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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
2
The fragmentary OCR text hints at an arcane or garbled phrase set, mentioning Smay SER AE ar ASMAY in a list of names or identifiers. The readable portion suggests a placeholder of unknown origin with no clear event, place, or date.
The Home Herald urges a professing Christian and good citizen to show faith in action through front yard care. It argues prayer alone won’t persuade the unchurched if the sidewalk and walkway betray neglect. The piece links neighborly acts to spiritual credibility and uses snowfall imagery to condemn carelessness.
The Servian people face a choice between free selection of a dynasty or a ruling family imposed by others. Prince George, heir to the throne, is described as dangerously volatile and possibly involved in a murder plot. A palace revolution may reshape southeastern Europe's peace if a sane dynasty replaces the current line.
A newspaper note says American women will push the new tariff, linking its impact on furs feathers and furbelows to personal finances. It argues shopping women influence policy despite limited political knowledge, sensing threats to their pin money and prompting legislative trouble.
In a Brooklyn court an applicant was asked about American institutions and the trolley car transfer system. After an affirmative reply, the judge quipped that he would do for a citizen. The piece questions whether many citizens, native or naturalized, fail to understand such systems should face disfranchisement.
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder of the Atlantic fleet receives a wireless note from Newport, grandmother of a fine little girl born to Surgeon Johnson at the naval training station. The message highlights wireless as adaptable to public and domestic needs.
A Denver inventor unveils a phonographic safe lock that requires the spoken code to open. If the voice is lost, the mechanism will not budge, raising questions about the locksmith’s costly remedy and the lock’s practicality.
The article notes a shift under President Taft away from frequent media access at the White House. Officials now require appointment and topic disclosure for interviews, with informal chat allowed only after the stated subject, and a clear demand against using talks as presidential gossip. Taft maintains close personal ties to reporters but limits professional liberties.
Maj Gen Henry Corbin and his wife once owned a Jersey cow named Bossy sent to the White House for President Taft and Mrs Taft. The delivery involved a policeman, an escort, and a milked quart tested by the couple. Bossy adjusted to the new environment and is reported giving good milk.
The article profiles Genevieve Bennett Clark wife of House minority leader Champ Clark. It notes her central role in congressional social life, her intellectual interest in national issues, and her involvement with the Congressional Club while supporting her husband and two children Bennett and Genevieve.
Census data from Washington shows average family size fell from 5.8 in 1790 to 4.6 by 1900. In 1790 one quarter of families had three or fewer people, while by 1900 this group neared 40 percent. Children under 16 per white family dropped from 2.8 to 1.5, and two children per white female 16+ fell to one by 1900. The 1790 white population included 2,000,000 survivors by 1820 and 23 centenarians by 1900, with the Smiths the largest family at 33,345.
Guidance on managing poultry flocks advises keeping young stock apart from older hens to prevent bullying and ensure better growth. It recommends proper grouping by merit, regular exercise, clean runs, targeted feeding, and selective culling to produce market eggs and strong breeding stock.
A practical poultry house design features movable 6 by 10 foot colony units for breeding stock and stationary 10 by 12 foot houses for layers. Front opening 4 feet high with wire, floors, runners for mobility, and shingled walls and roof. Includes 4 foot roosting platform 6 inches below top, with muslin curtains to block drafts in cold climates. Breeding pens hold 10 to 20. large houses accommodate 30 to 65 fowls.
Readers with turkey hens should give extra care this season. If hens seem run down or catch a cold, pen them in a warm place and grease their necks with warm lard and a little turpentine. Avoid too much turpentine. After recovery they may become tame and nest nearby.
A correspondent provides a plan for cheap laying nests using eye cases against an interior wall and a stair area. A small high entrance keeps chicks out. separate roosting and laying rooms prevent dung. Each hen should have a separate bottom-level coop to prevent egg piling.
Beekeeping guidance on keeping colonies healthy in spring emphasizes early attention and feeding to prevent starvation. It advises cautiously moving brood or assisting weak hives, warns against moving old bees to avoid robbing, and recommends separate feeding using hive feeders for each colony to ensure honey production and overall success.
The Kannas Farmer extols poultry shows as the best way to learn breed standards and spark interest in pure bred poultry. Shows educate thousands of farmers who have never attended and often inspire their first forays into raising pure bred fowls.
The piece notes 233,598,005 laying hens in the United States and a vast economic impact. It calculates value at 70 million dollars and egg production yielding about 203 billion eggs annually. It references animal products and weighs overall agricultural output, highlighting poultry’s share in the national economy.
A New Orleans Picayune excerpt quotes a psychologist arguing that children are born criminals and lie steal slander and commit crimes unless trained otherwise. The piece cites Dr Parkhurst and moral training as essential to curb future wrongdoing.
Mrs W G Davis of Groesbeck Texas reports back aches dizziness and headaches. She says after taking Deans Kidney Pills she passed gravel stones and recovered with no recurrence. The advertisement claims the pills restore kidney function and overall health. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A humorous dialogue shows Uncle chiding his nephew for failing an exam while the nephew retorts that the examiners asked him the same unanswered question last year. The quip turns on a shared memory of unresolved inquiry.
The passage notes Eratosthenes in 250 B C teaching a spherical earth and that Romans widely discussed the earth as a globe with axes poles equator arctic and antarctic circles and observed solstices and equinoxes through globes and ideas.
A humorous exchange shows an invalid husband doubting his doctor, his wife urging restraint as she notes the medicine shelf is overstocked. The husband quips there is enough to kill a donkey, prompting the wife to caution him to take only part.
A woman recounts quitting coffee after years of heart and stomach trouble. She shifts to Postum, follows directions, and gradually improves, becoming healthy and able to eat any food. She urges others to swap coffee for Postum for a ten day trial and a better life.
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