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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
3
A humorous anecdote about Lord Charles Beresford staying overnight at a country inn near Oxford. He announces his identity to the host, prompting a flustered hot water boy who is told to announce the lord by voice. The boy mishears twice, finally declaring it’s the lord, me boy.
Feath er notes in clubs and hotels show rising interest in turkey poults as broilers. Late season eggs can be hatched and raised to broiler size for city markets, with plans to sell before they reach maturity. Correspondence with poultry dealers and commissions can coordinate distribution.
A Pennsylvania farmer describes a profitable feeding regime for Wyandotte cockerels reaching 3.5 pounds at 12 weeks and pullets laying by five months. He details a phased diet starting with baked bone and sour milk, then progressing to cracked corn, wheat, chick feed, and bone, with specific feeding times through the first 12 weeks and beyond into winter yarding.
The guinea broiler, priced at about a pound to a pound and a quarter, has grown popular in watering places and cities as a substitute for game birds. Laws against cold storage and selling game out of season boost demand, with restaurants and hotels seeking a ready domestic alternative. The article suggests domestic pheasant as another fitting substitute and predicts rising city sales for every guinea broiler that can be raised.
Poultry expert P H Jacobs notes that late hatch chicks can thrive with proper precautions. He warns warm summer nights can stress crowded chicks in close houses, recommending ample ventilation and avoiding overcrowded brood groups to prevent heat buildup.
Farm and Ranch contributor W. J. Cooper advises separating the laying department from the roosting house for hens. Build nest boxes about a foot square using 1 by 12 boards for bottom back and top with a backward-sloping top to shed water. Add a six inch front plank, a partition every foot, and a sliding top plank to shut each nest at will.
Poultry notes describe economic yields from geese and ducks, suggesting a goose yields about a dollar yearly in feathers with market price 40 to 50 cents per pound. A ratio of one rooster to twelve hens is enough to sustain the flock in summer. Ducks mature early and provide good meat, making them worth keeping. Weekly cleaning and disinfection of the poultry house is advised to stay nearly disease and vermin free. Young fowls fetch higher net prices than older birds.
Lois, an artist, struggles to fund her work as landlady Mrs. Siefke pressures her to settle or leave. She sells pyrographic pieces seen by a terrier named Terror. Burr aids, but Lois longs for Terror’s loyalty. After a confrontation, Lois seeks help from Burr and visits his aunt, while Terror’s devotion clashes with romance.
Lois and her helper Terror collaborate on pyrography art centered on Holy Terror. The green leather cushion portrait captures his likeness with a strawberry nose and bold black and white spots. The scene ends with Lois preparing to take the piece to market.
The article recounts Buckland’s notes on animals trapped by live oysters and mussels. A rail beaked by an oyster near Penzance was mounted, a saltwater fish wedged in a mussel, and a colored man pinched by an oyster clamped on his tongue, with Jupiter’s quip about the oyster’s hard gums.
The report extols Japanese fishermen as fearless, noting their tiny boats venture 200 to 300 miles to harvest fish. It describes wrecks and lost lives from typhoons and ship collisions, with fleets remaining constant amid dangers at sea around Japan.
An improved peat briquette process yields a mile of heat for $1.21 a ton and broadens supply globally. Peat deposits are rich in Alaska Siberia and northern countries with Sweden using 2,000,000 tons annually. Proximity to Chicago is noted as sufficient for local fuel needs. Ireland holds one seventh of its area as peat bars now profitably workable.
Mary Anderson returned to perform before 2,000 people in the east end, aiming to bring sweetness and light through club settlements. She wore a simple white gown and, during Macbeth, briefly became both reader and actress, introducing her Shakespearean recital with calm enthusiasm.
The New York Times notes a Windhut South Africa mission church with a simple chapel lacking a bell. A tree nearby serves as the bell tower, with a rope tied to the trunk to silence it when needed, reflecting local improvisation at the governor’s seat city.
Professor Langley argues that labor saving devices harm no one and cites a fable of the stable cat on a horse. The horse fears obsolescence with autos, but the cat retorts that mice traps did not replace it. The piece moralizes about progress and labor with a whimsical fable tone.
A 19th century article notes Danish laborers live comfortably on four dollars a week enough to support a large family, illustrating lower wage expectations and living costs in Denmark.
The statement argues that laborers earn more than a dollar fifty daily, with skilled workers receiving one to one and a quarter dollars. It claims living costs are low, provisions are cheap, and transient hotel rooms can be had for about 60 cents per day in American currency.
Frank Abial Flower recounts a postwar conversation with General Robert E Lee. He asks which period most affected the Confederacy. Lee answers that the critical time was immediately after the battle of Gettysburg.
Late Saturday closing of Glasgow public houses at 10 p m under Scottish justices powers has caused an immediate drop of fifty percent in police cases of drunkenness, according to London Nawa.
The English lexicon ranges from about 50 000 to 80 000 words with Shakespeare using around 15 000 and Milton about half that. Educated adults likely know 5 000 to 6 000 active terms, yet many more exist unused. A well read graduate may know about 100 000 words, while yearly usage stays near 5 000. Shorthand reporters use roughly 2 500 word signs for common spoken language.
In the London Fruit Flower and Vegetible Trades Journal a report explains Jamaica oranges cost nothing to obtain and require no packing in Jamaica. A car from Randal to Kingston about thirty miles costs £14 6s, bananas in the same car cost £8. Orange marmalade sells for 4 4d per pound jar, so marmalade is uneconomical to make. Demand for orange wine is small compared with supply, leaving oranges to rot.
A Western man argues irrigation is a great national problem and Farmer Corntessel agrees water should be moved from stocks into the ground. The Washington Star notes jealousy while Chelsea Gazette mentions a play attributed to Joe and Ned amid critic chatter.
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