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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1919
Page
11
The article notes prunes shift from satire to staple in the American army bill of fare. Surgeon General backs the fruit with the subsistence division report, citing 20,000,000 pounds consumed from the 1917 crop. About 1.1 billion prunes would fit side by side from trenches to Berlin, aiding Yankee fighters.
County horticultural commissions across California seek reports on a grasshopper outbreak affecting Sut ter Modoc Lassen Butte and other counties. Officials recommend poisoned bran mash as a quick control method along with burning caution flooding and harrowing. The state commission may join local efforts in extreme cases as seen with the spring rodent drive.
An army motorcyclist at a training camp halted a fatal parachute incident by crashing his bike into a runaway canopy dragging a young lieutenant. After a 2000 foot jump, high winds tangled the officer. the cyclist’s intervention pinned the parachute and prevented further movement.
A wartime article notes that toxic gases inhaled or swallowed in the European battle zones can reach the digestive tract. Swallowed chlorine-containing gas is linked to appendicitis, with rapid progression but effective treatment reported.
The Charlotte Observer reports that sorghum, dubbed cane sirup, is back as the Confederate era staple. State papers indicate a record sorghum yield this season, boosting farm independence and ensuring plenty of sweetenin for households and markets.
Ninth District leaders announce February 17 to 24 as War Savings Society Week. The drive seeks to form Government War Savings Societies in every community, school, club, and business group, with models for schools, communities, and commercial/industrial settings, to educate on saving and to fund government needs through War and Thrift Stamps.
The Ninth Federal Reserve district reports a strong money inflow in the past year, with Theodore Wold of the Minneapolis Fed stressing urgent Treasury needs and urging thrift. He advocates buying War Savings Stamps as a practical way to loan money to the government while saving.
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