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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
9
Poultry experts urge improved ventilation in poultry houses during the three winter months to prevent dampness and disease. Adequate air movement, open or removable windows, and careful draft control protect hens from cold and boost winter egg production. Proper framing and weather-stripping aid rain exclusion while maintaining airflow and comfort for the birds.
The Christian Science Monitor questions who introduced the ukulele to the United States arguing the 20,000 Portuguese in the fugwatinn islands may be responsible rather than the waves. The piece notes the instrument’s Hawaii emergence remained harmless until its broader introduction became a matter of responsibility.
A report notes a new typewriter attachment feeds paper as the west ton unit is removed. It cites Allied France supplies totaling about 28 million knives and forks and 11 million spoons since the war began. A new wagon line and electrical link are discussed, along with a flexible hose nozzle boosting efficiency of equipment.
Textile tests to detect adulteration or misrepresentation in fabrics are outlined from Extension Circular 41. Safe home methods include glycerine tests differentiating cotton from linen, observing wrinkle and crust patterns, examining fiber ends, testing with rubbing to reveal dressing, washing to remove dressing, and burning fibers to identify cotton, linen, wool, silk, and blends with characteristic residues and odors.
Wisconsin research at the University of Wisconsin shows honey has meat-like food value. Beekeeping is urged as a profitable statewide pursuit to support agriculture, with 4800 tons of honey produced but industry lacking formal recognition as a specialty.
Instructions urge using more poultry fish and other foods to feed the Allied forces and families. It proposes every American give a pound of sugar a year, with math illustrating the vast impact. Then there are wartime recipes for Baltimore Chicken Potato Soup War Biscuits Bread Cake and baking tips across the page.
The state council of defense urges homeowners to seal and vent heating systems tightly. Recommendations include a tented base and airtight ash pit, tight chimney joints, a clear straight smoke pipe, high chimney clearance, intact grates, asbestos covering on basement pipes, draft controls with dampers, a draft regulator such as a thermostat, and sealing doors and windows to minimize air leaks.
Readers receive detailed wartime sock knitting directions with numbers for sizes needles stitches rows and patterns. The guide covers heel shaping leg and foot measurements and ends noting final sock length. It also mentions trench feet among soldiers and urges community knitters to help.
The article discusses enduring cape styles for evenings, noting fur capes as reliable fashion amidst changing trends. It highlights a long full mantle with black velvet flaunter, brocade cape, satin upper, gold crepe de chine, and mart en fur trim, plus interior velvet fastenings for ease of wear.
Striving through doubt and pain the speaker vows to be worthy of the goal despite possible failure. Confidence rests in inner resolve, not contingent on triumph or outward praise, as love and glory may elude the path yet steadfast effort remains.
W J Day, treasurer of Red Men Lodge No 28 Des Moines Iowa, extols Taniac a new tonic made from bark and beetle extracts. He says it cured his indigestion and insomnia after feeling run down and recommends it to friends and brothers. Drugstores or wholesalers in Iowa can supply it.
The Liverpool Post notes a claimed capture of Jerusalem in 1817 A D citing biblical references. It points to Genesis fourteen verse mentions Melchizedek king of Salem bringing bread and wine and suggests the chapter dates to 1917.
An advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup as a reliable remedy for coughs throat and lung inflammation and bronchial irritation. It promises a good night’s rest and easy morning expectoration and notes fifty two years of American production along with benefits for lung trouble asthma and bronchitis. It claims the medicine aids Nature in rebuilding health and is marketed worldwide through civilised countries.
A short exchange shows a visitor proposing ideas for the paper and asking if the editor has implemented them. The editor mentions a office boy with a waste basket as part of the visit.
An invalid diagnosis notes that local applications cannot reach the disease core, while a patented medicine claims to ease catarrh via a specific internal formula. The text attributes the remedy to RE Cheney & Co and mentions Toledo, Ohio.
Self supporting students at Columbia University earned a total of 383000 dollars across the 1916 17 academic year and summer vacation, reflecting a substantial effort to finance their studies.
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The Jesters stage a dramatic drill with bayonet practice and a banter line about hitting a dummy. Cadets test timing and accuracy, while instructors observe discipline and technique during the session.
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