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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
10
The piece explains economical poultry feeding, stressing gradual changes over a month to avoid ill effects. It cites Missouri recommendations: scratch as two parts corn to one wheat, plus a mash of bran shorts cornmeal and beef scrap. Costs broken down show total annual feed cost per hen around $2.60.
Handwriting is used as a clue to mental condition and nervous state. The writer notes a nerve specialist asks about writing tremor or freedom of movement to aid diagnosis. A small scrap of paper carries meaningful information about nerves and mental health.
Howells argues that honor is absolutely individual and personal not notoriety or fame. He defines notoriety as current name familiarity from any conduct, reputation as favorable notoriety, and fame as permanent approval by the best minds. Honor is conscious loyal alignment with one's highest inner leading.
The article recalls phrases with roots in medieval England and Westminster history. It cites badge wear by feudal dependents and the saying you may wear the badge but I cannot pin my faith on your sleeve. It notes Westminster events from 1540 to 1550 affecting church structure and revenues.
A large white loaf called pain de cntende formed a cure for various maladies in Provence. A small piece marked with crosses was kept as a remedy, and the rest of the loaf was shared on Epiphany.
A short piece humorously contrasts time and love with lines about a man needing neighbors to look through his glasses and a rare girl who is surprised when a man proposes. It reads as witty observations on relationships and timing.
Belgium inheritance law treats parental property as a common fund. On a parent’s death half the estate goes to the survivor and the rest is divided equally among children. When the second parent dies, the second half plus any additions is subdivided among the children. The system is automatic and unalterable by parents.
Chief Thomas Shaughnessy of Madison Wisconsin notes hoboes have vanished from the city in five years falling from 2820 lodgers in 1914 to 215 in 1919. He credits war time conditions saloon closures free lunches and labor demand for driving hobos away and says many learned to work or joined the army.
The Azores islands drew scientific interest due to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Sub oceanic eruptions created and erased islands, with the archipelago comprising three groups and a population around 300 000. Portuguese settlement began mid fifteenth century. Fayal gifted by Alfonso VI to Isabella of Burgundy. Columbus paused there after discovering America to give thanks at Santa Maria church.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance on preparing seed beds for oats and selecting clean seed from eastern or western sources. Emphasizes disk harrow over spring plowing, testing germination, cleaning seed, and drilling for even stands to maximize yield.
Motivational note cites Andrew Carnegie urging readers to surpass duty not merely meet it. The message emphasizes striving ahead, using a horse finishing neck ahead as metaphor for exceeding expectations and achieving success.
A report notes that all soldiers in the Sweden and Denmark armed forces are literate with reading and writing abilities, highlighting widespread basic education or training within the military forces.
A compact collection of jokes and quips featuring punny exchanges on relationships money and manners. The bits parody postwar wit with lines about proposals debts and theater and cinema references from humorous exchanges between friends spouses and strangers.
A four century old reference explains how repairing the latter church led to the saying robbing Peter to pay Paul. The remark stems from transferring funds from St. Peter to St. Paul in historical church repairs.
Ogness kept goldfish in complete darkness for three years while feeding them generously. The experiment produced total blindness as the rods and cones of the retina disappeared.
The article notes that powdered horn is a widespread ingredient in Chinese remedies and that large medicine factories keep deer herds to supply horns. It discusses the cultural and commercial prominence of horn powder in traditional practice.
The piece notes Formosa in the Pacific with coastal cliffs that plunge 3000 to 6000 feet. It highlights the dramatic escarpments along the island’s edge and the impression they make from sea level.
Bailey cites honorificabilitudinity as 22 letters while Shakespearean form honorificabilitudinitary appears in Love's Labour Lost scene 1. Obsolete terms fade. common long words today include disproportionateness and incomprehensibilities at 21 letters.
Farmers cannot know exact annual costs but a well-bred and well cared-for flock of hens yields high value from free range and low waste. The passage argues hens remain the best paying stock on a modern farm.
Winter plowing will expose white grubs and grasshopper eggs to moisture and cold. It will also turn up insects that hibernate in the first inches of soil. Burning vegetation may destroy many insects but is less effective on grasshoppers than plowing.
A guide from the United States Department of Agriculture explains one tenth of an acre, if well planned and cared for, can yield as much as a full acre of field crops. It recommends staggered plantings of beans and lettuce, continuous sowings of lettuce, and regular 2 to 3 week corn plantings to ensure year round fresh vegetables.
The State Farm Bureau reports Boone County has 221 directors and officers, Newton farmers ship more than 31 carloads in six weeks, and county fairs gain organizer Tribby's help. Iowa leaders include Pammel Hoyt evaluating Lake Odessa park inclusion, while Kossuth County tops in membership. Buena Vista County agent Barker arrives with hog breeding expertise. Local auctions reach $18,425 for 44 bred sows. farm schooling expands in Mills County. asparagus cultivation tips end this digest.
The article urges using brush and straw piles to halt soil wash scattered across fields. It notes small gullies can be stopped with straw, larger ones with brush, and recommends staking down materials where runoff is strong. Plan fall work to plant across slopes and use winter cover crops to reduce erosion.
The piece urges farmers to trust their soil and efforts to justify using manure fertilizer cover crops and other soil improving methods. It argues hesitation leads to poorer soil and unrealized farming potential.
An opinion argues chickens are unfairly discounted compared with other livestock when feeding at the barn. It asserts chickens provide more food and sometimes greater profit for the effort and expense involved.
Ways and means should be devised to improve the fertility of the soil so the farm will yield more and producers of better marketing quality. It can be done and it will pay in the long run.
The article advises farmers to provide ample limestone grit or oyster shell for laying hens. It stresses hens require large quantities of shell making material from their feed and warns that neglecting this is poor economy. An extra expenditure annually pays back many times over.
Union leaders from railroad brotherhoods in the American Federation of Labor condemn the conference report on the bail bill. They argue the measure harms workers by undermining wages and labor rights and demand its defeat in full, urging lawmakers to preserve established compensation and representation principles.
Derdian reports Germany will pursue prosecutions vigorously for those with prima facie evidence of crimes while not naming specific individuals. The session of the allied council examined the first notes on the case as Minister of Justice Wingerne Sebttter stated Germany aims to hasten justice, though some suspects remain in distant colonies.
Reports from the department of commerce show U S wheat exports in 1918 surpass 86 million bushels more than the prior year. The United States exported 148 086 470 bushels in 1918 up from 111 717 108 in 1917, with value gains over 96 million dollars.
In Jersey City Judge Carrie dismisses the case filed by the local club against the city. The suit challenged the exclusion of Victor Berger from a meeting, citing actions by city authorities.
Franklin K. Lane former Secretary of the Interior will chair the Salvation Army second home service appeal. The event runs May 20 to 20 and is organized in Washington at the Salvation Army center.
The Grand Trunk Railway shareholders approve turning over the system in Canada and the United States to the Canadian government. The decision was announced from London on February 21.
Testimonies from Annie Vandenburg of Elgin and Ada Graves of Streator praise Dr. Pierce remedies for relief during menopause. They report heat flashes dizziness pain headaches sleeplessness and nervous distress easing after using Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for cold symptoms. It claims two to three doses ease nasal congestion headache fever sneezing and sore muscles and notes it costs only a few cents at drug stores. The ad also mentions an actress saying a private divorce without publicity is worse than none.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and do not realize it. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy to restore kidney health. It claims benefits for backache headaches and nerve issues and offers a sample bottle for ten cents by mail from Kilmer Co.
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