War finance and taxation in the United States
Secretary McAdoo is praised for steering the Liberty Loan drive. The column argues war financing hinges on bond sales and taxation, warns against overreliance on wealth, and stresses taxing national income to fund wartime needs while maintaining capital expansion and industrial resilience. It critiques pacifist and socialist views and defends the modern economic mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Ariumph
Washington Energy
American Finance
United States
Senate Committee
Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Morgan
Mr. Astor
James J. Hill
Northwest
Adoo
Washington
The Business of War and Its Organizing Minds
The piece argues war now runs like a big industry with top generalship attributed to Sir William Robertson for his vast organizing role. It notes that while Haig and Petain are credited, Robertson’s planning kept the army well supplied and positioned without crossing the Channel.
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Plumer
Messines
Douglas Haig
Petain
William Robertson
Channel
All Hands Rally for War Support at Home Front
Citizens rally to aid the war effort with women baking, sewing, knitting and planting while men join or support services. Families pitch in with bonds, finances and enlistment, signaling unity as Kaiser threat looms across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Betty
Boston
Polly
Maggie
Nellie
Navy
Brother Bob
Bill
Father
Helen
Mike
Steve
Kaiser
Atlantic
Cultivation Advised for Wire Worm Infested Corn
Corn badly infested with wire worms should be deeply cultivated even at the risk of foot pruning the crop. This cultivation should be continued as late as possible. Wireworm injury in corn is usually confined to land soil. Continuous injury will not occur on drained land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
May Ship in Western Ewes Plan Considered by Iowa State
Iowa State College and the Iowa Retail Clothers' association study a plan to place 200000 or more western breeding ewes on Iowa farms. If approved, a sheep expert would select choicest ewes for farmers to order later, aiming to ease wool shortages and contribute to farming stability amid range reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Retail Clothers’ Association
Beekeeping Guidelines for Honey Crop Preparation
In the weeks ahead beekeepers will harvest honey as supers are added promptly. If colonies are strong, provide two comb honey supers at once with full sheets of foundation and inspect each colony weekly. Move hive for swarms to protect colonies and place supers on the swarm. Stronger colonies yield more surplus than larger numbers of weak ones.
Get Spud Bugs While Young On Potatoes
The article advises watching for clusters of orange under potato leaf eggs and beginning sprays early. It recommends lead arsenate over Paris green for economy and leaf adherence, describes application methods from cheese cloth bags or perforated cans, and notes mixing rates for liquid spray.
Cottage cheese use boosts meat for soldiers at front
A wartime home front slogan urges continued cultivation and food production. The message contrasts with Old World myths and stresses that gardens must be tended to supply necessities for troops, reinforcing civilian effort in supporting frontline needs.
Rainy Fourth of July Dampens Festivities in Hoprig
Weather slowed Fourth of July celebrations in Hoprig with ongoing rain. Visits included Hugh Taylor of Mandana and several local families attending Chautauqua in Estherville. Sunday gatherings featured the Oaks, Hart Taylors, and Effie, plus trips to Emmetsburg, Silver Lake Minnesota, and visits to Geo. Benson and Rae MelIntyre farms. A sale moved the Rae MelIntyre property to a Swan Lake township buyer. Mrs. Krause visited Fenton while her husband, burned in a lamp explosion, recovers at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Taylor
Mandana
Estherville
J. W. Oaks
Mac Oaks
Hart Taylor
Effie
J. C. Bosold
Emmetsburg
Geo. Bosold
Joe McIntyre
Silver Lake Minn
Bert Anderson
Levi Kaltvidt
B. F. Lillard
Harry Resh
H. Wahldieck
Vera Ellis
Geo. Benson
Paul Wellnut
Tervil
Rae Mel
Health Hints from Dr Danniels on diet and digestion
Ninety five percent of appendicitis operations could be avoided with proper eating. Recommend five glasses of water daily plus fluids with meals. Lighten heavy foods in August to prevent indigestion and diarrhea. fresh fruit and cream is wholesome. Prunes figs raisins and dates are cold weather foods. Daily sponge bath aids cooling. Sun exposure and picnic foods often cause sickness. wear colored glasses to prevent headaches and eye strain from too much sun.
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Danniels
Weather Tips for Garden and Livestock Care
The note suggests favorable weather for late blight attacks on potatoes and prescribes Bordeaux mixture as a remedy. It advises sowing millet now to avoid frost damage, spraying squash and pumpkin vines to deter borers with kerosene emulsion or dry tobacco dust, using cresote dip or crude carbolic acid to clean poultry houses, covering milk cans with a wet blanket for delivery, avoiding hoeing vegetables when foliage is wet from spraying, and encouraging neighbor cooperation by cutting own weeds.
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Missouri
Food Administration
Reed
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Congress
London
France
Italy
Belgium
Roumania
Britain
Europe
Brussiloff
Robertson
J. P. Morgan & Co
Germany
Tannenberges
Russia
Hindenburg
Poland
Rumania
St. Petersburg
Root
Kitchener
Ewes
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