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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1910
Page
7
Thanksgiving Eve Parody Poem by C M Barnitz
A humorous verse parodying classic lines about turkeys and shopping titled by C M Barnitz. It plays on old sayings to urge quick turkey purchase before New Year’s and holiday crowds.
Aviology becomes fashion at colleges and universities
A playful mock debate on aviology, roaster culture, and college curricula, noting Ren elact dated studies and a prof who cannot explain how to make hens speak. It humorously describes seniors and sophomores preparing for poultry shows at a classic ball setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Dear and Almaoeter
Ren
Scott
Elfekens
Sophie
Poultry Shows Provoke Caustic Midwestern Rhetoric
A lively piece attacked poultry show culture with colorful slang and hyperbole. It mocks excessive bragging, celebrates prizes worth millions, and notes vast participation from fanciers across professions in a sprawling aviculture scene.
Avoid Freezing Hen Pens In Frosty Coop Advice
Don t use open vessels in laying pens and keep poultry away from cold winds. A hen won t lay if the coop is a freezer and roosters show stress by a tearful eye. Scrape droppings, prevent damp litter, and keep bedding dry to avoid frost and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piddy
Canker Disease in Poultry and Home Treatment Advice
The article explains how canker infests poultry in winter, causing swollen tongues and deep raw surfaces. It describes transmission, symptoms, and dangers including potential fatal diphtheria, plus steps to treat and quarantine affected birds with warm dry housing, hydrogen peroxide, and gentle cleaning.
Poultry Trade Tales From Dewitt County Texas and Beyond
Dewitt county shipped 100000 dressed turkeys to northern markets with buyers receiving 100000 for the birds. The piece muses on poultry practices from hen doctors to goose grease cures, warns against arsenic feeding, notes the egg production figures, and criticizes poultry fairs and rotten eggs selling. It also jokes about squab remedies and warns against shipping dead fowls due to disease risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt County
Tex
R. D. Woodell
Arizona
Drug Trust
Department of Agriculture
Parcels Post
United States
Kansas
Charades and puzzles from The Land of Puzzledom No542
The page presents a set of charades with clues about a three part word and separate puzzles about rearranging letters to fit blanks. It includes a list of eight sentences with missing words, and a note on deriving a final word from each given phrase. It ends with a Pictorial Fish Puzzle No545 showing six fishes found in U S waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
United States
Ole Martin: A Lone Alaskan Farmer’s Hard Won Victory
Immigrant Ole Martin learns to farm on the Kenai peninsula after arriving from Sweden. He builds a hand cultivator, trains dogs to haul it, and survives years of isolation to grow real potatoes and later ship products via Seward. His lone work ethic inspires others to follow in the Tanana, Copper River, and Susitna valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Martin
United States
Sweden
New York
Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Scot
Seward
Martin
Seattle
Ole
Kenal
Sound
Cordova
Valdez
Tanana
Copper River
Susitna
Crude misfit taunts Commander after rout in awful day
A fragment recounts a retreat following a rout with phrases of defiance and fear. Enemies surrounded fighters, many were captured, and the escapees faced hunger and peril in a dire, comprehensive defeat.
Problem No 547 Determine the multiplier for three eighths of itself
Let x be the number. Three eighths of x is (3/8)x. This times the number equals 384, so x*(3/8)x = 384. Solve (3/8)x^2 = 384. Then x^2 = 384*(8/3) = 1024. Hence x = 32 or -32.
Riddle Verse Clues a Fourfold Play on Words
A compact riddle lists numbered clues: a villainous man, a familiar recess, a product spot in stores, a quartet of punctuation stops, and a tree lined fair street, followed by a hint of gradual reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pgrocer
Transpositions and Puzzles Mix in Enigma Notebook
A list of numbered word games and puzzles includes transpositions Starters Enigma Pep pergrass and code rebus with pictured objects sweets bun drag sea rate. It notes several quote entries and a Longfellow poem verse as Teoetical Mixup with height by great men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pergrass
Longfellow
Flow to Cure Crean
A brief health note suggests a home remedy of half a teaspoonful of vaseline taken twice daily to relieve symptoms and purportedly cure the condition. The language reflects old medical advertising phrasing.
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