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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
4
Farmers and households learn practical ways to store root crops and vegetables for winter using cellars attics closets and outdoor pits. Small conical pits near the farmstead house root crops like beets carrots parsnips turnips and cabbage and advise separating crops with straw or leaves for easy access.
Bulletin highlights various storage places for late vegetables and invites readers to request Farmers Bulletin 879 from the United States Department of Agriculture for detailed guidance on storage rooms outside pits cellars and handling specific products.
The article explains fan drying of small quantities using open-ended wire trays placed near a fan with cheesecloth, reversing stacks every few hours, blanching before drying, and finishing in a warm oven to 100 180 degrees for insects and moisture control, with periodic redrying and storage checks.
Curb markets provide the shortest farm to table routes improving access for city women and offering cheaper fresher produce. Farm women gain reliable Lacome outlets and farmers find satisfactory outlets for their goods. Early spray of potatoes helps deter blight and bugs.
The article urges mothers to outfit children for the new school year with home made or remodeled garments to save energy during wartime. It highlights blue serge dresses with linen accents, crocheted details, and simple embroidery, stressing durability, washability, and practicality for six year olds and other ages.
The article weighs bonnet specs for autumn motoring focusing on stay-put design. It compares silk tam and corduroy brimmed bonnet options with elastic bases to secure fit, shading, and comfort for youthful wearers amid windy roads.
Fashion notes celebrate bridesmaids wearing charming organdie dresses this season. Designers highlight delicate fabrics and pastel hues in coordinated ensembles for wedding parties.
Brief notices from Wyoming report coming events in Cheyenne Kemmerer and Douglas. Towns announce refineries mines roads and new telephones while officials push roads and education funds. Reports on accidents crops pensions and local elections follow with notable deaths and appointments.
A reader laments nightly bagpipe noise from Scotch players disturbing boys’ rest. The writer insists the bagpipers should pause playing to allow children to sleep, calling the situation decidedly unfair.
Quote reflects a community debate over the end of free energy incentives after a barroom lunch counter was abolished, questioning the persistence of a guiding principle. Local voices discuss impacts on public spirit and local economy amid the change.
A 1837 Graham excerpt notes Britain used unbolted wheat meal for army bread to conserve flour. Soldiers initially rejected it but soon preferred it as health improved. Public praise followed, family use spread, then after superfine flour returned, coarse bread fell out of favor.
Foster Debevoise of South Orleans New Jersey tours France and England and praises frontline medical care. He reports hundreds of amputees and reconstructive cases in English cities and hospitals, noting miracles in rehabilitation and training men to trades and life after injury. He credits doctors and expects U. S. use of similar reconstruction methods for disabled American servicemen.
The article notes rapid growth of Japan’s rubber manufacturing over the past year with diverse products and rising imports of crude rubber totaling 9,089,682 yen in 1917, while domestic production now supplies most tire needs as exports increase.
The author argues translations resemble photographs of cathedrals and pyramids, never the originals. They capture drawings and sunsets but remain second best, the traveler’s tales sometimes rivaling the works themselves, yet still not the true artifacts. Andrew F. Kent.
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