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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
2
County wide interest builds for the Achievement Day fair in Carlsbad on October 4 with about 160 club members and leaders, rules and prizes announced, and special efforts by Mrs. Jeakins and local volunteers to encourage participation and school attendance.
The notice lists premium listings for Division A swine and Division B poultry with class numbers, lot descriptions, and prize values in dollars and thrift stamps. It covers exhibit preparation requirements, canning and cooking notes, poultry and rabbit crate setups, garden exhibits, and various premium awards across multiple classes and departments.
Lot numbers list prizes for canned goods including Best Can Beans Best Can Squash Beat Can Beets and Best Can Fried Chicken with second prizes in assorted colors. Premiums include Nighttown by Joyce-Pruit Co. and fabric yardage. Demonstration trains will reward top project teams at the fair.
German policy bans clothing in burials as Munich officials report widespread use of coats and dresses on the deceased but directs officials and professional attendants to wrap corpses in paper. The mayor proposes state access to clothing leftovers and paper coffins to spare textiles.
Mrs BK Porter of Crittenden Kentucky earned a fine reputation as a raiser of chickens. When a hen sickened and died, she improvised by placing eggs under a foster mother hen and warming them with coal oil stove heat. The hatchlings thrived and bonded to their foster dam, awaiting care, feeding, and water.
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