Ancient Egyptian Dress Described From 6000 Years Ago
A historical note describes the fashionable Egyptian dress for women 6,000 years ago as a tight ankle length gown with short sleeves.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
7
Wash Machine Sale in County Store
Local shop advertises a selection of wash machines including ACylinder oscillators and daily enable models with cash or installment pricing. Also offers two secondhand water motor washers and a hand z machine, all described as good as new.
Movable rooster roost for small flocks described
An Orange Judd Farmer note presents a portable poultry roost built from two carpenter's horses with notched crosspieces and snug roosts. The design emphasizes easy taking apart and thorough cleaning, adjustable to flock size with legs 18 inches to 2 feet high.
Poultry Roosts and Mite Control Methods
Advice on building roosts in a poultry house for heavy and light breeds, recommending height differences, placement away from walls, and treatments for mites. Drenching with kerosene is advised, with boiling water as an alternative. Water exposure is best on a fine day to allow quick drying, but hot water cannot be used inside the house due to slow evaporation.
Crushed Oyster Shells and Lime for Hen Eggs
A discussion on how soft shelled eggs relate to diet. Excess grains without mineral supplements lowers lime availability, while crushed oyster shells help, but overfat hens slow laying and can produce deformed eggs. Clover and alfalfa add minerals to balance starch-heavy feeds. Incubation from overfat hens may yield chicks of poorer quality.
Limited Range for Hens During Severe Weather
The article argues free range is harmful in cold weather as ground is frozen and wind strong. It recommends kept hens in a well ventilated tight hen house, scratching in dry litter, to stay healthier during severe conditions.
Mature Ganders Guide Goose Breeding Quality
Mature ganders yield stronger goslings with higher vigor. Geese reach peak breeding performance between three and five years old. Yearline ganders may underperform as breeders. Geese commonly serve as breeders for up to ten years, while ganders remain productive for six to seven years.
Increase Egg Production by Supplying Green Feed
Washington Station reports an experiment where a pen of hens, kept in a house during extreme cold, received green feed. The result: egg production rose 30 percent in the first 17 days of housing compared with the last 17 days of the prior month.
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Washington Station
Zebra Mongoose Speak Like Humans in Sleep and Song
Hans Coudenhove in the Atlantic Monthly describes zebra mongooses as having a vast vocal repertoire that resembles a language. They converse at a distance, talk in their sleep, and emit expressive wails of sorrow and distress. They observe terrain intently from hilltops, while their sharp eyesight detects birds of prey at great heights.
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Rikki-Tikki
Hans Coudenhove
Atlantic Monthly
Good Detective Work on Part of Chemist
An Albany area case saw police use a chemist to crack anonymous fetters. The expert analyzed ink and paper, used identifiable pellets in open ink wells, and traced letters to a middle aged woman, trapping her as she sent another missive.
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Albany
Cupper
Sherlock Holnes
First Federal Income Tax and Its Path to 16th Amendment
The Detroit News notes early attempts at a permanent tax, from Civil War era ideas to Congress’s 1908 law taxing corporate net income above 5000 dollars yearly. It states this paved the way for the 1912 tax law and the Sixteenth Amendment enabling modern income taxes.
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Congress
Detroit News
Homer as Historian and the Power of The Odyssey
The passage feints toward Homeric epic as a decisive source for history and virtue. It claims The Odyssey and the Diad reveal places like Menelaus palace and Alcinous garden, imagining Homeric figures such as Nausicaa and Hector as familiar companions. It concludes by praising St. Froude as Penelope’s husband and a man of many counsels for evenings by fireside.
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Homer
Menelaus
Alcinous
Nausiciaa
Hector
Penelope—Froude
Too Much for Him An Officer in a Seventh Street Bank
An officer at a Seventh Street bank says he answers questions all day and is glad to help clients yet wishes someone had advised him what to tell a woman who approached his desk. He paused a rush to complete an overdue statement and asked what she needed. The anxious woman replied she was seeking an elderly lady with a heart condition.
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Seventh Street
Framed Motto Provides Cheer On Morning Journeys
A described framed motto or poem kept beside the mirror lifts spirits as one dresses. The practice of carrying melody or verse in the mind during daily travel offers a cheerful reminder and courage for the day ahead, transforming routine moments into small inspirations.
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Joey
Tianels
Dogs See Her Wedding in Special Terriers Pew
Portrait of Miss Grace Virginia Pomeroy Hendrick daughter of Dr Ellwood Hendrick of New York and Simsbury Conn who married George W Patterson assistant dean of the school of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan in the church on July 4. Miss Hendricks four pet terriers will be honored guests at the wedding and will buy an especial pew for themselves.
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Grace Virginia Pomeroy Hendrick
Ellwood Hendrick
New York
Simsbury
Conn
George W. Patterson
School of Electrical Engineering
University of Michigan
Queen of Indian Meet Named Miss Dorothy McBirney
Miss Dorothy McBirney daughter of James H McBirney president of the National Bank of Commerce Tulsa Oxfa was chosen queen of the national Indian convention Born in Tolga she is a Creek Indian and a Pine Manor graduate at Wellesly regarded as one of the most beautiful Indian maidens in the country
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Dorothy McBirney
James H. McBirney
National Bank of Commerce
Tulsa
Oxfa
Tolga
Miss McBirney
Pine Manor
Wellesly
Foot Comfort Queen Crowned in National Comfort Week
Ruth Kimball of Chicago named Miss Happy Comfort, queen of National Comfort Week. About 20 000 shoe stores nationwide proclaimed the event running June 21 to 28.
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Ruth Kimball
Chicago
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