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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
8
A narrator recalls Ophelia confessing intense love and describes three confessions in church, strolls, and a funeral scene. The piece traces shifting emotions from ardent affection to grief as a lost beloved dies, leaving emotional ruins and resolve.
A farmer warns his son to feed the pigs twice daily. Nightly squealing continues until the boy admits he withheld feed to test the pigs. The father, offended, reprimands the son, who argues the father delegated pig care and vows to prove his idea of what is best side meat for winter.
In a class reunion at the Denbys’ home the group searches for missing Ethel Claxton. She reappears atop Rainbow Falls and declares a personal transformation, inviting Ted Foster to start anew with her as she pursues change and defies past neglect.
The article urges American households to conserve the year's surplus vegetables berries and fruits. It emphasizes housewives and families including women girls and boys share the patriotic duty to can dry or preserve produce to prevent waste.
A foreword from U S department of agriculture notes a nationwide push to plant home gardens to boost food supply. It cites a 200% to 300% rise in gardens last year and predicts records will be surpassed this year. The series will cover canning drying brining pickling preserving and jelly making with plain instructions.
Edward Hungerford reports in Collier's Weekly on the delicate precision of gunmaking. He notes a six foot bore must vary no more than two thousandths of an inch and a disappearing gun system uses thousands of parts and tools. A Rochester chamber conference heard military orders could total billions for guns and parts through July 1919, equating ordnance demand to tens of millions of tons of locomotive weight.
John A. Sleicher extols Florida orange groves noting soil needs yellow loam over white sand, costs of clearing, five year old budded stock, and careful planting. He cites potential yields of 1000 to 2000 dollars per acre, examples near Lakeland and Lake Highland, and how blossoms and fruit can appear on the same tree.
A cautious remark about the new cook suggests potential difficulties ahead as domestic routines meet uncertain competence. The playful exchange conveys unease about harmony in the household kitchen.
The note urges Americans to conserve the coming vegetable surplus by canning drying or storing at home. Increased home gardening will provide fresh vegetables in spring and summer easing supplies and transportation burdens. Women new to canning should learn from those who already know to prepare for greater home preservation.
A report notes the call for higher quantities of wheat meat and other foods essential for the armies and the allies as the war effort intensifies. The appeal underscores supply priorities and strategic needs across fronts and allied nations.
The text urges national and personal responsibility to conserve food and stock larders with home preserved fruits and vegetables. It argues abundant produce supports health and variety, noting that access to a steady supply is often solved through careful preservation and economical use of preserved foods.
Community call to action urges residents to store surplus time and donate preserving jars to neighbors for home canning. Emphasizes patriotism in preserving food and reducing waste through shared jars and collective effort.
The United States Department of Agriculture in Washington D C invites publications on topics of particular interest to the department seeking distribution and dissemination through official channels and outlets.
The article explains a three day boiling process for jars in canning, noting safety improvements over a single long boil. It advises loosening clamps before second and third boils and tightening after, while warning self sealing wire clamps suit intermittent canning and screw tops are better for single boil fruit or tomato packing.
A single period of processing in a water bath suits fruits and acidi f vegetables like tomatoes. High protein vegetables such as lima beans peas and corn are harder to sterilize with hot water, risking spoilage. Using steam under pressure of 10 to 15 pounds in a pressure canner largely eliminates insufficient sterilization and minimizes losses.
Raymond B. Fosdick notes in Scribner's Magazine that soldiers adopting reading habits inspire peers and counter the notion of leveling downward. Camp libraries, lectures, and education programs foster upward leveling, helping men maintain civilian skills and emerge better prepared for post service life.
Antonio stood awed by his surroundings during early training and faced a guardhouse scare after a tense guard duty. The corporal urged him to sing out his challenge boldly, a command echoed by the day officer as the incident unfolded in the cadence of military life.
In a fragmentary clip a German speaker says any restitution offered to the Allies will be in the spirit of Griggs. Edward Hungerford, an advertising expert, recounts the tale of Griggs and Miggs who were kidnapped and held in a cave. Miggs pleads for all they have while Griggs offers a ten dollar debt.
A boastful patron hires a genealogist to trace his ancestors. The expert returns and quotes a fee of two hundred dollars, explaining that the bulk of the charge is for keeping quiet about the discoveries.
An orange navel is an abnormal growth that forms a twin aborted at the blossom end, leaving a navel like kernel. Buds from these trees were grafted onto other stock, creating semi dwarf navels in California from Bahia Brazil stock. The navel orange is often seedless with few undeveloped seeds.
In Knoxville Sentinel style a well known banker in a downtown restaurant battles dyspepsia while dining on mush and milk. A friend asks about his appetite and he quips that meals are just guideposts to take medicine before and after.
An officer tells a driver I have not made up my mind yet I will look over your lights license and numbers and so forth I know I can get you for something. The exchange presents a legal case tone from Nebraska Legal News.
A Y M C A tale from France describes American soldiers feeding a starving refugee family found in an old meat market attic. The troops and canteen crews shared meals, bought extra food, and taught the children as the family regained hope and sang Marseillaise by the fire.
Union Christian College Merom Indiana votes to ban all German instruction until Germany recognizes the rules of civilization. It becomes the first Indiana college to prohibit German at any level beginning with the next term.
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