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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
3
Article explains how egg circles or cooperatives help reduce waste by improving handling and prevention of careless practices. It describes a large incubator operation, quality control, guaranteed grades, dividends to members, and a push from the Agriculture Department to organize more groups.
Turkey hens hide nests in weeds tall grass or dense brush and may roam a half mile or more from home before settling.
The guidance advises weekly coop cleaning and pest control with kerosene if mites appear. It suggests a 1 to 2 inch floor layer of sand dirt or straw, moving coops weekly to fresh ground with shade, and using cornfields for range where bays and worms are plentiful and ground stays fresh.
Poultry specialists of the United States department of agriculture state that many farms could raise more turkeys with little extra cost. The 1910 census shows only 13.7 percent of farms had turkeys, averaging just over four breeding turkeys per farm. Farmers could run 10 to 15 hens and a tom, yielding 75 to 150 turkeys yearly at good profit. Farmers' Bulletin 791, Turkey Raising, details breeding, feeding, and management and is available free from the USDA in Washington.
The list covers selecting pure breeds like White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds, improving care and housing, confining males outside breeding season, collecting eggs often in hot weather, storing eggs properly, avoiding dirty small eggs at home, marketing with heat protection, cash sales by size and quality, attractive packaging, and combining shipments for economy.
A dozen or so hens in a backyard hobby require little gear and offer a steady supply of eggs and meat. The activity interests children and adults alike, with feed mainly scraps and weeds, as Mrs Hen markets the poultry product locally.
Nine men died and eight were severely injured at Camp Bowie near Benbrook when a Stokes mortar exploded during a gun crew's attempt to force a shell into the breech. Names of the dead and wounded include First Lieutenant Alan J. McDavid and several others from the 141st and 142nd Infantry. Sergeant Norman Bow of the British army investigated the incident. The blast occurred Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Austin Texas report lists 239 men from boilermakers to laborers to be drafted under voluntary induction calls. The selections cover locations nationwide with 11 named job types and assignments to Army camps including Camp Dix Camp Meade Fort Meyer Camp Joseph Johnston Fort Weavernworth and Leon Springs. The units include engineers firemen telegraphers mechanics and skilled tradespeople to report May 20.
Austin attorney general guidance holds that wine may be made within the 10 mile zone and shipped to any state point outside the zone, and given to friends there, but not sold. No shipments after June 26 when statewide dry law takes effect.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday refused the states motion for rehearing in the Spanell case. H J Spanell was charged with killing Lieutenant Colonel M C Butler US Army at Alpine Texas on July 20 1916.
An apparent attempt to smuggle German prisoners from Fort McPherson in Atlanta was foiled Saturday when guards found a fifty foot tunnel under a barracks stretching toward the camp’s double wire fence.
Chicago’s 400 cabarets ceased to exist as the city’s anti cabaret ordinance took effect on Monday. Jazz bands fell silent and the city’s famous night life lost a prominent feature.
In San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, the national congress on Tuesday declared war on Germany and its allies, marking a formal shift in the nation's wartime stance.
A confidential chat reveals two people discussing upcoming nuptials. One party notes the groom intends to wed an actress, while the other questions plans and asks about their own remarriage.
A vintage advertisement advises using Cuticura Ointment for pimples with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap. Free samples are available by writing Cuticura Dept. X in Boston. Products sold at druggists and by mail, with Soap priced at 25 cents and Ointment at 25 or 50 cents.
A humorous dialogue features a speaker claiming love for children except when they cry. The other person asks why and learns the reason is that crying prompts the speaker to remove them from the room, turning the moment into a playful quip.
An advertisement touts Capudine as a fast relief for headaches and nervous strain. It stresses the liquid formula is pleasant to take and suitable for calming distress.
A man buys a parrot to replace his alarm clock. He places the bird under its cage and uses the parrot’s startled squawks to rouse him in the morning. The setup promises a louder wake up than any bell.
An advertisement touts Hall Catarrh Medicine as a blood based internal remedy for catarrh with a $100 reward for non cure. It credits Dr. F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and offers testimonials free. Also notes a compact nautical chart by Capt Fritz Uttmark reducing plotting area to under one square foot.
The powder is shaken into shoes or sprinkled in foot baths to relieve painful swollen and smarting feet and bunions. It is marketed as the greatest comforter for all footaches and is stated to be used by American British and French troops. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
A dialogue shows Brown unable to repay ten dollars while the creditor scolds him for theater outings. The debtor hints worry over debt drives him to seek distraction through entertainment. The exchange highlights money pressures and social irony.
Advertisement claims Wright's Indian Vegetable Pilla relieves constipation by assisting stomach and bowels without griping. Presented as a health remedy in a vintage ad tone.
A man recalls earning respect for a woman's decision after she refused to marry him. The exchange includes a nickname Fluhdub and a punchline about Dr. Pierce's Pellets advertised as aid for liver bowels and stomach with one Pellet for laxative and three for cathartic.
Readers are cautioned that flattery can harm judgment and lead to dissatisfaction unless warranted by real merit. The saying highlights prudence in accepting praise and maintaining self restraint.
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