Hague Happenings and Local News Update
Correspondence from Hague notes Frank Sinner drives a new Buick and John Croasdaile leaves Milwaukee. McDowell has ten ailments treated in Aberdeen hospital. Arndt and Hulm took a business trip to Aberdeen by train. Hague shines in Third Liberty Loan drive as new purchases arrive daily. S A Fischer and Tom Lower toured from Strasburg on Sunday. Miss Mary Just returns to duties after appendicitis surgery in Aberdeen. John Buechler digs a new basement. health issues prompt a farm sale and move to Hague. The Deep Sea Peril serial begins in this issue, readers urged to copy and share.
Strasburg Happenings and Community Notes
The Scherr family moved to Roscoe 8S Oak. Miss F Petrie and Mr Hanson drove to Strasburg Sunday evening. Mrs L Vander Sand returned from Saco Montana after a short visit. H Sauer new county agent visited the public school to start a garden club. Bakker school donated nine dollars to the Red Cross. It is time to plant war gardens and support thrift stamps. Attend Red Cross meetings Wednesdays and donate an old easy chair for the RC room. More savers are needed.
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H. Sauer
Bakker School
Strasburg
The
Red Cross
R. C
Hull Recital for Red Cross Nets Over 50 Dollars
A benefit recital at Hull school house on Tuesday evening, led by H. E. Graham, drew a large audience. Proceeds exceeded $50, the third Hull Red Cross fundraiser in a month, with a call to support the war effort and loyalty to the government and soldiers.
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Hull
H. E. Graham
Red Cross
President Wilson Opposes Chamberlain Bill as Unconstitutional
President Wilson declares the Chamberlain bill to punish sedition by court martial unconstitutional and says it would put the U S on a level with enemies. He condemns the measure as unnecessary and harmful, praising Senator Overman’s approach while opposing amendments and Senate support. Senator Borah renews opposition, arguing farmers remain loyal and buy Liberty bonds.
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Washington
Wilson
Overman
North Carolina
United States
Senate Military Committee
Borah
Senate
Department of Justice
Charles War-ren
America
Woodrow Wilson
German War Losses Cited By Analyst On Front Totals
Karl Bleistreu states in Neoeuropa that German losses on the west front from 1914 to 1917 totaled 2,604,961 killed and prisoners. East front losses in that period reach 1,484,550, with 367,450 killed or captured between 1917 and early 1918 on both fronts. A separate note mentions L L bonds and a playful street scene involving Donald and a woman.
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Paris
Karl Bleistreu
West Front
East Front
L. L. Bonds
Store Eggs at Home for Future Use
Fresh eggs put into a solution made up of one part water glass to nine parts boiled water that has been cooled will keep fine till next winter. Two or three dozen can be bought now for what one dozen will cost next winter. By packing eggs now you can have them at spring prices next winter. An earthen ware crock is best. Keep in a cool place.
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N. Dak. Agr. College
Disjointed Ad Snippets and Household Notions
A fragment list notes a morning wake up call about burglars seen near a front door panel and references a quip about borrowing trouble. Also mentioned are pneumatic shoulder pads to ease heavy loads and a claim about Ammophila arenaria sea bent grass stabilizing dunes in Golden Gate Park San Francisco.
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Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Crestmoreite Named From Crestmore By California Professor
A California college professor reports a newly discovered mineral named crestmoreite from Crestmore. The Providence Bulletin notes it is a hydrous basic orthosilicate with small oxide substitutions, leaving its practical use uncertain.
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California
Crestmore
Providence Bulletin
Corn Lice Lashes Corn Crops Across a Season
A tiny root louse devastates corn in a locality through rapid reproduction. From 11 to 22 generations in one season, each spring hatched louse leaves the ground with 319 billion descendants and 3 trillion eggs, threatening large yields.
Invention of a Thermometer with 0 to 100 scale
A Kentucky physician developed a thermometer scale starting at zero at freezing and divided into 100 parts to reach normal human body temperature. This historical note highlights the early design of a clinical temperature instrument.
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Kentucky
Potato Varieties for Market Adaptation
In selecting potato varieties to grow consider market demand and state adaptation. The best fitting varieties include early Ohio Irish Cobbler Rural New Yorker Green Mountain and Burbank per Extension Division North Dakota Agricultural College.
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Ohio
New Yorker
Green Mountain
Burbank
N. Dak. Agricultural College
Treat Seed Potatoes for Disease Control
Seed potatoes should be treated to kill disease germs. Soak one and a half hours in a solution of 1 pound formaldehyde to 30 gallons of water or use 5 ounces of corrosive sublimate to 30 gallons. The latter is most effective. dissolve in warm water. It will corrode metal and wooden or crockery vessels. It is very poisonous.
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N. Dak. Agr. College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hague
Frank Sinner
First State Bank
John Croasdaile
Milwaukee, Wis
McDowell
Aberdeen Hospital
Gustave Arndt
Peter Hulm
Aberdeen
Fine Atyle
S.A. Fischer
Tom Lower
Mary Just
John Buechler
John
Nick Masser
Deep Sea Peril
Record
J. Scherr
Roscoe
Oak
Miss F. Petrie
Mr. Hanson
L. Vander Sand2
Saco
Montana
William Rowerdink
van Houten
Cornelius van Soest
Hogenbirk
Cornelia Grave
H. J. Greve
Hull Red Cross
Donald
Ulster
Ford
Detroit
Northwestern Motor U Co
Linton
Hazelton
Wen
F.h.carpenter Lumber CO
L. D. Bishop
Linton Yard
Amsterdam
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