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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
8
Halifax commissions outline a bold rebuilding program featuring new boulevards, green spaces, and varied housing. The plan prioritizes durable materials, artsful design, and permanent housing for thousands, with Fort Needham and parks repurposed as recreation spaces. The effort reflects a resilient, monumental recovery led by government and private architects.
The Nitro plant near Charleston West Virginia faces a labor morale crisis as 15,000 workers rise to 40,000, despite high wages. Wages start at 40 a month for office boys and top carpenters see under 100, while many recruited workers vanish during transport or quit after days. A welfare program funds hospitals dental care and housing with like baths and riverfront recreation to keep workers content in a dry, isolated town. Public entertainment efforts include recruiting a band and staging plays, with summer amenities such as rowboats and canoes planned to offset the dull winter period.
An article recounts a dramatic scene where an American locomotive, with a clanking crew at the controls, speeds toward a blocked crossing before stopping abruptly. Spectators, including French rail workers, react with astonishment as the train halts on instinctive mechanism. Paris Stars and Stripes notes the moment as a vivid example of destruction’s reach.
A homemaking note outlines a beef and vegetable stew using skim milk and rice to stretch meals. It highlights cost savings of 25 cents, multiple uses for skim milk, and a simple cottage cheese sausage recipe. It also lists kitchen care tips and common misuses that shorten utensil life.
An assorted column offers practical advice on food preparation and home care. Tips include replacing bacon with a meat substitute, boiling clothes with turpentine for disinfection, preparing gripe juice without sugar, ironing damp fabrics, redacting silk blouse care, serving lemon juice with bananas, ensuring children receive whole milk, removing fresh stains with dry salt, cleaning nickel plating with kerosene, washing velveteen in soap and water, and substituting barley flour for fat in pie crusts along with barley flour and wheat flour blends.
United States Department of Agriculture experts warn that roup a contagious poultry disease worsens in cold weather. It spreads by infected birds and contaminated water or surfaces. symptoms mimic a cold but with fever, discharge, swelling and severe breathing difficulties. Preventive measures include isolation of new birds, thorough cleaning and disinfecting, and adding permanganate to drinking water. if severe, culling the flock may be advised to stop further outbreaks.
Prevention is best in poultry keeping says United States Department specialists. Treating sick birds requires time and patience, and carriers may silently spread disease after appearing well. Keep the poultry house free from dentix and enforce measures to exclude all pathogens for lasting health.
The article discusses signs that separate diphtheria from similar illnesses in poultry, noting the absence of thick false membranes in the nose and throat and occasional yellowish deposits that are easily removed. It covers dust baths for hens, uniformity and profitability of purebred poultry, and guidance on breeding and feeding timing to maximize profits.
The manuscript emphasizes selecting quick maturing pullets that lay early and possess large combs and wattles. It advocates ample roosting space, consistent care under all climates, and using sour or sweet liquids in mash when possible. It stresses systematized farming, avoids wet mash, and highlights profitable poultry farming with medical facilities, cleanliness, and deliberate management.
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