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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1906
Page
6
Local briefs note Johnsons bakery nut cakes and various loaves. Washington High faces Richland High at the Armory Thursday night, admission 25 cents. The W T A meets Friday at 2 50 p m at Marion Crawford’s home to discuss Thanksgiving Psalm 103 and parliamentary business.
Iowa farmers are urged to write J B Evans & Co Princeton Mo for details of Mercer County Missouri improved farms. Special Presbyterian church meetings December 2 through 5 will feature Rev Harry C Rogers from Ft Madison aiding Rev L L Young with Mrs Pearl Park singing.
Edward Clifton, 18, was captured by a posse after a Sunday morning shooting that killed his father in Peoria Illinois. He confessed to the murder alleging his father threatened him with an ax and said he took 400 in gold from the house.
In Alliance Kentucky F N Tacket recalls a year of severe bleeding and a fear of death from lung disease. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, used four bottles to achieve a permanent cure, guaranteed at Stewart’s drug store, price 50c and 1.00.
A long yard 240 by 15 feet with sixteen pens is shown as a preferred system for 800 to 1000 fowls. The plan rotates between north and south yards: rye and grass planted in autumn, hens run on rye, corn grown in spring, and a second rye crop sown after harvest.
A warning notes that dances cause colds leading to pneumonia and consumption. It urges immediate Foley's Honey and Tar after exposure to break up a cold and prevent serious outcomes, advising to refuse non genuine products in a yellow package sold by all druggists.
A farmer advertises 60 Poland China hogs for sale from last April and May farrow. Pigs weigh 1060 to 200 pounds with strong bone and finish, each with pedigree. All hogs in perfect health. Contact J. C. Lemley, R. R. 5, phone 17-30.
A Mt Elgin Ontario merchant reports unprecedented demand for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, selling as much as all other lines combined with no returns on dozens sold under guarantee. He cites personal use and giving it to his children with consistent success. For sale by Cook & Sherman and Stewart’s pharmacy.
The First Church of Christ Scientist invites all to a 10 30 service on Thanksgiving Day with the topic Thanksgiv ing and the golden text Sing unto the Lord oh ye saints of his remembrance of his holiness Psalm 30 4. Emil Rockey of northwestern Nebraska departed yesterday from the city for an extended visit in Pennsylvania.
The article prescribes a mash of ground oats corn and bran in equal weights for young waterfowl fed in boxes or troughs in small frequent portions with plenty of water. It stresses an inexhaustible supply of green food for geese and notes goslings hatch easily and gradually join parents once watched.
The article describes sealy leg as a contagious disease in birds caused by the mite Sarcoptes mutans. It notes limited spread within flocks and recommends prompt action, isolation of affected birds, and a treatment method involving soaking legs in warm soapy water to soften scales, removing loose scales, then applying carbolic ointment or balsam of Peru daily for three to four days.
Beef scraps are waste from slaughtering houses including shins heads and other parts. They are steam cooked pressed to extract fat kiln dried and ground into scraps or meat meal. When pure they feed hens and chicks but if filth or offal is mixed in they become unsuitable and fit only for fertilizer.
The buff turkey originates from America and has been introduced recently. Plumage is pure buff with wings a light buff shade. Standard weights: Cock 27 pounds, cockerel 18, hen 18, pullet 12. Disqualifying weights: cock under 18 and under 12 for other categories.
Early action cures poultry ailments by treating at first symptoms. Delays risk losing the chance to recover and prevent spread. This advice urges prompt medical care to improve flock health and outcomes.
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