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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1910
Page
5
The British Medical Journal cites Mr. Frances Trollope describing a Breton hair market where protesters sell long hair. Buyers travel the region to acquire fine tresses from peasant girls. Hair prices are about 20 sous or a cotton handkerchief, with caps hiding hair.
A newly built railway vehicle in Wagland for the Rao of Dutch in India combines locomotive and coach elements as a shooting car. It uses a four cylinder gasoline engine with three speeds in each direction and a three compartment body with end platforms for the driver.
During a Stratford performance of The Whip, a horse kicked an actor into the orchestra. The horse caused damage to footlight wires and a minor panic was narrowly averted as crews hurried to secure the scene.
The Cardiff wife of a sea man had a coffin made for her Java monkey Jenny who died years ago. The memorial plate reads In memory of my dear Jenny died September 1910. Mrs. Mitchell kept the pet for ten years and the monkey was interred with funeral rites in a warden.
A West Prussia township reports an alderman Herr Arndt and his family died by gas asphyxiation after a supper table scene, the father and daughter dead, wife and son critically injured in a presumed mutual suicide pact over misappropriation suspicions.
Spectators witnessed a dramatic scene at Whipp’s Cross bathing pond in Epping Forest England when a nurse with a baby faced an attempted claim by a woman. The nurse jumped into the pond to protect the child, a bystander rescued the nurse, a bulldog saved the baby, and a policeman custodyed the asserting woman. A cinematograph operator filmed the incident before all left in a cab.
Calais centers on the Place d Armes where the fifteenth century Hotel de Ville tower stands and the old watch tower. The 1848 lighthouse stood aside by the present magnificent light, its rotating beam seen twenty miles at sea, described as ribs of a giant umbrella.
Among Africa’s most extraordinary head dresses are those worn by the women of the oasis of Agram. Their hair is plentiful and arranged in coiffures that awe travelers. Some resemble a Roman helmet and reflect pride comparable to Western styles.
The article analyzes Bourges Cathedral famed for its high nave columns, numerous lancet and rose windows, and a distinctive Gothic fabric. It contrasts evolving styles with fixed genius, notes the practical vaulted architecture, and reflects on master masons and the enduring value of great cathedrals.
J W Torrance of Ripley Missouri writes in Missouri Valley Farmer about curtain front hen houses. In states with long cold winters the design keeps fowls near natural conditions reducing disease and boosting egg production with proper feeding. South side wire netting is protected by storm curtains and a 12 inch board on the north to adjust to weather.
Instructions for preparing market turkeys with penned housing and roosting shed. Two herd method aids appetite. keep flocks together. Feed only what is eaten, use sound fattening grain, mixed grain, vegetables, turnip tops, cabbage leaves, rye as substitute, and ample fresh water. Four daily feedings, clean troughs and dry yard. Handle calmly to avoid fright.
Correct feeding and keeping go together for fowls. Protect against drafts and keep warm houses and feed to maintain health and egg output. Laying hens eat more and benefit from grit and dry, small cracked corn rather than wet mash or raw cornmeal.
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