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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
11
Naval officers say the five big battle cruisers may be postponed to allow more swift destroyers. The plan aims to boost wartime effectiveness as destroyers with 30 knot speed are deemed more useful in the current conflict.
United States Department of Agriculture urges raising and eating rabbits to curb meat costs. Rabbits are wholesome and easy to raise in large numbers, though they can become pests as seen in Australia.
Leo Mimbach of Graettinger visited West Bend over Sunday and was welcomed for his regular visits to the West Bend area. He is employed in the Graettinger Tile Works office.
More than 20 000 physicians and surgeons are sought for military service. If volunteers fall short, the government will impose conscription. Doctors near graduation are preferred over older practitioners with established practices.
The Connecticut Food Supply Committee urges tobacco growers to shift toward food production. The region grows over eight million dollars in tobacco annually in Connecticut and has a similar total in Massachusetts, highlighting the economic balance pressures.
With all the free advice given the farmers this spring every man on the farm ought to know the business pretty well by the 4th of July. Farming is like every other business. Those who know the least about it give the most advice.
The spirit of democracy spreads as the people of Khiva in central Asia, a small Russian province, demand and win a constitution from their Khan marking a notable political shift.
The Secretary of Agriculture proposes federal control of food price limits. He urges the government to buy and sell if needed to stabilize high and low prices across the market.
About 150 Germans who did not evacuate the Panama Canal Zone after the war declaration are interned on Toaga Island. They reside in a hotel owned by the government under guard and supervision.
A Swedish engineer has reportedly perfected a process to manufacture a strong textile from peat fiber. The development could introduce peat fiber fabric as a new clothing material in the future.
News from Germany reports war effects in the U S including early closing of amusements and suppressed nightlife. The Frankfurter Zeitung notes a sealskin coat shortage due to reduced catch from war, while colonies and territories show loyalty to the United States. Cold-related costs and high prices are also mentioned.
A Cherokee man received a letter from his Sweden based brother describing high prices. The note mentions new tires in use in Stockholm and the cost context around one thousand dollars.
The Food Dictator of Germany orders a nationwide search of every house for hidden food supplies. Even small cottages are inspected. Hidden reserves are confiscated except for legally allowed rations. The letter laments loss of freedom and restrained editorial speech during wartime.
An old note explains how Irish immigrants to Spain adopted local language and customs, now their descendants speak Spanish and not English, with many surnames like O Connor O Neill O Donnell and Shaw in the Spanish army. It also estimates rainfall weight: one inch of rain on an acre weighs 110 tons, and on 1000 acres about 220 million pounds.
The daily output of 40,000,000 postage stamps is produced in one of the most modern electrified printing plants in the world, the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington. The output would cover eight acres of land.
A Popular Science Monthly note explains a new fishing method using a funnel shaped net and deck tank, powered by strong suction pumps. Fish enter beneath the boat and are drawn up through the net into a contained tank, applying a vacuum cleaner principle to catch them.
The Stillwater Gazette recalls a Sunday school moment where a boy named Willie answers a minister’s question about what a father says before meals. Willie quips that his father says, go easy on the potatoes, kid.
A historic note warns that about twenty percent of potatoes are wasted through peeling by ordinary households, discarding valuable soluble salts. It adds that baking or boiling potatoes in their skins preserves almost all food value, unlike peeled preparations.
Old paper literacy drive in Dubuque sees schoolchildren gather ten tons last week. Paper value ranges from 12 to 40 dollars per ton, reflecting a thriving recycling effort among students.
A first edition copy of Dickens Pickwick Papers sold in New York for $4500 at auction. The volume includes Cruikshank illustrations. The report notes unrest in Sweden with republic sentiment among labor groups. Also mentions submarine hunter Belliqueuse launched at Bordeaux and Lloyd George urging workers to grow more food. Navy pay rises by $16 monthly to match army levels.
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