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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
8
A Tennessee poultryman explains a simple hawk trap using a steel trap atop a fence rail or pole in an open field. No bait is needed as hawks alight on the pole to gain a view, triggering the trap. Proper placement and a sturdy pole are key for catching hawks and sometimes owls within miles.
Guidance from Farm and Fire side on rearing young turkeys includes combinations of finely cut onion tops with hard boiled eggs and crushed wheat or breadcrumbs. Emphasizes dry conditions, frequent feeding, outdoor runs, controlled mixing, and pest control to prevent lice.
Advice stresses dry feet and dry night quarters for chicks to prevent cold and bowel trouble. After three or four weeks, birds cope better with prolonged wet periods. small chicks suffer most and may benefit from a simple tonic of gum camphor tied with a stone in a cloth placed in drinking water as recommended by Country Gentleman.
The guide advises teaching small breeds to roost early by placing a coop roost, noting it helps leg health, while large fowls may suffer breastbone bending. In summer, keep birds in open sheds on clean sand with wire cloth fronts and daily cleaning.
Poem-like verse describes a pink dressed girl as a spring pilgrim figure emerging from winter. Vivid personifications of nature mark the moment when buds blossom and hillsides wake, with the Mayflower and Youth's Companion credited to Joe Lincoln.
A Chicago Record-Herald poem by S. E. Kiser portrays a farm boy rising with May sun. He endures dew and briars to tend cows, learns rural truths city boys miss, while birds sing and wind blows over the meadow.
Arthur J. Burdick reflects in Los Angeles Herald on finding gratitude amid world woes. He contrasts fretful views with willingness to notice roses, urging readers to seek light, not shadows, and to recognize blessings rather than dwell on sorrow.
A child observes the father's heavy drinking after golf. The poem notes the blue veins in his head, the weary walk across the room, and the mother's unspoken concern as the child warns the father to watch his words. The voice hints at a lingering memory of a harsh incident.
A Chambers Journal verse explores a noble river as a city of God. It speaks of waves resting in a harbor of faith and deep springs within every heart. Casting treasures on these waters yields future gladness, renewal, and the return of dreams.
A verse urging readers to spread cheer and sunshine through everyday actions. It emphasizes brightening others' moods with rosy dawn and noon light, banishing gloom, and sharing hopeful, uplifting thoughts as a blessed task. The lines reference the author Juniata Stafford from Flowers of the Grasses.
The poem extols May hills seen from a valley, praising pink orchards, white dogweeds, and blue violets. It contrasts quiet natural beauty with song, and notes December news could not fully convey the scene.
A Boston Evening Transcript commentary mocks a scene outside the Old South Meeting House where two rat holes drew a crowd of 30 to 35 people as 2,000 onlookers watched for an hour. The piece calculates the cost to the city at 60 dollars per hour and notes the spectators included office boys and brokers.
A New York Post anecdote recalls Mrs. Hayes resisting wine at a dinner for foreign representatives. The host argues civility to guests, while Mrs. Hayes holds to temperance. He notes ministers must adapt, and water flowed like champagne at the table.
New York markets show flour steadier and more active with wheat at 80% cc for No 2 red and corn at 5 cents per bushel. Regional quotes list cattle, sheep, and hog prices across Cleveland East Liberty East Buffalo Cincinnati and Tele2 parcels with steady to higher ranges for steers calves and lambs.
In a crowded car a man prepares to give his seat to a standing lady. A colored man, thinking the seat vacant, sits. The gent protests and the man bows, calling himself a ladies man as the lady is seated amid smiles.
A 19th century advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co as proprietors and endorsers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin as Toledo wholesalers. Prices are 75 cents per bottle and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The piece also includes jokes about Noah and microbes from Baltimore American.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway issues an illustrated booklet titled South Dakota Farms describing the Aberdeen to Missouri River region now served by a new line. It invites readers planning a relocation to obtain a copy by sending a two cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The Philadelphia Record notes a humorous exchange about a breakup. Blobbs asks why she left, and the response cites the odor of beer on his breath. A witty rebuttal recalls another man whose breath smelled of champagne.
A letter from Dewey praises Palmer's Lotion for barber's itch relief after nine years in Carrolton Ohio. It notes Lotion Soap shares medicinal properties and may substitute temporarily. The note includes sample requests to Solon Palmer New York and a brief Town Topics joke about a kiss.
Public notice describes a private mailing card with colored views of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offered on receipt of ten cents in stamps. Card addressed to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago III.
A collage of short quotes from early 20th century papers. Skeptics warn against danger signs, drug ads tout Beemans Gum aiding digestion, and social lines note women choosing wages over boards and clothes. Readers cite Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a proverb about hypocrites.
Miss Rose Cullen of Lutte Montana writes Peruna boosts health curing nervous exhaustion and backache praised by many friends in Butte. Mrs G W Heard of Hempstead Texas reports backache fatigue and skin spots improved after Peruna use and shares family gains. W W Mitchell of Martin Georgia cites dramatic weight gain and recovery from stomach catarrh after Peruna treatment. Dr Hartman invites readers to seek gratis advice if results are not prompt.
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