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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
8
Readers learn practical ways to update a house’s exterior without interior changes. Examples include adding belts and new siding, porch extensions, dormers, roof redesigns, new porches or sunrooms, and brick or stucco veneers. A case study shows tar paper, belt courses, and wood trim transforming a modest cottage into a warmer, more valuable home.
A wartime profile praises African American service in France and in U S projects. It highlights Henry Johnston and Needham Roberts, George Freeman’s stevedoring, Charles Knight’s rivets, and 700 Negro women in France with Y M C A canteens. It notes 12 million colored Americans investing millions in Liberty Loans and Thrift stamps, plus Red Cross efforts and rising unity despite Jim Crow tensions.
A German woman arraigned as one Twalien proclaims I would kiss the kaiser's feet. The poem fragment imagines a talking footstool and mocks German indifference to authority. The speaker mocks the idea of bowing to Kaiser Wilhelm.
A tribute to Irish volunteers and soldiers in World War I, praising regiments such as the Irish Guards Connaught Rangers Munster and Dublin Fusiliers. It notes leaders like Lord Ardee and Earl of Kingston and writers like Lord Dunsany and Tom Kettle, asserting Irish contributions to the Allied cause and the future peace.
The piece argues that Prussia relies on fear to alarm allies and enemies alike, comparing modern tactics to savage rituals and old weapons. It critiques a German professor's psychology claims and asserts Prussian faith in terror as a means to win in war.
A U S Department of Agriculture guide explains cuttings for willows and cottonwoods, seed propagation for hardwoods, and planting from nuts. It covers site prep, stock selection, watering, hardening, and two planting methods slit and deep hole, with cautions on mulch, roots, and hardpan.
When a fruit tree shows crown gall dig up and burn it and set out another tree not in the same spot. Place new trees several feet away to avoid infection, and avoid dragging the diseased tree through the orchard. Cut into pieces large enough to haul, and remove as much root as possible to eliminate the plant.
The article notes winter vetch works well as a cover crop when partnered with rye. It recommends one bushel of vetch to half a bushel of rye per acre. In milder climates crimson clover can replace vetch as a cover crop.
For the farmer growing potatoes as a side or money crop a large house cellar offers an economical and efficient storage solution.
Keep windfall apples peaches and plums off the ground as they harbor disease and pests. Feed to pigs or burn. Surplus straw should be spread on fields as manure. Silage can feed cows. ten tons sustains two cows for six months with surplus. Prepare a deep moist seedbed next spring by turning soil this fall or winter. Northampton market plan noted as a money saver.
A description of the tailor bird of India sewing leaf edges with its beak to form a pocket nest. It uses grasa fiber to stitch and extends leaves if needed. The nest sits inside the pocket on a slender branch, camouflaged from enemies.
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