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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
9
A fragmentary report warns of chronic deafness creeping in quietly as a serious, advancing condition. It notes the ear drum and ossicles can be affected, with cases dating back twenty years where some hearing remains. The text urges early attention to prevent further loss.
The Elmer Wood company of Moulton Iowa was shut down for egg profiteering after selling a large egg consignment to Swift and Co at an excessive price. The license was revoked effective April 24 1918. The firm plus related entities faced penalties including Liberty loan subscriptions and Red Cross donations. Additional actions targeted Zinn Co and Swift Co in New York and orders to C A English Ottumwa to donate to the Red Grass. Other penalties included the B A Brown company suspension in Little Rock Arkansas and requirements to undo excessive flour sales and restore substitutes since November 1 1917. Corn is urged to be more than food symbolically for the war effort.
Dr Gabriel R Maguire, noted African explorer and Boston pastor, headlines a Chautauqua program with a talk titled With An Irishman Through the Jungles of Africa. His Irish wit and eloquence promise a memorable address using valuable curios and souvenirs. Second night.
President Wilson praises Chautauqua's continued value amid war, urging unwavering support for patriotic education. The piece shifts to U S Food Administration data, detailing wartime food shipments from 1914 to 1918, including full yearly rations for over 57 million people, extra protein for 22 million, and vast exports of wheat, pork, and beef to Allies.
The author argues Germany plans a Mitteleuropa empire from Poland to the Persian Gulf and warning that without a decisive victory, the world will live under perpetual German aggression. He cites 1895 and 1911 German works, the Berlin to Baghdad railway, and Belgium and Serbia as steps in conquest. The piece urges America to pursue victory to stop German expansion.
Thirty more Iowa servicemen are listed as killed in action or died of wounds and accidents. Names include Capt. EB Fleur Des Moines Lieut C R Green Winters et al. U S sailors, and others from Creston Winterset Mason City Dubuque Cedar Rapids and more. Also notes aero mail letter from Ralph Butcher of Toledo Iowa state college engineer.
A Scientific American table shows alcohol benzol blends driving a touring car at 42 mph on equal parts and 41 mph with one to two parts alcohol, falling to 36 mph with five parts. Pure benzol yields 42 mph, gasoline 44 mph. Alcohol and benzol are being distilled from coal tar in the US and Germany, promising cheaper fuel with near gasp performance.
Advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures through the blood. It offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with free circulars and a price of 75 cents, produced by F. J. Cheney & Co.
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