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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
8
A Marion County club promotes naming home gardens after soldiers to aid wartime food production. Members are urged to write to the chosen soldier, naming the garden in his honor and pledging care, with the exhibit at the Pella fair this fall. Co. W. Bond, County Club Leader, Knoxville, Iowa.
War era verse urging girls to support the war effort by saving money, writing letters to soldiers, sacrificing personal comforts, and purchasing War Savings Stamps. It credits Carolyn E. Moneypenny and frames these duties as patriotic. The poem blends cadence with call to action for home front morale.
Resolutions adopted by the Workers National committee urge the government to introduce a rationing system as a remedy for growing shortages in working class districts. Robert, president of the Miners' Federation, chairs the committee. The plea cites women queuing at shops to buy tea sugar butter and margarine, blaming the present distribution for the crisis.
The term acre stems from Latin and Anglo-Saxon ideas of a field. It was first defined under Edward I as the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, and under George IV a uniform standard of 4,800 square yards was established.
A cheerful encouragement to be amiable and happy, noting constipation as a barrier. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to relieve constipation, boost appetite, and aid digestion, attributed to F. D. Stubenrauch.
The U S Food Administration in Washington declares a wartime wheat saving plan to supply allies through next harvest. Monthly consumption cut to 21 million bushels from 42 million. Rules urge households to limit wheat products and bakers, grocers, retailers to enforce strict weekly and per-meal limits.
A wartime plea extols mercy as the highest heroism and the Red Cross as a Christ like shelter. It argues donating five dollars saves a life and eases pain, urges readers to open their purses, and suggests shedding one luxury daily to aid wounded soldiers in France.
The article explains hogs can be raised on refuse and waste grains, damaged grains, slaughterhouse by products, and dairy by products. It notes hogs are largely self feeders and can be fed cheaply with a summer pasture and minimal grain, while winter rations mix grain and hay with limited grain per weight and ample hay for sows.
The article recalls a French crowd admiring Americans in uniform and a schoolboy praising Lafayette, while George Washington goes unmentioned. It emphasizes Lafayette’s celebrated role in saving America, and the mutual gratitude between nations as Americans visit France.
The piece argues that marketing sows can be wasteful, likening it to killing the goose that laid the golden egg. It notes sows breed efficiently, averaging five to six pigs per litter and can be bred twice a year, sometimes three times, with litters growing until five or six years old. Many sows are sold after one or two litters, before peak productivity.
Silage added to sheep rations lowers costs and adds succulence, palatability, and variety. Do not use rotten or frozen silage. Pregnant ewes need three to four pounds daily in winter plus two to three ounces of cottonseed cake and hay. silage boosts milk after lambing. Fattening lambs and yearlings often yields cheapest gains when silage is part of the mix. Rama winter well on silage.
The piece praises courageous aid amid global conflict, likening deliverers to Christ figures who comfort the devastated, heal the sick, and bind a wounded world. It envisions a renewed era as the bereaved and oppressed seek justice and a risen dawn amid ongoing tears and crucifixion of truth.
High quality alfalfa hay supports brood sows during winter by providing essential calcium and protein. It should not be the sole diet due to bulk, and should be complemented with a daily allowance of concentrates such as barley, wheat, shorts, or a barley shorts mix.
A college debate star, once famed for wins, has married and no longer pursues victories on the circuit. The change marks a new chapter away from public contests, with the former champion settling into family life.
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