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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1924
Page
7
Fred Bradshaw Saskatchewan game guardian warns in his annual report that the prairies near Saskatoon see antelope numbers drop to only 250 head. He calls the species doomed to early extinction as once abundant herds disappear.
In this brief vignette a child explains that a cat asked to be let out, prompting a motherly question and a simple, humane sentiment. The lines blend domestic humor with a gentle reflection on pity.
Dr. Roy W. Miner of the American Museum of Natural History returns from the Bahamas with coral specimens for a reef display planned for the Hall of Ocean Life. The exhibit, 18 feet below the water line with a 19 foot dome, will depict Andros island shores and tropical skies. The project uses a Williamson submarine tube for seabed sketches and photography, yielding ocean floor insights and many fish, sharks, morays, and barracudas observed during underwater work.
A British Guiana one cent stamp from 1856, printed with Damus Petimus Que Vicissim, is valued at $82,500 and owned by Arthur Hind of Utica. Hind holds other rare stamps including Mauritius No 2 and 1, plus Hawaiian and Boscaween stamps, marking him as a leading collector among about 100,000 in the United States.
A prince of Jind and his entourage stayed in a fashionable Chicago hotel with wife, three children, and multiple secretaries and guards. The party included Mrs Mody and Sikh guards in white, and the maharajah is described with English attire, a $450,000 yearly income, and nine rooms. They arrived late at night and had a hot meal before bed.
Professor R T Chamberlin and Allen Carpe report eight first ascents in the Cariboo range of British Columbia. They located headwaters of the Tomson and Canoe rivers, locating the last big range south of Alaska. The climbs faced severe storms and treacherous terrain with no guides.
A Kansas experiment at Fort Hays compared Sudan grass hay with alfalfa hay in Holstein cows over three 20 day periods. Cows fed alfalfa produced about 13 percent more milk, with no significant weight changes, and showed a preference for alfalfa as indicated by less waste. Sudan grass offers a useful emergency hay crop with yields of one to two tons per acre. drought tolerant and widely used in Kansas and the southwest.
Agricultural experts from Iowa State College warn that flies irritate dairy cows in summer reducing milk yield and increasing restlessness. A home spray recipe using coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar mixed with laundry soap. water and warmed to 80 gallons is recommended. Two workers with a portable cart can spray 40 cows in five minutes twice daily at about one cent per cow per day.
C. A. Iverson of Iowa State College warns that untested cream separators may cheat owners of butterfat. Testing skim milk with the Babcock method helps regulate the separator to skim more closely. Farmers with home testing can use 20 cubic cm of skim milk. others may send a 4 ounce sample to Iowa State for 10 cents.
Dairy notes stress keeping barns clean and using the quickest route to ship cream. Wash udders before milking and use a brush for utensils. Refill cooling tanks with fresh water, ship cream at least three times weekly in summer and twice weekly in winter. Cows should have daily access to salt about one ounce. a year-old calf costs around $50, and scrubs can mean a loss. From a value view, dairy animals are the most important livestock on American farms.
A Milwaukee woman describes relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to recover from postnatal weakness and headaches. The witness asserts friends should consider the tonic, noting prior illness and ongoing fatigue after childbirth.
A collection of witty lines and remarks about knowledge value and family traits. Highlights include Franklin quotes on knowledge paying interest and a playful exchange about a daughter's inherited voice.
Classic 30 year old ad touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe non narcotic teething remedy for children. Claims pleasant substitute to castor oil paregoric and soothing syrups with proven directions on each package and physicians' endorsement.
London Tit-Bits quotes a staged dialogue about a gramo phone as a humorous device. The advertisement promotes Cuticura Talcum Powder as a versatile antiseptic scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio.
A quotation highlights belief as the core of character and action, asserting that creed governs a man’s soul and conduct more than words. The saying from Her Ald and Presbyter stresses belief as the driver of life choices and personal identity.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims the vegetable compound is gentle and effective with rapid results and urges readers to request a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer amp Hamton New York while noting the sponsoring newspaper.
Hungry elk emerging from the foot hills near Okanogan Washington trample haystacks and prompt farmers to organize. Blank shells fired over the herds have driven them away before, but hunger brings the animals back to farm lands.
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