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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
7
A plea to mothers wives and sweethearts urging continued support for returning soldiers. It argues heroism fades without work and presses women to push men toward government programs enabling new roles and steady employment after war. The piece emphasizes preserving a veteran's dignity and societal contribution.
A wartime call urges Americans to unite in thought and prayer as the national anthem plays. It contrasts public reverence with inner distraction and asks citizens to align thoughts, prayers, and resolve with soldiers, seeking victory and flag protection.
A caller argues war screams are not distant while urging neighbors to consider the local impact. The piece contrasts distant casualties with a neighbor's son serving, urging reflection on immediate personal loss and national duty.
The U S Department of Agriculture study of 143 farms in Green County Wisconsin and Kane County Illinois finds the half and half tenancy most common and satisfactory for dairy operations near Chicago. Landlord provides land and stock, tenant handles labor and some inputs, with income split. Lease lengths vary from one to five years, most one year, with a mix of verbal arrangements.
The study shows 85 percent of the Illinois group derived from dairy cattle and dairy products. In Wisconsin 21.5 percent of cows were home-raised heifers that freshened, 18.9 percent of herds were discarded or sold as dairy cows, and over half of farms kept purebred Holstein bulls. Illinois had 8 percent home-raised heifers with first calves and 27.6 percent of herds discarded, indicating dairy cow purchasing in that region.
Guidelines warn against overfeeding and underfeeding as calves suffer stunting. Avoid sudden milk type changes, damp barns, dirty pails, irregular feeding, excessive alfalfa before three months, and calves nursing each other. Cap calves with stanchions and provide grain and water.
A Serbian sergeant recounts a close combat at Belleau Wood with twenty German soldiers. He and three men held off the attack, captured two prisoners, and he claims three German killed by him with a bayonet, rifle butt, and trench knife amid the melee.
In a sharp retort a reader labels a man the cause of his own downfall and jokes that his wife, described as an old hen, egged him toward trouble. The exchange hints at local humor about marital dynamics and public perception.
Alick Wickham, a Solo Islander, set a new world high diving record at 205 feet during a Sydney Water Carnival for war relief. He stayed conscious for 150 feet, then blacked out after impact, remaining unconscious for over ten minutes. He was carried from the water with bleeding from multiple wounds.
A fragmentary dialogue references a professor and a co-ed, hinting at a student excuse for not learning to skate. The passage contains confusing lines and lacks full context.
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