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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
3
The world faces a postwar food challenge with wheat and rye sufficient for demand but large shortages of high protein feed and fats. The Food Administration projects exports rising toward 20 million tons, while European hunger persists and famine looms abroad.
News from across the country reports a growing candle shortage as households in rural areas turn to candles with gas and electric light rationing. The ministry of food is considering a control scheme to protect essential industries and ensure rural districts receive adequate supplies at stable prices amid rising costs.
Ocean harvester boats work year round cutting kelp about six feet below the surface. Macerated seaweed is pumped to onshore tanks. magnets remove metal debris. Beds yield pure potash for chemical use, with residues totaling a tonnage. area ranges from Point Conception to the Mexican line.
A German wartime report notes a switch to iron coinage due to metal scarcity. Copper coins were halted in 1917, copper replaced by steel forgings, and smaller denominations shifted to aluminum and zinc. Zinc coins, previously used in French Indochina, are prone to corrosion in impure water but dull to gray in soda and salt.
Massachusetts mill finds a substitute for burlap using one strand Swedish pulp paper and two strands jute. Nine ounce fabric tests show 119 pounds tensile strength versus 90 pounds for standard eight ounce burlap. A New Bedford Standard report notes textile material Textilee in use at 23 German factories may outlast the war as a permanent textile solution.
A letter from Lieut. Chester E Hickman in the Paris Daily News describes Brittany market day with peasants in traditional dress guiding pigs and cattle through mud while American vehicles cause chaos. He recounts handling a wartime funeral for 20 dead and 48 injured after two ammunition trains derailed near his camp, including organizing burial services and a military procession. Rumors swirl about Wilhelm’s plans to return to Germany and abdication debates persist.
The piece argues visitors should depart promptly after saying what is needed. Prolonged lingering wastes life and hospitality. Finish tasks neatly, plan with foresight, and avoid half finished efforts that delay achievement.
The piece argues that across War Department branches valuable military research is bearing fruit and questions whether it should be discarded before peace. It warns against returning to complacent unreadiness and urges citizen challenge to assumed postwar disarmament.
Felix Blankenbeker was arrested last night after a disturbance at the cafeteria of James Georgeopoulos on Seventh Street and Wabash Ave. He was taken to police headquarters, examined by Captain Jones, and jailed on intoxication and inciting a riot charges, later released or paid.
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