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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1924
Page
3
A Duluth Herald line jokes that lightning does not strike twice in the same place because it finishes the consumer the first time, reflecting a humorous editorial voice.
An advertisement urges buyers to insist on Bayer branding to ensure genuine Aspirin proven safe by doctors for 23 years. It warns that imitations may be dangerous and asks customers to say Bayer when purchasing. The ad also notes lungs would cover about 480 square feet if laid flat.
Washington reports the War department plans to propose two bills to correct wartime injustices and grant proper retired list rank to senior officers who commanded corps or performed qualifying work. Named potential honorees include Maj. Gen. Liggett Bullard Dickman Crowder Wood and Colonels Brett Richardson.
A new pocket knife designed for tailors incorporates a steel tape measure inside its handle for convenient seam ripping and measuring on the job.
About 45,000 farmers in 28 states used picric acid, the surplus war explosive, to clear 250,000 acres and stump 86,000 acres. Savings over commercial explosives reach $750,000, with broader benefits in increased cultivable land. Some 4,000,000 pounds were also delivered for road work. Sodatol soon available with similar use and lower prep costs.
Ithaca State Agricultural College pomologists advise pruning by removing several small branches rather than large limbs. This thinning reduces water sprouts, rejuvenates fruit spurs, improves color and market value, and leads to a better size and set of fruit.
The study from New Hampshire Agricultural College finds that starting artificial light early in the morning boosts egg production. Hens rise early for feed. evening roosting persists despite light. Begin with eleven hours of light around November, increasing to fourteen by February, then gradually reduce after April. Old hens start illumination in fall as egg production rises.
With wheat prices low, Ohio poultrymen switch from a dry mash formula of bran middlings cornmeal ground oats and meat to a mix of two parts whole wheat and one part each of cornmeal ground oats and meat scrap. Whole wheat boosts feeding value and saves brew and middlings, valuing wheat at about $1.20 a bushel compared to middlings at $40 a ton.
The gardener bird of New Guinea selects a level patch, clears debris, and constructs a conical mossy tepee around a sapling. It builds a second wall to form a circular corridor, using orchid stalks woven into the wall. It plants a mossy meadow at the entrance and gathers bright flowers and fruit to decorate the garden.
A playful exchange contrasts rating cars by horsepower with rating drivers by horse sense. Blake proposes horsepower ratings for cars while Drake counters that assessing drivers by horse sense would be more meaningful, framing the debate as a lighthearted comparison of metrics.
Edward Augustus, duke of Kent and father of Queen Victoria, served in Canada from 1797 to 1709, spending time in Halifax. His letters to Lord Melville show a strong dislike for Canada calling it a dreary corner of the globe and repeatedly requesting recall. He expressed hope of return as reinforcements and union moves progressed.
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