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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
2
The war boosted cooperation among Dutch farmers, expanding co operative buying, creameries, and livestock societies. Friesland exemplifies strong co operation with nurseries for dairy and meat exports via a London agency, improving fertilizer imports and price control while lifting overall agricultural prosperity.
The extract covers Monroe's 1823 declaration that the American continents should not be colonized by any European power, the Venezuelan boundary view by Olney in 1895, and Roosevelt in 1912 affirming nations on the continent must govern their own destinies. It notes the U S alone can enforce the doctrine.
The coffee crop totals 9,469,000 bags for Rio and Santos this season, down from 11,243,000 last year and 7,787,000 in 1916. Rio receipts reach 1,611,000 bags, versus 2,621,000 in 1916 and 1,469,000 in 1915. Santos totals 7,958,000 bags, vs 8,973,000 in 1916 and 6,918,000 in 1915.
A magazine describes a portable office trunk built for traveling salesmen containing a typewriter, portfolio, card index, rating books, sample machine, ledgers, and manuals. It weighs about eighty pounds empty and expands to roughly one hundred seventy pounds when full, offering complete facilities on the road.
The common test for soil acidity uses blue litmus paper from drugstores. Moisten soil, form a ball, split, place a litmus strip across, press, rejoin, wait an hour, then check for pink indicates acidity. For alfalfa, sample from surface and subsoil to compare acidity levels.
Year 1916 saw record traffic and earnings but small new mileage at 1 098 miles built, the second track 356 miles. Canada laid 290 miles, while the United States projected 727 miles and actual build reached 1 060 miles amid survey totals of 2 126.
A. L. Benedict editor of the Buffalo Medicinal Journal requests reader observations on dreaming in animals. He notes dogs often dream and cats do as well, and asks for information on other domestic pets, stock, and wild animals in captivity or in nature.
New orders from the British Food Controller Lord Devonport restrict candy production. Extravagant candies are forbidden and no chocolate may be sold above ninety six cents per pound, other candies above sixty four cents. Sugar and chocolate use for coverings and pastries is banned and 1917 production cannot exceed half of 1915 usage.
Dissolve two ounces of white Castile soap in a quart of water over low heat. Cool, bottle, and add a teaspoon of baking soda. Rub into scalp and hair, rinse, and massage while drying for glossy soft hair.
Over 21 years rural spending on roads and bridges grew from about 80 million to 282 million. State funds for road and bridge construction and maintenance increased from about 2.55 million to 53.492 million, a near twentyfold rise.
Fragmentary text lists names WM H Lebricher Jon E Snyder A W Stauffer with a string of numbers likely a financial or roster note, but no coherent event or context is readable.
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