24 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Petersburg Press
Location
Petersburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
1
A collage of wartime musings from The Petersburg Press quotes on German policy, home front shortages, and social life. It laments soap scarcity in Germany, notes coal production rises, and jokes about fashion and daily routines during the war, highlighting patriotic attitudes and absurdities.
The food administration outlined a plan to control wheat flour and bread, including buying agencies at terminals, licensing elevators and mills, and eliminating futures trading. It states the government may take over the 1917 harvest if needed to secure supply, with a $2 minimum price applying only to the 1918 crop.
The U S Navy reports the Standard Oil tanker Campana was sunk by a German submarine on the morning of August 14 west of Sede Re. Forty seven survivors reached land safely, with the captain and four armed guards believed held aboard the submarine. A special Marion County Grand Jury session will probe the Broad Ripple streetcar wreck near the state fair grounds that killed four and injured over twenty.
About twenty German airplanes raided the southeast coast of England Sunday evening, killing twenty three persons including nine women and six children, and injuring fifty others. A separate accident near Noblesville Indiana involved the Winona Flyer at an open switch, injuring twelve people.
The senate approved the food control bill and food survey act, granting the president powers over supplies and prices. Wilson urges action to curb profits, while the August crop outlook forecasts a 3.0 to 3.5 billion bushel corn harvest, amid fertilizer and mobilization plans. Russia sees renewed stability per Root, and Allied fronts face heavy rains, with American troops and naval shifts under consideration.
Lawrence Bros of Vera Saskatchewan are highlighted as progressive Western Canadian farmers who began with little, sold a shotgun for ten dollars to homestead in 1906, and now own a section and a half of land with substantial livestock. They praise improved farming, auto use, and rising prosperity reflected in high crop yields and new machinery.
Jones, recently among the workless, takes a carter post but overburdens a two wheeled spring cart. The horse strains and stalls on an incline, Jones blames the animal and asks the governor for a taller horse, insisting the current one is not tall enough for the work.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for dandruff and itching with a follow up hot shampoo using Cuticura Soap. It claims hair returns after dandruff clears and offers free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept. L in Boston. Also notes a humorous engagement anecdote and a protein content comparison of foods.
A fragmented note cites a remark about America’s heart and woe poetry. A business minion scoffs at readers neglecting to read advertisements, using a rare adverb jovidently to mock the audience.
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