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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
2
A period era protest piece urged against liquor production linking breweries and distilleries to national failure. It quotes Daniel A. Pollag and emphasizes unity, moral health, and the need to end rum shops to achieve a planned sober nation by 1920 and a liquor-free world by 1990.
A column argues that prohibition reduces crime and poverty, lowering tax burdens. It cites Des Moines charity data showing poverty fell after bars closed, and quotes Torome Jones of the Southern Labor Congress praising prohibition’s benefits to workers and industry. Kentucky’s statewide prohibition move is noted.
Professor Laitinen of Helsingfotd reports on 10,000 children in 5,700 families showing abstaining households lost 13 percent, moderate drinking 23 percent, and excessive drinking 32 percent. War period prohibition is urged with a political rallying line from Clinton N. Howard.
Numerous ways to prepare asparagus from fresh stalks to winter storage. Includes steps for removing sand by standing bunches in cold water, cooking in salted water, and serving with butter or cream sauce. Also offers rice and asparagus dish, asparagus soup, and a creamy asparagus souffle with milk and eggs.
The text suggests serving asparagus with milk and eggs and cereal to create a satisfying meat substitute. It mentions combining the vegetable with dairy and grains and notes it can be eaten plain or with wet serves. The tone is instructional and fragmented.
Preparations for canning stress clean containers and fresh products. Wash jars in cold water before filling and use hot jars for packing. Emphasizes selecting ripe, unblemished produce and careful trimming. Lime milk disinfectant described for sanitation in dairies and buildings.
Denver residents donate antique Bohemian poison ring to the Red Cross foreign fund. The ring, over two centuries old, features a tiny hidden spring opening a poison chamber, once worn by princesses. Donor J. M. Zahn estimates the band at $1,000. new crutches attach to the belt for free arm use.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines coop size and layout for small hen flocks. Guidance covers space per bird for floors and yards, nest and roost dimensions, ventilation, doors and windows, and feeding utensils for flocks up to about 30 birds.
Agriculture note warns that cold damp poorly ventilated poultry quarters foster disease spread. Contagious illnesses are hard to control without early preventative measures and proper isolation of sick birds. Seek expert advice to effect a cure when disease is evident.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture outlines that early mistakes will occur and large gains require effort. It notes that turkey raising can become profitable with capital investment as conditions improve. It highlights range needs and lists popular breeds such as Bronze, Narragansett, and Bourbon Ted.
The British government considers reducing dog numbers as meat and flour supplies dwindle. A tax on dog breeding was rejected by Bonar Law, with plans now floated to ban breeding during the war except for pedigreed and working dogs. Existing owners would keep their pets.
An old advertisement fragment touts Allen's Foot Rate a satiseptic powder for feet, promoted by dealers. The garbled copy hints at a sales pitch from a period trade page with bold claims and price notation 20. Adv. It reflects early consumer Medicine marketing with emphasis on foot care products.
In wartime measures the government established soldier and sailor insurance which has grown to over 2,000,000 insured service members. Total coverage surpasses 10.5 billion dollars.
A Camden New Jersey court held that a tenant cannot remove lawn from premises after moving out. Vice Chancellor Learing rejected a claim by a tenant who created a lawn with topsoil and tried to carry it away, ruling the rights did not extend to removal.
An unusually foggy morning at Camp Grant leaves a soldier baffled as he speaks to a distant post, then walks up to it and realizes he had been talking to an inanimate object. The piece notes wartime slogans about food, munitions, and ships as war-winning ideas. A British war office reportedly bought vast quantities of cloth and flannel and imagined it wrapping around the equator multiple times.
A garbled report outlines the making of a renowned medicine with references to pasteurization and technical steps. It mentions attendees and sages discussing the process and its significance. Specific names, dates, or locations are unclear in the readable text.
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