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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1928
Page
3
A 1928 note highlights modernistic kitchen aprons in rubberized silk and patchwork designs, plus velvet ensembles in Brazilian brown and sheer silk blouses. It discusses color, practical wear, and the season's fashion emphasis with a nod to Christmas gifts and street wear trends.
In winter the common defects include bare damp floors and broken windows letting cold air reach roosts. Damp droppings under roosts, snow drinking, overcrowding, lack of grit and fresh meat, overfeeding, and no exercise cause reduced laying and poor eggs. Keep the house tight, provide water, avoid stimulants, scatter hay for exercise, and ensure seven to eight square feet per fowl. Warm water daily and do not crowd or supply impure water to hens to breed from.
A Missouri demonstration farm study shows breeders retain 55 percent of hens year to year. Light breeds retain 58.4 percent while heavy breeds retain 52 percent. The piece argues keeping pullets boosts winter egg output and outlines culling rates by breed.
Advice on lice control and housing for scrub chickens. Emphasizes herd welfare, proper ventilation, and winter readiness with inexpensive improvements. Recommends delaying breeding geese until two years old and using pullets with good flesh for winter egg production. Encourages sturdy construction over stoves in henhouses.
A Bosnian mother saved her children from a mad wolf terrorizing Wisegard forests. The animal killed one child, attacked Tosic's two youngsters, and then turned on the mother who, unarmed, fought the beast until a woodman killed it with an ax. The Tosics were hospitalized for wounds.
At Long Cove Maine a farmer claims steady earnings by pulling 72 motor cars from a mud hole with his team. He tows each vehicle in a single day regardless of make model or driver, earning about 82 dollars per car.
Mr and Mrs Jim Williams of Kellerton Iowa report their fifteen year old son, previously weakened by whooping cough, scarlet fever and Bright's Disease, improved after three bottles of Milks Emulsion. He now attends school daily, eats the emulsion, and shows steady progress. They endorse the remedy and offer it to others with a satisfaction guarantee.
German researchers report a helium gas discovery near Frankfurt while drilling deep wells for water. The find is described as the first such occurrence in Europe and raises questions about potential energy uses.
Electrical engineers experiment with high power cables on pole lines to carry electricity at pressures up to 220000 volts.
The dialogue notes Peg plans to marry a silk merchant who sells by going door to door. It hints at wealth built by business associates rather than direct effort, and comments on luck in business success.
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