Eggs and reforms across Kansas to curb tainted shipments
The bulletin warns that many eggs shipped to eastern markets are tainted or adulterated. Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Texas panhandle shippers are cited to appear before the Bureau of Chemistry to show cause under the Food and Drugs Act. The effort follows 1916 investigations in Colorado and plans to candle eggs before interstate shipment.
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Federal
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Trinidad
Colo
Goodrich
Dale
Pickhardt posts leave as his son takes over
Postmaster Bertram Pickhardt leaves the Department in Washington to join the army’s engineering corps. His son E W Pickhardt to assume duties as Postmaster during the absence. The Huntingburg press notes two Pickhardt sons in service along with other Huntingburg volunteers.
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Democrat
Huntingburg
Third District Medical Society
Jeffersonville Reformatory
M. A. Wright
Wm. Singer
Dale
Charles Walker
Jerome Huff
Earl Medcalf
Max Wildman
Lincoln City
Logan Weidman
Eckerty
Earl R. Pinnick
Dubois
Floyd C. Sims
Cannelton
Walter N. Russell
Rockport
Medicial Department
Dubois Council of Defense
W. S. Hunter
Jasper
A. L. Gray
Bertram Pickhardt
Washington
Army
Independent
Bert
E. W. Pickhardt
FE. W. Pickhardt
Pickhardt
Huntingburg Signal
Huntineburg
Ed Dufenbach
Boonville Standard
Vigorous Ambition Pills Promise Quick Health Boost
Advertised tonic Wendell's Ambition Pills claim to restore energy and vigor, with a full money back guarantee via T. C. Basye. The ad promises rapid improvements in mood, appetite, nerves, and general vitality within days and urges purchase of a 50 cent box.
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T. C. Basye
Wendell
Show Boat Set to Sail on Saturday June 9
The best show boat on the rivers is slated to perform this Saturday June 9, delivering expected entertainment and crowds.
Service for Farm Boys Promotes Pig Club Leadership
The article encourages farm boys too young for military service to join pig clubs and manage farm hog herds. Members receive instruction, keep cost records, and aid wartime food production while improving sanitation and profits. See county agents or state colleges about joining. also promotes the Emerson show boat “Golden Rod.”
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Army
Navy
Pig Club
State Colleges of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Cultivation and Ants Highlight Soil Care and Insects
Deep cultivation risks root damage when corn is well established, so timely shallow work preserves moisture and heat. The piece also describes the little yellow ant alsius flavus as a cattle farmer, milking aphides for nectar-like sugar, feeding its brood.
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Lasius Flavus
How Ants Keep Their Own Milch Cows
The article notes that ants are remarkably organized and long lived. It cites Lord Avebury’s claim that ants are the longest lived of all creatures and that studying them yields wisdom and admiration for these insects.
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Avebury
Chicken Fat: A Valuable Cooking Fat from Poultry
USDA experts urge using the clean yellow fat around chicken internals as a prized culinary fat. This fat can fetch up to 1.10 per pound in big cities and should be kept cool and used within days. It suits cake shortening and frying and can reduce purchased fat.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York
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