Flooded Indiana and Ohio Strips Reveal Devastation and Death
Central and north central Indiana flood scenes show mass suffering with uncounted deaths. Refugees pile into Indianapolis halls as Peru reports 20 dead and outbreaks of smallpox and diphtheria, while Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati brace for higher losses and fight disease.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Tomlinson
Peru
C. D. Emmons
Northern Indiana Traction Company
Court House
Days of Ohio Flood Death Toll Evolving In Revised Reports
Revised flood estimates across Ohio shift death tallies as investigators confirm hundreds safe in Dayton areas while heavier losses emerge around Columbus and other cities. Reports from Piqua Peru Hamilton and Middletown list dozens to hundreds of victims with totals approaching six hundred in some tallies.
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Food value of many eggs from water content to nutrition
A department of agriculture test shows egg whites are about seven eighths water with albumen. yolks slightly under half water. Hen, goose, duck and turkey eggs vary in water protein and fat, but all provide essential nutrients. Compared to meat, a pound of eggs closely matches lean steak in nutritional value.
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Department of Agriculture
Make Perches Mite Proof for Chicken Housing
A simple 18 inch high perch design using 2x4 stock with rounded edges to prevent mite hiding. Supports and legs made from the same material, legs one foot tall, spaced to prevent bruising feet. Cans beneath hold kerosene or coal oil to deter mites, with loose fits to ease cleaning.
Industrious Hen Lays Eggs Through Proper Housing
A farm advisory urges good hen housing to boost egg laying. It recommends spacious, well lit coops with litter on the floor or dropping boards, grain scattered for scratching, plenty of clean water, and warm water in cold weather. An active hen is likened to a productive producer.
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Stephen Fleming
Fort Wayne
Peru
Court House
Windbreak Improves Poultry House Comfort
A brief note describes adding a windbreak to a poultry house to create a warmer sheltered interior for fowls. The owner seeks simple, effective shelter to improve living conditions inside the coop.
Seashore Sand Scouring Art Sparks Debate
A brief exchange imagines the value of sand from the seashore and its use in scouring seas. The dialogue highlights practical and rhetorical questions about material usefulness.
Curling Feathers Method For Damaged Feathers
Treat a rain damaged feather by sprinkling with common salt and shaking before a bright fire until dry. The feather becomes usable again as if new.
The Ugliest Man on Earth Serial Inquiries Local Color
An editor and author discuss visiting the shop to gather local color for a serial titled The Ugliest Man on Earth. The author says he does not wish to sell stories and is writing a short serial.
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Farth
Curious Cairo Ironing Foot Method
A Wide World writer describes Cairo’s tailors using foot operated flat irons. Large wooden blocks rest atop the irons as men press garments with a raised low ironing board. The method, though strange to Western eyes, proved efficient and well done.
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Wide World Magazine
Cairo
No Little Girl for Him at Dancing School
An Indianapolis six year old boy, from a renowned family, attends a dancing class. He complains of being short and asks for a bigger partner after observing a five year old, slightly larger girl, who is skilled at dancing. He takes her hand and asks the teacher for a bigger partner.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Farmer Clips Wings Delaying Mr Drake’s Request
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mr Drake asks to borrow a daughter’s wing, only to learn the farmer clipped them this morning and new ones will grow later. The joke hinges on a rural misunderstanding and playful wordplay about wings and farm life.
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Mr. Drake
Coffee to Postum: a woman's cure for nerves and indigestion
A reader recounts years of coffee related stomach pain and nervous distress. After trying tea and heavy foods, she and her husband switched to Postum. symptoms disappeared and did not return when coffee was removed. The witness attributes recovery to Postum and references a promotional booklet.
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