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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
7
Article notes that dry feeding, though not new, has gained traction among poultrymen for 25 years. Benefits cited include easier labor, healthier hens, and higher egg fertility, with fowl preference for ground grain and increased water intake supporting egg quality.
Nova Scotia fruit grower R H Woodworth shares how to make lime sulfur in a wooden tank. He recommends spraying several acres of trees and claims savings of at least one dollar per barrel. The process uses 100 pounds sulfur 50 pounds lime and 50 gallons water boiled for an hour. Use hydrometer to test 32 degrees Baume. Four gallons per 40 gallons water for dormant spray or five quarts per 40 gallons for summer spray.
The advice emphasizes ensuring hen comfort through varied nutrition and summerlike conditions. It stresses ample food variety to meet all needs and maintaining warm, calm housing to support healthy lay rates.
Plant currants gooseberries and raspberries this spring. They are easy to care for and will repay any reader with fresh fruit.
Calves should be taught to drink milk from a young age to ease later handling. A clean warm stall with stanchions for confinement during feeding reduces effort to that of feeding pigs. An illustration shows the stanchion construction and a circular on calf feeding is available from the dairy division in Washington, D. C.
The article notes that preliminary signs suggest Soviet forces are preparing a sweeping advance, with observers observing dust and movement indicating a major breakthrough may have occurred.
An advertisement urges visitors to use Allen's Foot-Ease powder in shoes to prevent and relieve tired feet at the California Expositions. It claims instant relief for swollen feet and includes a testimonial from a visitor. The note promotes acquiring the product today.
A brief dialogue from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a man asking the new cook if he should tell her he is boarding the 7 12 train. She replies that she will also ride the same train.
A blonde typewriter quips she sent a man selling an aeroplane flying. The employer asks what she told him, and she replies with the punchline that she sent him flying.
A humorous remark contrasts rice varieties identified by government scientists in the Philippines with a quip about a woman married multiple times always yielding the same rice variety. The exchange notes nearly a thousand rice varieties and a witty observation on consistency.
In a college scene a father tests his son Robert on the Odeon Grecian Urn and the son defends his books and finances, insisting he did not buy any Grecian urns during his college years. The exchange ends with the son asserting the error.
A chaotic ride through Rome as a taxi speeds to safety while a mother and grandmother attempt foreign phrases to persuade the driver. Charles Henry ponders aloud in a foreign tongue causing the cab to slow after a magical moment of laughter and relief.
The readable text hints at nostalgia for earlier times, contrasting “the good old days” with present behavior. It contains disjointed phrases about artificiality, greetings, breakfast, and women’s appearance, suggesting a reflective or critical mood without a clear event or named individuals.
An old advertisement urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for safety and the signature. A separate dramatic line shows a couple in a confrontational moment with a whispered accusation about consent, revealing a tense marriage dispute snippet.
George Creel, a magazine writer, dines with Kansas City friends Lionel Moise and Vincent OFlaherty who keep addressing the waiter as George. He complains why they call him Lionel or Vincent only, not the waiter.
A Bacon teacher of singing claims two months of proper breathing can enlarge the chest by two to three inches. The note suggests foreign army officers could benefit to make space for more medals through this treatment.
An amused incident arose before the New Zealand expeditionary force ships departed. A soldier handed a visitor a ship's biscuit marked On active service and asked if it could pass the post. The visitor, the postmaster general, replied he thought he could manage it if anyone could.
Lillian D. Wald recalls children dancing to a hurdy gurdy on East Houston Street. A passerby teamster smiling at the scene notes how the public schools and recreation centers have fostered wholesome exercise and added charm to city life.
A court scene features banter as a judge remarks on an ill wind and a maxim silencer claim. The excerpt notes that a man’s failed wooing often stems from parental approval, implying social constraints affect romance and legal matters. More dialogue shows quirky exchanges.
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