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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
7
A Nebraska hotel with no heat causes a late night quarrel between a traveling salesman and the innkeeper as a freezing old doctor arrives. The salesman laments his cold room while the landlord defends the establishment, prompting a tense exchange and a final remark about the doctor’s frostbitten appearance.
The piece argues perseverance over speed in achievement. It likens livingstone to a runner who ignores stopping places, stressing that steadfast effort wins goals. It links perseverance to sainthood and laments few saints are made without it.
A month old often shows a pleased smile when patted or tickled with slow spread and quick fade. By three months it may accompany chuckles, but laughter usually comes later, often after a year, and early laughter can indicate unusual intelligence rather than normality.
The United States biological survey finds northeastern moles superior for fur due to finer fur and other advantages. A report supports cultivating moles for fur as a profitable industry and notes Europe currently supplies most moles used in the country.
A note on how the name of God appears in four letters in many tongues. From Latin Deus to Greek Zeus and Hebrew Adad to Turkish Addi, the list spans many regions. An Anglo-Saxon aside claims a three-letter root with four letters meaning good.
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt will donate 10000 annually for five years to the National Committee for Mental Hygiene, matching a similar gift from Mrs. A. A. Anderson of New York. The committee aims to push enlightened laws for the treatment of the insane and to advance national betterment.
A con artist targeting a traveling show encounters a sharp-ribbed mark with a wallet full of cash. The hustler tries a scam but finds no money left to seize as the victim keeps his funds and refuses the ploy. The swap ends with the grafter crying out in defeat.
The tale of Nicholas Hart who slept for wages with a monthly cycle from August 5 to 11, sleeping at St. Bartholomew's and later in the Cock and Bottle. Addison and the Spectator investigated and reported Hart earned enough to support himself for a year.
A tale contrasts California’s boom era wage rises with later price declines. An Irish worker who saved money after five years of fifty dollars monthly wages bargains to swap his savings for the farmer’s land, proposing to work the farm back to regain ownership.
Shuster the old capital of Persia stands as a notable relic of Persian civilization. On the bank of Iran’s navigable river it earned its name from the famed ruler Shapur who built irrigation dams and a noble bridge across the Kurun now wrongly credited to Valerian. Sixteen hundred years later the great bridge remains with gaps yet the river feeds fertile lands via channels and tunnels.
A meditation on jealousy describing it as a dazzling but deadly creature. It links jealousy to love yet warns that jealousy is a selfish force that harms relationships. One bite can kill love, even if jealousy appears alluring.
The nose ring held by Hindu married women varies from a simple gold wire to a diamond set jewel. It is a sacred article tied to the woman's position and respect, and speaking ill of it may be construed as wishing harm on the husband.
The article explains feeding strategies for chicks depending on their intended use. It covers diet compositions with grains, beef scraps, oyster shell, and greens, emphasizes exercise and outdoor runs, rapid growth for meat birds, slow growth for layers, broody hen management, and the need for fresh water, grit, and gradual introduction of foods.
The University of Nevada archaeologists near completion of a cave excavation near Humboldt Lake uncovers relics of a prehistoric tribe older than known American cultures. A 5 000 year old skull and other well preserved artifacts suggest a civilization predating myths and earlier than the Piltdown find. Legends relayed by Winnemucca informed the search leading to the discovery.
The article weighs two poultry regimes for laying stock. One favors using pullets only through their first laying season and selecting breeders afterward. The alternative supports keeping hens two to four years with careful selection and drone culling, noting the workload of hatching and brooding.
The article by C. E. Brown from the Minnesota Experiment Station outlines chick care from birth. It details withholding hen feed from chicks, providing water from day one, early wet mash feed every two hours, then gradual introduction of cracked grains by day five or six, and by eight weeks a majority of grains fed whole. It also covers substitutes like milk or beef scraps if meals lack worms, and suggests green feed such as lettuce, potato, turnip, or mangel when outdoor grass is unavailable.
Right Feed for Chicks advises delaying feeding until appropriate, use common chick foods if inexperienced, include occasional green food and small meat scraps, and emphasize daily exercise as the sole method to develop muscle and strong, healthy chicks.
The farmer should keep only one breed of poultry, as with hogs or cows, to reduce work and expense. Multiple breeds require extra housing and fencing, and confined poultry do not perform as well as birds allowed to range over the farm.
An old urging declares fowls suffering cholera or consumption are not worth medicine. Even recovered birds remain weak, so the remedy is to use the axe and spare the medicine. The note advocates culling rather than treating severely ill layers and breeders.
A writer notes the clash between quaint colonial living and modern tech such as electric lighting furnaces and bathrooms. He argues builders would embrace progress yet questions his own status as an anachronism, urging unity with modern comforts.
Selecting smooth, well shaped eggs for sitting reduces risk of ruptured hatchlings and deformities. Prioritize eggs with uniform size and clean shells to improve chick viability during hatching.
The instruction describes choosing chicks with rapid, satisfactory growth. Prioritize those that are plump, full breasted, and proportionate. Exclude birds that grow leggy or have thin breasts.
A practical guideline suggests 1 square foot of glass per 16 square feet of floor space to maximize daylight in a hen house.
Begin in June by purchasing a few baby chicks from a reputable birds pen to set a cheerful, practical start. The plan emphasizes simple farming steps and steady growth toward a thriving flock.
The note discusses feeding and hastening chick growth to increase returns, implying large dividends for prompt, well fed poultry development.
A U S Dept of Agriculture circular shows fence costs per rod in North Dakota. Three-wire fence with one rod post spacing costs 36.9 cents, two-wire 32.2 cents, four-wire with two-rod spacing 29.7 cents, and five-wire with three-rod spacing 30 cents. It notes wire cheaper than posts for upkeep.
The proposed Tangier government would feature a popular vote assembly with 24 Moroccan and 11 foreign members, plus a mixed international court modeled on Egypt’s system. The court would include two Frenchmen with a presiding member, two Spaniards, two Englishmen and one German, with a Spaniard as public prosecutor.
In a small town the Seftons long separated after a quarrel reconcile when their daughter Leila and Peter’s infant grandson bring them together. John and Mary Sefton rediscover their deep love amid a tender family scene and vow their fault caused the rift.
Rocks all contain water but granites hold only a small accessible amount. Sandstone stands out as a major water bearer with about a gallon or more per cubic foot, making it the most absorptive solid rock.
Chile asserts the island of Chiloe off its west coast is the original home of the potato with cultivation dating back to early in the fifteenth century.
A cheerful Mrs Estabrooks brings soup and coffee to new movers in distress. The gesture lifts their spirits, inspires a vow to repay kindness, and highlights neighborly support as a life raft during the move.
The excerpt argues that life gains meaning through change and discovery. Dread of death stems from the loss of familiar activity and memory’s role in alleviating present dullness, making death seem like an end to growth and striving.
Verdun proposes segmentary neurosis of the alimentary tract musclature as a predisposed cause of paroxysmal spasmodic disorders. Seizures linked to food intake, gastro esophageal hypertonus, and emotional strain resemble anginal seizures. Intercostal hyperalgesia arises when dendritic fibers traverse pressure zones from hyperplasias or adhesions, making gastric disorders potential remote causes of anginal pains.
The wife of a renowned botanist enjoys a feast of mushrooms his token for her. She devours them all, then at breakfast the husband fears she is fine, and she reveals she slept well. He jokes he has found a new edible species, not poisonous.
The passage describes diverse methods of fish catching from Icelandic bears to Chinese night diving birds and Greek lures. It notes pine pitch torches in Greece Amorgos cedar lures, and moonlit board reflections guiding nets to harvest large catches, including anchovies.
A press agent praises a forthcoming stage novelty as a gorgeous scenic production in costume. He describes "real hot flame fire" used on stage that does not burn the performers who handle it like children with toys and even appear to eat it, per the Kansas City Star.
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