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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
3
A New York correspondent relays a Canadian airman’s view from hospital about World War I. He cites U boats as a major threat with no current defense and proposes a risky plan of small submarines to attack German harbors. He describes desperate tactics and recalls his brother’s death on a Belgian coast.
A discussion on why people crave praise from early childhood, noting how schools shape humility versus vanity. It argues praise fuels ego, yet many perform deeds for self-satisfaction, while others avoid publicity, valuing inner virtue. The piece stresses the value of kind words in sustaining effort.
The text argues goat milk is valuable for infants and nearly tuberculosis free. It cites U S Bureau of Animal Industry data from 1907 to 1914 showing 579,617 goats slaughtered for food with no tuberculosis condemnation. It notes smaller goat milk cream globules and better emulsion, and claims sterilized milk is easier to digest.
The census office estimates total field crop value in 1917 at 1,089,687,000 dollars, up from 1916’s 886,494,900 and 1915’s 825,870,400. Wheat leads with 451,874,000. oats 286,142,000. hay and alfalfa 145,561,600. potatoes 81,855,000. other grain crops 184,100,700. root and fodder crops 40,?4,700. 1916 figures list wheat 844,006,400. oats 210,057,600. hay 171,618,900. potatoes 50,982,800. other grain crops 84,679,800. root and fodder 84,105,000.
A man recently returned from Petrograd recounts Kerensky being summoned to the provisional government after midnight. A hotel guest feared another revolution, but Kerensky hurried away saying he had forgotten to sign a letter, prompting curiosity about the trouble.
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