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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
2
Hetty Castleton eludes Challis Wrandall and travels through Paris Lucerne and Interlaken with Brandon Booth pursuing a hidden past. Hetty faces a secret tied to Sara Wrandall while Booth seeks to uncover the truth and win Hetty’s love amid mounting social and personal obstacles.
P Snyde explains the profitable swine ration as the feed amount needed to gain one unit of weight. He notes that the best ration is the one yielding the most efficient gains, with costs varying by locality. Nebraska experiment station results over five years are used to calculate feed costs.
A test comparing hog fattening with various alfalfa mixes found corn plus alfalfa hay, chopped alfalfa, or alfalfa meal produced close results. The best rations ranked with 100 parts corn plus alfalfa hay, then 90 corn 10 alfalfa forms, and 90 corn 10 alfalfa meal. Overall feed cost to reach 225 pounds was 3.35 per 100 pounds, rising to 3.57 per 100 pounds for 325 pounds.
An editorial notes that piecework may cut labor costs and improve workmanship by reducing day rates, while acknowledging resistance to higher earnings. In a separate tale a trapper fights a bear on a mountain, the bear choking on his tobacco plug before releasing him.
A veteran trapper uses tobacco as a safeguard against bear attacks. The unusual method reflects frontier wisdom and caution in dealing with aggressive wildlife.
A three year old Emerson believed all music came from a method like the talking machine he knew. He attended a band concert and insisted on going up to the band stand after the band had played.
In the far northwest an Indian chief named Prince of Wales, son of the Duke of York, runs a ranch by Scowbay where geese trained to dig clams assist his contract with a local cannery. He notes they wake at night for tide, gather whole clams, and deliver them to a pail, with two or three birds directing others.
Broadway dancer finds a dead mouse trapped in an oyster shell after leaving a dozen oysters on her kitchenette table. A playful observation follows about animals that weep and the ease with which some creatures shed tears.
United States Consul John D. Whiting in Jerusalem reports a surge in forgeries of Arabic enameled glassware. Damascus remains the main source of genuine pieces, but the counterfeit trade has grown substantially in recent times.
A jagged fragment quotes life as a test of courage and virtue. It argues true happiness comes from using one’s power and avoiding selfish prudence that avoids risk and pain. The text hints at fame and love, but is incomplete.
The piece warns that ticks prey on thousands of U.S. flocks after scab eradication led to lax dip practices. It urges two thorough dips ten days apart to kill ticks and keep newly bought sheep clean, noting many American flocks are tickless.
The note advises keeping young hogs in uncrowded quarters and supplying a proper diet to promote healthy growth. It emphasizes that healthy individuals have greater resistance to disease and that odor has no role in disease prevention.
The saying favors keeping an animal gaining to avoid weight loss or delays in growth. It argues maintaining gain is easier and cheaper than allowing stagnation.
In Chicago, John E. Denson forced his wife to work and cover household and his personal debts for ten years before ordering her from their home, according to Mrs. Bensoji's divorce bill.
Jacob Friday, a Pittsburgh wholesale liquor dealer, left a will outlining estate details amid a questionable quarantine case. The filing notes qupathine and related matters as part of the probate proceeding.
Mrs Ed Day of Chillicothe Ohio proclaims Cardui the women’s tonic saved her life after four years of weakness. She married fourteen years and had two children yet could not walk after the youngest’s birth until receiving guidance from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies Advisory. Four bottles restored her strength and mobility. Your druggist sells Cardui today. Ady
Dialogue shows a comedian lamenting a lack of mirth in a scene as he jokes about his divorced wife and an impending Hoboken performance. He mentions a man at the stage door serving an attachment on his baggage and losing his collar.
An advertisement extols Cuticura as a one night treatment to soothe red rough chapped hands. It advises hot-water soaking applying Cuticura Soap and Ointment and wearing loose gloves overnight. It claims added protection for workers, offers free samples and directs mailing to Cuticura Boston. The ad ends with a jokey aside about consistent laughter.
A dealer in a small town offered a suit length to an Irishman for ten bob. Pat replied that if tuppence could buy the makings of a topcoat for an elephant he could not buy the makings of leggings for a canary at that moment.
A New York Players Club member recalls Gilbert K. Chesterton being described as fat, then tells a London anecdote about a celebrated essayist with a son who sucks his thumb. The boy confronts Chesterton at dessert, asking if he still sucks his thumb, prompting a moral pause.
A twelve member family declares Postum improved health after coffee caused headaches dizziness and stomach upset. The mother brother and sister report relief and happiness since replacing coffee with Postum in Battle Creek Michigan. Regular and Instant Postum are advertised with prices 15 and 25 cents.
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