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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
7
Builders face shortages due to unreliable dealers. Winchester Lumber & Manufacturing Co. offers dependable service and ample stock of best grade hard and soft woods, lath, shingles, and thoroughly seasoned hardwood flooring for all lumber contracts.
This advertisement touts carefully selected seasoned hard wood for interior woodwork in house construction. It promises long lasting satisfaction and warns against using inferior lumber for cost savings.
A simple colony house for chicks can be built cheaply from an organ box and wire netting. The example, pictured from a Journal of Agriculture illustration, cost about $1.45 and could be under a dollar with dry goods boxes. Chicks stay there until they are old enough to roost in central houses.
The plant ranges from a bush ten feet high to a tree of twenty five feet, depending on location. It grows east of the Mississippi, often near streams or moist woods. It flowers late, in September and October, while leaves fall, with fruit maturing the following season. Bark and leaves used medicinally by Indians and whites.
Colostrum milk from cows in the first days after calving differs from normal milk in color taste and texture. It is yellow and sweet with an oily feel and high albumen content causing rapid curdling with hot water. Professor Harry Snyder notes that yard milking does not guarantee purity of milk.
An item notes enlarging the hen yard to prevent grass from being eaten bare. The change aims to preserve pasture and sustain fowl by allowing more grazing area and regrowth before reseeding.
N R Ratliff has leased the Bean building on Lexington avenue to open a first class bowling alley. After three weeks of remodeling and alley installation delays, he expects to open next week and promises one ladies night weekly at the new state level facility.
Lexington October 14 Fayette Gun Club faces Chicago in a telegraphic match on Wednesday at 2 pm. Ten men per team shoot 100 targets each under Interstate Association rules with unknown angles and scores relayed by wire.
Wilbur Wright told Lazarre Weiller that after finishing his contract with the syndicate he will train three pilots and then attempt flights for height of up to 3,000 feet. He spoke of tests without the motor and without the starting derrick.
A telegram received by Jno Schooler says his son Mat Schooler of Normal Illinois is dangerously ill with appendicitis. He left for Normal about three years ago and has since worked in that city. no reply to his inquiry had arrived by late night.
A doctor, spending a dull night at home, is urged by three fellow practitioners to join them at a club for a game of whist. He tells his wife Jane he is called away for a difficult case with three other doctors already on site.
A reader note from Evelond Plain Dealer highlights a teacher's question about age phrasing. The exchange shows confusion over counting birthdays and age in a school column.
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