17 May 1917
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
1
The piece highlights peanuts shifting from joke fodder to a major U.S. crop due to wartime imports cuts, with Texas accounting for 200000 acres and a tenfold acreage rise year over year. It also notes government printing bids and Cuba's reinforced navy and army ready to carry the Cuban flag to Europe.
President Wilson urges all classes to do their duty during the crisis as farmers, workers, and students contribute to national effort. The term conscription faces criticism, with suggestions to rename it selective military draft. Iowa is praised for its agricultural and military enrollments, though delays in road improvements persist. The Sioux City Journal forecasts newspaper tax effects on advertising. Wheat saving via whole-wheat flour is discussed, and a Canadian plans to sow potatoes into German fields as wartime aid. An army of hungry potato beds is imagined to support the nation.
Iowa State College Ames will hold a war influenced summer session offering 40 agriculture 17 home economics and 12 manual training courses. Free tuition to Iowa residents, with special war courses in red cross work and food conservation for public school teachers to become community leaders. Sessions run June 11 to July 20 and July 23 to August 30 with faculty including Dr Prosser Gunsaulus Martland Judd and others.
Wednesday evening May 2 a small gathering of friends witnessed the marriage of Miss Sadie Taylor to Frank Geigel at the bride’s home. Rev A English officiated as the couple left on a Northwestern train for a wedding tour to Ames and began housekeeping at Mr Geigel’s Irvington township farm. Mrs Geigel, a former Lone Rock postmistress and Quinby Krause clerk, is praised as cheerful and popular, while Mr Geigel is regarded as a solid citizen who owns a farm and has lived in Algona several years. The community offers hearty congratulations.
A pocket electric flashlight helps the man who tractor plows at night by safely inspecting gas tanks. For alfalfa, monitor basal shoots to harvest the first crop and promote continued growth. Weaning means removing pigs together while feeding sows lightly for several days. Cut sweet clover at 27 inches tall, leave 6 inches stubble. Paper collar method controls cabbage and tomato worm. wrap a paper strip around stems just below soil. Spray for grape black rot per extension bulletin 33 from Iowa State College.
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