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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
2
A 1916 Harrisburg article argues combining incubator use with hens saves time for small flock owners. Place eggs in a machine for the first two weeks, then transfer fertile eggs to hens for final incubation, improving hatch rates while reducing hen downtime and storage needs.
The article compares Columbian Wyandottes and Columbian Plymouth Rocks as strong, productive breeds with good mothering. It explains incubator and natural incubation balance, moisture, ventilation, and oxygen, and outlines a dedicated sitting-hen coop design to improve hatch rates, reduce mortality, and simplify care.
Helen argues with Warren as she scrambles to rearrange rooms for a guest, balancing a tired day of cleaning and prep with mounting tension. The plan to move Winifred and guest dining pressures collide with Warren’s blunt responses and Helen’s emotional strain. Mary helps but cannot ease the underlying friction.
Pattern No. 8951 offers a frock for girls from 8 to 14 years in Georgette crepe with pink shade and ruches of taffeta. The design features a full tiered skirt, raised empire waist and a full bodice with back view in flouncing. Materials include 6 to 4 yards 36 inch wide plus 1 yard plain fabric, mailed for ten cents.
Allentown officials report that about $12,000 of the $44,000 monument budget was wasted on inferior materials in Center Square. Experts found the lighting standards bronze but the reunion figure and Goddess of Liberty at the top are a cheap tin composition needing patching.
The House debated and prepared for a final vote on the naval appropriation bill as its last session before the Republican convention. Many Republicans planned to leave promptly after ballots to catch trains to Chicago.
The article questions last season's turkey flock performance and asks whether care breeding feeding or marketing failed to meet expectations. It previews next week's piece by M. L. Long who explains how to profit from past failures and outlines the key elements to watch.
In St Louis, June 3, Rev Dr Ozorah S Davis of Chicago Theological Seminary told graduates of the St Louis Training School for Sunday School Workers that preachers should be real in speech. He urged against hollow Zion language and called for a vital Christian vocabulary.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 3 the Lake Winola House near Lake Winola was leased by Colonel C. E. Frear to the Lake Winola Bible conference. L. D. Shelly announced the barroom would be wiped out and Bibles sold where the mahogany once stood, under Judge Terry’s antibooze edict that has kept the house dark for two years.
B L Davidson of the Pennsylvania Auto Sales Company reports telegraphic results from a stock Sun Light Six touring car in endurance and hill climbing tests near Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The car rose Uniontown Hill crest at 36 mph from a standstill and Herberton Avenue Hill in Pittsburgh at 26 mph, figures praised as best on stock cars.
A Byberry Farms patient died and 11 others were hospitalized after drinking a formalin epsom salts solution secretly prepared by inmate David Friedman. The incident occurred last Wednesday and was disclosed by the Department of Public Health and Charities.
The article notes soldiers returning from the front gain nerve restoration through outdoor sports. It highlights football flourishing in base camps under officer supervision in British and French armies to revive blood flow and mental health. A second vignette recalls a pastor’s sermon judged by a young parishioner for perseverance in repeating lessons.
Advert says many users report relief from various ailments by drinking Min-Ral-Cop water. It claims no color change or off taste, cites Mrs. Fannie Mackey of Richmond as a success story, and urges readers to buy at Marshall's Factory and R. J. Stone’s store.
Philadelphia June 3 After months of talks the union of the University of Pennsylvania medical school Jefferson Medical College and absorption of Medico-Chirurgical College is announced creating The Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia The Medico-Chirurgical College becomes The Medico-Chirurgical College Graduate School of Medicine at Penn The Medico-Chirurgical dental department joins Penn and its pharmacy school becomes the first department of its kind at Penn.
London reports the Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald McKenna says the 1916 17 deficit will be met by borrowing about £1,223,105,000 ($6,615,625,000). The plan funds loans at an average rate exceeding £3,600,000 ($18,000,000) per day.
Free lumber advice offered on Forster Street and Cowden Street. Residents can consult experts on selecting timber types, measurement standards, and basic construction tips.
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