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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
7
A call urges women workers to receive training and be organized into units with their own living quarters. Each unit should have a matron to supervise, ensuring orderly preparation for increased wartime production and duties.
An article from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines a plan for preparing urban women volunteers for farming tasks beyond lighter duties. It notes training is needed if acute farm labor shortages arise and cites England’s experience with 300,000 women working on farms as a reference.
The plan proposes selective entry of women aged at least eighteen into heavier farm labor only if required for the food harvest. It calls for a two week training course at colleges or on a practice farm to assess fitness and skill, and for organized living quarters as work is highly localized and farm cooperation is needed.
The text argues for assessing actual demand before training women for farm labor and suggests consulting the state agricultural college and farm help specialists. It warns against sending workers where jobs do not exist and recommends pre-arranging housing and wages, with one nonworking group member serving as chaperon and matron.
Departments of agriculture and labor with state representatives and colleges outline actions to ease farm labor shortages. They survey local labor, shift workers between communities, promote farmer cooperation, use rural high school boys with farming experience, and remove obstacles to increasing farm machinery use.
A nationwide wave of women offers to assist on farms as manpower shortages hit harvest season. Department of Agriculture officials say women will mostly take light labor on fruit and truck farms and help farm families, with heavier farming still relying on men. The letter expresses strong patriotic motives and compares helping in agriculture to supporting troops.
A county agent offers farm management demonstrations to help a young farmer assess labor income after expenses and interest. The program compares his figures with successful peers to guide profitable changes in the farm operation.
The text emphasizes potatoes thriving in cool climates and advises planning and sensible farming practices. It warns to have formalin for treating potatoes and grain seed, and to apply phosphorus when the crop is ready to begin growth.
The essay argues that a woman's character is determined by her ability and her ability by her character. It claims women are simpler in essence yet outwardly more varied, while men become more complex with insight. It asserts women coordinate all faculties to obtain what they want, often without planning. It concludes that a woman achieving a desired outcome implies highly efficient coordination.
A recent advance in telegraphy claims a single grounded wire transmission of 6000 words per minute using a printing telegraph system. The invention, deemed war related, aims to free commercial operators for signal corps while preserving secrecy about technical details.
The Vancouver Daily Sun notes long centuries of sea and air progress, Africa’s vast coastline, and a population distribution explained by rapid growth. It cites 848 languages among Africans, with many not written, and observes one eighth of humanity resides on the continent.
A company representative told Yavapai that the development plan is laid out and California experts will drill the property beginning February 15 to keep the operation active around the clock once the unloading rig is set. The first well will be spotted by two California oil men, with field reports indicating workmen push the timetable toward spudding by February 25 at latest.
British forces report capture of German East Africa reveals extensive rubber plantings of the manihot species. Manihot trees yield declines after five years and are renewed by rooting out old stock and planting new. The primary global rubber source remains the hevea species.
Tables Turned as Farmer Corntessel recalls scolding his son Josh. He says the family now focuses on running the farm and investing money in war bonds, hoping he will approve when he returns home. The exchange highlights wartime patriotism and family sacrifice.
The text depicts a speaker pledging to sing a song about keeping the home fires burning. The speaker notes they are on the way to present the song to the coal administrator.
An American tourist recounts a train stop in Ireland where he seeks to meet station master B at K station. The tale centers on a heated exchange over delays and B’s notorious temper, sparked by a former Detroit man Joe Murphy’s warning about B- who proves to be the sharp, volatile official.
Professors joke about saving electricity during wartime and vow not to use electric lights. Henry B. Langdon of DePauw University says he will switch off lights until the Kaiser is killed, and his students are too bright to need illumination. Other professors consider following his example amid the shining lights in classes.
Frank Fletcher unearthed a bronze Civil War era medal while digging potatoes at 1087 South Senate avenue. The disc bears 1861-1865 with Goddess of Liberty and a soldier. the reverse shows the Ohio state seal and inscription saluting a veteran of Co. G 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The find, reported by the Indianapolis News, adds a personal relic to local history.
The United States Public Health Service studies whether extensive rice cultivation in the United States raises Anopheles mosquito populations and influences malaria prevalence. Research is underway at Crowley and Lake Charles, Louisiana, to determine the extent of the connection.
A German agent sentenced in Norway for espionage testifies that Germans abroad are compelled to obey orders from German officials regardless of the action. The remark highlights the reach of German control across occupied and allied nations since the war began, reflecting pressure on individuals in various countries.
The United States conducts a nationwide food inventory under an August Act to assess demand supply costs and storage. The master list covers 525000 names with 800000+ items and 165000 retail grocers. surveys extend to households and firms to gauge stocks and consumption for planning next year’s crops and substitutions.
A collage of brief items notes inventions and social facts: a lightweight fracture-setter, portable parachute, egg-registering device, hops treated as tobacco substitute, dual use towel and robe, mobile baby dressing table, women in U.S. auto factories, Aurora New York 1881 electric street lighting, German language teaching in Philadelphia schools, campaigns against underage smoking, high rates of marriage among American girls, safety razor blade patents for tailors, radiating kitchen stove cover, Japan’s museum continuity since 756, a deployable rudder, and potato storage in ferns versus straw.
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