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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
12
Reports tell of a gigantic life form resembling a diplodocus emerging from the grass on a small Cuban island off its west coast. The 60 plus foot creature trampled crops, toppled structures, and sent villagers fleeing to neighboring shores as scientists debate its status as a living remnant of prehistoric reptilians.
An Indian minister, Dr Mata Durhem, reports a holdup on a night journey. A masked white man demanded cash and the minister offered four dollars in small bills while keeping five. The thief fled as Durhem walked away, and the minister later kept his word not to report the incident.
Governor Whitman at the National Union meeting at the Garden theater mistook a stranger's hat for his own and grabbed a different style while the stage box mix up unfolded. The incident ended without incident as officials corrected the hat swap and the governor resumed his speech on war issues.
In Foensetown, PA a pair of youth explorers search for thrills. A 72 member group formed a Gut Gang using a cave as a clubhouse. they raided ice boxes, trod on gardens, started a forest fire, and were fined. Juvenile officers failed to curb the activity.
A tiny boy near Grand Avenue clung to his mother during a Red Cross parade, smiling as nurses passed. He voiced a wish to grow up to be a soldier to be cared for by pretty nurses, touching many onlookers with his patriotism and hinting at the fate of those in uniform who might be cared for by Red Cross workers.
Wartime guidance urges eating fresh vegetables while available and shares rules for keeping well with a varied plant-based diet. Vegetables provide starch and sugar for fuel, act as laxatives, offer minerals for nerves and bones, and supply growth-promoting constituents, with emphasis on green leafy types and tops as greens.
A dated miscellany on home economics notes safe kitchen practices and simple recipes. It mentions scalloped potatoes with onion, milk for children, dusters washed and kerosene dried, molasses cakes with rendered fats, tissue paper for mirrors, barley flour biscuits, lemon jelly with bananas, olive oil in meals, prunes stewed without sugar, bread pudding with apples, vegetables for health, lemon juice to prevent fruit clogging meat choppers, and rubber bands and waxed paper for lunch packing.
The speaker urges living from the garden to cut meals from markets and save funds for Liberty bonds and thrift stamps. Superior summer meals from home produce reduce food costs and boost family comfort, while sharing garden knowledge with neighbors. The message invites readers to study USDA guidance on garden dining.
The States Relations service of the Department of Agriculture released a baking guide printed on a hanging ecard. It shows substitution ratios to replace wheat flour with barley rye corn or other substitutes and includes tested weights and measures plus twelve cautions. A copy is available from the Washington DC office.
The planning guidance stresses arranging stove sink and work table to form a compact kitchen workshop. Place shelves cupboards and drawers near where supplies are used to reduce steps and improve efficiency. Choose durable convenient equipment and install the pieces used most often first.
Twenty five thousand appeals for exemption from the draft were filed by men in class 1 and refused by boards. The article discusses efforts to weed out slackers in Washington, the post office department aiming to speed mail to troops, and broader wartime political dynamics including revenue legislation, senatorial conduct, and the navy’s use of black walnut resources for war matériel.
A collage of notes on inventions and discoveries from aviation instruction in Peru to a Wisconsin patented kite rib frame and a phosphorus fueled cigarette box. It mentions ebony wood from Ceylon and India, Phoenician trade, seagoing boat davits by an Alabama inventor, acids in southern China, a Japanese street sprinkler for ads, Utah hydroelectric valves, a gold palladium alloy for lab utensils, aluminum rifle pullets boosting price, and a British Guiana cattle project with a 120 mile tract from Rupunanti to Yawwakuri Savanna to aid export and colonization.
A short editorial note from the Detroit Free Press states that a bold head start helps, but achieving significant goals in a large world is very difficult if one begins with arrogance. The quote emphasizes humility and perseverance.
Fresh air sunlight and frequent cleaning help prevent lice and mites in poultry. provide a dust bath or dust box for hens and apply small amounts of sodium fluoride or blue ointment to specific body areas. Mites hide in cracks and require kerosene or coal tar products sprayed into roosts and walls, repeated every week to ten days.
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes a plan for producer and consumer cooperation to save summer eggs for winter use. It urges every farmer and poultry keeper to preserve one case of eighty dozen eggs for home use and sell one cage to a nearby consumer to preserve. The scheme aims to yield three benefits including reduced spoilage and better distribution.
The text outlines three goals: improve supply distribution, stabilize prices, and preserve goods. It recommends a water glass method for preservation or, if unavailable, the new water method. Full details can be obtained from state agricultural colleges or the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington D C.
A wartime poultry guidance piece urges clean hen houses and sun exposure to curb lice and mites. It describes simple dust baths, sunlight, and gentle chemical treatment as effective steps, noting the U S Department of Agriculture offers detailed methods.
A concise guide to starting and maintaining urban poultry. It cites U S Department of Agriculture Farm Bulletin 889 for basics on housing, flock size, feeding, disease prevention, and raising chicks. Additional bulletins 528 574 and 682 offer specific aids and trap nest designs for record keeping and improved management.
Successful poultrymen agree that the mole at the head of the flock should be pure bred for reliable production. Certain breeds excel for egg output while others suit meat, with a third class for general use. Two Agriculture Department bulletins detail these varieties and include illustrations. Guineas are sold late summer and fall as heavier birds for market.
Guidelines emphasize cracked corn and oats for grain, use dry mash or moistened milk feed, and careful planning for growing chicks. Avoid chill and damp goslings, expect 60 to 75 percent hatch, prevent sour feed, ensure clean poultry houses, and provide grit shell and minerals. General purpose breeds suit backyard flocks, offering eggs and meat and often good mothering.
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