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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement proclaims Beecham's Pills strengthen digestion, stimulate the liver, regulate the bowels, and improve health by working with nature. Describes the product as the largest selling medicine in the world available in boxes of 10c and 25c, sold everywhere.
California horticultural officials seek reports on grass hoppers seen across districts in northern counties including Sutler Modoc Lassen Butte and others. Suggested control methods include poisoned bran mash burning harrowing and flooding to prevent hatching while officials coordinate state and county efforts to curb crop damage.
A cyclist at a training camp drove his motorcycle into a drifting parachute to halt an officer dragged by a failed 2000 foot jump. High winds carried the parachute and entangled the officer, but the cyclist’s timely impact prevented further tragedy.
An article in the Journal de Medecine et de Chirurgie notes that poison gases used in Europe can be swallowed with meals, causing digestive disturbances and even appendicitis, especially when chlorine is present. The onset is rapid and treatment effective.
Reports in state papers say home made sorghum or rane shup will set records this season. The staple aids farm independence by providing sugar on farms and in town, ensuring a steady outlet for produce as suggested by the Clamotte Observer.
A USDA prepared guide outlines humane if not necessary stunning, sticking, scalding, scraping, and gutting to yield meat. It details hog handling, water temperatures, hair removal, entrail removal, leaf lard cooling, and carcass cooling strategies for winter and summer conditions.
The fragment warns against hanging a fresh carcass near a freshly painted door or in rooms with tar, kerosene, or gas. It notes freshly killed meat absorbs odors quickly and advises pork carcasses should not be cut up until thoroughly cooled.
The tip urges collecting windfalls by feeding hogs and using aphies that fall to reduce future trouble. It notes the coding moth larvae or worm form are found in these and destroying them helps produce better fruit next year. The message stresses constant effort as essential to good fruit.
A roving dog damages flocks by killing sheep and spreading the sheep tape wort parasite. The infestation is a notable problem in the Apel region, causing significant losses and economic impact for farmers.
The piece praises prunes as a valued civilian and military staple, noting the surgeon general's endorsement and a 1917 crop consumption of 24 million pounds by fighting men. It adds that at a trade size of 55, total prunes consumed would reach 1.1 billion, a poetic jab at battlefield distance and morale.
Cardinal Lucan of Reins tells Everybody's editor Howard Wheeler in September that German claims about the French using the cathedral towers for observation are false. He says as war began he swore he never abandoned the church and never allowed it to serve military purposes, yet bombardment continues and the edifice is battered.
The article explains American soldiers in France learning to count French francs, nicknamed regular money by the New York Evening Sun. It notes Americans prefer dollars and coins while French paper francs are bulky and easily crumpled. It mentions a French cashier’s reaction to a silver certificate and that Americans are paid largely in francs, though the franc’s value is small.
A U S Department of Agriculture report shows over 2.4 million youths engaged in club work nationwide. Northern and Western states enrolled about 1.6 million youths with products valued at 3.7 million dollars. The South had 114 thousand boys and 84 thousand girls producing goods valued at 6.0 million dollars, plus emergency work reaching 400 thousand boys and 1 million girls with products valued at 84 million dollars.
A true wartime vignette from Hed Cross Magazine recounts two women keeping pasta di forto cooking for traveling sick and wounded soldiers in Reviso Aly during six o'clock raids. With shrapnel nearby they stirred soup, wore a granite saucepan as a helmet, and refused to take refuge, insisting raids were when they were most needed.
A guest criticizes driving in town while the Petunia tavern landlord recalls Constable Slackter’s reaction after a joy rider ran him down and escaped westward. He phones the captain of the Wayover company, demanding action. The captain hesitates, highlighting Slackter’s sudden vigilance and town pride.
Hit Profiteers in Meat Queensland New South Wales report the Queensland labor government began a state meat policy in November 1915. After two years operation the government claims prices have fallen to prewar levels plus adjustments for droughts with beef down nine cents per pound when the first shop opened.
A wife asks her husband, George, a playful question during the evening as he devours a newspaper. He snaps, misunderstanding the inquiry and returns to reading about the high cost of living, ignoring the moment.
Hundreds of trees in the northwest including Douglas fir white fir and western white pine suffered bark peels by bears, says forest ranger Tf Z Liepel. He reports about 100 trees per square mile peeled and urges hunters to kill the bears as a patriotic move.
Notice to creditors and claimants about administration of John T. Hack Van estate. Oscar Sacheman of Mphrata Pa is the administrator. Creditors urged to pay debts promptly and present claims for settlement.
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