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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
2
The text advises cleaning a cut with iodine to prevent germ growth and warns against delaying treatment. It mentions seeking a doctor or hospital for larger wounds and notes iodine is common in hospitals. It stresses timely care to avoid serious outcomes or loss of a limb.
The state senate approved HR 4 repealing the Mackett law requiring German or other European language instruction in public schools after a unanimous vote. An emergency clause makes it effective immediately upon governor signature. A sabotage bill and other measures were also passed, with fixes on alien naturalization timing and soldier voting procedures.
Fragmentary notice notes a Home Guard organization item, a recommendation for third reading after a McMullen amendment, allowing the governor rather than county boards to designate arm type and related details.
President Wilson urged total and limitless force to defeat Germany as millions pledged to the third Liberty Loan. He reviewed citizen soldiers and framed America’s war aims, stressing punishment of aggression and the spread of freedom as the nation marks its entry into World War I. The nationwide bond drive proceeds amid patriotic celebrations.
Nine billion dollars represents the approximate cost to the United States for one year of war. Much of the expenditure covers loans to allies, military establishment, navy, and shipbuilding. Only about one sixth is raised by taxation, with officials noting slower shipbuilding and wartime supply preparation as reasons expenses lag estimates.
President announces the first anniversary of U S entry into the war marks a mobilization of the navy shipping board treasury and other departments to support Allied fighting forces. Secretary Baker testified that about 500000 troops would be in France with Pershing early this year and another million ready to go.
The article explains optimal planting times for vegetables. It emphasizes warm season crops like beans and corn should wait until late April or early May, while sowing and growing warm season plants under glass can begin earlier. It notes window box sowing for home production and urges immediate sowing for seed-based plants.
President Wilson approves a Hoover plan to operate major U S packing plants to solve wartime supply issues. The To Gend Pop to American Boys New York reports five million bottles of pop will be sent overseas this month to American troops in France by the YMCA. Paris notes thousands of refugees behind British lines are being relocated by the American Red Cross.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for ailments caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, including sick headache and constipation. It claims the tonic gently laxative effects, aids digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestinal tract, and stimulates bile production to remove impurities.
Ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for dandruff and cleansing followed by a hot shampoo. Free samples offered via Cuticura Boston address. Available at druggists and by mail with prices listed. Includes humorous domestic quips and stray garbled text from the page.
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