Wisdom From Uncle Mike Boyer On Egg Laying and Poultry Care
The Western Poultry Journal quotes Uncle Mike Boyer of Hammonton New Jersey advising selective breeding from top lay ers rather than chasing extreme year egg records. He stresses trap nests for picking producers and notes a Light Brahma hen laying 200 eggs to show breed versatility. He also details shelter design using frames and wire mesh to protect chicks and improve airflow.
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Western Poultry Journal
Mike Boyer
Hammonton
N. J
Gays
American Poultry Journal
Shelter for Chicks From Sun in Poultry Success
A Poultry Success writer urges providing shade for chicks by staking burlap or cotton cloth or torn gunny sacks to block sun rays. Ingenuity can create suitable shade at low cost, with rain exclusion as a possible improvement if covered by shrub shelter.
The Poultry Business Advice From An Early Guide
The passage warns that poultry farming requires time and steady work rather than quick riches. It stresses the need for experience, cautious investment, and building a reserve since profits are not immediate and neglect can cost stock.
Tragic Cedar Rapids River Drowning Of Seven Girls
Seven Cedar Rapids children died in a Cedar River drowning tragedy while relatives note the decedents were all from one family. Ruth Kiersey survived, eight children played near the bank, and a picnic day ended in sorrow.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Lucile Sweeting
Haze! Sweeting
Gladys Sweeting
Josie Sweeting
Ruth Coyle
Sioux City
Cora Coyle
Clara Usher
Sweeting
J. LD. Sweeting
Eilis Park
Charlies Usher
Coyle
Mrs. Coyle
Ruth Kiersey
Kiersey
Dr J B Combs Stricken With Third Stroke
Dr J B Combs suffered a third stroke yesterday afternoon around 2 30 pm at his East Washington home. He is eighty two and in a semi conscious state though he rallies and speaks at times. He and wife reside with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Wm Wells Jr.
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J. B. Combs
Wm. Wells, Jr
Washington
Kooking Klub Hosts Indoor Dinner for Mrs Truesdale Visit
Last evening the Kooking Klub Jr hosted a 6 oclock dinner at Misa Maude Moothart home honoring Mrs Anna Wells Truesdale guest in the city. Dinner moved indoors after a sudden shower. About thirty five Heights residents enjoyed a picnic at Box Springs with shelter at Red Brick schoolhouse despite rain.
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Kooking Klub, Jr
Misa Maude Moothart
Anna Wells Truesdale
The
Klub
the Heights
Box Springs
Dr J B Combs Stricken With Paralysis Remains Weak
Dr J B Combs, stricken yesterday with paralysis, remains about the same at press time today. He can whisper and cannot move in bed with arms and limbs very restricted.
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J. B. Combs
Turmoil at Waverly Races After Bookmaking Ban
In Waverly Iowa the first day of races saw bookmakers operate despite a local ban. They were arrested and brought before Justice D S Sitter, named as John Parsons George Ware and W T Salsman. Afterward threats were directed at ministers who helped organize opposition.
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Waverly
Iowa
Law and Order League
D.S. Sitter
John Parsons
George Ware
W. T. Salsman
Boy Ernest Smith Found Dead Near Atlantic
Ernest Smith an eight year old boy from near Atlantic Iowa was found shot dead in a pasture near his home. He had left with a shotgun to hunt game that evening. Authorities deem the death accidental as no motive or evidence of self harm is known.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Ernest Smith
Meeting Notice for W. KR. C. July 14 Initiation
A meeting of the W. KR. C. is set for Saturday July 14 at 2 30 P M. The session will cover initiation and other business by order of the president.
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W. KR. C
Local Brighton Visitor Notes and Rail Yard Load
Local observers report Chas Thomas of Brighton in the city on business and Cal Nelson improving. A large Rock Island train left with about a hundred cars, all empty, due to cramped yards. The thermometer topped around 100, with rainfall totaling .31 inches. Ainsworth dust settled while Keota and Grace Hill saw no rain as a tableaux event on Nelson’s death drew a humorous outburst from a guest.
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Chas. Thomas
Brighton
Cal Nelson
Rock Island
Washington
Ainsworth
Keota
Grace Hill
Chinese Stone Craft and Engineering Marvels Across Dynasties
The London Saturday Review discusses pure Chinese art in stone through Ming dynasty tomb monoliths and plain tomb structures built from colossal stone blocks hauled over difficult routes. It notes massive 60 foot slabs weighing about 120 tons used in coast bridges of South Fukien, and how weight strains often caused collapses. cites Gordon's Taiping campaign as causing a twenty arch bridge to fail after steamers passed.
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South Fukien
Gordon
London Saturday Review
Taylor's early life and voting record highlighted
The piece notes Zachary Taylor joined the regular army at age twenty two in 1810 and served until around 1848. It recalls partisan jibes that he had not voted for forty years due to lifelong military service and obscurity before his Mexican War fame.
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Zachary Taylor
Henry Clay
Taylor
Baby nicknames fade in quiet flat above
In the Somerville Journal item, neighbors note the residents of the flat above rarely address the infant by any affectionate nickname, suggesting a distant household dynamic and calm routine.
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Somerville Journal
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Pickard
China
H. F. Steck
East Side Jeweler
Boyer
Berg
Columbia Pharmacy
J. E. Lemmon
Prop
Dr. J. B Combs
Peterson
J. W. Nichols
Mary Brockway
Pat McGuire
Pat
Nelson
Kitchen Chimley
Pearson’s Weekly
Washington, Iowa
Washington County
J.c.smiths
Cash Grocery
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