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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
7
Discusses starting feed for day-old chicks and five daily meals. Recommends baked johnnycake mash with eggs or beef scrap, bread crumbs, or rolled oats, then transitioning to mixed grains, milk in mash, and growing mashes. Includes tips on range feeding, chick feeds, green feed, and supplement minerals.
Young chicks should be fed three to five times daily based on experience. Five feeds daily may grow them faster, but overfeeding harms more than underfeeding. Do not exceed appetite levels except at the last meal when they may eat all they will. Confinement increases risk of overfeeding and leg weakness compared to free range.
Chicks need adjustable heat from a hover or brooder. If too cold they huddle near the heat source. Typical first week temperatures run around 98 to 95 degrees, then drop to 85 degrees for ten days and later to 70 to 75 degrees as heat needs lessen. The number of chicks affects under hover warmth. Operators adjust by chick comfort and weather.
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle safe laxative for children and adults. It notes a pleasant taste, cleansing action on the stomach liver and bowels, and urges mothers to use the product to prevent illness. The copy warns against counterfeits and directs buyers to ask their druggist for the genuine bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
A man named Gribble plans to credit his wife with his grasp of the political situation while avoiding burdening her with explanations. He expresses a desire to recognize her knowledge without requiring her to speak.
An advertising snippet promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin care with free samples offered via Boston. A humorous anecdote recounts Mr Brown seeking a housekeeper. a three year old child’s quip reveals the name of her father after marriage, Mr Brown.
Skin eruptions mar a woman’s face but a box of Tet tecine used regularly will clear pimples blotches itching patches and rough skin. It claims to be best for eczema and other skin troubles sold by druggists or mailed for 50c by Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga Advy.
The Makers author Booth Tarkington met a young woman in a New York bookstore buying books to send to soldiers. He advised sending lively novels rather than history, saying the soldiers are making history themselves.
An old advertisement promotes Capudine as fast relief for headaches and strain on the nervous system. The ad claims the medicine is pleasant tasting and a quick remedy.
A Dayton News quote features a preacher advising a father who admits failing as a companion to his son. The father laments his son’s handicap of a stroke a hole and seven kinds of slang his father cannot learn, highlighting generational gap and parental shortcomings.
Ad promotes Plantation Chill Tonic claiming fast chills relief without calomel and a healthy liver. Product priced at 50 cents.
The article notes Lieut Pat OBrien of the Royal Flying Corps describes captive life in a German war prison after his escape, comparing conversation topics to ordinary domestic concerns. It also includes an ad promoting Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets for liver and digestion.
An old advertisement offers ten dollars for a case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years. Free testimonials. F. J. Cheney and Co. Toledo Ohio.
A man with substantial wisdom prefers quiet growth over flaunting knowledge. A woman's vanity is challenged by the gaze of peers, not by unsolicited compliments from other women.
A clipped line from Spruceville’s Weekly Banner mocks Lem Suggins being "asleep" and jokes the only change is he no longer snores, per a Birmingham Age-Herald quip.
A declamatory advertisement claims Dr Peery's Dead Shot cleans out worms or tapeworm with a single dose and proclaims superiority of the preparation over others. The notice urges trial and asserts efficacy in Ady.
A military censor recounts reading a soldier’s letter that ends with a simple comforting message. The note assures the mother both are safe and expresses affectionate, concise sentiment amid harsh wartime surroundings.
Quoted remark on human selfishness and a note that nature likely aided the camel in securing victory in animal races.
A vintage ad warningurges readers to use Renovine to cure heart problems with a price of 1.50 dollars. The piece features moral musings about luck and self control, urging timely action and caution against excuses.
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