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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
6
A Victorian interior exhibit showcases unusual feathered creatures with long tails and varied color schemes. The six foot to eighteen foot tails, yearly egg counts, and slow growth rates are noted as experts describe life spans of eight to ten years.
A reader recounts using cowpeas planted near buildings as a winter feed for hens. Hens fed on leftover peas reportedly produced abundant eggs all winter, a practice echoed by a Maryland farmer. The note supports cowpeas for their protein content to boost egg production.
The Poultry Keeper notes bran outperforms other cheap feeds for supplying digestible lime. It recommends mixing bran with clover and offering oyster shells only if needed. Summer advice urges judicious feeding. hens laying on free range need minimal extra food, while bran should lead when production drops, with bran and clover vital in winter.
The article notes a brooder with a heat regulator is preferable and describes chick comfort indicators. It compares hot air to hot water as heating methods, explaining hot air allows faster, easier temperature control and quicker recovery to 98 degrees, reducing labor.
Walter E Bowen of Charleston Indiana narrates a lifetime of escapes from accidents and misfortune. He believes he is cursed and nicknames himself my own Jonah, recounting torn clothing from a sow attack, a fifty foot hogback plunge, a broken skull from a land wagon fall, and a string of near deaths that kept him bedbound for months at ages four through ten. He remains popular despite his streak of calamities, per the Indianapolis News.
In Washington a tale unfolds about the new secretary of the navy Mr Moody. He is aboard a Boston surface car standing near the gate when a Boston lady tries to exit on the wrong side. The conductor directs her to the other side and Moody quietly intervenes to help her climb over the gate.
The English colony's Valparaiso cricket club had bats and stumps sent from England. To dodge a 30 percent duty they listed the goods as agricultural implements and indicated a hole in the ground for seed placement as a joke of sorts. The custom official accepted the explanation and marked the entry libre.
In a New England city a Universalist was slated for induction as pastor but emergencies prevented their appearance. Congregationalists led the sermon, a Methodist gave the prayer, Baptists offered the right hand of fellowship, and Unitarians plus another Congregationalist gave greetings. An Episcopal rector sent a welcome letter. no Universalist pastor attended.
Rev Dr James L Barton argues in Woman's Home Companion that foreign missionaries are highly educated, selected from top colleges, and often misunderstood. He notes their affluent backgrounds, rigorous training, and dangerous, adventure filled lives in uncivilized regions, where many risk or lose their lives while few speak of these perils.
A curious mechanical luxury set in London shows a dining room that can silently double in size. A visitor drinks coffee and finds a seamless floor, crimson walls, and large gold framed pictures. a partitioning wall and doors slide away revealing an adjoining space. The mechanism is described as the most perfect triumph of mechanical skill.
A church worker critiques the widow's mite story, warning it misleads generosity. She notes people give freely elsewhere yet seek maximum church value for minimal cost, suggesting this mindset weakens church support and reflects idiosyncrasies among good people.
A recollection shows J Sterling Morton’s deep love for his wife. Their three sons included Paul Morton, vice president of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, and Morton vows one son’s name would be erased from her tombstone if he disgraced his mother.
More than eighty school gardens span Europe from Switzerland to Sweden, showcasing Alpine flora and diverse blooms. Boston Natural History Society speaker Henry L. Clapp notes these gardens are newly introduced in the United States and promise popularity and success.
John Sargent told of a painting error made for the Boston library trustees. He depicted in Hebrew characters a line intended as I am thy God but a Jewish friend read it as Thou art shalt not. The inscription was corrected before inspection.
A black and tan fox hound, 18 months old, has been stolen. A suitable reward will be paid to the party furnishing information that leads to its recovery.
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