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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
3
The Food Administration warns against hoarding and caps licensed dealers at 60 days of stock. It urges Americans to share, not store, food during wartime and emphasizes mutual saving to ensure national supply.
Instructions urge families in maple regions to make maple syrup or sugar at home using ten or more trees. Details cover tapping with a spout, collecting sap, boiling to syrup or sugar, and timing as soon as maple weather begins. The article notes pioneer origins and local home production potential.
London and American papers foresee a beard revival as soldiers return from the war. Historically, long beards grew during campaigns when shaving was impractical, with precedent from the Crimean and Civil Wars. If American troops come home bearded, the style may gain broad adoption again.
Popular Mechanics notes a New York machine using coal gas as fuel with an 8 by 4.5 inch steel tank on a running board. Charged to about 2000 psi, it can travel roughly 120 miles. Compressed gas at 50 cents per thousand cubic feet costs about 26 percent less than gasoline per gallon based on mileage.
A Sydney Australia workshop inspired U S Red Cross knitters to produce two socks simultaneously. Instructions detail threading, alternating stitches, heel turning, and finishing with no bind off, aiming to boost output from 6 000 to 76 000 pairs in a month.
A Trallin priest invents feather clothing as wool substitute. A gasoline blow torch fuels a portable cooking store for campers. A pneumatic key enables remote door opening via a valve. A car washing map features a hollow handle feeding water through a hose. Two British physicians pursue parasite-based extermination of insects.
The Christian Science Monitor notes U S soldiers in Texas admire Dallas and other cities, finding towns here resemble home regions. It observes modernization makes U S towns similar across states and compares Dallas to cities in Massachusetts, Illinois, Colorado, or California.
Dr. William H. Crawford of Allegheny College departs to war work at the front and warns no interview as it implies nonreturn. A humorous tale contrasts a blue mood with a rich uncle’s quip about a pony earned by waiting for his uncle to croak.
A comic mix of classroom misreadings and misheard phrases shows a teacher describing a kaiser as a hot water jet and a policyholder seeking compensation after a sidewalk injury. The humor contrasts authority with confusion in brief vignettes from Life and There It Ended and the Boston Transcript.
A classroom moment features Willie Jones tested on natural history and prompted to name animals. Separate lines hint at a social scene with Edith and gifts, contrasting affection and rivalry.
A widow misinterprets condolences as congratulations, as she just received her late husband’s life insurance payout, illustrating a clash between mourning and a financial windfall observed in a Baltimore American piece.
Loss of power and emaciation from impoverished blood are helped by Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It enriches the blood, stops tissue waste, builds flesh, and aids recovery from grippe, pneumonia convalescence, fevers, and wasting diseases. It acts as a restorative tonic and aids digestion. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
Sage and Sulphur Compound known as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur is offered in drug stores for about 69 cents. It claims to darken gray hair naturally and evenly with repeated applications, leaving hair glossy and youthful. Not a disease cure, this old remedy is marketed as a toilet essential.
A Vermont constable rounds up a band of hobos and orders a bath. The scene prompts disbelief, with one man suggesting a vacuum cleaner as an alternative. The brief humor blends with a stray ad line for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets and a quip about a mismatched wedding date.
A Boston Transcript item notes a couple discussing anxious hopes for a girl as their cook remarks she dislikes boy babies. The snippet reflects domestic conversations on gender and family life.
Heal Baby Bashes That itch burn and torture. A hot Cuticura Soap bath gives instant relief when followed by Cuticura Ointment. Free samples address Cuticura Dept X Boston. At druggists and by mail. Soap 25 Ointment 26 and 50 Adv.
A Boston Transcript quote captures a commuter rushing for a 6:40 train while savoring a pause as three or four diets inquire about the rush. The witty exchange highlights everyday urban rhythms and punctuality.
A short dialogue shows Miss Cayenne rejecting anonymous notes and expressing disdain for men who hide convictions behind secrecy. The exchange underscores a stance favoring personal, direct expression over anonymity.
A Cincinnati claim promotes freezone as a cheap remedy that stops corn pain with a few drops on tender skin. The ad says the corn can be lifted out root and all without pain and urges druggists to stock the product.
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