive and offers no discounts.
A recently moved-in woman found an apartment spotless and cleaned, collapsing in shock. A suffering tenant called to thank her, creditting the clean state as life saving. The two women met later in hospital, formed a close friendship, and now share a home keeping their marriages intact.
Under the department of agriculture and allied agricultural colleges the group learns to produce something worthwhile and then share the information so others may benefit from these better practices.
Cold weather helps canning as bacteria are less active. Preserve surplus cockerels and freshly killed pork, not all at once. Canned meat ready for reheating proves handy for sudden guests or hot days next summer.
A fragmented instructional passage offers kitchen tips and homemaking notes. It covers frying fish flavor, batter consistency, rice in milk, linen storage, heat effects on threads, savory stuffing pairings, cleaning metals with old gas mantles, serving order for meals, repurposing rubber boots, baked custard with warmed milk, suet roly poly, croutons with soup, fruit salads, and a joke about a squeaky door hinge with a humorous remedy.
A promotional piece argues Western Canada’s Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta offer fertile soil at low costs, with proven wheat yields and beef reputations. It touts rich past crop records, educational opportunities, favorable taxes, and climates as motivation for farmers seeking better returns and new prospects after harvest.
A letter from Co. Alvord Wv. D. Anderson of the 312th Infantry describes Allied troops using ladders and modern war tools in the closing days of the American advance. His regiment with the 309th and 311th rushed the walled town of Grand Pre with ladders, faced multiple repulses, and on the fifth or sixth charge, due to numbers, secured a foothold and breached the 12 foot walls to capture the town. An observer quips about health inspectors and the blunt mention of a chap who speaks his mind.
A facetious fever quips about a girl approaching adulthood, noting her influence on boys as she begins to attract their attention. The playful line suggests change in charm and social dynamics as she nears an age of increased appeal.
The article notes lizards and alligators as new food variety proposals. It mentions lizards are popular in the Bahamas and alligators in Florida as reportedly tasty, while US appetites remain skeptical about these options.
A brief, wry note from the Cincinnati Enquirer ponders the paradox of a woman who is both a perfect cat and a killer of a mouse in a single remark. The fragment hints at humorous or moral reflections framed as a quirky newspaper snip.
A fragment describes an Alaska walrus killed by whalers near Point Turve Row. The head weighed 80 pounds, skin with flippers about 500 pounds, girth 14 feet, skin thickness from a half inch to three inches, and the overall animal weight around 500 pounds. The note laments public discussion of a bad cause.
A tree in western Africa known as the shorn begins to attract commercial attention. It yields prized nuts and a cutter that may become a commercial article. Exported to Europe, it is used by migrants for artificial butter.
A disjointed note notes a church choir meeting with a casual inquiry about a lady seen conversing. The fragment references a Boston Transcript snippet and hints at social chatter within a parish context. The passage preserves era tone and local mood without sensational detail.
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