Coal Famine Strikes Northwestern States In Midsummer
In midsummer the Northwest faces a serious coal shortage as the Northern Pacific uses Ohio coal and local supplies run short. Spokane reports sparse car orders, Canada restricts exports, and Pacific coast demand grows. Mines operate around the clock but cannot meet home use, rail needs, and winter plans across Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
Northern Pacific
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Spokane
Canada
Pacific Coast
Baltimore
Northwest
Australia
Japan
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Wyoming
Dakotas
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
California
St. Paul
Seattle
Boil Your Drinking Water Amid Summer Heat
The Courier Journal reports Dr M K Allen of the Health Department urges boiling all drinking water during hot summer months to prevent typhoid germs. He warns against impure milk for babies and children, and notes water samples are being analyzed for typhoid. Local updates include births, farm trades, and Sunday school at Tatham Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal
M. K. Allen
Health Department
William Foster
Cardwell
Will VanDiver
Harrodsburg
Tatham Springs
Addie Goff
John Gregory
Gao
Royalty
J. W. Satterly
Blas Burkhead
David Derringer
I. P. Johnson
Rev. Hatchet
Fairview
Pleasant Hill School Progress Highlighted By Wells
Pleasant Hill news notes the local school under the management of Mr. Samuel Wells improving diligently. The brief mentions Mr. and Mrs. Jas Durr visiting on Tuesday and indicates community activity surrounding the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wells
Jas. Durr
Sparrow Wheat Threshing Yields Falter. Local Notes
Agricultural updates report wheat threshing underperforming versus expectations while tobacco appears fair. School at Sparrow progresses under Claud Perry. Rev Montjoy conducts Love Ridge meetings. Fair Mount church work and sermons noted. Berry picking and canning by housewives mentioned along with fishing trips and cold prevention tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Perry
Allie Barnett
W. T. Barnett
Mackville
A. D. Montjoy
Loveridge
Fair Mount
H. L. Olmstead
Old Fair Mount
Poultry Wisdom From Old Farm Journal Notes
Practical tips on poultry care from early farming notes include feeding ducks turnips greens and garden scraps, counting chicks, and limiting cornmeal in hot weather. Advice covers incubation, housing, green feed, health checks, and fattening fowls for market with two weeks of intensive feeding before sale.
Selecting Eggs For Hatching And Eye Shape Beliefs
A discussion on choosing eggs for hatching focuses on egg shape color and eye appearance. It argues eye roundness does not affect chick sex and warns gradual selection can distort egg shape traits.
Barley and Rye For Fowls Notes on Feed and Management
The text discusses barley and rye as farm animal feed noting barley and rye are good additions to poultry rations. It mentions some ducks dislike barley and some refuse rye unless starved, and that grain is eaten more readily when fed in droppings of straw, plus advice on culling unproductive birds and ventilating coops for chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Jones & CO
Snefild, Ky
Gumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co Leadership
Gumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co announces James E Caldwell as President General Manager and Leland Hume as Secretary and Assistant General Manager. The notice identifies Caldwell and Hume in executive roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
James E. Caldwell
Gen
Poultry Care Claims Sparks New Heat Protection Debate
A Poultry Tribune alarm calls that keeping ten heads of poultry on one acre is unachievable, arguing that chicks need shade to prevent sunburn and stressing the impracticality of spreading hens too thinly on small plots.
Liquid Lice Killers And Broiler Preparation Tips
The article describes commercial liquid lice killers using kerosene and naphthalene blends as effective paints to protect poultry housings from mites. It also advises fattening broilers with generous corn feeds, ground grain, a two thirds cornmeal to one third bran mash, cooked potatoes, milk, and sugar to accelerate growth before market. It ends with a subscription pitch for The Sun at $1.00 per year.
Enduring Work on Typewriter Shows Varied German Ribbons
The German government tests reveal wide durability differences in typewritten documents, with some American-made ribbons delivering higher average quality. A first edition of The Murders In the Rue Morgue sold for 1400 dollars, a sum Poe might have envied for the story.
Suburban Free Column Buyers and Sellers
Local subscribers list various small ads including ranch stock such as yearling steers and heifers, cows with calves, sows with piglets, lumber, oak logs, cedar posts, wool, and livestock buyers in Springfield Booker and surrounding areas. Listings show numerous individuals seeking or offering farm goods and services with rough prices and quantities.
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Wt. Snider
Rt 1
James C. McElroy
Gibbs
Springfield
James Oder
Booker
W. G. Grundy
Valley Hill
LL. Jan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pleasant Hill
C. L. Price
Sparrow
Poultry Wisdom
Farm Journal
Sussex
England
London
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Leland Hume
Poultry Tribune
Sun
W. B. Hatchett
Richard Kiley
James E. Hagan
R.F. D
W. H. Yancey
Sprit
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