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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
6
A Virginian captured five two day old wild turkey chicks and raised them with a domestic hen. The mixed brood thrived through winter in a wire enclosure and later produced profitable numbers of hens and gobblers. The birds showed immunity to disease and weather, suggesting wild blood improves domestic turkey vitality.
The article traces turkey origins from Mexican wild stock to English bronze and Norfolk lines, noting crosses with wild gobblers produced modern plumage and fine table birds. It covers incubation, hatchling care, housing, migration, and breeding age, stressing early six weeks as critical and advising careful sourcing and management.
Lesson on Deuteronomy 34 reviews Moses last moments, his ascent of Nebo, and view of Canaan. It notes his faithful leadership, divine judgment, and the succession of Joshua, highlighting Moses as a great but fallible servant who dies in God’s care. Moody cites accepting death as part of a saint’s life.
The article explains turkey price increases for Thanksgiving as eastern flocks decline due to Blackhead disease. It notes the spread of the illness from Rhode Island to New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Hampshire, with western and southern regions acting as potential havens. The piece also discusses disease consequences, breeding cautions, and tips for raising turkeys.
A vintage advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a pleasant remedy for feverishness teething disorders and upset stomachs. It claims 24 years of use by mothers and notes sample free and Druggists price 25 cents. Address 4 S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A dialogue jots a question on how many people Boston should honor in its Hall of Fame. One speaker insists no decision until he reviews the city’s population data.
Advert for a strong boy invites applicants and notes the speaker has just finished rejecting fourteen other contenders waiting in the hall. An energetic, terse exchange captures a brisk hiring moment.
A man returns during a dispute bearing a package hidden behind him. He proclaims, look here dearest, I’ve got something I value more than anyone else in the world. She guesses it is a box of cigars and responds softly.
Two Little Rock Negroes quarrel. one strikes the other with a wagon spoke. The struck man jokes that his thick head saved him, noting that without it he might have died and faced justice and a twenty dollar fine.
Dr Herbert E Ives of London claims to have produced daylight through a new incandescent lamp with a special mantle. The device sits in a cabinet with a reflector and colored screens to filter rays, aiming to mimic sunshine and provide a sunlike light.
Anatole France promised to write an essay on Moliere but kept missing deadlines. Publisher threats trigger lawyer Raymond Poincare, then president, to urge action. Poincare suggests starting sentence Moliere is a Parisian and France completes the piece with renewed zeal.
A man recovering from severe stomach trouble credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health enabling 12 hour workdays and nighttime study. He says the cereal steadies nerves, restores strength and appetite, and prevents fatigue, saving him from malaise and decline. Postum Company of Battle Creek supports the claim.
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