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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
5
A fiery wartime exhortation urges every citizen to join the effort with urgency and discipline. It stresses that victory requires more guns, ships, and planes, and warns against waste as treason while calling for economy, unity, and relentless perseverance to defend democracy. The speaker presses Congress to act, and families to sacrifice, as the nation mobilizes for total war.
Poem recounts a young boy called the little lad who faced danger and death in battle. He is described as brave and loyal, earning the Croix de Guerre as he stood with French soldiers and faced enemy fire. The piece honors his sacrifice and the fear he met while others whispered stories.
A poetic call to universal unity and justice, praising comradeship and freedom. It envisions a world united in shared ideals, with banners of hope and a crusade for peace. The voice invokes America, England, and France as joined in a single dream led by courage and mercy.
Hans Beltke of Portland escaped internment as an enemy alien by a close shave. Federal officers picked him up after leaving a logging camp mainly because of his beard and whiskers. In jail he revealed himself as an eighteen year old youth.
Minnette Slay, a skilled carpenter from St Louis, volunteers services to Uncle Sam as a shipbuilder. She can craft items from toys to ships using carpentry tools and aims to contribute to wartime or military construction efforts.
British seaplanes engaged three German submarines and three destroyers in a heavy attack. Bombs from altitude resulted in direct hits and sinking of a submarine, with further attacks sinking another sub and destroying wreckage. Seaplanes endured near misses while enforcing patrol duties.
David Burns left his job at East Twenty-First Street in 1860 to join Lincoln's call for volunteers and never returned. His banking savings, accumulated as interest, have grown into a substantial fortune awaiting the rightful owner, with Mr Burns seeking the missing heir or claimant.
The Red Cross expands its work by sending two rolling canteens to the front in Italy. These kitchens on wheels will provide hot meals to soldiers, enhancing support services amid the war effort.
A letter from Col William Hayward describes a U S band with Cuba and Porto Rico musicians serving in France. The project cost 10000 funded by Daniel G Reid who offered to pay the full amount. Lieutenant Europe led the band. the letter notes war weariness but pride in the band’s morale boost and Reid’s generosity.
War Time Food guidance for homemakers details barley pastry potato yeast bread and oatmeal bread using substitutions for flour meat fat and sugar. Recipes include barley flour pastry guidance and step by step bread methods with yeast and kneading notes, aiming to feed families wholesome meals under government requests.
A reflective editorial urges personal accountability after Russia's struggle, arguing failure is universal. It cautions against prejudice and urges decisive self-reform to align with a just, disciplined, and capable world effort.
A historic discussion warns pig skins and hog byproducts should be saved to counter leather scarcity and hog cholera risks. George H. Glover of Colorado Agricultural College notes leather from pig skins yields fine goods, while waste pork rind and slaughter byproducts threaten public health and economic value.
A new tob hico pouch opening eases pipe filling with less waste. Italy raised Ignite production to over 1,500,000 tons last year. Norwegian engineers plan uniting small waterfalls to yield 200,000 hydraulic horsepower in one plant. A paper cap invention seals the end of a ring to ensure sanitary conditions and acts as an advertising bands.
The St Louis fur sale closed with totals around 3 950 000 dollars. A batch of 710 000 muskrats sold for 600 000 while many pelts went for about 1 60 each, the average around 75 cents. Beaver skins averaged 25 dollars and Alaska martens set a record at 07 dollars each. High prices credited to fur quality. over 860 buyers from around the world attended.
The piece mixes humorous banter about daily annoyances and the power dynamics at home. A quick back and forth features a clock alarm, a conversation on nature, and a playful remark on a mirror like wife or partner. The dialogue also alludes to household command and comic mischief.
A plan from Country Gentleman outlines a garden layout to feed a family of five on one third to one half an acre. It lists crops and quantities including 24 tomato plants, 12 peppers, 12 eggplants, 5 summer squash, 6 hills muskmelons, 8 hills watermelons, 12 hills pole beans, radishes 10, lettuce 20, beans 100, corn 400, potatoes 100, cabbage 160, onions 200, carrots 200, celery 100, parsnips 125, sunflowers 100, kale 150, and field corn in remaining space.
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