17 May 1917
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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
1
Items from Walthill to Newcastle summarize visits. illnesses and recoveries. marriages. school, sports, and railroading notes. Hinsdale area names include Miss Helen Matthews, Dr Bray, Emory Austin, and Ed T. Kearney with Dakota City and Ponca as focal points. Funeral for Mrs. Mary A. Downie noted with Cownie family heirs.
A reader from San Diego relocates to Imperial County California. The move to an irrigated dairy farm in El Centro is described as challenging but promising. The note requests the Herald address be updated to El Centro General Delivery. Also mentions local paint and varnish ad.
The Dakota City Nebraska treasurer submits receipts and disbursements for the General Fund and related accounts through April 24 1917. Entries include rents fines and various salaries and services with balances and transfers to Road Electric Light funds.
County Agent's Field Notes discuss recurring hog cholera cases and prevention measures. Advice covers sanitation, worm and lice control, feeding routines, and safe disposal. It highlights charcoals, ashes, salts, and minerals as a steady ration, plus proper use of sprays and continued pasture exposure with moderation. It also urges enrollment in junior clubs for corn pig sewing gardening and cooking and notes canning demonstrations and Mother-Son-Daughter clubs. It mentions labor shortages and scheduling calls to the County Agent.
The notice promotes Farmer and Breeder a semi monthly Sioux City Iowa farming compendium. It emphasizes profitable farming through proven methods from successful farmers breeders and government stations. An offer bundles the magazine with The Herald for one year at 1.00 with free consultation from the service department for subscribers.
Remedial guidance notes cowpox is highly infectious among animals and can spread to humans via wounds. It recommends vaccination as with smallpox, daily cleansing with creolin, drying with carbolated vaseline, milking diseased cows last, washing hands after handling them, and separating diseased animals to prevent spread.
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