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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
3
Alabastine suits plaster wall board brick cement or canvas. Apply with a normal wall brush. It is a white powder with tints ready for use when mixed with cold or warm water. Full directions appear on every package. Properly applied it won’t rub off.
Mrs. Mary Gaglina of 1216 Clark Street Pittsburgh woke to noises, saw two men forcing a kitchen door, and used her bowl of goldfish as a surprise shield dropping it on the intruders causing them to flee.
United States Department of Agriculture compiles farmer reports on livestock breeding methods. The notes emphasize choosing good herd sires, value of pure breds, breeder responsibility in sales, and prioritizing high producing cows for profitability while noting cost offsets from early maturity and improved breeding.
The male head of a flock greatly influences egg production. Choose a standard bred male from a high producing family with ancestors that trap nested and show yearly egg records above 200. A male with strong records across ancestors and high producing sisters is preferred. Keep only one male per ten to fifteen hens.
The Irish Free State parliament passed an order allowing divorced persons to remarry within the state. The measure aims to simplify remarriage rules for those who have undergone divorce.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for irritated baby skin. It highlights Cuticura Soap for hot baths, Cuticura Ointment for relief, plus Cuticura Talcum powder and the Cuticura Toilet Trio for daily care and scent.
Efforts to establish a domestic dye industry in New Zealand have failed and the country now imports all dyes from foreign sources.
A garden boundary plan suggests planting rhubarb beside asparagus for decoration and utility. The asparagus bed can host early vegetables like lettuce radishes spinach and onions between rows without disturbing deep roots.
Vegetable workers at Pennsylvania State College warn that placing manure in hotbeds raises soil temperature quickly. Do not sow until soil reaches 75 degrees. After germination, water thoroughly only as needed and monitor ventilation closely to prevent plant losses.
Mrs. J. R. Meakins reports her fourteen year old daughter recovered from illness after taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The testimonial notes restored appetite and improved health following treatment. A referenced sale and trial offer are mentioned for the product.
Officials argue highway departments should prioritize eliminating dangerous curves and grade crossings over merely extending mileage. Ten miles of safe highways are seen as more beneficial than fifty miles of improved but perilous roads, since every accident imposes individual and social costs.
Michigan Agricultural College and the U S Department of Agriculture report a farm with infected hogs and poultry. After removing all chickens and tuberculous hogs, disinfecting premises, and restocking with healthy birds, 27 postmortems on 32 hogs showed none infected.
The Ohio experiment station reports silage can be moved between silos after a blaze that damaged a live-stack barn and two wooden silos. Water addition differed between silos, yet the transferred silage remained excellent in quality, supporting transfer viability when original forage was in good condition.
Geese thrive on a wide range of pasture grasses that cows eat. Orchard sods of clover and mixed red clover alsike provide ideal geese range. Low land pastures naturally seeded with thriving grasses also suit geese.
The article urges practical farm practices to boost yields and reduce costs. It highlights soil fertility, manure utilization, weed control, and the value of lime and phosphate to meet dairy cow mineral needs. It warns that bad products threaten farmer profits and promotes planning for insect and disease control.
Bill believed the world would end on a certain day and bet Tom a hundred dollars. The day arrived and passed without incident, so Bill paid. Tom later joked he would have made it ten thousand to one if Bill had pressed his claim, but Bill never considered how he would pay.
Ida M Tarbell notes foreign visitors in New York find fault with our politics yet offer faint praise. A young English nobleman toured a Fifth Avenue dinner amid $500,000 Velasquez on display and yawned at the sights and beverages, declaring the Napoleon brandy merely not bad.
A four year old, Mary Edith, misnames her kinder garten teacher as Miss Buttonhook then reports the correct name Miss Screw driver. The teacher is Miss Cooprider of the Irvington kindergarten.
An overseer glimpsed a brilliant flash of light at a South African mine and uncovered the Cullinan diamond. The rough stone measured four inches by two and weighed 3024 carats. A Kaffir boy who found the Excelsior diamond received a horse or cart and about $500 in exchange, with the gem valued around $4.5 million.
Gap Johnson recalls Hobbs Hooble from Booger Holler away for a spell. He may have dodged revenuers, though Hooble says it is none of the inquirer's business. The quote comes from the Kansas City Star.
A concise maxim on motive contrasts wicked obedience driven by fear with good actions inspired by love. It presents a moral distinction between coercion and voluntary virtue without citing any events or figures. The saying emphasizes inner principle over external pressure in guiding conduct.
A Belgian farmer tested bird speed by tagging a sparrow on his porch and sending it with four pigeons to Compiegne, France, 146 miles away. The sparrow headed home immediately and reached the feeder in one hour eight minutes, while the pigeons took much longer to arrive.
In London police court the defendant stood outside a tailor shop window and urged a dummy to come out and fight. He claimed the dummy started the trouble. London Punch reports the exchange and plea.
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