American Troops Shift to Support French Front in 1918
As German offensives press Paris, U S forces reinforce the Marne salient and prepare to form corps near Chateau Thierry. Petain Clemenceau and Foch endorse American aid while plans estimate a 3 000 000 man goal for 1919 and discuss logistics, morale, and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bordeaux
Vaux
Bois de la Roche
Cantigny
Marne
Amiens
Petain
Marne Salient
U. S
Vosges
France
Foch
Bombon
Chateau Thierry
M. Clemenceau
Villers Cotterets
von Hutler
Montdidier-Noyon
Compeigne
Soissons
Robertson
Chateau Thierry Salient
Belleau Wood
Thirty-fifth
Epinal
Seventy-seventh
Baccarat
Gouraud
Rheims
Toul
Twenty-sixth
Winter Egg Profits Favor Fall Production For Poultry
An Ohio State University extension specialist analyzes egg prices across August through November and compares them with winter prices. He argues February is ideal to plan pullet hatching for fall high prices, and stresses breeding and flock management to sustain winter production. He predicts the next five years will require boosting production by about 10 eggs per bird to maintain profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. BE. Cray
Ohio State University
Cray
Keeping Young Cockerels in Bachelor Quarters and Fattening
Berley Winton of the Missouri College of Agriculture advises placing young cockerels in bachelor quarters at 10 to 12 weeks to reduce crowding and allow pullets to grow. Culls move to fattening crates two weeks before sale, with a 14 day fattening period and a batter made of seven parts cornmeal to three middlings plus milk. Birds are fed lightly after a 24 hour fast, multiple small feedings daily, and no grit or water is needed for the ration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berley Winton
Missouri College of Agriculture
Green Ducks In Demand At Fair Prices
Ducks require similar care to geese but are easier to mate and manage. Prefer standard bred ducks for uniform quality as market pays more. fattening to green duck stage needs clean pens and a ration of cornmeal flour bran beef scrap fine grit and green feed fed as a milk-moistened mash three to four times daily.
Poultry Hygiene Goals in Health Pro motion
Poultry hygiene serves two aims to promote health and defend it. It seeks conditions where animal vital functions operate with minimal hindrance and high efficiency while also warding off disease causes or interrupting their spread and destroying them.
Avoid Worm Troubles in Poultry Barns
The article argues worm problems in poultry and turkeys stem from dirty premises. It stresses regular cleaning and disinfection of roosting areas and removal of droppings to a unused farm section to prevent losses.
Mercolized Wax Claim Promises Youthful Skin Effects
An advertisement touts Mercolized Wax as removing defects like pimples tan and freckles and making skin soft and velvety. It also lists a wrinkle treatment using Powdered Saxolite dissolved in liquid with hasel and claims dramatic facial improvement.
How One Man Lost 22 Pounds
Detroit man Herman Rankis reports relief from rheumatism after using Kruschen Salts. He credits a first bottle with shedding 22 pounds and renewing vitality. The ad promotes a half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast, 85 cents for four weeks, with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rankis
Detroit
America
Engine of 1831 Aged 100 Used in Bishops Cleve Fire
A fire at a Bishops Cleve grain store saw a century old engine built in 1831 used after neighboring towns refused aid. Villagers manned buckets as the ancient machine operated. Stroud volunteer brigade arrived 20 miles away to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishops Cleve
England
Stroud
How It Happened Josephine and Her Pet Lamb Billie
A short Liberty Magazine tale notes Josephine kept a pet lamb named Billie. Billie headbutted her, and she cried admitting Billie ran into her and forgot to stop, leaving her with bruising but no lasting harm.
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Josephine
Billie
Liberty Magazine
Howl O Fuddle Boy Faces Job Search Challenge
A New Bedford Standard note remarks that a particular boy is “the kind of a boy to make a noise in the world.” It adds that he will be tested when asked to search for work, signaling a subtle community judgment on ambition and practicality.
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Paris
Petain
Clemenceau
Montdidiier
Oise
M. Clemenceau
Mr. Lloyd George
France
Muddle
New Bedford Standard
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General Pershing
North American Newspaper Alliance
WNU
Boils de Belleau
Germaines
Harbord
Bouresches
War Department
Third Corps
Military Board of Allied Supply
Charles G. Dawes
Chaumont
M. Andre Tardieu
Weygand
Mordacq
Hotel de Ville
Cherbourg
Brest
Ypres Bruxelles
Axt
Quentin
Chalonss
Internationalidy
Verdun
Bar-e-Duc
Chaumpht
Neufchateau
Is, Ermany Metz
Salt Statistics
Michigan
New York
Kansas
Louisiana
Co. H. Babcock
Fourth Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
W. B. Pratt
Joliet, Ill
Cara
Liberal Com
Salen
Newman
Illinois
Ball Nut Company
Dallas
Texas
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Willie
Des Moines
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