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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
8
The article extols the White Wyandotte as a superior dual purpose breed, praising its economic value, meat quality, egg production, and show success. It highlights the breed’s dominance, large American Wyandotte Club support, and the bird’s striking velvet skin and yellow flesh. The piece blends promotional praise with notes on beauty and utility.
A dated advisory lists manners for visitors and practical poultry guidance. It warns against neglecting old stock, feeding scraps, and improper housing while stressing gentleness with sightseers and proper stock breeding for next spring.
A playful poem celebrates a white Wyandotte hen as ideal and beloved. The piece shifts to practical poultry guidance from Co. M. B. Artificial Bugs and Wiggler explains feed choices, protein, and bone use to boost egg production and hen health, warning against spoiled scraps and dangerous bone fragments.
The column notes two men jailed in Carrollton on thirteen indictments for chicken thefts and warns turkeys and eggs losses from hunters. It praises clean eggs, coats of poultry, and strong customer praise while discussing corn crop impacts on a 50 000 duck ranch. It covers shipping guineas, preferred weights in closed season, and cautions against unsafe disinfectants and hen housing over droppings.
Professor R D Salisbury of the University of Chicago told Hamilton club listeners that Illinois has seen hundreds of earthquakes with ancient origins. He described notable episodes including a San Francisco disaster incident where a cow vanished into a split ground and was partially uncovered.
Marie Ferrillo confessed perjury born from hatred toward the man who killed her husband and saved Nicolo Zarconi from the electric chair. She told police her husband was the aggressor in the quarrel, leading to Zarconi’s sentence being reduced to ten years’ imprisonment.
Wesley A. Martin a former Granite City banker pled guilty to embezzling 20000 dollars from the bank to fund a home for himself and his bride. He was sentenced to five years in federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas with his wife present.
At the Kansas state penitentiary inquiry in Lansing on January 9, Miss Kate Barnard Oklahoma prisons chief says she wants Kansas investigators to determine coal output and disposal. Ira N. Terrill testifies prisoners were scalded to death and Barnard dismisses a question about her private secretary’s past.
The Hains brothers Thornton and Captain Peter C. Hains faced the jury in Flushing New York over the shooting death of William E. Annis. Justice Crane announced the case would be closed before mid next week after a full day of sessions. Two alienists testified Captain Hains suffered impulsive insanity at the time of the shooting.
Andrew Carnegie predicts a shift in U S trade as future exports move from raw materials to manufactured goods. He argues American manufacturers have focused on domestic need and neglected export opportunities, altering the balance of domestic and overseas trade.
In Winnipeg Manitoba on January 9 a record cold snap grips the Crow's Nest Pass division of the Canadian Pacific railway with the thermometer at fifty below. Snowbound trains and froze equipment threaten service as crews battle the extreme weather.
Auctioneered sale by J H Lathrop to start 10 o clock A M Tuesday January 12 consists of horses cattle hogs farm machinery hay and feed and gear including McCormick binder John Deere plows wagons harness and more with terms 7 percent on credit over 10 and 6 percent cash discount. Ella Nicola Ralph Dougherty clerk lunch provided.
The Royal Neighbors plan a regular installation of officers on January 19 1909 at 8 pm in Woodman hall. A social feature for husbands and wives of members is included and attendance is requested.
Local notes report fresh salted peanuts and almonds at the Vienna bakery. Mark Turbott arrived this morning from Ainsworth where he had been visiting. Mrs. Melvin Munshower left for Morning Sun to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cox. Mrs. Lehr from near Des Moines returned home after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson.
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