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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
The San Francisco Bay ferry system moved more than 46 million riders during the fiscal year ending June 30 1918. Officials note strong demand for cross bay transit and steady growth in commuter traffic.
The article explains lice harm to poultry, urges late fall treatment, and details sodium fluoride “pinch” dusting for small flocks and dipping for larger flocks. It notes that proper eradication boosts egg production, vigor, and cold protection, with efficient dipping methods and cost estimates.
Every breeder and farmer is urged to follow aims such as improving quality with standard bred poultry, selecting healthy breeders, hatching early for fall and winter layers, preserving eggs for home use, producing infertile eggs for consumption, culling unprofitable stock, maintaining a small backyard flock, growing poultry feed, and eating more poultry and eggs to conserve the meat supply.
In Pineville Mississippi near Pass Christian Miss Wil hemenia Hawkins shows a Barred Rock prize hen named Jane M. who at one year old in 1918 had laid 124 eggs. By six months she had produced 14 eggs with 11 set and all hatched including ten pullets and one cockerel. Her daughter, already starting young, outpaces the mother in egg production as she nears laying age.
The article notes many farmers invest more in their farms than local merchants invest in stores. It argues farming is a business requiring business methods and professional management.
Washington report by Cato Sells shows 12 825 196 acres of the five tribes land lifted from alienation restrictions, about 18.3 percent of allotted land. Total tribal land is 19 525 966 acres with 15 794 208 allotted to enrollees or heirs. royalties and oil production details are included.
In a Texas proclamation Governor Hobby invites every citizen to enroll as a Red Cross member during Christmas roll call week. Teachers are asked to involve school children to enroll and help Texas lead all states in serving humanity.
Washington Postmaster General Burleson announced sweeping rate cuts for long distance and toll calls. A basic charge of 64 mills per mile is set with airline mileage and half the night rate up to midnight, then one quarter the day rate after. The changes take effect January 21.
A crowd of Amsterdam women traveled to Wieringen island and staged a hostile demonstration against the former German crown prince who is interned there. He escaped by fleeing the scene to avoid the mob.
Dr Sidonia Paes president of Portugal was shot by an assassin at a Lisbon railroad station before midnight on Saturday. He was struck by three bullets and died within minutes. The assailant named Jeenne was killed by the crowd.
William George Jordan reflects at the year’s turn on how worries prove trifling and brittle efforts fade. He urges a sober view of life, noting that fear harms growth while moments of insight reveal enduring values and the possible rebirth of the self. He sees new turns of the road as invites to higher vision.
A wry exchange imagines a commitment to change that lasts only until debts from holiday spending are settled. The speaker vows to abandon costly habits only until finances recover, highlighting the tug between self reform and financial strain.
A humorous take warns that moral perfection is embarrassing as New Year's resolutions approach each year with no real bad habits to swear off. The line satirizes self improvement culture and restraint.
A compact note advises saving some strong resolutions for January thirty first. It suggests keeping a few goals intact to use when needed.
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