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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
7
The text notes millions in food savings during the first year of war allowed large overseas shipments. It cites 154,900,000 bushels of cereals shipped to Europe and 844,600,000 pounds of meat and fat sent abroad as Ane's box from home to the army and Allies.
Mr Ree of Rea Patterson Milling Co reports excess smut in wheat this year and sought agricultural guidance. Kansas State Agricultural College professor S C Salmon explains smut caused by a parasite, advises formaldehyde treatment at one to forty, dipping seed wheat, skimming off spores, drying, and replanting later. He urges dissemination of the bulletin and publicity to help prevent next year's crop losses.
Poem and local notice describe Yankee Doodle sailing to France and taunting the Kaiser, mentioning submarines and battlefield escape. Also records a Spring field visit by J. E. Johnson and wife to Mrs. Johnson’s parents L. A. Cordz and wife with son Harold returning home after weeks away.
The fragmentary note from Mia Ordway of Waterloo Iowa expresses devotion and support through a service flag. It mentions faith courage love and prayers, the five points around the star, and glimpses of a baby or child’s face as a symbol of a loved one serving away.
H L Faulkner of Jamesport traveled to Jasper and bought seven registered Spotted Poland China hogs from local farmers Oscar Faskin C T Woodrow Gerald Selsor Tom Butler Ben Bell Charley Stith and A T Berry. Tom McCall sold five or more head at the State Pair recently. Walter Dodd of Jasper is a regular shipper of Spotted Polands to western and midwestern states.
A New York man petitions the court to issue a restraining order compelling his wife to keep quiet, asserting the courts’ omnipotence. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the move as a startling example of legal reach.
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