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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
7
Copyright notice from 19S by C M Barnitz appears, warning against reprinting without special permission. The fragment notes rights and publication limitations for articles and illustrations.
The text presents a satirical exchange on shaving, dyeing, and judging a show with instructions for trimming and cosmetics. It then shifts to feeding and fattening breeding ducks and geese, detailing rations, proportions, and cautions against overfatness for market readiness.
Town advice on stopping winter egg drop from Biddy the hen. Focus on reducing corn to about 20 percent, supplying a balanced mix of wheat oats millet and buckwheat, plus exercise. Feed cornmeal in mash and scatter grain to encourage nest laying and save money.
Advice stresses early cleaning and thorough whitewashing to bring in young stock before cold rains, and to set aside sale stock. It warns against mixing market stock with breeders, urges fattening rations, and cautions on winter prep, feeding schedules, and quality control in poultry trade.
A vintage guide describes crate fattening to produce evenly distributed fat in chickens. It covers crate size, construction, bedding, winter housing, heating, lice treatment, ration recipes, feeding schedule, and a cost example claiming 300 birds gained 750 pounds in 24 days at 5 cents per pound, selling at 20 cents.
A satirical verse derides John Bughouse for poor bird stock and fake prizes. It notes frauds in poultry circles, tells readers about mail fraud flags, and mocks farming myths while recounting a sham artillery battle claim affecting incubators and hatch outcomes.
A collection of light passages and short humor, including a couple arguing over a letter from Harry's mother, a Voltaire anecdote about a missing opera box, a Chicago merchant misreading a door panel as a business lesson, and Lord Houghton family wit about a dinner guest.
A brief literary exchange blends poetry and politics as Francis Beaumont's line about man contrasts with Speaker Reed admiring a Democrat's large hands. Reed notes his own farming past and the rival retorts about presidential runs and honesty in a sharp, humorous vignette.
A thrifty Scotchman for thirty seven years paid his full weekly wages. One week he gave sixpence less. His wife sought counsel from the meemster who said the shortfall was small, but she feared his possible drinking and betting and worldly pleasures.
Excerpt from Judge's Library depicting Charles Lambs humane resignation and a comic scene on a hot levee where Dixie pleads for imagined wealth. George Washington refuses even a shared fortune, prompting Dixie to call him stingy in a dialog reflecting antebellum attitudes.
A quotation by F. Hopkinson Smith reflects on trust shaping behavior. It argues that people, even criminals, may avoid harm when offered an honest standard to meet. The passage contrasts temptation with the impulse to do right.
Old Aunt Hopsy Garside watches wonder as a moving picture depicts messenger boys racing on foot barbers shaving in a minute and policemen dashing through streets. An automobile then appears on screen, leaving her convinced the events are real.
The passage cites Ruskin on how virtue changes the countenance and body, then recounts a tax error after George Grossmith Sr. dies. The IRS sent a $10,000 notice to Grossmith Jr., who quipped that his father earns more in the afterlife than he did. He asked the notice be forwarded and sent regards to his father.
A gentleman in a Louisville restaurant discovers a fly in his soup. He places a coin in the bowl to test the waiter and then requests another bowl. The waiter returns with a fresh serving while the patron reveals the coin, prompting the cook to mutter about luck.
A Scotsman bets a sovereign and wins at an English race meeting. He inspects each of the seven sovereigns given by the bookie before tucking them away, saying he wants to be sure the bad one he gave isn’t among them.
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