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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
8
A schooner crew returns from a successful seal hunt in the Arctic ice floes. Officers and fishermen celebrate the journey as they bring home a bountiful catch and mark a safe voyage amid harsh conditions.
Uncle Sam urges city residents to keep two hens per person for a bumper egg crop. A small yard suffices with minimal feed from waste and little daily work. Children can help, and Cock crowing can be avoided by keeping no rooster. Hens yield ten to fifteen dozen eggs yearly with simple housing.
A writer in the New York Mail claims women prefer men who have loved many women. Miss Sydney Shields cites a physician friend noting women favor men who have pursued many loves. The piece discusses how experience with women affects a man’s desirability and how women view male rivals.
A passage describes a man who makes women feel intelligent and beautiful, presenting himself as the master of the situation. It claims women, including modern ones, are drawn to a confident, controlling partner.
Florence Mary Bennett of The Vigilantes quotes an old New England housewife urging thrift. The list of 12 economy tips covers uses for milk and eggs, bread yeast, soup from leftovers, waste avoidance, and practical housekeeping practices. It frames waste as a sin and a national crime.
An October 8 1917 act provides that widows of civil war Spanish American war and Philippine insurrection veterans on the pension rolls receive an extra allowance for a helpless child, with $25 per month as the uniform rate for those at lower pay or added later.
The Indianapolis Star notes German actions in occupied Belgium and parts of France destroyed forests and orchards to create a desert landscape. The piece urges protection and restoration of forests, emphasizes moisture conservation and landscape beauty, and calls for educating the young to value trees for future welfare.
The piece argues Macedonia is rich in coal but lacks exploration and working methods. It predicts that after the war, under friendly rule, the country will offer a promising field for capital investment and natural wealth development.
Florence Van Cleve in the New York Times writes a wartime meditation on gender roles and sacrifice. A wife urges her husband to go to war while she stays home to keep the household and nation strong, envisioning a peaceful postwar balance.
Rest rooms have been established in more than 200 counties across the United States to aid farm and town women with rest and refreshment. Agencies note local clubs and businesses cooperate, placing facilities near stations and markets, with Kalamazoo, Michigan, cited as an early example since 1882.
A frascible man asks if the car is a cattle car, prompting a sharp retort from another passenger who accuses him of stepping on foot and jabbing with an elbow and newspaper, creating a tense scene aboard.
A compact summary of scattered items notes that most English peers have policewomen, the horizon blue is favored for French military uniforms, rice production leads in several states, the Dominican Republic holds the most virgin lands in the West Indies, and Montenegro’s children tend sheep while adults engage in war work.
Labor conflicts in China are settled through a chamber of commerce process. After a decision is issued all parties attend a feast funded by the winning side, reflecting informal customary resolution.
Britain organizes a national program to recruit train and deploy women workers on farms to sustain agricultural production during submarine warfare. Candidates endure physical and personality examinations then train at diverse practice farms and join groups led by a matron and forewoman to perform live stock care and intensive farming tasks.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes England trained over 800000 women for farm work to offset men under wartime rules. It says US farm labor needs may not require women beyond lighter tasks unless food production falters and field representatives should be ready to mobilize women if necessary.
David I Houston secretary of agriculture urges towns to mobilize sympathetic citizens with farming experience to aid seasonal planting cultivating and harvesting. Communities should contact local farmers to fill labor gaps and support food production for armies and civilians with agricultural and labor department aid.
The article argues that with American men and boys needed at stores and factories, women should take on heavy field labor to boost bread production for the nation and allies. It stresses endurance and prompt action to support harvest seasons and farm output.
Women and girls can assist farms by light tasks such as fruit and berry picking sorting and packing. They can aid busy farm women with household duties during harvest and indirectly relieve men for heavy farm work by taking lighter tasks in offices stores or factories at critical times.
Department of Agriculture issues free bulletins detailing poultry experiments. They cover building facilities chick brooding and all phases of poultry raising for farmers and hobbyists.
Cover can be used for silage and it is claimed makes it a very satisfactory feed. Barley is shallow rooted and needs a well prepared seed bed with mellow soil near the surface. Use plenty of fertilizer in the garden with manure or commercial fertilizer. Radish seed sown with parsnips onions and other slow growing crops marks rows for early cultivation. Grow enough vegetables for home use all year to reduce shipping and free rail cars.
Fragmentary excerpt features characters Autocracy and Militarism on a Tong tshing trip returning home. Dialogue includes questions about fish, references to Herr Deutschland, and requests for an axe. Text is garbled and contains nonsensical names.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a universal stomach remedy. It claims to treat disordered stomachs and inactive fevers with gentle laxative effects, regulating digestion, cleansing the alimentary canal, and stimulating bile production. Sold worldwide, with a promotional nod to consumers.
A Chicago Tribune snippet describes an awkward moment when T bumps his nephew by elbow, causing brief sobs. The boy apologizes with politeness while the author notes the unintended clash and lingering embarrassment.
The exchange features a wife as the source of wealth and a husband accused of marrying for money. The remark underscores a playful tension over motives in a marital relationship.
A brief, unclear Italianate style line discusses a man bearing more years than a single man due to carrying some of his wife’s burdens. The text is fragmentary and does not provide a clear event or names.
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