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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
8
Fragmentary notes describe pale bites and eerie phenomena in grand Washington hotels. The detritus of a past event hints at chilling instructions and a tense atmosphere, with a focus on paler bites and a constrained, uncertain setting.
A historical guide discusses keeping forty pigeon pairs together with high enclosures, cost of feed, and careful management. It covers space needs, flight loft height, equipment, and the dangers of idleness, plus feeding costs, water and grit requirements. It explains squab readiness, market timing, humane killing methods, grading by size, packing for shipment, and possible express rates.
Instructions emphasize prompt cooling of milk after milking to limit bacterial growth. Keep the can covered, avoid exposed milk, and use ice where available to rapidly chill. Ensure clean vessels and storage away from odors to prevent contamination.
A guide to improving farm efficiency with dry paths, drainage, and low cost devices. It suggests draining swamps, converting unproductive land to ponds or hickory plantings, plus self opening gates and split log drags. Modern aids like gasoline engines and manure spreaders save labor, while starting alfalfa on two to three acres minimizes risk if the crop fails.
Handle chicks and deformed birds as soon as they reach market size. Train workers to spot crooked backs, hip joints, unequal height, crooked toes, beaks, lugs, and eyes. Mark birds destined for early sale with red flannel or paint. Separate and pen them with healthy birds, and keep them clean and calm daily.
In fencing calculations the common wire weight is assumed as one pound per rod, though this varies. Spools come in catch weights from 85 to 335 pounds, average around 85 pounds, marked as net weights. Red spools often claim to contain 0 reds of wire. A wire stretcher is essential for easy, satisfactory work.
Calg ary printer's note reproduces an article on Western Canada farming wealth. It cites wheat crops across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta totaling 342 948 000 bushels worth 280 629 000 plus livestock dairy and root crops. It argues wealth lies in hard cash not real estate or stocks, highlighting creameries honey and new crops with figures from 1915.
A humorous ad claims the farmer, mocked for lacking imagination and relying on hard work, finally succeeds as others chase shortcuts to wealth. The narrator notes he has the laugh and the money now.
George Robey plans nets practice at Lord's despite few chances this year. He recalls a funny incident from Pearson's Weekly about stepping in as a “man short” and delivering a duck after two dropped catches. The captain's sneer sparks Robey’s sharp reply that he was asked to play if he could, not if he would.
The writer mocks aging and aging mindsets urging the reader to face youth's bold pursuits. It contrasts self-perceived youth with Reginald Warne ford sailing Zeppelin dreams and Otto von Weddigen in submarine warfare, questioning sympathy for younger generations.
In a Massachusetts Supreme Court session a witness described a train passing her house by knitting. She began at three o'clock and had knitted around one stocking when the train arrived, prompting the judge to joke about stocking size. The witness quipped that the stocking was for herself and urged the court to judge the time needed accordingly.
A fragmentary line questions whether people deserve pay simply for being good. The text hints at a debate about compensation for virtuous acts, with unclear who is speaking or who should be paid and under what conditions.
West Danby New York resident Mia Dewitt SitchBauch shares her lifelong nervous trouble improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes it helped her and her daughter and she keeps it in the house to recommend widely. The ad extols the tonic as a forty year proven female tonic and invigoration.
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