Not a Delusion But a Dilution of Milk Tales
A collection of humorous vignettes and quotations centered on Captain Joshua Ketcham of Amityville, his sea lore, and a broader mix of old-time anecdotes. The notes include antique jokes about milk buying, a bishop’s classroom Q&A, and brief witticisms from various period sources.
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Esther
Joshua Ketcham
Amityville
L. 1
Joshua
Elbert Haff
North Turnpike
Elbert
A Treasury of Quick Dishes From Salmon to Green Peppers
A home meals snippet lists Salmon Cakes using canned salmon and bread crumbs, Tipperary Galad mashed potatoes with onion juice and vinegar, peach pudding with canned peaches and cornstarch, and a fruit salad dressing with maple syrup. It adds Hamburger Steak with onion, apples, and suet, plus a green pepper stuffed dish, ginger ale salad molds, and a simple fruit pudding with berries.
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Tipperary
Bathleas Middle Ages and public baths myth
Bathleas Middle Ages Greece and Rome had baths for all citizens until Goths destroyed aqueducts and fanatics shut public baths. Rome fell, Dark Ages began, Michelet’s phrase a thousand years without a bath. Interspersed with quotes on learning through suffering and wonder.
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Greece
Rome
Michelet
Problem of breaking up broodiness in hens
Broody hens cause concern for Orpington keepers with methods to end broodiness without cruelty. Use an open beneath coop to prevent nesting warmth, place screen bottoms, or move hens outside under shelter. A slatted bottom in the scratching shed with nests underneath can stop broodiness in about three days, and hens may start laying within a week. Do not delay breaking them up.
How to Operate Incubator and Hatch Fresh Eggs
The guide explains keeping a stable incubator temperature by locating it in a ventilated, locked outhouse away from drafts. Place the machine in the middle of the room on a low stand, use fresh eggs laid the same day if possible, and select eggs of similar size. Provide shade, water, and ample feed for growing chicks during hot days.
Shade and Water Are Vital for Poultry Care
The article emphasizes keeping poultry cool with shade and frequent access to clean water. It warns that watering only once daily is inadequate and water in hot weather should stay cool. It advises using shade to keep water cooler and more palatable for birds.
Hints for Poultry Raisers and Shippers
The notice advises producers to maintain standard bred stock for uniform products, supply full sized two ounce eggs, keep nests clean, prevent broody hens, gather eggs twice daily, and store in a cool odor-free place. It warns against selling camall, dirty, stained or doubtful eggs and suggests fattening surplus poultry. For shippers it prescribes standard cases with suitable fillers, cool dry storage, and to ship at least twice weekly in warm weather.
Feeding Hens and Pullets in Separate Housing
A guide notes many profits decline when young and old stock share housing. Keep pullets apart from older birds during growth, providing separate buildings or at least a separate roost room. Pullets require more feed to finish growth and begin laying, and often need different rations from older hens.
Poultry Feed and Shipping Advice in 19th Century text
The passage discusses shipping live healthy poultry in standard coops, dressed poultry packed in boxes or barrels to reliable dealers. It also outlines a ration for cooking vegetables with corn meal and bran for browing ducks and layers. A mixed feed of oatmeal cornmeal and bran with middings requires green matter to hold together as a proper food.
Black Langshan Boom in English Poultry Breeding
Between 1880 and 1890 a Black Langshan craze swept this country amid mystery from its origin. English breeders developed strains with long legs resembling game fowl, though many consider these birds ugly.
Highest Egg Production Report
The annual farm report shows leading producers in egg output with total counts and rising efficiency across nations. Key players include Poultry Inc and Suncrest Farms, detailing production benchmarks, year over year growth, and regional performance comparisons.
Denison Coffee Ad Promises Pure Hand Picked Berries
An advertisement by Denison Coffee Co. Chicago features F C Harwood touting Denison Coffees as pure and carefully selected. It claims coffee may contain ground mold and decay unseen before roasting and urges readers to buy canned, boxed, or bagged Denison’s coffee through their local dealer.
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F. C. Harwood
Harwood
Denison
Denison’s
Denson Coffee Co
Chicago
Time Didn’t Matter in the Kentucky Hills Tale
A prominent Kentucky lawyer recounts a tale set in the hills after a long courtroom strain. While wandering mountain roads he meets an old darky by the road who checks his sun and watch time, noting both are roughly ten minutes to twelve and mattering little in the vast landscape.
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Hills
Kentucky
Jackson
Darky
Louisville Times
Coal to Dethroned by Electrified Rail Reach West Virginia
The Norfolk and Western Railway electrified 100 miles of its system in West Virginia, placing heavy coal haulers on electric locomotives weighing 270 tons. A 4,000-ton train with two such engines climbed a two percent grade at 14 mph, far surpassing former steam performance. A Cambridge student note mentions 2,000 of 3,600 undergrads joining the war effort as South African business dampens amid the conflict.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
West Virginia
Tribute to the Candidate Interview Gaffe in Indianapolis
A playful exchange between candidate Tom Shipp and an unnamed admirer unfolds over a phone call. The admirer, eager for an interview, pretends long familiarity while plotting a meet in the Claypool Hotel lobby to ensure they recognize Shipp.
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Tom Shipp
Congress
Indianapolis
Shipp
Tom
Claypool
Popular Magazine
The Wily Professor and Clerk Exchange Banter
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a clerk discussing pay from a professor. The clerk notes promised earnings of 40 dollars weekly while the professor questions the figure. The exchange ends with the clerk conceding that most clerks feel they earn at least twice what they receive.
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Skinner
Boston Transcript
Discovery of extensive gypsum deposits in British Columbia
A British Columbia report details the discovery of extensive gypsum deposits. The find involves notable mineral wealth potential and draws attention from local industry and authorities.
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British Columbia
Sea warfare in modern times spoils sea fights forever
Truman SH Newberry notes that naval combat has shifted from heroic stand up duels to stealth and long range engagement. Modern ships fight from miles apart and submarines redefine the battlescape, making traditional ship to ship duels and famed historic heroes look unlikely to reappear.
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Truman SH. Newberry
Jones
Perry
Farragut
Nelson
Dewey
Sea Sleds Proposed for Coast Defense by Navy
The navy studies a half-motor boat hydroaeroplane craft that skims the surface rather than plowing through water. A 24 foot prototype reached 36 miles per hour in tests and officials hope for 55 to 60 mph in service. They claim 200 such craft could be built at the cost of one scout cruiser and would be more effective.
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United States Navy
Navy
Novel Billiard Tables Rest On Solid Rock Island Home
The house on a Puget Sound island features novel billiard tables set on massive concrete bases anchored to bedrock, making them vibration free as part of the island. Misbranded phrase follows: You don't call your husband honey any more. No, I found he was only glucose.
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San Juan
Puget Sound
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