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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
8
A modern sea yarn follows a murder and the seizure of papers by a villain posing as a rich man’s secretary. The family travels to a South Atlantic island while mutiny and shanghaiing unfold aboard a ship. Six lovers end happier. publisher Crittenden Marriott may be a pen name.
A buggy driver witnesses an auto crash at Curwen station. A wounded man, saved by Edith Grant, clings to life and clutches a sealed packet. He insists on seeing Henry Archman before death, prompting Edith to call Archman while Doctor Fox stabilizes him.
A fragment reflecting Machiavelli's view that prudent behavior avoids threats and contempt. Threats only harden the foe and provoke revenge, while restraint preserves advantage and steadiness in political conduct.
The USDA notes home gardeners gain twofold benefits by saving seeds from homegrown vegetables. Seed saving strengthens local adaptation and marketing to neighbors, though formal seed selection is more demanding than typical home effort. Farmers' Bulletin 1390 explains methods and offers copies from Washington, D. C.
A. L. Ward of Texas A M College warns that fields infested with cockleburs should not be used for spring pig grazing. Young sprouts are highly poisonous. 12 ounces can kill a 50 pound pig. Early removal to a dry lot and feeding milk or fat aids recovery. keep pigs off infested fields until plants reach four to six inches.
The article explains sow profitability depends on litter size. With an $80 feeding cost per sow and a litter of ten, the cost per pig is $8. with six pigs it falls to $5. Larger litters come from well conditioned sows that gain weight but should avoid excessive fat to prevent reproductive issues.
Purdue researchers report soy beans can replace tankage with good results when accompanied by a mineral mix. Suggested minerals include wood ashes, phosphate, salt or combinations. soy beans provide about half the protein of tankage, so feeding around three fourths to a pound per head daily is advised. Wheat needs only light soaking, not fine grinding, for effective use. Soy beans offer about two thirds the value per ton of tankage.
The piece promotes practical farming ideas from alfalfa benefits to grafting in orchards and clearing neglected woodlands for profit. It highlights the value of healthy crops and livestock, noting ten pure bred cows producing about eight thousand pounds of milk each versus sixty scrub cows at four thousand pounds, drawing on Connecticut investigatory notes.
A talking wasp named Mr Solitary Wasp muses on being labeled solitary while describing crowded nesting habits and family bonds. He notes cousins and aunts, guards and marketers, and that life with neighbors is sweet though the term solitary feels odd. He ends by enjoying honey, flowers, and the world as he ponders his name.
A public school teacher posed a math puzzle about apples. A pupil named Harry answered that three bags with two apples each were better because there would be one more bag to Bust, prompting chuckles as classmates wrestled with the problem.
A child boasts of a perfect hundred at school while the mother praises effort. Jimmie explains the score split, 50 in reading and 50 in arithmetic, reflecting his steady but uneven progress.
Mrs. Joe Dacus of Little Rock describes a long running ear discharge since age three. After using Pe runa and La cu pia she reports the discharge and odor gone. The condition cited is chronic otitis related to catarrh and claims Pe runa reaches the affected area. The notice notes availability of the remedies in tablet or liquid form.
Early beet sugar required twenty tons of beets per ton of sugar. Now six tons suffice due to scientific improvements in beet production. The shift reflects advances in agricultural science and processing efficiency.
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