Local visitors and social notes from Williamstown
Williamstown reports a flurry of visits and social events. Thomas Farrell visited Lawrence while Nan Herman and Mrs. Ben Wilson hosted guests, Celia Mulvihill traveled to Lawrence, and Mrs. Mary Bonzo hosted a public sale near Lecompton. Numerous residents attended, with receptions, carpenters, and neighborhood greetings noted.
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Williamstown
Paesc
Flagg of
Perry
Actin
Weis
J. Stallard
Sam Leemill
Lawrence
Tesdays
Martin Shortall
Aj Newman
Harris
Amberlain's Cough Remedy Advertised for Sale
An advertisement touts Amberlain's Cough Remedy as pleasant and non opium containing. It claims no naccolies and that it always cures. The product is for sale by all dealers.
Trusts in Motion Picture Fight Claim Independent Makers
New York Jan 22 Counsel for the Moving Picture Patents Company asserts in a government dissolution case that there is no combination among independent manufacturers as owners of the film business. A witness testifies to show the alleged conspiracy lacks existence.
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New York
Motion [Picture Patents Company
Poultry House Plans Describe 12 by 16 Foot Building
A farmer outlines a 12 by 16 foot poultry house designed to hold 75 birds. The structure features a north roof slope of nine feet and a south slope of five feet with studding every two feet and drop siding. Four south windows with double sashes allow ventilation.
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Hamberli
Open Front Style AG for Fumigation and Ventilation
The description explains keeping out storms with an open front, lowering upper sash most of the time, and using a curtain during cold weather. North hinged roofs can be raised to ceiling level for cleaning. A sturdy dropping hoard protects the floor, nests line the east and sides, and a cement floor prevents rats. The house receives ample sunlight and has had no frozen combs or sick chickens all winter.
Care of Ducks in Winter Feed Mix
During winter I feed ducks a mix of greens such as turnip tops cabbage leaves and lettuce, plus boiled roots and apples. Feed is cooked and served twice daily in winter and three times in spring. leftovers are removed to avoid souring. The method emphasizes varied bulky greens and cooked components for ducks.
Poultry Keeping Tips From A Historical Source
A fragmentary instructive passage covers poultry care and husbandry practices including egg production, cleanliness, and disinfectants. It suggests methods for egg storage, feeding, and disease prevention, with notes on roosters, ducks, and feathers, plus hints on building layouts and winter feed strategies. It also ventures into humorous asides about selling young chickens and the value of a clean, attentive approach.
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Limberneck
Sifting Queen Rearing in Bee Culture From Gleanings
A brief method explains using a wood excluder and three inch strip to restrict brood. Lift the hive body, place an empty body, and slide frames through the open space. Remove outer frames and shake bees onto remaining brood while transferring a frame per shift.
Beekeeping Move Between Hives Describes Queen Exit
The passage explains transferring brood frames between hive bodies through an opening. It instructs shaking bees onto the excluder, mirroring frame order, and carefully placing frames into the under body. It advises moderate smoking to locate the queen and notes remaining bees will depart on their own.
Feeds and cropping notes from Canada farm tests
Experimental feed trials in Canada compare corn and bran 5 to 2 with oats and bran for palatability and gains. Lambs on nutty oil cake bran oats hay, with turnips or ensilage, show modest gains at certain costs. Swine rations favor shorts oats flour bran roots skim milk for lower cost per pound of gain. Delaware peaches rebound after pests defeated. crop management and sun protection noted as key. Straw bedding improves manure quality, soil humus, cleanliness, and profitability. Reno Aid Society to serve dinner at Kiester sale on April 4.
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Canada
Local notes from Tonga area reflect community life and events
Long list of town residents and visitors from Tonga including Bleakley and Clevenger families, Poultry Show prizes, health updates, church attendance, Aid Society gathering, and upcoming literary meeting. Residents travel to Lawrence and Toza for care, play, or business. a ditch project on the Dea farm is described as the \"young Panama Canal\".
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Joseph Bleakley, Jr
Tongahonie
Nauton
J. J. Clevenger
Reel Maurine
Bessie
Tom Ward
Aid’ Society
Kiester
Sam Kelsall
Ruth Phenicie
W. T. Bleakley
Dana Sanders
Totza
Allingham
Fred Horton
Frank Breese
Co Miller
Charlie
Gladys Hemphill
Liming Farm
Bruce Place
Reno
Tonganoxie
Pony Creek
Margie T Mayer
R. C. Nance
Ehiteel Sundiaye
Joseph Bleakley
Lin
Juhi Harmon
Damnon
J.C. Laming
Dickinsen
Annie Taylor
T. Ward
Davis
Odd Fellows Lodge
Tonga
Eva Graham
Seliool
Witter Om
Dwyer Bros
Kate Patterson
Springfield
Geo. A Phenicte
J. M. Phenicié
He M
Ruth Phenieie
San Soucy
Dea
John McKone
Lawrence
Sam McKone
Ferimer
Kirby McRill
Real Estate Transfers Warrants Deed Notice in Lawrence
Warranty deeds record transfers including Prank Limkley and Lawrence to Frances Fox and Ims for 1000 dollars in Lot 154 Bik SG Wl Lawrence Kansas Elizabeth M Kuhne of Lawrence to Herr Gardner for 1 dollar Less 644 7 841 WIT Bik 28 Quiver Price Adv Lawrence K Quit Claim Deed Vanessa Wakefield of Denver wife of Windi to Wakefield 2 Me Crowders 1 10 acres of I 45 12 10 Made ty sup
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Limkley & Wh
Lawrence
Frances Fox
Ims
Kansas
Elizabeth M. Kuhne
Herr
Gardner
Lalwrence
Vanes Wakefield
Denver
Colorado
Windi
Wakefield
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