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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
7
A fragmented sample cites patterns of local boosterism among residents and neighbors. It references Pickwick papers as a cultural touchstone and notes the Japanese bride calling upon her neighbors and friends, highlighting social expectations in small towns.
Lt. M. L. Gelsenberger led Natchez American Legion volunteers in erecting a tent city for flood refugees after government tents arrived without organizers. A Legion doctor planned sanitation while Gelsenberger commanded the camp. over five hundred people were aided in days, earning nationwide praise.
The American Legion Weekly argues about New Zealand press use of legionary versus legionnaire. It notes legionnaire's stronger ties to the American Legion and French Foreign Legion imagery, while legionary evokes a Roman soldier and Caesar. The discussion frames the word as rooted in sentiment and tradition.
The piece proposes drafting writers and vaudeville performers into an early war role. It calls for six months training at E. P. Sanitary detail and warns that those composing doughboy sentiment without training should face death and be sent over the top with a ro. in each hand.
Amy Kaukonen, mayor of Fairport, Ohio, boasts of output as a war worker and her city’s proud role. A former volunteer in the U S Army medical service, she actively supports the American Legion, praising its apolitical nature and its foundation on American manhood, liberty, fraternity, and service.
The Argonne association, formed in 1918 to help French orphans, operates a permanent memorial to U S troops and plans similar care for American orphans. The program places children in private loving homes with a community school, playground, and vocational center. Three centers in France provide staged training to aid mental and physical development.
Marshal Foch was welcomed in Arizona during his US tour as guest of the American Legion. Ernest R. Hall, acting governor and secretary of state, led the reception, recalling his earlier service in the war as Corporal Hall of the Twenty-seventh Engineers. He now cherishes his roles as secretary and Legion chaplain at Frank Luke Jr post.
In Tyron 26 miles from a railroad in the sandhill region a $2800 American Legion memorial hall is dedicated. Massachusetts Legion funds install a radio vacating set in five hospitals to aid service members. Bree Victories are being furnished Oklahoma posts by the department of education. The post may keep each collection of books two months. Commander Hanford MacNider of the Legion announced himself.
The United States Department of Agriculture details late blight of potatoes, its impact on tubers, and control by Bordeaux mixture spraying. It notes disease spread in cool moist growing seasons across New England, Canada, Puget Sound, with regions like New York, Ohio, Michigan and Florida affected. Emphasis on using disease-free seed and thorough spraying. storage temperatures 86 to 40 degrees F hinder disease. free circulars available from Washington DC.
The article explains how foreign material in wheat, dockage, and handling affect grade and milling cost. It notes that careful seed selection, cleaning, cultivation, and thrashing reduce foreign material, improving flour quality and price. Farmers' Bulletin 1118 details dockage impact and is available from the USDA publications division.
A 20-foot lumber load was moved using a light automobile and a borrowed hand truck. The car rear axle rope pulled the road while a rope at the lumber’s end kept the truck off the ground, demonstrating an improvised long wagon method from Popular Mechanics.
The first essential in cocklebur control is to prevent seed formation. In corn, cultivate to kill all plants and finish the rest by hand or hoe. Dense shading crops curb the weed. Sudan grass sorghum soybeans and clover help. Heavily infested areas may be mowed and burned. watch waste places to prevent stray mature seeds.
Fragmentary notes describe rat killing as a profitable activity when rains lessen field work. It mentions using boys, men, and dogs to dig rats from holes and nests, scatter debris, and wage war on the rodents, with references to straw stacks and rubbish piles.
A USDA study shows that while high vegetable protein feeds can replace part of meat in hen diets, animal proteins remain essential. Cottonseed meal yields best egg production among high vegetable feeds, followed by peanut meal, soy bean meal, and velvet bean meal. Limit cottonseed to one tenth of the mash to avoid reduced egg yield and yolk spots. gluten and bran seed meal also offer advantages.
Alfalfa should not be grazed when young shoots first appear as crowns can be permanently damaged. Do not pasture down very close during the season. Allow growth to enable at least one cutting of hay each season for best results.
Mrs. Frank Wilkie of Syracuse says after years of illness and abdominal pain she is now free from stomach trouble due to Tantac. She describes prior suffering including heartburn poor appetite and sleepless nights. She praises the product and notes it is sold by druggists.
A Chiggeraville editor recalls a delegation of lady voters pressing him to write on women as a political force. He notes their influence in shaping policy and public opinion, concluding women may be a power in politics. The piece also comments on ambition and responsibility, with a quip about umbrellas and borrowers.
A 19th century style testimonial from Cumberland Maryland praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims relief from menstrual and childbirth pain, enabling the sender to work and care for seven children. The writer invites inquiries and promises to answer any woman who writes.
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