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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
2
A newspaper announces a new feature titled Whats the Answer. Each issue will print twenty questions across history science geography literature arithmetic religion sports economics famous sayings natural history and more. The next issue will presentAnswers and a new set of twenty questions for readers to answer and compare.
A list of general knowledge prompts asks about Pacific discovery, oldest U S towns and settlement dates, Earth's area and myopia, human visibility, St Louis pennants, Renaissance meaning for art, land with minimal drainage, oldest Greek letter fraternity, the quote about sacrifice, trade barometer industry, Earth age, slavery intro, Yale founded, rapid automobile speed, American actor dramatist and film star, continents coast line, France's lyric poet, torpedo battle cry, and America's greatest undeveloped resource.
A cheese toss at lunch improved copper disk plating, revealing a potential thousands worth gain. Nickel iron ribbon welding was solved by salting flux. A lab valve misstep yielded liquid oxygen. An early accident created an industry and a safer explosive, notes Floyd W. Parsons.
A cryptic prophecy tied to Lake Chrissie near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal claimed the lake would dry and Boers would lose independence. The prediction allegedly came true as the Boers were subdued by the British, marking the prophecy's fulfillment.
Instructions on brooder care for goslings including night confinement for two to three weeks, safe pens, grass-rich runs, supplemental green feed, water access, and gradual introduction of grain. Emphasizes forage-based gains and cautions against heavy grain rations increasing costs.
The Minnesota College of Agriculture poultry exhibit at the state fair lists a hen’s yearly consumption: 20 pounds scratch grain 10 oats 10 barley 8 pounds laying mash mix 4 oyster shells 2 grit. Annual feed bill shown as $15.23. Four hens’ egg output ranges set to pay board and profit levels: 1 pays board and little more 2 pays board and cents 3 pays board and $1.80 4 pays board and $4.70.
Practical notes on using milk as poultry feed to improve vigor and growth in hens and chicks. Tips cover culling weak birds, heat behavior, free range clover pasture, egg and dressed poultry price variation tied to quality, feeding methods, hatch eggs timing, brooder warmth, and milk byproducts like sour milk or buttermilk as beneficial feed.
A Sunshine Cake recipe from Farmers' Bulletin 1450 F outlines a sponge cake with many eggs and no fat. Egg yolks and whites are beaten separately with salt and sugar, then folded together with flour and cream of tartar, flavored with vanilla lemon or orange, and baked in a tube pan.
A bureau of home economics recipe explains a prebaked crisp crust for a custard pie. Mix milk sugar salt and vanilla, heat in a double boiler, beat eggs and flavor, bake a golden crust, fill with custard, bake until set in a moderate oven.
Cook spring onions whole with 4 to 8 inches of stalk. They finish in 15 to 20 minutes. Lift carefully and pour a white sauce over them. Serve on toast.
Thrift in food means planning meals, buying carefully, and avoiding waste. Know per person needs, eggs by supply, and portions for meals. compare prices by weight, buy in quantity when sensible, and consider perishables, seasons, and delivery options for overall value.
A classic croquette recipe from the United States Department of Agriculture uses lean beef such as round steak with eggs bread crumbs onion and cream sauce. Simmer grind mix shape coat dip fry or bake and serve with parsley tomato sauce.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip laments modernization in New York schools where vacuum cleaners will replace chalk and slate. The piece argues half the joy of school life is lost with relegation of the squeaking slate pencil and trips for water, predicting vacuum erasers will deepen childhood servitude.
Patient's wife describes forcing the patient to drink medicine and getting him out of bed for it in a Boston Transcript quotation. The piece reflects a rule of life attributed to Emerson that too much of anything is bad.
Virginia Dibble cites from the June Woman's Home Companion that top families dress two children alike. A male critic retorts that the best-dressed families never had more than one child.
The Carnegie natatorium in New Haven known for Yale intercollegiate records is described as the fastest swimming pool in the United States. The quote from Livy appears as a literary aside about luck and sense.
In an ad style pitch Dr W B Caldwell of Monticelo Ill sells Syrup Pepsin as a gentle safe laxative for constipated children. The copy claims it avoids sickening purges and never gripes, offering a free sample by mail in the Monticelo Illinois region.
A concise reflection notes that many men achieve remarkable success unexpectedly, catching them by surprise as they rise.
Advertisement claims Bell-Ans provides harmless relief for gas belching heartburn sick headache nausea and other digestive issues. Marketed as tested by 80 years of use with 25¢ and 75¢ packages sold at drug stores or via free samples from Bell & Co. Orangeburg NY.
An old advertisement urges avoiding calomel a mercury drug and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe laxative. It claims calomel causes salivation and digestive harm while Liver Tone cleanses overnight leaving the user feeling light and ready to eat. It advises buying the product in any local store and keeping a bottle at home.
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