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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1927
Page
6
An old advertisement warns against calomel and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe laxative. It claims quick cleansing by morning, avoids salivation, and suggests taking a spoonful at night for a clear head and appetite the next day. It urges readers to keep a bottle at home and buy at local stores.
A Japanese physician Doctor Takahira used a special thin paper pasted on a large form to measure body skin area. He found it required 16 square feet of skin to cover a person who stands 5 feet 6 inches tall.
An advertisement asserts California Fig Syrup is the best laxative for children, claiming it cleans the liver and bowels with a teaspoonful. It warns mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup and to spell it out to avoid imitation, noting directions printed on the bottle.
A cableway from Chamonix to the Alguille du Midi aims to carry 50 to 70 passengers in an elevator car. The two hour ascent will not require guides. Construction began 17 years ago but halted during the war.
An ad lists danger signals headaches dizziness neuralgia bad breath indigestion and pimples as nature’s warning of a liver obstruction. It promotes Bond’s Pill at bedtime to restore health and claims morning wakefulness. It also advertises Dr Peery’s Dead Shot for worms and tapeworms with a local druggist source.
Roy D. Chapin recalls the 25 year gap from early highways to today noting trips Detroit to New York took a week with no service stations and frequent tire failures. He cites 110000 motor cars visiting national parks, 1250000 miles of improved highways, a 7 percent federal system covering 200000 miles, and over half a million miles surfaced. The piece highlights a uniform national highway policy expanding interstate vehicle movement.
Advice on poultry management urges removing weak chicks to prevent disease spread such as white diarrhea and coccidiosis. Poor feeding or faults in management require culled birds and corrected practices to protect the flock and improve growth prospects.
The United States Department of Agriculture offers a simple guide to serving a vegetable plate at home with three to five vegetables. A suggested in between season menu includes corn fritters, cole slaw, buttered carrots and baked apple, balancing hearty eggless elements with mild flavors and a colorful presentation.
Chicks require ample space and careful handling in the first weeks with clean brooders and sparse feeding. Avoid crowding and chilling during transfer. delay feeding until 48 hours after hatching. Separate the moth issue with thorough cleaning of clothing storage, using cedar chests or moth flakes in sealed containers, and labeling storage to prevent infestation.
Duck eggs are incubated similarly to hen eggs with an initial machine temperature of 101 to 102 degrees for five days and as close to 103 as possible thereafter. Daily turning and watering are required after day five, with large amounts of water used. The incubation period is 28 days. A suggested feed mix is 200 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds low grade flour, 100 pounds bran with 10 percent beef scraps, reduced if milk is available.
The Wisconsin Highway Commission orders a revised state trunk system affecting nearly half the routes. Plans include new maps and numbers to align with the 14 new United States routes. Markers will be changed after frost. federal routes will have no state numbers to avoid duplication.
Over 1.12 billion dollars will be spent on U S roads in 1926 reflecting the car road link vital to industry and farming. Canada reports 250000 miles of travelable roads with about 4000 gravel and higher type. Akron uses 250000 pounds of salt to keep hilly streets safe for motorists.
This note stresses the importance of dry mash for young chicks. It warns that wet mash can cause digestive troubles and high death loss, advising proper feeder protection and placement to keep mash dry in housing.
The article describes baking beans from any bean type with tomato sauce to boost flavor. It notes beans provide protein and starch, advises serving a dairy dish with beans, and suggests soaking overnight, cooking gently until tender, then baking six to ten hours in a moderate oven with optional pork or butter and seasonings.
The article outlines versatile ways to serve sliced oranges as desserts. It covers serving in shells with whipped cream, fruit salads, jellies made from orange juice, and even a portable orange basket filled with jelly. It notes the use of coconut, custards, dressings, and pure juice in various preparations.
A baked omelet offers a hands off approach when multitasking in the kitchen. The recipe uses a higher milk to egg ratio than a standard omelet and cooks in a greased dish in a water bath until set, served directly from the dish with optional extra seasoning.
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