Fire at Warner foundry clouds Ottawa with $100000 loss
A blaze from the Warner foundry cupolas in Ottawa caused a major fire at 6 o'clock, gutting a block of foundries and shops and prompting bucket brigades to save homes. About 300 workers were left jobless temporarily, with quarters to resume manufacturing in 30 to 60 days. No fatalities, though a Black man was reported badly burned. The blaze threatened a large area on the north side of the city and involved nearby railroad yards and water pumps.
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Warner
Ottawa
Fehce
E. L. Warner
Santa Ire
Kansas wheat yields reach record per acre in eastern fields
The 1918 Kansas wheat crop shows shrinking total production but record high yields per acre especially in the eastern third, where small fields produce two thirds of the state output while the western half is largely wheat sparse. Several growers report thirty to forty bushels per acre as common in the east.
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Chase County
George Miller
Kansas State Printing Plant
W. R. Smith
Kansas
State School Book Commission
Tokepa
Great Bend
Whileansas
G. Sh. Ramsey
Valley Center
Craig
Chaneyv
T. Herrald
Burlington
Cottonsood Falls
Albert Sehlickau
Laven
Fred Guhl
Hutchinson
Device Fattening Hogs and German War Legend
An article describes a self feeder for nearly grown hogs with wooden frame and sliding feed gate. It then recounts Arminius leading Romans into German swamps to defeat Varus, detailing the battle, Roman collapse, and Germany's path to independence.
Warm Weather Horse Care Rules For Summer
Load lightly and drive slowly. Stop in the shade if possible. Do not use a horse hat unless it is a canopy top. A sponge on top of the head or a cloth kept wet helps. When he comes in wash harness marks eyes nose mouth and dock. Brush feet but not legs. If 75 degrees or higher wipe him with a damp sponge and use vinegar water. Do not turn on the hose. Saturday night give a lukewarm bran mash with saltpeter.
Reasons for Raising Stock on the Farm
Reasons for raising stock list multiple benefits. Livestock work while the owner rests, grazing and digesting feed whether attended or not. Animals utilize rough forage on farms, turning roughage into value that otherwise yields no money.
A Word for the Dog Reflects on Rural Security
A Pittsburgh Gazette-Times correspondent replies to letters about banning dogs for protecting sheep and crops. He argues shepherds and trained dogs, sometimes youth, guard flocks in many regions and warns drastic limits could expose farms to trespassers and thievery, with women needing firearms for protection.
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Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Europe
Asia
United States
Too Tame for Him
Mike in his third year is moved to the country by cautious parents to benefit him. He longs to see people pass by the window during a rainy day and wishes to return to Broadway, expressing discomfort with country life.
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Mike
Broadway
Love and rash advice in a comical marital tale
The excerpt follows Jenkins who marries Lobelia Genoff for love and faces social commentary about beauty. After marriage he asks a friend for opinion, who replies with a pun about skin and beauty. The dialogue reveals a humorous, rueful tone on appearance and marriage.
Chewing Gum Output Tops Millions Annually
The Popular Science Monthly notes chewing gum remains in strong demand with about 7 million pounds imported yearly, peaking near 14 million pounds in 1918 and an estimated $18 million in annual value.
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Popular Science Monthly
Women of Middle Age Report Change of Life Relief
Mrs. Margaret Quinn of Lowell Massachusetts describes three years of change of life symptoms including headaches nerves and pain. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports calmer nerves and fewer pains and endorses the remedy. She notes additional warning signs and offers Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice.
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Lowell
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Margaret Quinn
Bear
Worthen St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
War on Mice and Pests Warns Home and Farm Readers
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin urges a nationwide campaign against rats roaches ants and weevils. It stresses treating every mouse as a property threat and outlines storage tips to keep potatoes cabbage root crops fruits and other perishables from spoilage and decay.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sweets to the Sweet and Sour at the Candy Counter
A girl at the candy counter quips that sweets are often fussy like people, saying nothing is ever simple. The exchange highlights how expectations clash with everyday choices at a shop.
First Battle Question Reflects Running Fire
The fragment implies a pursed exchange about a first battle and whether a continuous fire was maintained. The line hints at a test of endurance and whether the speaker sustained pressure during initial combat.
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Bull
J. B. Felton
McPherson County
McPherson
Welton
Parsons
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Nettie Harmon
Pittsburg
Thomas McGregor
Mcgregor
Arma
Brown County
National Guard
Wall
Hiawatha
Hiawatha Red Cross
John McGovern
Fort Leavenworth
Rock Quarry
McGovern
Army
Smoky Hill River Valley
J. H. Bengsten
Longmont
Col
Linds Dorg
Alfred Hawkinson
KK U
Ames Nainsamith
Department of Physical Education
Edward Iice Briggs
Arman
Karl Fredespate
W. W
Herington
Lewis Ringey
Herrington
Dickinson County
Fredonia
J. J. Piepmeyer
Freedonia
Burlingame
William Ward
Severance
Doniphan County
Jefferson County
J H. Simmons
Mary Hinchman
Nortonville
John Volk
Atchison
Mae Winnie Hodge
L. D. Hodge
Arkansas City
W* C. Robinson
First National Bank
Winfield
Herbert A. McGregor
Bank
Big Kansas
W. E. Frodden
Popular Mechanics
Arminius
Hindenburg
Rome
Germany
Vercingetorix
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Augustus
Tiberius
German
Quintilius Varus
Syria
Segestes
Weser
Ems
Varus
Lippe
Vitarus
Vala
Waterloo
Creasy
Roland F. Andrews
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Him
Jenkins
Lobelia Genoff
Lobelia
Fortune G
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
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