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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1907
Page
7
A curated set of maxims on honesty, flattery, and judgment. It notes that loud talk hides intellect, flattering words mislead, and both men and women toggle between peace and trouble. It hints that data can mislead when dressed up, and urges cautious yet lively social perception.
A humorous poem argues happiness hinges on good digestion not wealth or love. It mocks mystic cures and promises cheer from fully functioning digestion, urging readers to avoid digestive distress to feel true joy and wellbeing.
A humorous tale notes romance and misread signals as summer boarders await dinner. The punchline reveals the farmer’s fresh vegetables are unavailable because the express train with canned goods from the city is four hours late.
The exchange notes Biffkins faced a broken romance as the girl rejected him. He is portrayed as a model youth who abstains from smoking drinking and questionable company. Yet he could not change enough for her.
Fragmentary lines suggest a man finds his daughter out walking with a hotel runner and contemplates action. The runner reportedly fulfilled a demand, implying a troubling encounter or coercive context.
Poem evokes rural imagery with thistledown buttercup and clover. Vivid lines stir memories of summer hillsides, fragrances, and a longing for bygone days. The speaker envies the past as youth and childhood return briefly through nature.
A man cannot locate his umbrella and leaves. A passerby asks about rain, he clarifies no rain but suffers a brain storm.
Ulysses S Grant born 1822 Point Pleasant Ohio died 1885 Mount McGregor New York. West Point graduate, Mexican War veteran, Civil War commander of all Union armies, defeated Lee, 1868 Republican president later world traveler. Lived near St. Louis and Galena before the war and resided in New York after retirement.
Mrs. C. C. B. Walker of Brownsburg Indiana shares detailed methods for brooder chick care. She covers heat and feeding schedules from hatching through six weeks, brooder setup with a run, greens and vegetables, ginger tea for bowel trouble, and gradual temperature reduction. She emphasizes cleanliness, grit, and avoiding sloppy feed to keep chicks healthy.
The guide notes ducks grow faster and resist chick diseases better. It recommends using sliced raw onion in mash and a dry bed for duck health. For egg production, keep four to five ducks with one unrelated drake, avoid mixing with fowls, and catch ducks by the neck to prevent leg injuries.
Authorities on guinea raising say it is best to keep two or more male guinea pigs with any flock, no matter how small, to ensure breeding and social stability.
A Farm Poultry writer notes eggs keep for two to three months in a cool dry cellar though they may become stale. In cold dry storage damp rooms affect pasteboard fillers and impart a wet cardboard odor and taste. Water glass tests involve sealing eyes in stone jars.
The article argues that egg production is the key value in poultry culture and criticizes breeders for neglecting the profitable egg sector by continuing to raise mongrel stock instead of focusing on superior strains that reliably pay for their keep. It questions the shortsightedness and self‑defeating practices of those who resist improvement.
The text emphasizes that fowls enter molt in good condition only with proper nutrition and care. It argues for maintaining birds in top shape before molt and supporting them during molt with quality food and attentive husbandry.
The British Fancier believes American fowls such as Rocks and Wyandottes are the best general purpose birds in existence.
A brief humorous exchange from the New York World recalls a dream of a perfect ball gown and a bill to wake up by, highlighting newsroom wit and social chatter.
Sainte-Beuve reportedly fired with one hand while holding an umbrella in a wet duel, claiming the risk of being shot but not catching cold. Benjamin Constant, gouty, fenced in a Bath chair and deemed honor satisfied when the chair was struck, a curious contrast noted in Strand Magazine.
A Keota family returning home from a visit mentions Eva Jones now ill. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, offering $100 for any failure to cure and urging readers to consult their doctor and try the remedy and accompanying laxative tablets.
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