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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
3
The U S department of agriculture urges poultry keepers to prepare flocks for winter by using freshly slaked lime on ground, disinfecting coops, and maintaining clean premises. Emphasizes parasite control, proper disinfection with limewash and kerosene emulsion, and starting with healthy birds to prevent disease and boost winter egg production.
Directions urge weekly washing of drinking fountains and troughs with boiling water or disinfectant. If lice or mites appear, paint roosts and walls with kerosene mixed with carbolic acid or cresol, or whitewash with lime or kerosene emulsion. Fowls to be dusted with lice powder.
The article argues that when fowls fall ill it is usually better to kill the bird rather than treat it with medicine due to cost, time, and low cure value. It also notes the contagious risk of undetected diseases spreading and the need to remove susceptible birds to build a disease resistant flock.
Provost Marshal General Crowder urges employers to aid in classifying registrants under the Selective Service Act. He warns that relying on questionnaires alone delays decisions and stresses that employers act for the national interest by informing boards of deferment claims. The note compares draft impacts with enlistments and labor shifts into war industries.
A Chicago style show features a black pile fabric suit with long nap resembling panne velvet and a tunic skirt. The coat appears as a jacket with a high muffler collar, long fronts, steel buttons, and a wide girdle that blends into back drapery. Enhanced by a lengthened skirt and straight-line silhouette.
Some of the prettiest white ruffling for collars is made of a fine sheer batiste quality. Narrow Valenciennes lace is gathered into small frills with delicate tucks between the lace bandings.
Twenty girls from Hunter College in New York City took part in farm labor in Burlington County New Jersey. The arrangement placed students on local farms to gain agricultural work experience during the season.
In wartime, manufacturers unveil winter coats praised for originality and beauty. Two standout designs are described: a silver-tone cloth coat with plaid panels, squirrel fur collar and cuffs, and a taupe Yulama wool coat with large pockets and fabric buttons, both noted for craftsmanship and distinctiveness.
United States officials release a series of documents to support the charge that Nicolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky were paid German agents. The materials show German funds aiding Bolshevik leaders before World War I and outline plans to unleash agents and disturbances in the United States.
The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph condemn Austria’s invitation to open peace talks as a nonbinding trick. They warn negotiations now would only delay final victory by the Entente, while Kaiser and pan Germans push a combined peace offensive.
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