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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
3
Calves fed on home mixed or market calf meals show limited success compared to milk. Calf meals cost vary. home mixes often cheaper and sometimes superior. Ingredients include cornmeal, middlings, flour, ground rice, oat flakes, barley malt, cottonseed meal, flax, dried skim milk, and other components. Skim milk powder is not essential.
Calf meals vary in price from 4 to 10 dollars per hundred pounds with an average around 5 dollars. Purdue Mixture blends homing feed linseed meal red dog flour and dried blood in equal parts. Indiana experiment station mix favors cornmeal dried blood and oil meal with other formulations also cited.
The article explains feeding cows to full capacity using abundant roughage and a grain ratio linked to milk output. It suggests one pound of grain per three pints of milk, or higher for cows producing 40 pounds or more, and notes a better rule of one pound of grain per pound of butterfat produced weekly.
More than 1 800 merchant marine officers have been trained and 72 percent licensed for sea service. Training centers at Camp Guilford, Va. San Francisco and Seattle supervise wooden training ships and cargo carriers. Plans call for shore stations to teach seamanship and drill then send men to sea on steel ships with 125 apprentices each on routes Atlantic and Pacific. A maritime commerce course would run at colleges near major ports.
John D. Rockefeller, nearing his eighty second birthday, lives quietly at Pocantico Hills with a small staff. He withdraws from daily wealth concerns, turning attention to foundations and constructive projects while appointing John D. Jr. and trustees to oversee future Rockefeller wealth.
Shipping board officials propose a four year program to educate men in foreign trade and maritime operations. The year would be split into four three month periods with early college work followed by supervised practice in steamship offices and aboard ships. Participants would be paid and receive a degree upon completion, creating a trained workforce for all maritime sectors.
In Scranton Pennsylvania during recess at an Old Forge school 14 year old Anna Pittman is chased and shot dead by 24 year old Michael Jaronowicz a war hero with two nations decorations who allegedly lashed out after she mocked him.
Mike Bragell of Hammond Indiana operated a store raided by police for selling liquor. A jug containing moonshine and a kummel bottle were found. He claimed the infant drank about two jugs in two days. Judge Klotz fined Bragell $50 plus costs.
Toledo News-Bee notes Confucius edited the Li Ki a preface to Chinese music criticism. It cites four ancient states Kang Sung Wei Khi with distinct musical effects, suggesting their lost scores could prefigure jazz while only a drum beat survives in modern Chinese music.
The Detroit News recalls Roman banquets where subrosa signified secrecy. The article explains rose meanings from red for love to white for purity and notes on buttercup associations with memory and lore, including a moonlit cure claim for insanity.
A narrator recalls taking bright red apples only to bite a fiery red pepper by mistake. The pepper caused intense pain and a frantic reaction as the mother tried to soothe the burning eyes with oil before a bathtub cleanse. The incident ends with a long memory of the misdeed.
A Portland Oregon customer of the Electric Power Company plans to reach a seasonal output near 190000 chickens at his electrically operated farm known as Henacres. The operation began in 1915 with one incubator and now uses a 20000 egg capacity incubator. The plant consumes 33.5 kilowatts for heating and eight kilowatts for lighting with a 20 kilowatt DC generator for emergency service.
A French airline proposes an aerial tour starting at Toulouse at 8 30 a m. via the Pyrenees to Barcelona. The itinerary includes Malaga Tangiers Rabat Fez with hotel palaces and Sahara oases, promising magical travel by air.
A fragment from a drama or column notes a mother and her music teacher’s regard for a young man. The piece hints at a romance judged by a religious figure and a stern patron who insists courting occur after work hours rather than during paid lessons.
Exchange shows amusement at being treated with courtesy as friends invite guests to dinner. The remark notes dinner at current prices reflects affection and social bond.
Film Fun reports the director choosing Kine Lear for a new production. The camera man argues for casting an elder actor to fit Lear, while the director and crew plan to portray the king as a younger man on screen.
A terse meditation on a carved sphinx perched in stillness. The speaker contrasts a stone head with a living mind to ponder what the statue might contemplate.
A humorous exchange about Ife’s personality color palette. They note Ife is well read and considerate yet reveals envy when green and sadness when blue, with a visible streak of yellow. The dialogue uses vivid color metaphors to describe mood and character.
A witty proof contrasts women’s football with bargain sale rushes. It notes men suffer more injuries in football versus the rare serious harms women face in crowded sale crowds, implying gendered risk differences.
Humorous remark contrasts diplomats with a Turkey carving expert. A bystander wishes for a negotiator who can deftly carve the holiday bird, signaling a light moment amid serious talks. The quip underscores practical skills as a valued asset at negotiations.
A street robber orders the pedestrian to surrender but the latter calmly replies he has been out shopping all day with his wife. The exchange unfolds as a brief urban encounter cited in London Tit-Bits.
A humorous banter about gown making features two voices debating Madam Fluffies possibly sewing outfits. One suggests avoiding a tailored gown from that tailor, while the other quips about attempting to fit a gown from the same maker.
A violinist delivers a marvelous performance captivating the audience as the critic notes superb technique and emotional depth. The scene captures a shared sense of wonder from listeners who linger on each note.
A sharp countermelody of irritation about a persistent whistleless critic who provokes the narrator’s temper. The piece names a troublesome elder figure and frames his meddling as an ongoing nuisance.
A sharp exchange notes that one half of the world may not know how the other half lives. The retort points to suburban life and a talkative servant as evidence. Published in Pearson's Weekly.
A quirky dialogue unfolds with a store clerk warning a man about following a lady, the man replying she is his wife. A curious child asks if all creatures have natural food and whether sea horses and sea cows feed on crab grass.
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