Incubators vs Hens for Hatchers in Poultry Practice
A historical excerpt argues incubators offer advantages over hens for hatching. It notes incubators require daily attention but free hens for other tasks, emphasize early market readiness, and claim incubators reduce chick mortality and lice exposure. The piece discusses brooders, cleanliness, and the incubator’s ability to sit when needed.
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Nuestro
Mao
Silvia Sid
Dareah
Bes
Vuieh
Baugie
American Poultry Journal
Thombay Vues
Alarm Clock Feeds Chickens by Wire at Oregon Farm
In Oregon near Olympia a man named Walker Bernard rigs a clever alarm system to feed his chickens. He connects troughs in each yard by wire to an alarm clock inside his house. At feeding time the alarm rings, the wire releases the troughs, and grain drops before the hens as if Bernard were there.
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Walker Bernard
Olym
Ore
Egring
Mr. Bernard
Curing Calida and Treatment of Fowls
A corny note describes at home veterinary care for sick birds. Small tarps house fowl as two grains of calomel and quinine are given nightly. Nasal discharge treated with camphor solution. if no improvement in two to three days, birds are withdrawn to sugar water and copperas. Birds kept a week or two or until recovery. if no progress after three days, bird is killed and buried.
Ashes In the Yard Plan for Poultry Yard Ground
A short note suggests dumping coal ashes from the house into the small poultry yard. Spreading ashes evenly creates a smooth hard surface that packs tightly and keeps the yard from becoming muddy.
The Crowning of the Cock
A poetic meditation on the rooster's dawn chorus and heroic tone. The speaker admires the bird's bright song, calling it a battle hymn of sunrise. The piece reflects longing for joyous dawn and universal praise, echoing classical and literary traditions.
Raise Good Turkeys for Market in Good Condition
Poultry growers advised to prepare for Thanksgiving demand in New York with quality birds. Prices rise as feed quality and proper care drive weight and market value. Emphasizes avoiding low quality, ensuring full feed, and supplying alternative foods when wild sources dwindle.
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New York
New York Herald
The Breeding Season For Chickens Is Here
The article urges careful planning for poultry breeding season choosing high quality breeders, avoiding overcrowding, and focusing on active energetic birds. It stresses observing breeders, reducing numbers for better long term yield, and learning from past mistakes to plan meticulously.
Hybrid fowls surprise farmers with mixed traits
A Tex-based owner reports a brood born from a cross between a game rooster and two guinea hens. The youngsters show chickenlike heads feet and bills with a guinealike speckled color and brown tone. Similar birds found in Georgia and Ohio fail to breed, supporting a theory that shape comes from the dam and color from the sire. Also noted: lack of exercise dulls jail inmates' health and appetite, unlike fowls which need movement for well being.
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T. H. Skidmore
Bairdstown
Tex
Mechanicsburg
Columbus
Kill the Mites in the Fowlhouse
An old pest control instruction advises killing mites in a fowlhouse with carbolic acid and hot soap suds. Sprinkle the walls after mixing half the acid in the sprayer, then shut the coop and repeat after two days to reduce mite numbers.
Lloyds Insurance Rates Hike Over Atlantic Liner
Anxiety grew as Lloyds announced rapid rises in ship insurance for a great Atlantic liner. Rates jumped from 10 to 25, then 50 and finally 100 in 500, amid delays and fears of the ship’s arrival. The crowd at the dock followed the developing reports with heightened concern.
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Lloyd's Inn
Lloyd's
Gil
New
Roberts
Luan
Webster Not A Drunkard Says Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale defends Daniel Webster against charges of intemperance and attests Webster’s habits. He notes Webster’s occasional tastes but records a single incident where Webster refused whisky by tossing it into a fire, remarking the stove needed the heat more.
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Webates
Edward Everett Y
Daniel Webster
Hale
Webster
Statesman
Mr. Webster
Dr Thom as Eclectric Soul Recipe Heals Burns Bruises
A quirky household remedy promise touts Dr Thom as Eclectric Soul for burns cuts bruises and sprains claiming rapid relief and soothing action, typical of old time medicine advertisements found in early 20th century papers.
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Dr. Thomas
Reduced excursion rates to New Orleans via Pennsylvania Line
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers reduced excursion tickets from all stations to New Orleans for the American Medical Association meeting May 5 to 4. Tickets are valid May 1 to 3 with return to the original start point within ten days from sale. An extension to May 3 may be obtained by depositing the ticket with the Joint Agent in New Orleans and paying 50 cents.
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American Medical Association
New Orleans
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Reduced Rates to Atlanta By Pennsylvania Railroad
National Conference of Charities and Correction slated for Atlanta May 6 to 12 prompts Pennsylvania Railroad to offer excursion tickets from all lines. Tickets valid May 4 to 6 return by May 16 at reduced rates. Also includes local notices on tributes, sales, and ads for building materials and machinery.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Atlanta
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Water Shrews Marvel in Water and On Land
A correspondent describes water shrews as at home both under and above water, frequenting streams to feed on insects. They move with rapid, delicate actions, grazing on the bank and diving to hunt, never seen living on land like mice. They retain air bubbles on their fur underwater.
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Elcent
Loudon
Naming patterns in England from Doomsday to Guild records
The passage traces the rise of the names William and John in England from the Norman conquest onward. Doomsday entries show Williams, Roberts, Walters, and Johns, while 1173 dinners feature knights named William. By 1347 London’s common council lists Johns and Williams prominently, and Norwich guild records of 1385 show Johns and Williams in top name counts. The trend: John and William have remained the most common baptisms since that era.
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Williams and Johns
William
Williams
R Roberts
Walters
Johns
William St. John
William Bitz-Hamon
Henry II
John
Common Council of London
Thomases
Richards
Roberts
Guild of St. George
Norwich
England
Sleep Difficulties and Remedies Highlighted by Advertisements
The column blends testimonials about insomnia and nervous exhaustion with local ads. Mrs Jenin Stoutenburg cites Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as restoring sleep and energy. Nearby notices promote a rent-ready barn, paints, three new houses on South Seventh street, and savings at Pittsburg Trust Company. Also a health pitch for Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for colds.
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A. W. Chase
Jenin Stoutenburg
Couger Sree#1
Indiana
Herrick Bros
Philadelphia Street
South Seventh Street
Wayne Avenue
H. M. Lowry
J. H. Young
Parrots and a Peculiar Parrot Price
An ad in Manhattan offers a semireligious parrot for 200 dollars, calling it the most profane. The quirky claim raises a humorous question about a parrakeet that merely says Good gracious. Also noted: a burglary at a Yonkers home during a wife’s preparation to go out.
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Manhattan
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Definite Description in Tabasco Sauce Dinner Exchange
Washington Times reports a child mispronounces a red pepper sauce at dinner, correcting it to tabasco. The mother admonishes care in naming the sauce, while the child persists requesting the hot red sauce two hours later at dinner.
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Mamma
Washington Times
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