Soldier Rejected by Girlfriend Over Army Fitness
A man recounts being dumped by his girlfriend after army doctors deemed him unfit. She believed if he failed military service there must be a underlying flaw, ending their relationship.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
5
Market Report Notes Varied Commodity Trends
Market report lists pens and power as stationary, cheese firm and fairly active, hops lively and active, whisky lively and unsteady, gunpowder rising, and putter strong with inclination to be shaver. The notes suggest uneven activity across goods at exchanges.
High Class Horses Wanted For Work And Profit
The article argues the most desirable horse combines size, substance, style, step and quality and sells at the greatest profit. It notes demand rising for high class draft breeds in wagon horses chunks and drafters, with wagon horses 1250 to 1500 pounds, chunks 1350 to 1400, and drafts 1600 pounds and up.
Eskimos Could Boost Arctic Supplies, Says Explorer
Detroit News quotes Arctic explorer Christian Leden noting the Eskimos kill many animals yearly but waste carcasses. He estimates seven tribes could yield millions of pounds of caribou meat and fat, walrus meat and oil, whale products, sealskins, and ivory, bolstering temperate-zone shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eas
Detroit News
Christian Leden
War Gardens Seen as Successful in 1917 and Encouraging for 1918
The national emergency food garden commission says war gardens succeeded in 1917 with about 3,009,000 gardens covering 1,150,000 acres. Value: $350,000,000, or $17.50 per family, reflecting high retail-equivalent output. Can manufacturers sold 119,000,000 canning jars as households packed nearly 500,000,000 quart jars of produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Live Ctok Live Ctok Colts For Gelding Trade
Colts for the gelding trade should be grown by two years and strong enough for work. Begin mouth training with light spring and summer work, then alternate periods of plow and rest to build muscle. In harvest they can be turned off for winter feeding and return as three year olds fit for various tasks. Teach them to do anything, including backing and standing on command.
Feeding and protection for work horses in winter
Dr. C O McCarmioet from Kansas State University outlines winter care for work horses. He warns against cutting rations despite high feed costs and suggests economical feeding by mixing oats and cottonseed meal at about one to six, plus using straw and alfalfa hay where available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. McCarmioet
Trector McCampbell
Kansas
Selling Breeders For Meat Causes Meat Shortage Warning
Officials of the Department of Agriculture warn the hog breeding stock is being depleted as breeders sell animals for meat. Prices for pork and high feed costs drive farmers to cull breeding stock, creating a critical situation that could worsen if meat supplies dwindle further. Hogs provide faster, cheaper meat than other stock, intensifying the shortage risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agricul
Ture
Preventing Stomach Worms in Sheep Pasture Management
To rid a flock of stomach worms the surest method is frequent pasture rotation. If fences allow sheep to use different fields each season and old pastures are occasionally plowed up, crop yields improve and the flock remains healthy with fewer internal parasites.
Britain's Army Demands Across France Measured in Tons and Gallons
Isaac F. Marcosson notes in the Saturday Evening Post that the British armies in France require monthly 95 000 tons oats 4 000 000 gallons gasoline 20 000 tons flour 10 000 000 pounds jam and 75 000 tons hay. He says these figures reveal vast wartime supply needs drawn on a ten league canvas with comet hair brushes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Isaac F. Marcosson
Saturday Evening Post
Cost Of Maintaining A Herd In Winter
Dr C W W McCaimmnbell of Kansas State Agricultural College says the breeding herd costs can be reduced with straw silage and cottonseed meal. At normal prices cows at the Kansas Experiment Station fed silage and cotton seed with roughages cost less than four cents a day to winter and remain thrifty for spring pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cl W W. McCaimmnbell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Hog is Good Corn Husker
The report from North Dakota Agricultural College Extension cites experiments showing pigs gain more weight when foraging their own corn. One day of labor can husk an acre, so pigs on acre-fed systems save that labor. Squaw corn is praised for early ripening in North Dakota, aiding hogging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
North Dakota Agricultural College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thos. G. Wadsworth
van Buren Township
Marit Z
Daviess County
Callahans
Callahan’s
J H. Callahan & CO
L. F. Potts
Republican
Odon Journal
Market Report
CTOK
Dr. McCampton
Kansas Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Britain
Bair
Siedie
Doctor McCampbell
Kansas College
Search the Odon Journal Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Odon Journal?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.