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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
2
An article on Surgery Military from the New International Encyclopedia notes that cold steel wounds, including shrapnel and shell injuries, retain the same patterns since the Franco Prussian War. Shrapnel and shell wounds are often infected, with shell fragments causing severe damage near the burst point but less far away.
Lieutenant Harold Peat of Canada told Indianapolis audiences that 97.44 percent of wounded are saved, with many returning to duty. The praise centers on the bravery of surgeons and nurses who moved dressing stations forward and set up hospitals immediately behind lines to reduce deaths from bleeding before reaching care.
A mine sweeping device is attached to the bows of several ships in the war zone. When deployed, a netted projection extends many feet to both sides, enabling it to lift mines and bring them safely to surface away from the vessel.
The up to date anchor differs from the familiar form, using ball and socket joints instead of a shank and crafted from strong cast steel. Most US anchors are produced near Chester Pennsylvania. The anchor touted as the largest weighs ten tons. Grubbs says he works hard without appreciation, likening himself to a singer whose hard work worsens the sound.
A bank director claims the cashier dropped a half million in the pista eireet while another director questions how the loss was known. The exchange reveals the director’s role as broker, hinting at internal scrutiny and potential oversight issues.
Ogden sees injuries after motorcycle crash while army buys horses in Ogden and a Utah family has three brothers drawn in a draft. Lewiston opens an $80,000 pumping plant. Deaths follow a car collision near Centersville and a boy dies playing near a steel elevator in Kaysville. Tax levies set for Murray, Midvale, Sandy, Bingham. Weber county education plans fall term start. Greek resident Nick Pappagiants injured near Midvale. Indian war veterans camp fire set for August 21 at Salem. Salt Lake business trip to Uintah basin aids understanding. Accidents include a Deep Creek mine death and an Ogden auto crash head injury. Model city ordinances discussed by state attorneys. Utah lake water rights prompt crop damages threats. harvest manpower issues loom. Co op drive to curb predatory animals plus escaped convicts recaptured. Lightning strikes home in Kaysville but causes no injuries.
The United States Department of Agriculture describes a broad poisoned bran bait using wheat bran, paris green or arsenic, lemons, and molasses. Application timing varies by region, with late afternoon in semi arid areas and early morning in moister zones, noting delays before death and offering Farmers Bulletin 747 for further guidance.
A writer argues powder or dust sprayers could be used more widely on plants. Describes a bellows device near the target, holding about 9 quarts of mixture. Recipes mix lime with Paris green or arsenates. flour mixes also used though costly. Choice depends on work. flour now scarce and expensive.
All summer gardeners face persistent pests. Use arsenate of lead for tomato and cabbage worms, tobacco dust for cucumber beetles, nicotine sulfate for immature forms and roots, and poison bait or collars for cutworms. Hand pick aphids and spray hard soap or nicotine sulfate with soap on attacked cabbages and other plants.
Rape will stand a heavy frost without injury and, when cut for sale, should be taken about four inches from the ground. A second or third crop can be expected from the same seeding. It makes the finest pasture for brood sows and pigs. An acre sown on good land will carry 25 to 40 pigs from June to October if handled properly.
The beet sugar industry requires at least 150000 bags of 100 pounds seed annually. To guarantee this supply, no fewer than 16000 acres must be devoted to seed production. Only about a quarter of the acreage was harvested in 1916.
The notice warns that when cabbage begins to head up it must not be sprayed with Paris Green dust. Remaining green in the heart of the cabbage can poison the eater of raw cabbage.
A note advises removing the harness and heavy collar during noon for horses. Go over the animals with a stiff brush before replac ing harness. This quick, few minute procedure helps keep the team in good condition and full of nervous force.
Nevada reports show ore shipments up 500 percent year over year and Elmer Johnson fined $200 for fighting in Bend. The intermountain region notes rising war demand fueling Wyoming oil field growth, drought and crop warnings in Montana, and labor shortages at Nevada mines. Also covered are rail and civic issues, including Red Cross linen drives, draft quotas, and local accidents.
In Lowell Massachusetts Mrs Margaret Quinn describes years of nervous distress headaches and pain. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved calm absence of headaches and pain and endorses the remedy. She notes symptoms including suffocation hot flashes headaches backaches and dizziness and offers to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
Oregon and Washington logging camps adopt a skyline system using elevated cables and giant trees to hoist logs into the air then haul them to railheads for shipment. A five drum donkey engine powers the top cable and drug lines, enabling faster movement than ground methods and bypassing obstacles.
A Philadelphia inventor has created a dust filtering device that attaches to the player piano. The system links the piano bellows to a vacuum cleaner via a special pipe, enabling music while cleaning. The device allows a housewife to play, clean, and vacuum simultaneously, keeping the parlor tidy with ease.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura with assurances of cleansing and healing skin, then veers into grim mortality statistics about the human race. The copy mixes cosmetic benefits with alarming life-expectancy numbers, ending by urging health care as if for a motorcar.
Fragmentary note describes a tense exchange with an officer where a student fumblingly introduces a breathing exercise and a request for time. The dialogue hints at gender bias and a claim that women were perfect from the start, reflecting biased attitudes in the moment.
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