Remarkable Corroboration Of A War Time Prank
A Chronicle letter from Sergeant Lee Tully of Kansas City describes a misidentified target he and a comrade pursued in France, believing it to be a German. The Winterset Madisonian meanwhile printed Private Lloyd Waechter’s account of capturing a German spy, revealing both letters depict the same incident: a large lightning bug mistaken for the enemy. The piece highlights homebound soldiers sharing a joke across distant towns and the odd coincidence of two letters about the same event appearing in nearby papers.
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Chronicle
Lee Tully
Kansas City
France
Anyowa
Gery
Tully
Winterset
Madisonian
Lloyd A. Waechter
Co. A
Arynal Corps
Kingdom Come
American language drive shapes Iowa patriotism struggle
The piece argues that true patriotism requires use of the American language, citing a Grundy county conference and a new German church costing $25,000. It warns that immigrant churches threaten unity, urging all to adopt English to keep Iowa and the nation unified and Americanized.
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Iowa
Grundy County
John C. Orth
Grundy Center
America
Educational Bureau
Washington
The Battle for the American Language
An editorial argues Governor Harding’s push to Americanize Iowa faces resistance from foreign language churches. It contends the foreign language preacher supports keeping parallel communities, likening old congregants to captives and urging assimilation through English church services.
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Harding
Iowa
Theory on the rocks shows fertilizer aids soil health
A column notes repeated claims that fertilizer harms soil but cites Pennsylvania State University Bulletin 147. Researchers revived a depleted field by applying complete fertilizers up to 1914, then reduced potash and used limited nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Over four years wheat averaged 84 bushels per acre.
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Pennsylvania, Experiment Station
Fertilizer myths and neighbors debate farm yields
A farmer named Jones benefited from applying fertilizer to soil that had not received barnyard manure for years. Neighbors initially doubted the practice, predicting poor soil, but later conceded Jones’s big yields came as prices favored fertilizer use, sparking local commentary.
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Bere
Jones
Applying Fertilizers Wheat
Apply all fertilizer through the fertilizer attachment of the grain drill at seeding time. If no drill with fertilizer attachment is available, apply entirely by broadcasting through the fertilizer distributor. Work the fertilizer into the soil thoroughly before sowing wheat.
Fertilizer Yields Boost From Miami County Farmer
James Stedman of Deer Creek, a leading Miami county farmer, credits consistent fertilizer use with higher and earlier yields. He reports average 30 bushels per acre since 1895, peak 42.5 in 1915, far above county and state averages of about 20 and 17 bushels. He notes faster harvests and a 1917 oats trial where fertilized plots mature earlier and could have yielded 15 more bushels per acre.
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Indiana Farmer's Guide
James Stedman
Deer Creek
Miami County
Indiana
Stedman
War Savings Stamps Advertising Slogan Fragment
A fragmented wartime thrift ad urges buying War Savings Stamps to fund the war and shorten it. The copy emphasizes Uncle Sam supplying guns and a bulging war chest as the best insurance for old age and world fate, urging thrift and loan confidence.
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Uncle Sam
Wire Netting Promises Safer Splints For Injuries
Galvanized wire netting is touted as superior to wood for surgical splints. It is strong, light, non absorbent and easily sterilized, with free ventilation unlike wood and plaster. The splints are woven from 60 tempered wire, easily pressed into shape to fit and bind to the injured limb.
Between Loans and War Weary Peace Timers
A fragmented poem on war and peace contrasts with market notes showing grain prices from Van Y/Bros. The text pairs reflective verses about battle fatigue with agricultural quotes and price ranges for corn and grain futures, indicating mixed wartime sentiment and commodity data.
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Pennsylvania Experiment Station
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Van‘yl Bros
Pella
Butte
Springs
Dave Verought
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
Baldruf-Rosenblatt CO
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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