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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
8
The henhouse should be dry warm and clean with six square feet per bird. Keep a scratch room, allow twenty five hens per group, provide dry soil for digging, and feed a mix of grains with warm mash and meat scraps. Include green forage daily, avoid hot foods, and offer grit shell and charcoal at all times for best results.
A Utah farmer with 100 to 150 chickens reports using a green bone cutter for over three years, grinding about sixty pounds weekly. He notes hens eat the bone meal, lay more eggs, and seem healthier, though some egg loss occurred when thievery reduced his supply. The farmer cites better winter laying with bone feeding.
Guidance on feeding schedules and diet by season, using breakfast at seven, dinner at one, and six for a third meal. Recommends old corn and wheat, then Canadian peas millet hemp or wheat in breeding season. Describes housing with mica brick floors and oyster shells, gravel depth two inches, and advises sticking to reliable breeds and testing novelties.
Guidance on poultry diet notes charcoal helps digestion and disease prevention. Suggests mixing meat dry for young chicks and using soured milk or buttermilk in soft food. Advises against greasing a sitting hen as it blocks egg pores. Stresses bones as essential for growth.
Washington officials report a record $12,000 in fifty dollar bills sent by a person signing as A Sinner. The money was received by Secretary Shaw as ordinary mail matter with a plea for divine mercy and repayment to the United States government. Post office details were not released.
Portland March 15 Senator Mitchell returning from Washington says he is entirely innocent of any wrong doing and has violated no oath or duty. He insists a fair honest trial is essential and he fears no outcome if the process remains unprejudiced before the people of Oregon.
Baltimore March 15 Mrs Shaw wife of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw underwent an operation for a serious ailment at Dr Howard Kellews private sanatorium. The operation was performed by Dr Kelly and was reported to be successful.
Frank Dulin dies from wounds after being shot three times by George Shissier while en route with a police ambulance to aid Kaysill and his wife, whom Shissier had previously shot.
The forecast calls for snow or rain in the north and lower Michigan with warmer conditions in the north and west. Wisconsin experiences snow or rain with slightly warmer temperatures and brisk east to southeast winds. Indiana and Illinois show snow or rain with warmer conditions in the north and east, with brisk easterly winds becoming variable by night. Illinois includes mention of lower Michigan and warm trend in east portion.
Chicago markets show hog receipts near 1 000 with ranges 4.75 to 5.15 for various lots and light at 6 75 7 00. heavy packing 5 15. fair to good averages 4 50 to 5 10. Sheep receipts about 4 000 with steers to 5 80, yearlings to 7 00, native veal calves 3 75 to 5 50. western range lambs 0 50 to 7 80. East Buffalo NY reports steady cattle and hog markets with hogs at 5 30 to 5 40, lambs 8 25 to 8 40, yearlings 7 00 to 7 25. cattle steady. Market totals and quotations in mixed regional reports indicate overall steady to slow conditions across commodity classes.
Yesterday and last evening in the Commercial club billiard tournament Class A saw I M Sproul topple Ed Bowman 100 to 108 while A R Sproul bested Bowman 100 to 126. L J Wallace defeated M A Slocum 100 to 119 and Slocum took a 76 to 119 win. In Class B J L Brookhart beat Geo Barrett 100 to 68 while Barrett won 45 to 107. Tonight's program lists Norton versus Sproul Rodman versus Wilson Dewey versus Bowman and Hull versus Slocum.
A special venue of 15 jurors was selected by Judge Preston and ordered to appear Monday March 20 at 1.90 p.m. The jurors listed include W. T. Swails James Stump Joseph Yeguy C. Myers John Welte Sam Arley L. E Blick W. M. Stout John Durst M. W. Welch W. W. Cherry H. M. Baker A. E. Mulhero and R. H. Coulter.
The funeral of the late I. A. McMillan was held yesterday afternoon at the home in Southwest Weekington and was attended by a large company of friends and neighbors. Rev. Schreckengast conducted a brief service and hymns were sung by Miss Ednn Klein Flossie Adams Ed Hulse and J A Y Ashby. The interment was in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers being old friends of the deceased.
Mrs. M. C. Fisher of St Paul hosts an afternoon cooking school at the Wilson Heating Co store in the old Schneidler building. Sessions run daily this week from two to four with classes on bread dainties meats and salads. Admission is free and no goods are sold.
Jefferson City March 15 The senate defeats for final passage a house bill barring witnesses from refusing to testify in briber cases. The measure exempted such witnesses from prosecution yet compelled testimony. Hartland Wis March 15 Nelson Wellington Hodge Frances Willard’s first school teacher dies after a week of grip illness. He was 61, last of Oberlin class of 1888.
A public notice extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children as safe and effective for colds croup and whooping cough. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook Sherman.
There is on file in the clerk of the District Court of Washington County Iowa a document claimed to be the last will of Millan deceased. Saturday April 1 1906 at 1 30 p m is fixed for proving the will in the district court term. k Logan Clerk of the District Court.
Nickel Plate trains offer vestibuled sleeping cars between Chicago and cities including Cleveland Buffalo New York Boston with dining service on American Club Plan. Through sleepers reach Boston New York and intermediates via Nickel Plate and major connecting roads. Tickets via local agents or John Y. Calahan Nickel Plate Road Chicago. April 2 two words apparent 2tw-aprid
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