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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
3
A vintage instructional passage describes crooked posture and breathing for revolver shooting, urging careful stance and controlled inhalation. It contrasts practical guidance with poetic lines about hands representing power, skill, and virtue, concluding with a devotional excerpt.
A practical method from a western factory outlines preparing whitewash using unslacked lime, oil from melted fat, alum, salt, and borax. Mix three pounds glue and three pounds suet with alaking water, add alum and salt, and optionally borax. Age the wash three to four weeks before daily application for durability on outbuildings.
Clean chamois gloves by wearing them on hands, washing in lukewarm water with pure soap. Rinse in water at the same temperature and re lather before removing. Dry while shaping to keep them soft and prevent stiffness.
An old advertisement notes Cham berlain's Conch Remedy to ward off a severe cold when feet are wet and body chilled. It recommends hot foot baths before bed and notes availability for sale by M. E. Stok.
Mrs Crosby offers a full range of optical goods including glasses lenses and accessories. Customers can expect frames from popular manufacturers and expert fittings by Mrs Crosby herself with emphasis on affordable pricing.
A speaker contrasts legitimate fancy with frenzied show breeding. He argues double mating and barred feathering distort Barred Rock utility, criticizing the American Poultry Association for ideals favoring show birds over market practicality. He calls for revised, practical standards to promote utility poultry nationally.
The extract discusses albumen and yolk uses from duck eggs including tanning, and exports from Indochina. It reports fanciers in Catawissa fighting chicken-killing cats, tabulating losses. It covers issues with express delivery delays, roosters in pens, poultry photography advice, and pests like mice and their impact on poultry houses and squabs.
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