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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
3
The Sixty fifth congress ended its war session amid praise for unity with minimal dissent. It passed sweeping measures including the $2.535 billion war revenue bill, massive defense and credit acts, and a vast array of appropriations totaling over several trillions, financing conscription, shipping, food control, and military expansion.
Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany on April 6 and issued war bonds totaling 15.538 billion dollars. War appropriations and contract authorizations reached 14.39 billion as war loans to allies totaled 7 billion. The draft bill covers 10 million men, with espionage and revenue provisions plus food control and trading with the enemy acts and soldiers and sailors insurance.
Havre reports the Belgian gray book counters the May 1915 German white book allegations. It states that between 40,000 and 50,000 Belgian houses were destroyed by German forces during the early war period.
London Oct 8 Machinists Mate Perente of an American naval vessel will be freed on bail on a manslaughter charge in the death of dockyard laborer Plummer who died from a jaw blow on Sept 8. Perente pleaded not guilty and said he did not mean to injure his friend.
Peru formally broke relations with Germany after an overwhelming congressional vote. The government issued passports to the German minister as the rupture was announced in Lima on October 8. A Montevideo report said Uruguay’s congress was near unanimous for an immediate break with Germany.
Miss Fleanor Chase daughter of Irving H. Chase married Sergt Major Charles Phelps Taft I son of William H. Taft. The ceremony took place at Rose Hill home with Rev. Robert E. Brown officiating. The bride was given away by her father as flags bordered the decorations.
Sacramento October 8 The California State Federation of Labor adopted a resolution urging the expulsion of all I W W members from unions within the American Federation of Labor.
Washington reports a British and German white paper detailing a prisoner of war accord from The Hague. The Netherlands will care for 16 000 prisoners and reimburse internment costs while providing camps medical care food and clothing. The pact also allows German medical staff in the United States to return to Germany by sea if allowed by Washington.
A Popular Science Monthly sketch describes an automatic water tank for poultry. Water is poured in from the top after closing a bottom faucet, with a tight screw cap and gasketed airtight lid to maintain a constant water level in the dish.
Poultry division notes common head and throat ailments in fowls, mainly colds and catarrh, with symptoms of snuffled nostrils rapid breathing and open mouth. Fall and early winter are peak times. prevention rests on health breeding and isolation of infected birds. Treatment recommends cayenne seasoned food or a tonic of gentian ginger saltpeter iron sulphate, dosed at two to three tablespoons per ten quarts dry mash.
Sodium fluorid powder is death on poultry lice. It can be dusted into the feathers so it will reach the skin. It should be applied to all parts of the body. It can be made into a solution one ounce per gallon of water and stir well. Dip the poultry into it. The dipping method kills the lice quicker better and more cheaply. The sodium fluorid has no bad effects on the skin, but is a little irritating to the air passages. It is, however, very destructive to the lice.
The article advises thorough cleaning of adult bird quarters twice yearly and suggests bimonthly spraying for extra cleanliness. It notes coal tar products as effective disinfectants available at hardware stores and emphasizes giving birds clean, comfortable quarters for good results.
The recommendation urges burning all loose litter to start mite control and painting or spraying with whitewash mixed with a poison such as creolin crude carbolic acid or a proprietary preparation, with thorough soaking of cracks and crevices.
A brief note explains that fattening rations are simple and do not require complexity to achieve fair results. The statement emphasizes ease of use and effectiveness without intricate plans.
If lice are allowed to get a start during hot weather they will multiply rapidly and lousy hens and chicks suffer intensely and are never profitable to their owners.
Early-hatched pullets will start laying in September. They do not respond well to moving house as their ovaries begin to develop.
A New York report describes Baron Ichizagemon Morimura of the Morimura Gumi pursuing baptism by Yoshitaro Koji, a former convict turned religious teacher. Koji, who spent 23 years in prison, preaches a nondenominational Christ centered message and has influenced Japanese reformers and public morals through roaming missions.
George Gardner of Emience Kentucky a member of fifth company ninth division at Fort Harrison recalls the counsel of a thoughtful woman in Irvington who urged a brief vacation after training before new work. She suggested he could steal an hour of rest each morning if commission duties prevent time off.
The article notes 2176 French nobles serving in the war, with Prince Louis Murat and the Duc de Rohan among those honored. It mentions Comte de Turenne, a descendant of a famous marshal, and Comtesse O Gorman who died as a Red Cross nurse after receiving the Croix de Guerre.
An Aeronautics article explains firing a machine gun on two German Fokkers captured in France. The gun is actuated by a Bowden wire via a lever and can be disengaged momentarily as propeller blades align with the muzzle. The Morane prior model fired through the tractor screw.
Women operate street cars on many British rail routes with over half the motor men replaced by motorwomen on some lines. The role is valued for conductorship, though opinions vary on women in the driver’s seat with emergencies.
In a humorous village vignette Mrs. Stickitt brings her robust nine year old nephew to a physician seeking a cure for an overdeveloped appetite. The doctor teases the boy’s looks while the aunt pleads for treatment to curb the voracious eating before his month of holiday ends.
An American heiress agrees to marriage with a count, praising foreign nobility for gallantry in the trenches. The dialogue notes public tolerance for a hero’s flaws after proving bravery and service.
A vintage advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for a clear dazzling white wash. It claims the product leaves clothes whiter than snow with no greenish tint and urges buyers to purchase a large package at grocers for five cents.
A Connecticut paper advertises a “Wonderful Cow” in New England noted for rare talents. It seeks a steady respectable young man to tend a garden and care for a cow that has a good voice and is trained to sing in the choir.
A historical advertisement offers $100 for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The remedy is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at seven now. testimonials are free. EF J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A dialogue reveals a couple's strained finances as a plan for a trip is canceled due to an overdrawn bank account. One person bluntly labels the other a wretched financier and questions their choice of bank.
Mrs Townley balks at paying a girl ten dollars weekly for cooking. Mrs Subbubs clarifies the arrangement: four dollars for cooking and six dollars for rooming.
Tom Moore visited Campbell and learned Campbell had just written a poem entitled The Battle of Hohenlinden with the line Of Iser rolling rapidly. On leaving Moore slipped on the stairs and exclaimed rolling rapidly in response.
A humorous exchange about borrowing money and the question of when Monday is. The speaker insists Jibway should lend a dollar, while the other party questions the timing and intention.
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