Local Visitors and Health News From Raglesville Area
Mrs John Coleman of Indiana visited relatives in Raglesville earlier this week. John Myers and family and Mrs Libby Myers joined Mr and Mrs J B Myers at Mrs Ann Myers Sunday gathering. Wm Clark Jr and family spent time with Mrs DB Wadsworth. Mrs Sarah Blough drove to the county hospital with her Monday. Mrs Albert Singleton returned from Illinois to visit relatives. Mrs James Riggins is ill at home south of Raglesville. Thos Beasley and family of Marsh area visited Mrs Emma Riggins. The ad notes hosiery sales opportunities from Eagle Hosiery Co Darby PA with earnings claims of 75 to 100 dollars weekly.
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John Myers
Libby Myers
J B Myers
Ann Myers
Wm. Clark, Jr
DB Wadsworth
Sarah Blough
Odon
James Riggins
Here
Thos Beasley
Family of
the Marsh
Emma Riggins
Hosiery Sales Agent Wanted for Guaranteed Pay
Job notice offers full time pay of 336.00 per week or 75c hourly for spare time selling guaranteed hosiery. Agents sought.
Notice of estate administration for Jacob C Flint
Notice is given that Truman Flint is appointed administrator of the estate of Jacob C Flint, deceased. The estate is stated to be solvent. Alvin Padgett serves as attorney for the administrator.
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Jacob C. Flint
Truman Flint
Admr
Alvin Padgett
Born Mothers Share Christmas Joy With Hospital Children
Gertrude Harding, a self described born mother, buys gifts and arranges a hospital outing for fifteen motherless children. They visit toy shops, meet Santa, sing carols, and return to the hospital with small presents. The day reveals a shared world of care, showing that even in hospitals the spirit of Christmas reaches children and caregivers alike.
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Gertrude Harding
Children’s Department
Children’s Hospital
Santa Claus
Western Newspaper Union
Farm Poultry Squabs Raise Through Proper Breeding
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise starting with healthy, vigorously mated breeders and high quality stock. They recommend diverse hard grains including peas or peanuts, small whole corn, a dry well ventilated pen free of rats, two nests per pair, and clean drinking water with a separate bathing pan. Market squabs as soon as they feather and are able to leave the nest.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Geese Efficiently Fatten on Waste Grain with Farm Value
Geese feed on waste grain near stables and pens, grazing like stock alongside chickens. Their year round demand and strong egg producing potential highlight the value of keeping geese on a general farm.
Ducks Turn Ponds Into Profitable Farm Meat and Eggs
Poultry specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture say ducks on farms with ponds or streams convert to meat and eggs in large quantities. Ducks eat grass and plants but prefer animal feeds and roam branches creeks and ponds for food, staying highly energetic in foraging. When conditions are favorable they provide for their own food needs, boosting profitability.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Laying Hens Largely Postpone Molting
The hen with a natural tendency to lay postpones the molt until production ends. Egg breeds show this more, while meat breeds may lay and molt together with feathers shed and replaced slowly and egg output reduced but not fully suspended.
Makeup of Poultry Mash
Hens love mash composed of ground seeds such as cornmeal corn chop corn and cob meal gluten meal ground barley cottonseed meal linseed meal gluten meal and alfalfa meal. Sometimes charcoal is added to guard against digestive troubles.
Feeding growing chickens with grains and milks
The article advises feeding growing chickens with whole wheat cracked corn and other grains until about eight weeks when small sized chick feed can be eliminated. It notes sour milk skim milk or buttermilk will hasten growth.
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Anyon
Dillon, Hasler & Ross
Ford
Elnora
Indiana
Raglesville
John Coleman
Indianapolis
Albert Singleton
Illinois
Sary Eagle Hosiery CO
Darby, PA
Barkley’s Specials
Barkley’s Dep’t. Store
Mars Graham Vanner
Toulouse Goose
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