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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
7
War demand floods U.S. artificial limb makers with orders from Britain France and soldiers themselves. Firms expand to six cities and London Paris to meet the rush as surgeons note leaps in technology and fit precision. Joseph E B Hanger of Washington emerges as a leading figure from Civil War injuries.
In Highland birch woods a thrush was seen hammering a slug on a sacrificial stone. The bird gripped the mollusk and struck it repeatedly until it yielded edible portions, suggesting a method to soften tough skin rather than shell cracking. The behavior hints thrushs’ pursuit of food texture.
A German peat plant converts 80 tons of peat into nine tons of coke with gas and tar as by products. A new travel plane for music weighs 120 pounds and packs like a trunk. Beet sugar production in Sweden rises near parity with prior years. An artificial cork from cork waste and paste is reported in Sweden. Pet stores report 9 704 025 pounds of birdseed consumed in the last year. Los Angeles received 1 400 000 pounds of butter at 24 cents a pound in carload lots last year. The Puget Sound division of the Northern Pacific Railway adopts a policy of employing women. Worms are mentioned as able to...
The piece notes a sculptor's mistake in the Sherman statue beside the Treasury in Washington DC. It highlights the misworn blanket roll on the right shoulder instead of the left, comment sparked by parade surroundings and military attire.
The article notes multiple north stars across history, citing Alpha Draconis as a past north star during Cheops era. Egyptian astronomers carved a northward passage under the pyramid used as a telescope-like viewing shaft for sky watching. It then states the current North Star is a huge sun vastly brighter than Earth’s sun.
A manager recalls a very realistic picture that drew intense audience reaction. Eight young women waited after the screening for half an hour to see the leading man exit from the alley behind the theater.
A distressed shopper claims a purchase was guaranteed to satisfy, insisting the salt was not up to standard and demanding remedy as the seller defended the deal. The exchange shows tension over guaranteed quality and refund expectations.
Sunk American steamer Motano by a German submarine on July 31 with twenty crew lost. Draft and mobilization figures show 129 thousand to be drafted by September 1, 1.0 million more to be mobilized, aliens eligible for service, and calls for 75,000 national guardsmen for training. Germany’s coal demand and Allied strategies noted, and Canadian conscription passes senate. The U.S. Attorney General convenes a conference with state AGs on the Wobblies threat.
The Knights of Columbus have raised a $100,000 fund for Catholic soldiers and sailors relief and recreation, with subscriptions far exceeding expectations. Future trading in corn is banned on the Kansas City Board of Trade, but cash markets remain unaffected.
The note highlights the Rivers and Harbors Bill at about 27 million dollars, costs for military mobilization and shipyard projects, food control and fuel price measures, and a government wheat production target of over 7 billion bushels. It cites tax proposals to fund war, a legal challenge to conscription, and Senate passage of the food control bill. It ends with crop yield forecasts including wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes.
European war notes reveal Argentina plans mobilization of 100000 troops this month amid talks of a break with Germany. German espionage claims sharpen tensions as British merchant shipping losses rise in the week to August 4. German presses criticize Chancellor Michaelis choices. Krakow Garda explosion kills forty eight artillerymen and injures many in Galicia on August 1.
Fulton New York woman Mrs Nellie Phelps reports long standing female weakness with inability to stand or work. Doctors recommended surgery until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and strength. The company invites letters for free advice and guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
The Spokane area blends urban growth with rugged outdoors life. Growth accelerated after the river became a giant dynamo delivering 170,000 horsepower, feeding mines and cities around as the city expanded from a few settlers to a regional hub. Indians resisted until 1858, trains arrived by 1881, and a devastating 1890 fire preceded a boom centered on electricity and transportation setbacks.
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