Accident on Miles road ends without serious injuries
A Sunday evening collision on Miles road between two Ford cars caused no serious injuries and only minor damage. Also notes births at local homes, a farmhouse fire near Roy Coleman’s farm burning a landmark empty house, a sewer contract protest by Lost Nation citizens, and public notices urging caution with local ads.
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Times
Miles Road
Henry Peoples
North of Town
John Schaffer
Slab Tin
Sult i
Stork
Chris Peters
Fairfield
Roy Coleman
Coleman
H. Gale Buchner
Maquoketa
Customers Secured for Poultry Shows
City residents inspect a producer’s farm to learn how foodstuffs are raised, a method USDA marketing specialists praise for direct selling. A Indiana farmer near a summer resort builds year round demand by supplying resort visitors in summer and shipping to winter customers by parcel post and express, mainly butter eggs and dressed poultry. He bills monthly to simplify payments but struggles to obtain enough high grade produce to meet all customers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Stummer
Hatchery Notes on Males and Hatchable Eggs
Guidelines state a rooster must be in the flock 10 to 14 days before eggs become suitable for hatching. After removal hatchable eggs lay for about three weeks. Recommend one male per twenty Leghorn or similar breeds, one per fifteen racks breeds, and one per eighteen Langshans Brahmas or meat breeds.
Barium Poisonous to Rats in Study
A United States Department of Agriculture study reviews barium carbonate as a rat poison. It shows a 20 percent mixture in food can kill rats within 24 hours, with one to three grains per ounce enough for average-sized rats, though not always fatal. The report argues barium's toxicity scales with animal size and warns it may affect other animals beyond rats.
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United Stat Department of Agriculture
Succulent Feed for Fowls Urges Forage Rich Diet
Advice stresses feeding hens with robust spring greens and seasonal grasses. It notes earlier reliance on wheat bran for base mash and suggests switching to forage rich additions. High quality forages are highlighted as beneficial for overall hen health and egg production.
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Eversarie
The Silver Horde at New Orpheum directs its cast
Rex Beach's tale on screen enhances by realism and strong plot. Boyd Emerson and Cherry Malotte lead in a Northland struggle against New York money power, with Marsh and Swenson as villains. Noted stars Robert McKim Myrtle Stedman Frederick Stanton head the cast. Frank Lloyd directs. An Iowa G A R encampment bill seeks $200000 from Des Moines funds.
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Rex Beach
Goldwyn
North
Boyd Emerson
Cherry Malotte
Big George
New York
Haugh
Wayland
Emerson
Cherry
Marsh
Marsh Canning Company
Swenson
New Orpheum Theatre
Robert McKim
Myrtle Stedman
Frederick Stanton
Betty Blythe
Curtis Cooksey
Hector Sarno
Carl Clyde
R D. MacLean
Frank Lloyd
Iowa’s
Des Moines
Executive Council
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Snow White Pharmacy
Maquoketa, Iowa
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Harrison
Goldwyn-Beach
Iowa
G. AR
Grand Army of the Republic
Partment
Iowa Senate
House
P. Bauch
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