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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
3
A hospital elevator boy named Boras sacrifices his ear to graft onto Miss Van Dyce after a factory accident leaves her with no ear. George hides the truth as the extroverted society beauty departs, only to discover the graft matches her ear and triggers a public uproar.
The article notes a growing craze among Romans using American Indian canoes on the yellow Tiber. Dozens paddle beside skiffs and motor boats as Italian manufacturers produce the craft from Indian designs. A canoe club has formed with American enthusiasts, though maneuvering remains a challenge for Roman paddlers.
The Weer States Department of Agriculture reports cockleburs in pastures threaten livestock especially young swine cattle and sheep in the Mississippi Valley and Great Plains. Poisoning may occur after ingesting about one and a half pounds of green plant per 100 pounds of animal with symptoms appearing within 24 hours and lasting a few hours. Best remedy is to keep stock away from young plants and forage. no specific medicines are advised though milk or bacon grease and linseed oil treatments have aided recovery when given.
Orchard pest guidance warns peach borers injure trees if undetected and suggest examining trunk sap, white larvae, and root entry. Fall is the best time for control with careful trenching and carbon bisulphide treatment, avoiding root contact to prevent tree death.
During July 172 persons qualified for the USDA emblem recognizing exclusive use of pure bred sires for all animal classes. In cooperation with states the campaign totals 11 705 participants, with lithographed signs "Pure Bred Sires Exclusively Used on This Farm" issued to enrolled livestock owners in the Better Sires Better Stock drive, each sign numbered to identify the owner in the national movement.
The text instructs to cool milk to the temperature of cold drinking water as soon after milking as possible. It emphasizes thorough stirring to evenly cool all milk and maintaining that temperature by changing the cooling water or using other methods until delivery.
Advice on timing maturity for dented glaze corn, moisture control, compaction, and worker needs. Recommends tight hoops on stave silos, damp packing, concrete tampers, cutting length, and blower use. Notes costs $1.25 per ton, with variability by distance, weather, and machinery.
A Vineland Ontario horticultural study compares summer and winter pruning with unpruned trees. Light summer pruning increases growth and hastens bearing, while heavy pruning boosts early yields. Unpruned trees yield most so far but costly downsides. For young orchards, light annual pruning to maintain shape and sunlight is advised, with heavier pruning after bearing begins to sustain new wood. Severity varies by variety.
Ohio research on 981 poultry farms shows flocks fed milk outperform others in egg production. Skim milk from creameries at low cost offers a profitable feeding option for poultry men seeking better returns.
The article notes that young turkey poults may fail to thrive due to weak vitality, exposure, dampness, or digestive disorders. It advises performing post mortems to check liver condition and considers blackhead as a possible cause of losses.
Growing calves on grass should be encouraged to eat roughage they will clean up daily. It balances the succulent food and stimulates the habit of eating dry roughage.
A Rockefeller Foundation report notes dramatic shifts in medical training over 50 years. Universities replace private colleges, laboratories and salaries rise, and the goal is a university type medical school with full-time staffs and integrated teaching.
A poisonous snake fell from a mailed package opened by Miss Susan Landers in Peoria. Police investigate a possible black band plot but have found no clue to the sender’s identity.
A cable from Trade Commissioner Wiliam Ford Upson in Vienna reports Austria recovering rapidly from the war. General financial conditions are good, savings deposits up 11 percent to 23 million gold crowns, note circulation risen, railways show a deficit, unemployment at 92,000 with 61,000 in Vienna, and May production includes coal and paper outputs.
Three year old William Woodyard clung to a brick in a deep well for thirty minutes until his mother Mrs Woodyard descended a rope and rescued him. The child was exhausted but not seriously hurt in Carthage Texas.
I M Yost of Hays Kansas, once a major western Kansas miller and buyer, profits from an abandoned Colorado Breckenridge mine estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars. He rejected a 400000 dollar offer and ships ore to Leadville while rumors say the district has produced over 50000000 in mintage.
Dr Harold Scurfield told a medical meeting that watercress contains all essential vitamins and should be used more widely. He noted Greeks valued it as mind food while it today acts as a body stimulant, recalling a sensational experiment by Prof Vivian Lewis.
National committee for the prevention of blindness announces an immediate progressive census of all eye accidents in public places homes and industry to determine prevention methods. The note cites soot inhalation in the air as a factor reducing vitality and contributing to blindness.
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