Directions for setting a fowl
Instructions from North Dakota Agricultural College on brooding hens. Build a closable nest box with ample nesting material. Place the hen on the nest for two to three days, then move her at night. For 24 hours keep the nest front closed, then add 11 to 13 eggs and allow daily access to food and water. Feed whole corn, provide dust boxes grit and water, test eggs around day seven, remove bad eggs, rotate eggs among hens, and powder the hens with lice powder before and after hatch.
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B. J. Peterson
North Dakota Agricultural College
Cleanliness Essential in Growing Chickens
Cleanliness ranks with proper feeding as crucial for vigorous profitable chicks. Use high quality dry feed, avoid moldy or damp mash, and prepare only one feeding at a time. Keep wet mash troughs clean, dispose leftovers, and prevent sour mash. Maintain dry litter, start with an inch and a half and raise to seven or eight inches as they scratch. Wash and sterilize milk fountains daily, and keep water clean and fresh each day.
Poultry Tips For Incubators And Early Chick Rearing
Advice on incubator placement for airflow and benefits of alfalfa in feed, emphasizing early pullets for fall production and the need for heat in cold weather. Notes about egg quality, water importance, and occasional new blood for breeding. Goose breeds Embden and Toulouse listed with weights. beef steer cost and margins compared across quality grades.
Doris Kenyon Signs Long Contract with Producing Firm
Doris Kenyon, once torn between stage and screen, signed a long contract as a featured player with a major producing firm and has starred in several successful pictures. Born in Syracuse New York, she studied at Packard Institute and Columbia University. She is five feet six inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, and has reddish blond hair and gray eyes. Her recent films include Mismates Men of Steel Ladies at Play and the Blond Saint.
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Doris Kenyon
Syracuse
N. Y
Packard Institute
Columbia University
New York
Men of Steel
When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
Scott Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise during officers training and after hard work. The piece notes his early rejection, later fame, and influence on flapper literature as he rose to prominence by age thirty one.
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Joseph Kaye
Scott Fitzgerald
Ohne
Paradise
Fitzgerald
Witzgerald
McClure
Similes of 1926 prompt from Frank Wilstach collection
The piece lists vivid similes from 1926 showing humor and social insight. Examples include As Jolly as a hospital, As terrible as a radio trio, As nervous as a set of false teeth, and As thrilling as a phonograph record of a Liberty loan speech.
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Frank Wilstach
God's Mothers
Douglas Malloch praises mothers as living divinities, equating maternal love with Godly forgiveness and heavenly creed. The poem extols mothers who open doors and guide sins toward repentance, claiming a mother's love mirrors divine love here on earth.
Parsley Superstitions Rooted in Ancient Greece
Parsley lore links replanting old parsley to danger for the family head. The article traces origins to Nemean Zeus worship and ancient games, noting a crown of wild parsley rewarded victors and possible death for desecration. The superstition persists in dream and omen literature, per McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Greece
Argolis
Nemea
Zeus
Hercules
Archemorus
Thebes
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Quotable Quotes From Public Figures and Histories
A selection of aphorisms and quips from Grover Cleveland to Thomas Edison. The remarks cover views on public trust, work, marriage, fashion, morality, and daily life, reflecting a late 19th to early 20th century salon of opinions.
Odd Violin Label Reveals Latin Inscription Quintessential
Johannes Robey, a famed violin collector, highlights a Sixteenth century instrument bearing a Latin inscription that translates to I was lying in the forest the cruel ax slew me While I was alive I was mute dead I sweetly sing The instrument is attributed to a lutist maker Gaspa Dulffopgrugear.
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Johannes Robey
Gaspa Dulffopgrugear
Bible Returns Loot After Burglar Reads Conscience
A burglar in Szilagysng Romania, after reading the Bible, returns stolen goods to a house. The tenant found a large bundle on the doorstep with all items missing, including a worn Bible. A note attached stated the thief read the command thou shalt not steal and chose to restore everything.
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Szilagysng
Romania
Different Now And The Neck Scrubbed In School Truth
A Springfield Union reader reports a small girl began scrubbing her neck each morning at home and in school. The puzzled mother notes a sudden change as classmates surround the girl, prompting the prompt.
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Mother
Springfield Union
Ice Cream Endorsed as Childrens Food
Dr Samuel Adams Cohen, a New York children’s specialist, says ice cream is a unique food for children. He describes its composition and processing, noting fat content ranges from 8 to 16 percent and the best grade carries 14 to 18 percent butterfat.
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Samuel Adams Cohen
New York
Midas and the donkey ear myth explained
An ancient Greek tale explains how King Midas was granted donkey ears after a dispute with Apollo. His barber secretly whispered the truth, and a reed growing from the ground carried the hidden secret, giving rise to the phrase meaning hidden ears.
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Mitas
Puirsela
Apollo
Pan
Miidas
Midas
Union
The Young Lady Across The Way Says Economy Plan
A young woman suggests saving by repurposing an old hat. She fixes a worn 0.08 hat at a cost of 12 dollars to resemble a new accessory. The note appears as a syndicated column by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Thomasville Texts at the Fair and Town Chatter
Local notes humor the old hometown with hints of fairs and gossip. A line about watermelons attracting crowds mentions newspapers and dope artists while silk stockings spark a playful remark on touch and modesty. Meitor Lucker teases about forthcoming chickens at the next fall fair.
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Meitor Lucker
Motorgrams of a perilous joy ride warning
A witty, cautionary column warns against reckless driving and delaying happiness. It jokes about speed, debt from old cars, and the foolishness of locking doors after theft. It urges prudent behavior near busy roads and high speed hazards.
editors wonder if you remember me at a dance last May
A playful note to a writer prompts memory of a May dance meeting. The sender touts a nephew Bertie who aspires to be a writer and mentions sending a scrapbook of clappings to showcase style.
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Bertie
Billy’s Quip About Chicken Pox Frays News Curiosity
In a playful exchange a mother discusses her son Billy’s chicken pox with a friend noting a body rash but a relatively clear face. Billy interrupts with a joke saying they’re still hatching, turning a medical note into a light moment.
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Billy
Bily
Tough Luck Hiker Says He Batched Frisco to New York Trek
A Life magazine quote recounts a hiker claiming the journey from Frisco to New York took eight days while noting he overshot by ten miles. the remark reflects stubborn perseverance and travel hardship.
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Frisco
New York
Railways Youth Answer Goes Biblical in Lesson
A schoolroom exchange connects railways to Solomon and the queen of Sheba. A pupil insists railways date to Solomon, citing biblical travel of the queen of Sheba to Jerusalem with a great train. The tale highlights childlike humor in learning history.
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Solomon’s
Ozark Mountains Defined as Distinct Geologic Unit
The Ozark uplands lie mainly in southern Missouri and are separated from the Appalachians by the Mississippi basin lowlands and from the Rockies by the Great Plains. The United States Geological Survey states geologists do not group the Ozarks with either system but view them as a distinct unit.
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Ozark Mountains
Ozarks
Missouri
Appalachians
Mississippi Basin
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
United States Geological Survey
Young Women May Keep Well Health Advice Ad from St Paul
Mrs. Jack Lorberter of Dellwood Place writes to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co praising Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes prior fear and isolation, credits the remedy with improving health, and notes her husband now sees housework as heavenly. The ad asks if readers are on the Sunlit Road to Better Health.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Ice Cream Nutrition Figures Cited by Dr Cohen
Dr Cohen states ice cream sold locally contains 12 percent butterfat, three times milk fat, with carbohydrates at 22 to 23 percent including sugar and lactose, and protein around 5 to 6 percent. He concludes ice cream by weight provides 3 to 4 times the food value of milk as a nourishing product.
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Cohen
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God’s Mothers
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Count Salm
Countess Salm
John Philip Sousa
George Bernard Shaw
Gene Tunney
Mary Garden
Kenry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
Ma'am
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Marie Davenport
Frank Crane
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Thomas A. Edison
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Thomasville Texts
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Secretary of the Treasury
Solomon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Blackleg
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Hansen
Minnesota
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Marion
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Amon
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Marsount
Tawas
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Michigan National Forest
Grandview Drive
Peoria
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Peoria Lake
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Europe
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Aussia
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PRN
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North Dakota
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Meridian
Tartbone
Towa
Golden Stairs
A. Y
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Manchester
Mississippi
Fountain City
Kavasin
Jeweve
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Lemars, Iowa
Ano
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