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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
7
Washington reports war department issues instructions on enforcing the army draft law. Governors are to oversee registration in each state with mayors and selected boards authorized in cities over 30,000. Officials will follow detailed orders to implement the mandates.
The president seeks help from public officers to execute the law and relies on citizen volunteers as registrars. Patriotic citizens are urged to offer free service and contact the proper official immediately for engagement.
The bulletin explains mandatory population registration under universal liability to service. Authorities designate sheriffs and mayors to appoint registrars, one per 170 people, with sworn officials and printed instructions to govern precinct registration and voting sites. It notes duties for county clerks and city officials after the proclamation.
The document outlines absentee registration rules for county and city clerks. It specifies that absent voters may register by mail or through the clerk of the county where they stay, five to six days after the president's proclamation, with instructions issued to jail wardens and institutions. It notes enforcement for cities over 30 000 population and 10 0 0 0 for large cities.
Secretary McAdoo telegraphed 27 518 banks and trust companies nationwide urging them to receive subscriptions for the 2 000 000 000 bond issue and to report rough per bank patron demand. He praised banks for aiding the federal reserve in their districts and noted the early rush of multi million subscriptions. Negotiations continued for international loans with Italy France and others as the first 100 million to Italy was arranged and the second treasury certificate offering began.
Washington reports Sir Hardman Lever of the British war mission forecasts a central purchasing committee in the United States to handle all allied supply buys, replacing J P Morgan & Co. He warns Germany may be bankrupt in credit markets after the war due to heavy internal loans and rising interest.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines signs of illness in horses including appetite changes thirst and mouth issues. It details examination steps for teeth tongue throat esophagus and abdomen and explains peristaltic sounds and abnormalities indicating disease or distress.
Inoculation of alfalfa is best done by broadcasting soil from a field with prior alfalfa growth to a depth of four to five inches. Apply 250 to 500 pounds per acre and harrow in on a cloudy day or late afternoon to protect germs. Soil from sweet clover roots can also inoculate alfalfa, avoid introducing weeds or fungal diseases.
A farm note touts a crowless rooster as the only profitable bird to let roam during warm weather, calling crowless a variant meaning cape and suggesting practical benefits for free-range husbandry.
Less alfalfa seed and crimson clover seed were imported in 1915 16 than in the two prior years. Hairy vetch imports fell to under 70 000 pounds in 1916 from 2 500 000 pounds in 1914.
A historic note explains draft distribution in plowing, with 35 percent for the furrow slice, 12 percent for turning the furrow slice, 12 percent for turning the furrow of the sole and landslide. It warns that a dull sharepoint uses the draft by one third later.
A sermon tracing the vine and branches metaphor in John 15, detailing abiding in Christ as the source of fruitfulness and joy. It contrasts eternal life with disciplined growth, notes cleansing through the word, and emphasizes love as the governing motive for obedience and witness.
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