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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text describes a local newspaper item with publication details and rights notes. Mentions Pelley Publish Co Inc and Eastern St, Vermont, and Associated Press content rights. No clear event or person is identifiable from the readable fragment.
A reader laments rural districts and urges return to district schools for birthright schooling. The piece urges action on the Sheppard amendment for rational prohibition and notes the Pacific railroad earmarking about 750000 for snow sheds in Wyoming.
Editorial notes urge Vermont to resist federal prohibition amendments and warn Gov Clement against complacent surrender while reflecting on Wilson’s England tours and the need to assess postwar reparations and indemnity consequences.
The bulletin explains cattle lice harm all stock classes causing retarded growth and increased death. It notes three louse species, seasonal spread in fall and winter, visible skin damage, and that insecticides are recommended treatments with herd-wide dipping or spraying advised where winters permit.
The article outlines repeating Dumber treatments every 16 days and using hant applications when few animals are valuable. It notes home powders and horse remedies like cottonseed oil kerosene and lard mixtures, or petroleum products, applied with brushes. For dipping and spraying, arsenic dips coal tar creosote and Icotia solutions are advised, with dipping vats to fully immerse cattle two to three times.
The speaker compares wealth to life itself, urging readers to help save those suffering in war torn lands. He asks if conscience allows ignoring the cries of men women and children and argues a modest income can still save a life. The appeal rests on collective responsibility to fund relief.
The Vermont summary notes 1 237 new flu cases from 58 towns reported to the State Board of Health. It also covers a teachers pensions committee meeting in Montpelier to discuss pension amendments, a Proctor Hul are engagement to Miss Sara Tangson, and a DeLand Florida wedding notice. Also reported: Samuel Yean of Brattleboro dies from heart exhaustion after flu illness, and Judge Howe sentences Alfred Carmacel to four years for drug smuggling with $500 fine. Theodore Diechman receives two years and $500 fine.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges close supervision of growing chicks to prevent overcrowding and maximize profits. Key guidelines cover fresh air, water, and clean quarters, with emphasis on winter housing for pullets and selecting strong breeders. Culling of weak birds is advised year round, plus removal of inferior hens and monitoring for lice.
The article urges farmers to remove hens that do not lay during spring as they harm the war effort. It calls for ruthless action to keep only productive egg producers in the flock and to continually monitor and eliminate nonperformers.
City of Newport notes recent elections for church officers with J. R. Aiken as Superintendent and Doris Blanch as Primary Department head. Frontier Encampment No. 13 I C O F installed officers led by D. E. Albee with multiple C P, Iv. P, S W A, and watches. Social supper followed. attendance reported good. Also reports residents returning to Mount Ida and Burdett’s College, influenza cases, a sailing departure for Turkey, and notes on dog speed records and slavery commentary in contemporary regions.
Unpledged payments were made on Liberty 4 percent bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan. The total involved was 617206 dollars and 34 cents.
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