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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
3
The piece rails against Bolshevik influence in Russia and defends industrial democracy. It criticizes strikes and conscription while praising authority, capital, and skilled management as essential to national industry and wartime unity. It forecasts a pro-business postwar order and condemns radical unions and IWW influence.
The article notes large scale arms output during the war, detailing June production of about 27 million cartridges in U S plants. It cites a weekly average of 10,142 rifles per day in a June period, plus Russian rifle production and substantial cartridge, rifle, and machine gun outputs since U S entry into the war. It also mentions the ordinance department totals and a current daily cartridge output of 15 million.
U S Department of Agriculture home economists describe a age test for dressed poultry. Grip the end of the breastbone between thumb and finger and bend it. A very young bird bends easily like ear cartilage, a one year old is brittle, and an old bird is tough and hard to bend. Some dealers cheat by breaking the bone before showing the bird.
Judges in Tennessee refrain from punishing Sunday farm work and commend the practice. The Farm Labor Conference in Birmingham heard the stance. Indiana rural churches at Purdue also supported Sunday farm work to aid food production for the war effort.
Poultry manure is more valuable than that of other farm animals and well suited for gardening. Poultry raisers should use it on their own gardens or sell it to boost flock profits.
Leavenworth residents are advised to use a glycerine and buckthorn bark mixture called Adlerika to flush the bowel and relieve sour stomach gas or constipation. One spoonful reportedly cleanses the tract instantly and may prevent appendicitis, with Wheeler's Drug Store selling the product.
Washington articles detail government schemes to aid veterans after WWI. Secretary Lane promotes irrigation and land reclamation in the Colorado basin to offer farms for returning soldiers. The article notes expanding unemployment and a centralized U S employment service to recruit labor for postwar production.
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