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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
5
Sigma Phi Sigma hosted a house party at the Exposition with an Indoor Circus and exhibits. Among outoftown guests were Miss Crawford, Miss Dillon, Nellie Formsen, Mable Johnson, and Mrs. Johnson from Kansas City and Chicago visitors.
Mrs Le Perkins entertains the Lotus Club with an auction dinner on Tuesday evening. Guests include Mrs Otis Perkins Miss Théodore Rudiger Miss Margaret Perkins and Mr Henry Perkins. The Thimbles group to be hosted Thursday afternoon.
Kansas City market brief notes cattle receipts with gains. Native steers and heavy beef items listed around 8.20 to 8.40 per hundredweight with packers buying around 8.95 to 8.40. Butter and eggs show scattered prices. Wheat, corn and oats quoted with various No 2 and No 3 grades. hay values cited for Timothy and Prairie grades. Wheat receipts total 137 cars. near-term futures listed with July and December prices.
A fragment discusses a hen's setting behavior and how the legs may interfere with movement, hindering freedom and egg laying. It notes that persistence in setting can lead to eggs that are hard to find and unfit for other uses, affecting popularity and utility.
A 19th century home remedy warns that colds can develop into roup or bronchitis in birds if untreated. It recommends filling a can with coal oil, injecting a single douche into each nostril and mouth at first sign of a cold, duplicating as needed, and adding permanganate to drinking water to prevent the disease.
Practical notes on poultry care include egg yield by hen activity and exercise, the role of warmth and comfort for geese and ducks, and the breeding timing for winter eggs. Geese poultry keepers should beware broody tendencies. ducks rarely go broody. Dry-picked turkey feathers fetch better prices than scalded. February marks the lay start for ducks and geese, with age affecting fertility in geese and ducks.
Seventeen year old Westfall Ladount, widow of Harry LaCount, learns her husband was slain last night by Joseph A. Williams of Kansas Gill. She fainted when Police Captain Alcock delivered the news at Woodlawn station. prior, she believed a mere fight occurred. The afternoon report confirms the sobering tragedy amid other small items on home sanitation and local events.
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