07 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
1
Dr Samuel G Dixon warns of home drug preparation dangers from mislabeling and indistinct bottle swaps. He cites mercury compounds and calomel as deadly risks and urges strict labeling and locked storage to prevent accidental poisonings.
Dr. F. J. Flanagan of the Boston Cat Club argues against destroying cats to save food. He notes cats eat table scraps that would otherwise dump to garbage and cannot be fed to pigs due to no permits, while scraps are too small to matter to fertilization.
A Washington Star poem contrasts types of dollars and how choosing the right one affects success. It outlines versions that work and shirk, assist and idle, roam and stay home, urging care in selecting the financially reliable kind.
A Louisville Courier-Journal reflection notes that love powers daily life and quarrels with a sweetheart halt progress, emphasizing affection as a driving force.
The president approves a timely injunction from Secretary Redfield to bureau chiefs urging immediate action in war affairs. He warns against “business as usual” and details that delays aid the enemy. Every official must adapt, cast aside past methods, and act without delay to win the war.
Anviling that disturbs seven ity is an enemy of thought. The shriek of a penny whistle may cost the world a masterpiece. The possession of wealth has little to do with real happiness. Often one-legged beggar on the streets happy. Tie of the fishy handshake is easy to index. There are people so filled with egotism that they can strrt standing still. A trip to the country often proves to be mainly the pur chasing of expensive incon veniences.
Weather bureau forecasts and shipper warnings help avoid losses of food during winter by guiding rail shipments. Shippers should check daily forecasts for frosts, cold waves, winds, and heavy precipitation and adjust expediting or protection measures accordingly as a patriotic duty.
Consul Walter A. Leonard in Colombo reports a Ceylon government embargo on all exports except printed matter to the Netherlands Norway Sweden and Denmark. The ban resembles Britain's recent restriction and could affect copra trade with Denmark and the Netherlands. The consul expects increased American trade as other markets close.
The article describes a 1910 English patent for using worn boots and shoes mixed with slag granite lime stone asphalt and bitumen to pave roads. The resulting surface is said to wear well resilient and produce little dust.
Culture buttermilk is more beneficial as a drink than common varieties. It contains more lactic acid bacteria, which aid digestion and health, and reduces harmful bacteria. Production involves sterilized milk with a lactic starter, cooling, coagulation, churning, and salting before storage.
The recipe details washing and cubing beef kidney and stew meat, seasoning, browning with bacon and onion, then simmering with water Worcestershire sauce and green pepper. Olive circles garnish the gravy, with a cabbage onion salad finished with fried salt pork bits and hot vinegar.
A rustic recipe instructs sautéing a large onion in butter until soft then adding four bay leaves one quarter teaspoon celery seed three quarters cup oats two cups water or stock and two cups milk. Boil season and strain, serve with buttered toast. A fine supper dish.
A cranberry jelly is molded in a baking powder can then unmolded and cut into half inch slices. The slices are arranged on lettuce and topped with chopped walnut meats shredded celery and a spoonful of thick salad dressing.
With spring orders winding up for delivery, New York manufacturers report orders above last year’s pace. Fabrics are lighter than usual while war regulations show little effect on spring styles. Patch pockets become common and double breasted coats sell well. Trousers retain the turned up hem though fall styles may drop this feature. Cloths stay subdued in color. conservatism guides most designs.
Statistics show that most widows of former wars married younger women. No 1812 veteran remains, but 109 widows of 1812 soldiers still receive pensions. Mexican War survivors number 884, its veteran widows total 3 442, and Civil War widows approximate the count of surviving veterans.
Origin of Dover’s powder, a longtime remedy found in druggists, traces to Captain Dover. He is noted for rescuing Alexander Selkirk, the castaway whose story inspired Robinson Crusoe. Dover practiced medicine independently, mainly on his own men, and devised the powder that bears his name.
The United States Food Administration warns against propaganda claiming plentiful food in Allied lands. Fred B Pitney notes France faces serious shortages with meat and dairy tightly rationed and cattle herds declining, while claims of abundant rye and barley are disputed. He cites official data on cattle and sheep losses and warns such reports hinder conservation and war effort.
Lieutenant Colonel Nenadovitch of the Serbian mission arrived in Washington to meet President Wilson and thank the United States for relief aid to stricken Serbia. A cousin of King Peter and former aide to the crown prince he served at the front and was severely wounded in battle.
New York police celebrate as Marion La Touche, 72, awaits sentence at the Tombs after a grand larceny conviction. DA says the case ends a 35 year swindle spree that challenged police since 1885. She obtained 200 dollars by promising a profitable investment. Also, Hyman Lefkowitz loses his federal license for attempting to sell 1000 pounds of sugar at 15 cents per pound.
The report details rising imports of barley rye corn and oats in France and Italy during 1916 compared with prewar levels and 1915 production. It notes significant deficits and stresses officials in the United States observe Italy's worse plight than France despite optimistic statements.
Miss Sara Christie takes her seat as conservative representative for Trondhjem in the Norwegian Storthing. Elections fill vacancies only for illness or death. all members serve on special committees. Christie joins the defense committee to review army and navy estimates and is a director of a girls' school and longtime town councilmember.
The National Rivers and Harbors congress meets for its fourteenth annual convention at the New National museum auditorium. Governors mayors and business leaders attend as it outlines plans to coordinate government efforts to maximize waterway use amid railroad congestion and crisis.
Experts in circus booking and routing will assist the government in organizing moving supplies nationwide. The plan also transfers circus kitchen systems to army cantonments to standardize field kitchens, with seasoned circus staff enlisted to run army messes.
Thousands of French women and girls from fourteen to sixty work behind Allied lines in France. They excel at painting camouflage on guns and perform packing duties in ordnance dumps and storehouses with high efficiency. They labor alongside British WRAC members in clerical roles, though the French workers lack English knowledge.
Rev Dr David J Burrell of Marble Collegiate Reformed Church hires a woman as secretary as war claims most young men. The appointee is Miss Merce H E Boyer of Cleveland Ohio.
In wartime rhetoric a call favors substitutes like honey and syrups over sugar to speed victory. The piece argues such alternatives can keep morale high and sustain effort until supplies improve.
Rural Iowa notes report Primghar school extending to six days weekly to finish before April end, releasing students for farm labor. Durant businessmen opened roads to boost attendance at a regional institute. Vernon’s service flag lists 113 stars. Military and police actions appear across several towns.
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