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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
3
A daily diary from a fly born in a manure pit records its origins among maggots and maggot lore, then follows adventures through food scraps, garbage, and a kitchen. It notes encounters with germs, milk, a woman drinking milk, a sick room, and a hopeful view of life from humble beginnings.
Flies cluster at doorways but avoid the outside casing when a lavender-filled bag is tied there. The note describes a simple deterrent using lavender to keep insects at bay. The behavior is observed as flies ready to enter until the bag is attached.
Take no chances with flies in your home and foods. The misspelled advice warns residents to keep rooms sealed and screens intact to safeguard groceries, milk, and treasure from insect contamination. It stresses vigilance against pests entering kitchens and living spaces.
A garbled local item discusses cleanliness standards and health concerns amid garbage and pests. The fragment mentions efforts to remove filth, keep areas covered, and prevent exposure to disease in community spaces. No clear dates or names are readable.
A vintage cooking fragment extols pepper in many dishes from hash to salads and dressings. It notes peppers can elevate creamed meats and vegetables, suggests stuffed peppers, and shares a dressing recipe with olive oil red and green peppers and parsley. Also mentions pepper in soups, shredded chicken dishes, and creamed sauces for invalid cooking.
A fragment notes a solution described as pale alcohol with a greenish tint and water that appears distinctly blue, suggesting observations on liquid color purity or layering phenomena in a historical context.
The article discusses the shift toward heavier hogs to supply fat for animal fats in a tight supply. It notes producers aim for 250 to 300 pounds, with market centers paying more for fatter hogs while younger, lighter hogs fetch less. It mentions delays in increasing hog numbers and advises buyers of higher feed costs to prefer heavier hogs to gain fat efficiently.
Iowa experiment station findings show litter strength linked to sow diet. Ear corn plus one-tenth as much linkage by weight yielded 98 percent strong piglets at birth, corn alone 68 percent strong, other mixes: shelled corn with clover and molasses 80 percent, ear corn with clover 24 percent, ear corn with alfalfa 94 percent. Costs per newborn piglets ranged from 19 to 41 cents depending on ration and corn price assumptions.
The passage discusses consumer desire for wellfattened beef under two years, stressing quality of cuts from wellbred stock. It notes that shoppers favor aged yearlings with good marbling and finish, and prefer steaks of high quality from mature yearlings over other beef types.
Feeding alfalfa to horses in limited quantities proves healthier than feeding as a staple. The crop should be treated as a concentrate rather than a staple feed. A pound of alfalfa contains about 86 percent more digestible content than a pound of forage.
In a chilling tale from a St Louis morgue, a young widow who died after a doomed love affair rests in a glass coffin. A secret lover, never revealed, slips in to place roses and gaze on her preserved face for years, while the husband who abandoned her never reclaims the body.
Detroit writer recounts Misa Kate McFonard, a washerwoman and brick maker, who by 1916 produced 8,000 bricks at 320 per day to fund a self built ten room double house valued at 4000 dollars. She began in a barn after buying a brick mold and worked alone two days a week.
Two New York thieves, posing as window cleaners by day and wearing coats by night, were nabbed for jewelry robberies totaling about $50,000. Investigators say they gained access to upscale homes and bought excess overalls and buckets from the same dealers, exposing their disguise during late Broadway outings.
A man, Tim a South Sea lalander, was recovered from icy waters near Gull Island after jumping from a Pall river boat. He clambered onto a large ice cake and was brought to Fr. Michie hospital on Gull Island, where doctors described his condition as improving.
Albert Williams twelve colored was jailed after piloting a Gary Ind Interurban at a high speed while a car crew slept. He and two other boys started a personal joy ride, forcing shut off of power to stop the mad trip in front of the stow.
A cryptic, era style note mentions Q B Lanier and a bold theft tale. The fragment hints at a local figure protecting papers, with unclear action and motives.
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