Rat proofing farm buildings with cement foundations
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to rat proof barns and granaries to protect grain, poultry, and feedstuffs. Recommendations include cement foundations and floors, walls set 20 inches into the ground, well drained sites, and ventilation. Screening with galvanized wire netting and a belt of sheet metal can deter rats and sparrows. obtain complete drawings from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department
Contagion Warnings From Wallace's Farmer Health Hints
The article stresses early care for colds in children and prevention to avoid spreading illness. It advises bed rest during weakness, use of antiseptic gauze, separate towels, eucalyptus on pillows, and avoiding scented handkerchiefs. Emphasizes disinfecting wounds and treating colds promptly to prevent serious outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Howe
Nursing as a Career for Women in Red Cross Training
The piece promotes nurse training via American Red Cross programs for high school graduates with low or no tuition, board, and uniform costs. It notes extensive opportunities in hospital, public health, and administrative nursing, plus patriotic appeals by the Countess of National Defense and the Red Cross. It also covers the American City Bureau Summer School aimed at mature men for chamber of commerce leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Nursing
The
American Red Cross
Atheritan Red Cross
Countess of National Defense
Trai
Ining
Chamber of Commerce
American City Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
Tribune
New York City
Plan for Chamber of Commerce secretaries school
A July 8 to 19, 1918 training program at Eagles Mere Park, Pennsylvania, aims to equip Chamber of Commerce secretaries amid wartime campaigns. The course responds to rapid growth of the field and the need for organized leadership to drive Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Y M C A, War Camp, Food Conservation, housing, and Americanization efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Eagles Mere Park
Eagles Mere Park Pa
Williamsport
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Chambers of Commerce
Chambers Commerce
Heinz Plans Reforms in Threshing Across Beach County
Heinz directs formation of committees in Beach County to save 800000 bushels of wheat in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz Plans
Beach County
Pennsylvania forms threshing committees to cut grain waste
The U S Food Administration for Pennsylvania led by Howard Heinz forms 67 county threshing committees to curb waste from threshing 1917 wheat harvest. Committees advise farmers on better methods, discourage threshing unripe grain, and improve handling from shock to machine, aiming to save about 800000 bushels worth 1400000 dollars.
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U. S. Food Administration
Pennsylvania
Howard Heinz
U. S. Food Administrator
Commonwealth
Enemies to Control Moths Guide Parasitic Help
Agriculture bureau and Massachusetts collaborate to release natural enemies of gypsy and brown tail moths. Calosoma beetle tachina fly and tiny eye parasites from Europe and Japan spread, boosting control across areas. Melrose Highlands records show rising parasite populations and noticeable results in targeted zones. Rich source of protein from skim milk noted.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Massachusetts
Europe
Japan
Gypsymoth Laboratory
Melrosa Highlands
Mass
Divorced Then Remarried Four Times In Indiana Case
An Indiana man Robert Liste age thirty nine from Vevay and Madge State age twenty nine now in Cincinnati obtained a license to remarry after admitting they had been married three times previously. They signed an agreement not to seek another divorce. The couple expressed hope the fourth marriage would endure.
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Indiana
Robert Liste
Vevay
Ind
Madge State
Slate
Oncinnat
Ohio
Dispatch
New York Sun
Let Us Remember Patience in Early Kitchen Habits
A fragmentary 19th century instruction urges thrift in cooking and housekeeping. It covers peeling potatoes with burned skin, using two baking sheets to save fuel, wiping milk bottles to avoid glass shards, carrying kindling in canvas, and selecting durable spoons. It also notes draining water from rice or macaroni for dressings, suggests long brooms, and mentions poultices from grated potato for eye care.
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Gemeit Foundation
Ette Suiting
D. Didphiy Advertittnz
Hy Jane A. Deland
School For Secretaries
Richard C. Cabot
Atlantic
Noguchi
Rockefeller Institute
Journal of the American Medical Assdelation
D. L. Harris
St. Louis
Oneton
J. P. Jacobson Caseline Engine
Nial Rock
Clark
W. F. Frederick
Sv? Phila. Street
Baby Carriage
School Street
Gazette Office
McAdoo’s
Wayne Avenue
King Razor Mfg., Co
N-9th Street
Porter
Clawson House
Indiana Canty Works
Weather Bros
Tf-X
J. D. Johnston
New Indiana Howse
Carson Street
Pittsburgh, Pa
Gramm Berstein
Joseph
Roe
Pittsburgh Transfer Co
Bath
Inquire Gazette
Young Building
Thomas Pealer
Tix
Merry
Walcot
Matdatet Elder
Law
Margaret Fl
Grant
Thomas Bro Forriet
Daniel Boone
Boone
Missourian
Boone Shor
Fis
Ana Dramarey
Kknn Thies
Charles Cunningham
Banks
John N. Banks
Philadelphia
Margaret Lockard
Wilkinseburg
Robert Sutton
Philipsburg
Dill
Clymer
George R. Stewart
Pasadena
California
J. d G. Pfordt
Pittsburgh
C., Brown and Family
Patton
D. E. Parnell
Sixth Street
Eddie Polo
Colonial
W. W. Brilhatry
Brilhart’s
Indiana, Pa
John Orr Stewart, Jr
Normal Conservatory
New Strand Theatre
Joe Welsh
Hart
Lee, Hancock and
Sherman
Grand Theatre
Wallace Reid
Nan of
Music Mountain
Alich Joyce
Jin
Robt. W. Chambers
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