The Infant of mankind Returns in New Year Tidings
A poetic meditation on the newborn as a perennial welcomed child. The poem portrays the infant as a universal, enduring presence. It emphasizes yearly renewal and timeless joy as winter deepens and spring returns in familiar green. The figure is cherished, foretold, and kept in heart.
Christmas Letters to Santa and Real Christmas Joys
Nick and Nancy discuss writing to Santa Claus as their father notes the busy season. He explains Santa reads every letter, works fast at times, and plans to distribute presents quietly in stockings, keeping the true spirit of Christmas alive.
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Santa Claus
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Nancy
Daddy
Santa
Santa Claus plans a wide Christmas visit with reindeer bells
The piece describes Santa preparing to deliver presents across homes, with trees provided by families or him, reindeer pulling the sleigh over roofs where there is snow or not. Bells jingle as children sleep, and Santa looks through his magic telescope to see the children's smiles, receiving their thanks.
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Santa Claus
Beginning at Bottom Heals Missed Swimsuit Lesson
Tommy asks about learning to swim and his father insists progress comes only by starting at the bottom. He confirms there are no exceptions to this rule, prompting Tommy to question if swimming fits the principle.
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Tommy
Father
Poultry Housing Systems and Soil Suitability
Poultry can be raised on well trained soil with options for range and housing. Light leams grow good grass and suit poultry. sandy soils require purchased green feed. heavy clay or silt drains poorly and hinders health. Long stationary systems save steps but colony systems ease care, with 100 hens per house and 200 to 260 feet between units. Breeding stock needs ample range. market egg hens need small areas. Colony houses can be clustered in winter to reduce labor.
Dust box use for winter dust bathing in poultry houses
The article advises providing a dust box for chickens to cleanse insects during winter. It suggests sizes 3 by 5 feet or 4 by 4 feet for 50 to 60 birds, placed in sunlit area. Fine dry dust or sandy loam works best, with coal ashes or road dust as alternatives.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hang Onto Yearling Fowls
Country farmers have long sold their young hens each fall and kept only breeding stock. Studies by experiment stations and poultrymen show retaining pullets improves egg production and overall flock profitability.
Fowls in Winter Quarters
The U S Department of Agriculture advises moving pullets into winter quarters before they begin to lay. Ensure the henhouse is disinfected and tightly closed on three sides to prevent drafts while the birds roost.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Courtesy Overdone at London Jamboree Train Encounter
An underground Paddington train scene during a London jamboree event brings humor as a Highland soldier declines a seat for a tiny wolf cub, saying he is not a girl guide yet. The piece reflects light, world scout atmosphere and friendly cross cultures amid crowds.
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Olympia
Paddington
Guessing Love Wins Father’s Joke at Side Show
A father questions a suitor about loving his daughter. The young man admits his affection but jokes that he has never won a prize at guessing, prompting playful banter in a lighthearted scene.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims cure for catarrh and deafness
An old advertisement notes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a liquid taken internally and acting through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. It asserts curing catarrh or related deafness and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
The Modern Girl and the Ultra Modern Bathing Suit
Cortlandt Bleecker reports at Dark Harbor that the modern girl’s morals differ from her mother’s. He recalls a conversation with a modern girl in a futuristic bathing suit claiming to have a hired chaperon and admitting she kissed a married man last night, to which she replied she discharged her chaperon.
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Cortlandt Bleecker
Dark Harbor
The Evidence Knickerbocker Exchange
A cryptic exchange plays on deception and ignorance as characters discuss wolves in sheep's clothing and the pain of knowing what we do not know. The dialogue toys with insight and misperception.
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