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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
14
USDA urges continued tick control as dipping for scab declines in some areas. The sheep tick harms lambs by feeding on blood, causing restlessness and poor feeding. Two dips, 24 days apart, are recommended with various dips and a permanent vat for large flocks.
Practical guidance from W L Blizzard of Oklahoma A and M on economical feed blends for work horses. Notes emphasize combining corn, oats, kafir, bran, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa hay with cut straw or other roughage, dampening mixtures, and limiting hay intake to prevent stomach and digestive issues.
The article notes a British authority saying one third of wool goes to uniforms and predicts a larger share in wartime. It urges preserving the spring lamb crop into 1918 to boost the wool clip and highlights shoddy wool from discarded clothing, factory scraps, and rags as a partial supply, processed into yarn and cloth.
The article argues that excess seed can steal water from the crop in a dry season. It emphasizes removing moisture draining weeds whenever possible to protect grain yields and conserve scarce water.
J B Popyepacker, highway economist for the United States Office of Public Roads, estimates that defective roads cost the country 280 million dollars annually in wear and tear and related expenses.
Washington piece explains the elaborate process for a social or business visit to the White House. Hoover, the head of the White House staff, coordinates timing and entrances with secret service, gatekeepers, and Tumulty, detailing the careful progression from invitation to reception and the return out.
Washington brims with dances musicales and shows as soldiers in khaki crowd downtown venues on weekends. Hotels run full since inauguration. new hotels planned to meet rising demand. Theaters, movie houses, and hospitality venues stay busy through summer, defying Hoover’s warnings about wartime scarcity.
President directs that all monuments in Arlington National Cemetery be approved by the commission on fine arts. Proportions are set for officers and enlisted men and designs suggested by leading architects will be recommended as acceptable types for the new cemetery section near the Memorial amphitheater.
A capital youth reported being robbed of clothes by two men who stripped him to an undershirt and tore his buttons. He was arrested for breaking and entering in the night after explaining he wore a boarding house blanket to stay warm. Relatives brought him clothes and police provided hot coffee.
An auxiliary plans a workroom and class to prepare surgical dressings and hospital supplies under certified instruction. The program includes needlework, sewing machines, and standards, with certificates for instructors issued by the Bureau of Nursing Service. It also promotes remaking discarded wool dresses into schoolwear and urges information from the American Red Cross.
An old health note recommends waist reduction through a simple daily routine. Stand with hands on hips, bend forward, and stretch arms to touch the floor. Exhale while bending, inhale while rising, and repeat four to five times daily.
The passage describes very wide ribbons forming belts from the waist to bust and under the arms. It notes ribbons in vivid greens pinks and reds appearing in a young girl's toilette and also bordering skirts.
A pinked sport hat worn with a beige jersey suit features rows of pinked white Droadcloth and a small bow at the crown front.
A sky blue handkerchief linen blouse with hemstitched seams and a 4 inch white fabric frill extends down the front. It features a sailor collar, turned back flaring cuffs of white organdie, two rows of Harrow lace, and delicate Valenciennes lace edging along the collar and front.
A student of publicity notes the adage there is a place for everything. Senator Sorghum replies sadly that a key route to publicity is to say something at the wrong time in the wrong place.
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