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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
6
A jumbled piece discusses horse care and mule behavior with cautions on feeding, watering, and equipment. It notes horses benefit from moderate water, warns against salt in feed, and highlights that mules are steady workers, rarely frightened, with some English farmers paying high prices for American mules for export to the Argentina Republic.
Robert Withycombe of Eastern Oregon Experiment Station reports on feeding raw or steamed potatoes with a grain ration to pigs. Eight lots tested. steamed potatoes generally yielded higher gains than raw. Steamed potatoes show 0.47 to 0.42 feeding value per hundred, raw potatoes 0.29 to 0.42. Steamers outperform raw by 13 cents per hundred.
A fragment discusses duck hardiness, noting good resistance to gaps and indigestion in young birds. It recommends feeding mash with a headful of jan thoroughly mixed to aid digestion, mentions the oily feathers deterring vermin, and briefly references exposure to guns and shading.
Missouri State expert H L Kempsrea outlines gape worm disease in young chicks. Symptoms include frequent gaping sneezing coughing and mucus discharge. Treatment options include isolating birds treating water with potassium permanganate burning carcasses removing chicks to fresh ground and grounding infected soil.
The article explains that tubercle flowers are easy to grow and harvests are profitable. It notes bulbs sell well and can be shipped long distances without injury, advises sorting bulbs into three sizes with corresponding prices, and recommends sandy soil and consistent moisture for best blooms.
International Sunday School lesson notes by O Sellers from Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. The author outlines Deuteronomy 5:22–23 and Exodus 20:1–11, stressing the eternal nature of the commandments, their aim to reveal sin, and the rest principle of one day in seven for mankind, with emphasis on sincere worship and proper reverence to God. The discussion covers the first four commandments and their relevance to citizens, families, and spiritual life.
A collection of practical tips on cooking methods, wrapping and storage tricks, furniture care, sewing with fine thread, and kitchen safety. It includes advice on pudding shapes in a double boiler, folding wrapping strings, repurposing wedding plates, making medicine lists, customizing a high kitchen table, handling upholsteries, finger care, pan handle orientation, sandpaper use, hemming with fine thread, and goldfish care with short salt baths, ending with a reflective verse about life lessons and steady effort.
A compact pantry recipe set includes White Pudding with Chocolate Sauce prepared in a double boiler, Currant Cookies that keep well, and Curried Rice sauce. The dessert sequence uses milk, flour, sugar, and chocolate. cookies combine butter sugar eggs currants and nutmeg. rice curry blends rice stock apple onion curry powder and beef extract for a savory border to meat and sauce.
Reports from Manitoba to British Columbia describe a booming Western Canada agriculture era. Wheat areas rose from 1,965,200 acres in 1900 to 2,760,471 in 1910, with 1913 expecting normal development after prior money pressures. Saskatchewan aims for about 115,000,000 bushels of wheat, with oats, barley, and flax varying by district amid favorable weather and strong fodder growth.
A fragmentary collection notes quips about time and idle men. Goethe invokes honoring time with mirth as it passes. The Youngstown Telegram quotes claim idle men make both the best lovers and villains.
A compact reflection quotes Carlyle on lies in laughter and deciphering a person, and Dryden on how a narrow mind breeds obstinacy. The fragment presents two aphorisms about perception and belief.
A narrator recalls advice from his father and others about delaying marriage until saving at least $10,000. He concedes he saved the sum but argues the experience gained during the savings is the real lesson in life.
A vintage ad urges mothers to inspect every bottle of CASTOR with the signature and notes over 30 years of use for infants. Children cry for Fletcher's Castor. Eloquence teased as a statesman questions the worth of the speaker, with Senator Sorghum praising his dining command.
In Life, Schuyler asks what makes up the three Rs for a debutante. Van Paynter suggests raiment ragtime and repartee as the essential trio shaping a well presented young woman.
Fragmented OCR text shows mismatched phrases about an Indian opera, aboriginal spelling, and a fleeting observation of Miss May with Jack. The garbled lines suggest a light, informal dialogue portion with stray comments and misquoted phrases from a theatrical or social scene.
A witty exchange notes a stunt described as beating the plowshare into a sword. The reply playfully claims beating a Peoria colonel into a saloon the day prior, adding humorous bravado to the banter.
A fragment shows a playful aside about Mildred nicknamed Explosive due to the powder she uses, reflecting a humorous wartime or domestic remark. The remark hints at a nickname origin without full context or broader story.
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