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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1925
Page
8
The USDA Bureau of Animal Industry warns that strong coal tar disinfectants with carbolic odor contamination has damaged market poultry. Farmers are urged to clean coops with hot water or lye, use formaldehyde or creosol solutions, and avoid taint by waiting two weeks after use.
Sodium fluorid is an insecticide used on poultry to control lice by applying a small amount to feathers where lice reside. It is less harmful to poultry as it does not enter their digestive system in significant amounts. For cattle, poisoning risk is higher if ingested, so a mix of half powdered snabadilla seed and half sulfur spread along backs and necks is suggested to keep lice in check.
Poultry notes stress caponizing cockerels and careful poult feeding to ensure strong chicks and profitable layers. Buttermilk aids growing chicks, while poults should not be fed heavily in early weeks. Turkeys prefer new corn after milk stage. The Vedas, sacred Hindu texts compiled by Vyasa around 1200 B C in Sanskrit, comprise four parts.
The term Pabelli refers to the large ostrich feather fans carried beside the pope in ceremonies. Eye like peacock feather parts are set in the fans to symbolize the church eyes during solemn rites.
Scotch fishermen report the butterman fish emits a hooting sound when landed. The peculiar trait has drawn curiosity among locals and prompted notes on the species' behavior.
In the Boston Transcript a fashion note calls a misstep a faux pas in a stylish French outfit. The brief frames Roger’s bad break as a notable wardrobe error within current style chatter.
Old records trace solar eclipses back to 1207 B C with manuscripts preserved at Oxford University. The collection details celestial events spanning centuries and links astronomy to early scholarship.
A device by Dr. Johannes Ruths stores surplus steam during off peak hours in a large cylindrical tank filled with water. Steam is condensed to superheated water under pressure in the remaining space and released when demand rises. An insulating wall prevents temperature loss.
A British hunter killed the famed tiger of Kodu Burma known as Tiger with Man's Brain after it terrorized villages for months. The beast, ten feet long, had killed many natives who once fled to nearby settlements. The hunter, hailed by locals as a godlike savior, tracked the creature as it returned to its lair and ended its reign with a single shot.
The late Lew Dockstader opposed censorship and mocked a proposed censor for women’s dress. He quipped that a censor should cut out not add, noting dress as a moral menace and lampooning the idea in an after dinner New York speech.
An exchange cited by the Louisville Courier-Journal involves a press agent teasing a famous clergyman by noting his readers might enjoy a memoir of his spouses. The回答 woman replies she did not know her husbands well enough to write such a book.
British aviation experts claim to nearly erase airplane noise in flight per Popular Science Monthly. The article notes exhaust gases may escape noiselessly without sacrificing power or speed, and a noiseless propeller uses a novel gear arrangement.
The Broadway theater district known as The Great White Way uses 1 095 841 electric lamps. A special crew of 50 men patrols the signs nightly to replace burned out lamps.
A Kansan exchange at Rumpus Ridge features Gap Johnson lamenting spring plowing progress. He says the large field tasks him into the back and he cannot do anything, as the amount of land to plow weighs on him.
The $25,000 appropriation for the President's travel expenses stands for about 20 years since Congress barred railway passes. Previously presidents rode on special trains at no direct cost to themselves or the government.
Los Angeles police detained about six men on sidewalk obstruction charges. C B Clark, initially jailed as an onlooker, persuaded the judge hours later that he was innocent.
A brief Scientific American item notes an apron design without strings. It describes a wire at the neck and waist to keep the garment in contact with clothing and mentions the apron folds compactly for storage.
The ticking of a watch broadcast by radio from Havana Cuba was distinctly heard at the home of Clayton B Straw in West Hopkinton New Hampshire.
An authority explains how color shifts perception of surfaces. Red provokes, blue soothes, and yellow enlarges objects while orange can appear larger or smaller based on red or yellow balance. Green and gray act static unless influenced by other hues, violet depends on its red or blue content.
The Kudsia Bagh gardens in Delhi were laid out in 1748 by Qudsi Begum, mother of Ahmed Shah. They lack dramatic walls or grand gates but feature a ruined gateway to Qudsi Begum's palace and an adjoining old mosque that enhances the historic air of the grounds.
The feast honors male children with bamboo poles and paper carp weathervanes. Homes display fish figures inflated by wind, symbolizing health and longevity. Boys parade in colorful attire with sabers, wooden swords, and banners as heraldic devices flutter.
An American horse breeder praised Millais after viewing his portrait. He explained he feeds his horses each morning at a window, and he believes the fillies will gladly come to see Millais’s work when it hangs at that window. The remark impressed the painter.
The Bureau of American Ethnology notes Hopi dolls are crafted from cottonwood branches not clay and given to children as toys. They are sometimes called rain gods due to rain ritual images, though they are not deities. Apache dolls are often adobe and serve similar functions in child play.
The article notes there is no Jewish tradition tying April First pranks to Noah releasing the dove. It suggests an old custom to commemorate Noah’s deliverance by punishing forgetful individuals with foolish errands on the anniversary date.
Once a laboratory curiosity aluminum now competes with copper and steel as a major industry. It is used in household articles, paints, aircraft and dirigible construction, and high tension cables. Industry output has surged from nothing to hundreds of millions annually in twenty years.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on reform pride wisdom luck and human nature. The lines offer maxims from Plutarch Emerson and others on friendship restraint and moral conduct with light social commentary.
An automobile belonging to Dr. Leavitt J. Cain of Newport New Hampshire was found after about three months missing. It was returned by freight with no explanation of its absence. A letter unsigned offered money for freight charges. The car was badly battered but operable.
Czechoslovakia plans major textile growth with a cotton spinning mill tripling spindles and a mill doubling output while a silk mill begins operations and several other mills are enlarged.
A winter storm heavily damaged transmission lines affecting electric, telephone, and telegraph services across Nebraska. The outages disrupted utilities operated by regional service companies, with estimated damage surpassing $2,000,000.
The total number of cities in the United States with city manager government is 847. This form of government began in 31 cities and 1024 residents or entities are noted in the report.
The Constantinople municipal museum displays a bright red motor fire truck gifted by the German Kaiser before World War I. Turkish firemen and city officials ignore it as a novel exhibit, preferring the small garden hose pump for actual blazes, while the city is rebuilt after fires every few years.
Mile Victoire Desrumaux served eighty six years at the Lecomte household in Co mines France. She began as a domestic worker and remained in uninterrupted service within the household, marking an almost incredible tenure.
Monsignor Lecomte, bishop of Amiens, presided at a double celebration for a girl who has lived in the same service since age fourteen. The event honored her hundredth birthday and her long record of service, attended by prominent citizens of Comines and the surrounding area.
A Linnsburg boy seven years old visiting with his grandfather grows restless. Their host offers a nickel and says to buy an ice cream cone. The boy asks why the nickel is offered, implying the host wants him out for a while.
An Idaho man fishing at Lake Crescent nets a seven pound northern pike, his largest ever. He texts his wife in excitement claiming it is not a beauty, and she replies that she has a ten pounder and jokes about appearance.
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