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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
6
A Bee Culture correspondent praises a hawk-bill pruning knife as a versatile hive tool eight inches long, stout, and edge-retentive. It carries easily in a hip pocket and serves for prying, cutting, scrapping propolis, and handling frames, with suggestions for use and durability.
The article stresses careful, thorough management in hatching and flock care. It argues for smaller, well cared for flocks of about 60 hens rather than large, poorly managed ones. Emphasizing cleanliness, fresh feed, water, dirt access, grit, lime, and disinfectants, it warns that persistent effort and attention to all details, not sheer quantity, yield real profits.
A Farm and Home writer describes a frugal chicken coop crafted from two foot square boxes bought at ten cents each. Cut one side, hinge corner-to-corner with wood, fit ends with additional pieces, cover with tin or roofing paper, and use laths to enclose. A sliding middle lath and a top front board complete the design. old trunk bands aid portability.
The article advises feeding ducks and hens with varied foods to maintain breeding health and eye production. Eliminate lazy hens from breeding flocks, and use kitchen scraps to supplement small flock feed. It notes hens average about ten dozen eggs yearly, cost under 50 cents to keep a hen, and mentions preparation tips for ducks including greasing hands and removing down for market quality.
Story traces ongoing quarrel among Franciscan and Armenian monks over control of Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher. It recalls historical sieges and religious shifts from Helena and Constantine through Persian, Saracen, Mameluke, and Ottoman eras, ending with continued strife despite centuries of clashes and pious aims.
Roston Delgye Girard of Ware Nass claims a fortune of $10,000 after 27 years of daily work not missing a day and wages never higher than $1.25. He and wife, with 18 children, lived thriftily through thrift and skill, saving steadily while she spun wool and managed provisions. Born in Canada, he came to Worcester in search of work, later sailed worldwide, then settled to save and support the family with careful budgeting and a single profitable land sale.
A brief Chicago Daily News quote captures a dialogue between a self-made elder and a younger man. The elderly gentleman credits his fortune to saving car fares while the impudent youth asks how long he served as a streetcar conductor.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports a manuscript of Scots Whoa Hae sold for 1776 dollars. The note adds Burns missed much of the fun by not being able to touch the publisher at that rate.
Mrs Ellen A Russell of Auburn Missouri describes fifteen years of illness from impure blood and rheumatism. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills on a friend’s recommendation she reports relief within weeks, noting improved joint movement and disappearance of pain. The pamphlet promises blood purification, nervous relief, and a diet book upon request. Pills sold by druggists at 50 cents per box, six boxes for postpaid order.
Under the will of I C Iungerich a large fund provides free distribution of volumes on Christian religion and Emanuel Swedenborg to ministers and students of the ministry. Donations cover cost. applicants must pay postage. Distribution coordinated by Julien Shoemaker Committee and J Simons Co Philadelphia.
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