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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1915
Page
9
Article notes dry feeding with ground grain and whole grain helps egg fertility and health, saving labor. Fowls adjust from initial rejection, drink more water between mouthfuls, and benefit chicks with constant access. Use troughs, rats proof hoppers, and allow scratching in litter before roost.
Nova Scotia grower R H Woodworth promotes home-made lime sulfur with a savings of at least one dollar per barrel. Instructions: build a wooden spray tank 82 by six by two feet, insulate, set in brick, mix 100 lb sulfur 50 lb lime and 50 gal water, boil one hour, test to 32 degrees Baume, and use four to five quarts per 40 gallons depending on spray type.
A guide advises poultry keepers to maintain cozy housing and avoid stress. Provide a varied diet to cover all nutrition needs and create summer-like conditions to support hen welfare and laying.
Plant a few currants gooseberries and raspberries this spring. They are easy to care for and will repay any one.
Practical guidance on early calf milk feeding to ease later handling. Advocates clean warm stalls with confinement stanchions to simplify feeding, noting minimal extra effort compared with feeding pigs. A circular from the dairy division of USDA can be requested in Washington D.C.
A terse proverb notes that a man with wealth attracts friends who seek favors or entertainment. It implies friendships formed for gain may distance when funds vanish.
A dialogue segment features Mr Growcher reflecting on artificial modernity and longing for the past while recalling women at breakfast with curl papers, illustrating social contrasts and nostalgia.
Alice praises the new minister as superbly eloquent and able to move listeners to tears. Winston responds with sarcasm, saying eloquence is trivial if every sneeze is equal to onion-peel effort in persuasion.
In a test of learning, a college student Robert denies purchasing a Grecian urn during his studies while his father refines his knowledge of literature. The exchange centers on the Ode on a Grecian Urn and a debate over obligations with tradesmen.
German POW Hans Schmidt from Saxony details harsh conditions in a French prison camp. He describes guards and hard labor and explains his fear of sending news home. He reveals a coded message, noting Forest Home is a Saxon prison name for the worst criminals.
An old advertisement promises relief for weak watery eyes and irritation with Murine Eye Remedy, urging readers to request a free trial by mail from the Chicago company. The copy uses archaic phrasing and misspellings to push the remedy as a confident solution.
A terse dialogue fragment depicts a rough, rural exchange about warmth and a father figure. The speakers exchange lines in a colloquial Western dialect, hinting at hardship and personal resilience.
A brief exchange shows a boy admitting to lying when confronted by a woman. The line captures a teachable moment about honesty and accountability in a domestic or classroom setting.
A blonde typewriter narrator hints at a strange encounter as a man arrives to sell an airplane. The employer asks the reaction and she replies I sent him flying, implying a clever rejection presented in a humorous, flirtatious exchange.
In a passage from Everybody's Magazine, George Creel dining with Kansas City friends Lionel Moise and Vincent O Flaherty is annoyed by their habit of addressing the waiter as George. He questions why they persist with the nickname.
A mother seeking good university rooms for her son visits a boarding house. The landlady offers a reduced rate for a second-floor room because a neighbor plays piano constantly. The mother says the son is deaf, so the landlady charges full price, citing silence as the needed reason.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet. It claims instant relief for tired aching feet and prevents swelling. The copy references a judge and a trip to expositions in California with a promotional tone.
A soldier handed a ship biscuit marked On active service to a visitor before the New Zealand expeditionary force ships left. The visitor, a postmaster general, joked the biscuit could likely pass through the post if anyone could manage it, drawing a light moment amid troop movements.
A boy named Charles Henry tries to calm three women by speaking Latin in a taxi speeding through Rome. The driver initially accelerates, but the car slows when the line about virgins fear greatly is spoken, provoking laughter and a moment of comic relief.
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