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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
6
United States Department of Agriculture outlines baby beef advantages and breeding criteria. Emphasizes cows with beef blood, 900 pounds plus, dairy balance, and early maturity. highlights strong beefy bulls and calf quality. Discusses pasture capacity, herd size for carload marketing, and optimal finishing strategies.
A Department of Agriculture study finds calves gain as rapidly on sour skim milk in summer as on sweet milk, easing summer feeding costs. Trials with 22 Holstein, Jersey, and Guernsey calves show no digestive issues or disease from sour milk, though calves prefer sweet milk and dislike it when served cold.
Ray Gatewood of Kansas State Agricultural College says crude oil not only kills hog lice but also removes nuts, softens skin, and brightens hair. He notes many dips on the market are used, but crude oil yields more satisfactory results, especially when applied by driving hogs into a cemented pen and spraying with a ordinary sprinkler can.
About 8 200 men are being fitted at Great Lakes Illinois for naval defense at the training station. Chief petty officers coach in a college camp style with Lieut John Philip Sousa directing a band of 242 musicians. Plans aim to train upward of 20 000 men, with Camp Paul Jones sheltering 5 000, as the station grows into the world s largest naval training center.
The scene shifts to a station where gifts arrive and are personally distributed by Helen Keller. She notes the volunteers’ readiness as each man feels a personal duty to prove himself, amid the formation of the American battle fleet.
Special dispatch from The Hague reports large scale German desertions on the Dutch border. Soldiers flee famine and war weariness, with many crossing into Dutch soil after clashes with German rearguards. A Russian general escaped from seven camps, warning of brutal treatment, while Dutch officers observe German discipline and camaraderie across the frontier.
Art Lippert, a Cleveland youth serving in the Marine Corps, writes home that the food is good but mothers pies would fetch about 20 to 26 dollars and taste like a million dollars to him, praising home baking amid service duties.
The filing alleges Steve Puss fussed up her hair and showed a bundle to friends to prove he was victorious at the ball, as stated in Elyria court papers.
In a military training center a tall wiry recruit and a short podgy partner endure Swedish drill. One man struggles and mutters he cannot take more. He protests to the drill sergeant, joking that he never knew the nation was at war with Sweden.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for rapid healing of sore hands with a hot water soak, Ointment rub, and tissue removal. It offers free samples by mail from Cuticura, Boston. A brief anecdote from The Christian Herald about a mother and daughter eating strawberries illustrates a light domestic moment.
A potential groom offers four thousand dollars a year as his salary. The prospective bride questions whether she could live on that, noting she would need to entertain after marriage. The exchange highlights differing expectations about income and social duties.
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