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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
3
A historical newspaper fragment notes notices published on April 20 and May 11. The terse item references official actions or deadlines timing these public notices without additional context or details about the entities involved.
Harvard undergrad did general housework during the last academic year. He earned 15 dollars, suggesting he may have substituted for a regular maid or left after a month of baking and bed making. Local Harvard employment paid 618 men a total of 85 120.76 dollars.
A compilation of practical auto care tips covering refinishing fenders and hoods with primers fillers and varnishes, carburetor leaks from float valves, ignition timing and spark, planetary and selective transmissions, floating axles, tool hardening, fuel supply and tire stock for a country garage, heat treatments for tools, and quick methods to locate a misfiring cylinder in a six cylinder engine.
Test all seeds now and watch bulk roots for decay or drying. Plan the vegetable garden and start corn indoors in pots. transplant after frost. Do not plant excess apples unless well cared for. A few lilacs hydrangeas spiraeas honeysuckles or Japanese roses improve home grounds. Minnesota farmers breed corn scientifically with notable grain results.
The article emphasizes not overfat brood sows before farrowing to avoid fever and constipation. It outlines a Pennsylvania College recommended prefarrowing grain mix and advises moving sows to a dry farrowing pen a week or ten days prior, with light feeding the day before and for 36 hours after birth, then gradual reintroduction of a cornmeal based ration and milk or milk substitute.
The article explains that orchard health hinges on pruning away useless limbs such as suckers water sprouts and dead wood. It warns that these growths drain nourishment and invite pests and should be cut piled and burned leaving only essential fruiting wood for the Iowa Homestead.
In Iowa a silage heavy ration lowered costs and raised daily gains. Lot one fed 17 lb corn 29 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 2.94 lb daily at 9.57 per 100 lb. Lot two fed 8.5 lb corn 51 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 3.04 lb daily at 7.07 per 100 lb. Reducing corn and lifting silage boosted gains and cut costs. Hog Worm Remedy Helps Prevent Infestations. A mix of glauber salt common salt charcoal sulphur copper sulfate and sodium bicarbonate kept in a feeder reduces worm load and increases hog hardiness and profitability.
Acetic acid dip in a half cup per two gallons of water removes Bordeaux stain on fruit or vegetables. After dipping, rinse with running water to wash off the acetates formed.
Miss Ella Eaton of Highland Kansas will teach in Metcalf Arizona next year and receive a five dollar monthly bonus if she remains unmarried through the school term next spring. Metcalf officials say single teachers are in high demand as they need staff since school is already underway.
The Gold Coast, a British colony on West Africa’s coast, is described as unhealthy with heat and moisture, swamps, and a rock that is said to emit hydrogen gas. Towns are crowded and dirty with fevers and diseases, dangerous to Europeans, while natives suffer less. The region remains a gold producer with rich soil yielding abundant vegetative products.
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