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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
11
A detailed inscription describes a slate pad in the kitchen used for jotting grocery needs and reminders. A lifelike parrot figure, cut from printed crepe paper and mounted on cardboard, decorates the slate to aid a housewife in keeping items and details at hand.
A 1920s discussion extols open air schooling as a remedy for overheated rooms and fatigue. It cites Dr. Hubert Work on essential needs, notes tuberculosis as a house disease, references the Elizabeth McCormick foundation and English 1924 board findings. The piece argues fresh air benefits tubercular and malnourished children, and urges all schoolchildren to have adequate outdoor air.
Dr. B F Kauppshead of North Carolina State College outlines four core points for winter egg production. Clean dry well ventilated houses with optional green range feed, careful selection of layers and vigorous cockerels, and consistent feeding of mash plus a daily scratch feed to pullets. A grain mix of corn wheat and oats fed to twelve hens per pint in two servings is recommended.
Article emphasizes that a strong fall management plan determines next summer's honey yield. It advises uniting weak colonies with two-frame coverage using a newspaper barrier, then consolidating into one brood chamber after a week, noting stronger queens survive. Warns against uniting if American foulbrood is present to avoid spreading disease.
A historical health notice warns that dogs share homes with people and can spread illnesses. It notes tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, and rabies as risks, and emphasizes worms common in dogs, with echinococcus cited as deadly though rare. It advises training dogs to eat separately and to avoid licking faces or hands and to keep them out of sick rooms.
Winter egg production hinges on early hatch and steady growth to maturity. A mash for growing pullets combines wheat bran, wheat middlings, ground yellow corn, ground heavy oats, meat scrap, and salt, kept available in an open hopper. Milk provides animal protein and may allow removing meat scrap if bone meal is added. oyster shell supplies calcium.
In Eureka Lake area Kansas a cooperative team from the United States Department of Agriculture Biological Survey and the extension service of the state agricultural college conducted a rat-control demonstration. They exposed rats to tainted foods laced with barium carbonate then used calcium cyanide dust to gas the burrows. The method reportedly left the farmyard with no rats after a follow up treatment a week later.
A dialogue between the Old Year and the New Year features lullabies and memories. The Old Year recalls past resolve and warmth in the Snowy Castle as the New Year gathers baby songs, lessons, and a wish for kinder worlds. The exchange ends with the Old Year leaving and the New Year arriving with cheerful promises.
A mother and child on a protracted visit observe homesickness as Merle sobs she longs to return home to see their carpet. The young girl expresses affection for home despite enjoying the stay.
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Minnesota a physician of 47 years offers Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a gentle harmless laxative for constipated children. One dose establishes natural bowel movement for weeks and may require doses only rarely. It eases bowels without harsh purges and is pleasant even to sick children. A 60 cent bottle is sold at stores selling medicines.
A light hearted sequence of old time riddle style quips on everyday objects and wordplay. It toys with classic setups such as a carpet running upstairs, Alfred the Great crowned on his head, ears and drums in jazz bands, and a milkman versus a swallow with skimmed water, delivering humor in brief exchanges.
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