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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
6
The article argues winter egg scarcity stems from underfeeding hens. It recommends a bulky mash with half bulky ingredients like bran and cut clover, half concentrated items such as middlings and corn. Include animal protein and milk in the ration, keep water available, and offer milk freely to ensure steady laying.
A Canadian business column presents a playful list titled Ten Demandments of Business. It emphasizes honesty as essential, warns against lying, and urges workers to focus on quality work rather than hours, promising reciprocal rewards for surpassing expectations.
A stern set of managerial maxims on honesty debt self respect and performance. It covers avoiding debt avoiding theft not reporting dissipation and aligning feedback with profits. It emphasizes personal responsibility and discipline as keys to a sustainable business relationship.
The Department of Agriculture notes no substitute for the potato in meals and urges increased consumption while markets are well supplied. It highlights potato leftovers as versatile for breakfast or supper and stresses its affordability and wholesome nutrition.
A wartime appeal urges mothers to open their homes to soldiers on leave from Camp Grant. It describes a boy seeking comfort away from home and warns that soldiers risk vice if not supported. The piece asks mothers to provide shelter and guidance to uphold national honor and morale.
The article explains scale by counting silver dollars. An expert counts 82,000 per day at eight hours, taking over 31 days to reach a million. To reach a billion dollars in silver would require about 102 years of steady work.
A correspondent notes China’s vast unexplored natural resources despite population size. The piece highlights the nation’s expansive geography and potential riches awaiting discovery.
The article notes China sits atop vast coal iron and flux resources and may become the greatest industrial region. It mentions a single iron mine developed by Japan producing 600000 tons annually, with plans to lift output to 1500000 tons within two years.
A new invention aims to reduce hazards in fighting fires in ship holds. Marine fires in confined holds produce dangerous gases. the device is designed to safely locate and suppress such fires, protecting crew members during firefighting.
The text argues potatoes provide starch and mineral salts including mild alkaline compounds that help balance acids from meats and eggs. It supports liberal potato consumption with meals and notes potatoes should be included in the diet when affordable.
Popular Science Monthly notes 920000 horses and 330000 mules sent from the United States for war use. Export value reaches 194000000 for horses and 66000000 for mules. Mules gain prominence as war work increases. most shipments go to France with some to Great Britain Canada and other European nations.
The Cleveland Leader recounts Rollo’s love tale where the heroine rejects him over his weight until he boasts a gymnasium course that drops him from 200 to 198 pounds. The scene turns hopeful as she embraces him, impressed by his weight loss and renewed pursuit.
In an insane asylum a doctor parades guests before a resident who believes she is Queen of England. He bows and greets her, but she calls him a fool. A guest then reveals she was sane, leaving the doctor deeply shocked.
Belle praises Jack’s proposal with a playful boast while Nell jokes that she doubts any proposal could satisfy her. The exchange reveals lighthearted banter about romance and verbal quips.
A columnist recalls remarks about women from foreign lands and their dress and notes local women may imitate or try similar styles for a season. The piece frames cultural expectations and social mimicry in a light, opinionated tone.
The hose lowers into the hold from the deck and ends in a multi nozzle head aimed variously. A pressure pump delivers 15 000 gallons per minute, soaking anything within a hundred feet in any direction.
A downtown cigar store scene records a woman countering the clerks joke about cigars. She selects a pipe instead, describing a man about forty two, five feet tall with dark hair and a mustache, as the intended gift for her husband.
Lauretta moves to Long Island and discovers an old roadside mailbox filled with century old and recent letters. Jimmy Gains pursues a vanished love while Frank Joyce rekindles a bond with Lauretta as destinies weave through a country romance.
The passage recalls a seventeenth century lord mayor’s banquet with Henry V as guest, noting a hundred filled tables refilling with beef pork mutton and pies. Venison pasties and elaborate foods parade in piping hot, while sergeants brewers and fritters trawl in, hens and sages hop in baskets, tarts and custards arrive in malt shovels.
The Humboldt River in central Nevada is described as the crookedest in the world by the Railway and Marine News. It flows southwestward with yards of meandering turns, notably eight miles between two points just two and a half miles apart, and it comes within 150 feet of itself at 38 locations with currents in opposite directions before fading into the desert.
In Lisbon the correct time is signaled every even hour from two lanterns on iron columns 100 feet tall. Each lantern displays three faces measuring 6.5 feet by 8 feet to indicate the hour.
The article details constructing a hot bed using an old glass door frame set into an excavation with manure and leaves for heat. It covers placement, heating readiness, sowing, watering, and transferring seedlings to a cold frame, plus reusing the hotbed for cuttings. It mentions St. Tous Missouri as a regional reference and notes careful temperature management.
Massachusetts greenhouse cucumber growers rely on over 2000 bee colonies to pollinate crops. They place hives at ends of houses and may celebrate annual purchases, though overwinters and queen health affect yields. Prices for fresh colonies run five to ten dollars each, with potential savings from overwintering and careful handling.
Plant sweet peas to enjoy blooms for at least five months next year. Prepare a long trench 18 inches to two feet deep with manure and rich soil, sow seed in February, fill trenches as plants grow, and provide trellises or brush. Use good seed, work dry soil, mulch, water thoroughly and syringe to deter insects.
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