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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
4
Wm Gaskill and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs Nat Boswell in Veedersburg. Garr bril s Candies offers a fine line. Miss Betha Myer left Wednesday for Clinton for a house party at Hallie and Wilma Shirk. Miss Edna Lindley shopped in Veedersburg Saturday.
In 1880s Kingman readers urge local business leaders to stage a similar Fourth of July celebration as nine years past. They recall bands Bloomingdale Rosdale and Kingman, a tight wire stunt, a ball game, hotel to hardware cross street walk, opera house concert, a special Oxford train and a full crowd. They ask residents to decide if they should organize the event again.
Townsfolk urge practical effort to attract industry. They insist on action now, stressing that sitting idle won’t bring a factory. Work must begin today, with collective effort to wake up, hustle, and put shoulders to the wheel. Local leaders call for renewed community drive to spur economic growth.
A local appeal encourages supporting Kingman to improve the town and attract people. Proponents argue small improvements and steady effort will yield a more vibrant community and a better place to live.
George M. Turpin outlines practical steps for poultrymen to curb insect parasites. Recommendations include separating poultry houses, removing interior fixtures for thorough cleaning and spraying, maintaining a dust bath, using road dust mixed with ashes and lime, biannual whitewash spraying with salt and carbolic acid, and treating chicks with head and throat lubrication if lice appear.
The article explains shipping baby chicks directly from the incubator at one day old to maximize survival during long distances. It notes chicks do not need food or water in the first 72 hours, drawing nourishment from the yolk, and that early life relies on yolk assimilation before hatch.
A writer in the Iowa Homestead advises farmers to block rat entry to poultry houses by placing ground posts at each corner and inverting a three gallon tin bucket over each post. When rats try to climb, they are trapped inside the bucket and cannot reach the coop.
Hen manure as a fertilizer exceeds other farm fertilizers in value if kept properly. Droppings under roosts need absorbent cover such as sand plaster or South Carolina rock to preserve strength. avoid wood ashes or lime. Do not apply to growing crops or bare soil. use on corn by placing a handful on each hill during last hoeing and keep under cover until use.
The article explains tying the turkey by the feet, hanging it on a pole, then throat cutting to bleed out. It advises dry picking with head and wings left on, followed by hot and cold water dips to brighten the skin for a fresher appearance.
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