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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
2
A collage of seemingly unrelated ad lines and dialogue snippets appears, including references to Freckles and Freekien, legal marital status, a judge, an invitation, Detroit Free Press, Hanford’s Haleam, a $50 race bet, a scalp tonic claim, and an actor's remark about staged sorrow.
An advertisement claims resinol ointment and red tal soap rapidly heal itching burning skin conditions such as eczema rashes ringworm and dandruff after physicians prescribe retinol for years. It urges readers to buy from druggists and hints at a large trolley terminal project and marriage remarks elsewhere in the page.
A mangled ad page fragment urges purchases and remedies with phrases about love letters, Maltan boot factories, and Hanford's Balm of Myrrh. It mentions preferred creditors and readiness for accidents, with scattered product lines and promotional blitz.
A garbled clipping presents mixed promotional lines and odd phrases about Red Cross Ball Blue cement, a speechless lady on a twenty dollar coin, and a claim that learning is preferable to work. The text ties odd product pitches to vague social commentary with numerous errors and illogical connections.
The article discusses Brahma lines including Light and Dark Brahma, Cochins, and Langshans as strong meat breeds. It emphasizes selecting heavy hens with long bodies and wide thigh gaps, and using slightly longer-legged cann-type cockerels. Both sexes should be clean feathered with minimal leg feathering. Brahmas won favor years ago for market poultry and are regaining interest in New England poultry districts.
Growing chicks given abundant range shade and green feed in summer mature faster and more evenly than those in small yards. Hatch too early risk fall melt after laying a few eggs, delaying resume until winter or later. Hatch early enough to allow normal maturity before cold weather.
A historical note discusses egg packing losses from breakage due to excess space and elastic partitions in ordinary fillers. It proposes a scheme using fat sheets to reduce breakage and improve packing efficiency.
Keep a record of your flock year round to determine earnings. Charge a reasonable price for all eggs used. Do not mix poultry of different ages breeds or colors. Geese mating can be run for seven or eight years with little change. Pullets say nothing about age. chickens may be ten or twelve months old.
Kempater outlines breeding for vigor through strict culling and marking. Select breeding stock from 1- to 2-year-old birds, separate the breeding flock, and avoid weak, sick, or crow-headed birds. Focus on strong constitution, early selection, and targeted mating to maximize egg production and healthy progeny.
A recipe fragment details German styled cakes including Apple Cake and German Coffee Cake with yeast, milk, flour, and apples. It outlines making sponge, kneading, rising times, shaping into pans, and baking steps. Also includes Zwieback and Lemon Jolly Cake methods with sponges, fruit, and toppings.
The article explains chicken digestion with emphasis on the gizzard and grit, advising ample grit access and caution against musty grains. It discusses barley, wheat, and corn as equally valuable with proper supplementation, warns against cheapest grain reliance, and notes grinding mash every few days, with fresh meat fed occasionally and careful freshness.
Gapes in chickens are caused by wormlike parasites that attach to the windpipe mucous membrane. It affects young birds more. symptoms include drooped wings and wheezing. Prevention is key, as parasites can spread through soil, feed, other birds, and even eggs. Keep chicken houses and yards clean to reduce risk.
The king kept fowls with guidance for egg production and quality table birds. Breeds such as Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Orpington Rhode Island Reds and other heavier varieties suit beginners and experienced poultrymen. Choice depends on taste and aims of each keeper. Larger breeds provide good table fowls after laying season.
Wheat bran and middlings are very good for the little chicks. They should be fed liberally of it, but care should be exercised that the ration balanced with other feeds. If fed alone no good results will be accomplished, but injury to the fowls is unlikely to occur.
Guidelines emphasize gathering eggs promptly to guard against chilling or injury. Keep nests clean, avoid washing eggs, and remove any protective coverings only when necessary. Prevent overheating, rough handling, or mishandling during incubation by careful placement and handling.
The article describes lice infestations in poultry with droopy, feathered birds. It advises inspecting around the vent and base of the tail, gently lifting each fowl to locate parasites. Recommendations include rubbing soft earth and stove ashes in the scratchy shed to help hens aid in driving pests away.
Recipe fragment describes heating two eyes with half a pound of confectioners sugar then stirring in half a pound of ground coconut. Mix well and drop onto a buttered pan. Bake in a moderate oven for cake tune minutes.
A compact recipe item outlines a forcemeat using two ounces lean ham or bacon, a quarter pound more, rind of half a lemon, one teaspoon parsley and herbs, eight ounces bread crumbs, two beaten eggs, salt and pepper. The instructions emphasize combining ingredients into a cohesive mixture for baking or shaping.
A compact culinary note describes frying scallops. It suggests rinsing in salt water, drying for bapkin, dredging in Sour, and frying in hot pork fat with Bega and crumbe as flavoring. Strong home cooking steps and vintage terms imply a way to prepare fried scallops.
A fragmentary page reads like a satirical exchange about pulling up dandelions and poisoning misused plants. It references colored help and unclear figures such as The One and The Other, with a terse note on an affected part and a green reference, attributed to Harper's Magazine.
The text explains Canada thistle vitality and its long cordlike perennial root that extends eight to fifteen inches or more. A single plant may dominate a patch, with root fragments spreading to form new colonies when moved by plows or water. Cut leafy shoots lead to new growth, repeating until the root exhausts after several cycles.
A town native touts Doctor Sharp as the leading medical man and wealthy. The visitor asks if his riches come from practice alone, learning he also profited from a lucrative oil well venture, a mix of medicine and business in this small town society.
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