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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
6
In a discussion on postwar housing, the piece argues housing crises affect American business and society. It highlights the need for durable, garden suburb housing to foster security, permanence, and civic pride, urging bankers, merchants, and employers to invest in well planned communities for stable labor and national reconstruction.
A print war of ideas argues that housing policy must address a new generation’s needs by balancing comfort and space with nature. It stresses government support for homesteading, productive labor, and humane living environments as essential to America’s future and civic progress.
The piece traces the eagle as a coin design from medieval Ireland through the Roman and Holy Roman empires to modern United States issues. It notes the first circulation date of U S eagles as December 6, 1702, and estimates totals of double eagles, eagles, half eagles, quarter eagles, and earlier high denomination coins. It references historical use of the eagle by Charlemagne, Napoleon, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
A fragment discusses the shrew mole and the common mole in the United States. It notes the shrew mole’s slender snout webbed feet and pointed ears, contrasting with the true common mole whose eyes are inconspicuous and hind feet long. It states moles primarily feed on earthworms and insects, not plant matter.
A garbled excerpt discusses the Bronze Age's global spread and uneven adoption. It mentions places like Bolivia and areas with varied dwellings, suggesting diverse cultures and eras without clear dates or names. The fragment lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities.
A wartime plan argues for 100 hens per farm in the United States to produce 100 eggs per hen annually. With about 4 million farms, the program would yield 600 million hens and 60 eggs per year, forming a military resource for 1918. Declines in poultry stocks and rising feed costs have prompted calls for a national poultry effort to meet war needs and stabilize supplies amid transport and drought challenges.
Honey is a good substitute for sugar. A few hives in your yard or farm can provide honey with little cost and effort. Have eight miniature sugar plants of your own and cultivate after rain. For reasons known to weather wardacers it is advised to cultivate after every rain.
The barberry shrub spreads rust that slashes wheat yields in North and South Dakota Montana and Minnesota by hundreds of millions of bushels. Authorities urge removal from yards and hedges to curb rust, with targeted destruction across Montana Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Ohio and the Mississippi valley as the nation studies barberry impact next season.
Pears grown as standards and dwarfs require tailored pruning. A low-headed pear head may hold four or five main branches, spaced evenly on the body and at varying heights if possible. The exact number depends on root condition and tree health.
A U S Department of Agriculture notice urges families to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort. It questions whether readers will raise food or buy it, stressing that home gardens reduce work in the long run and help feed the nation.
A column of vintage kitchen notes and recipes covering pies with dates and apples, various apple salads, peanut and nut based dishes, and practical kitchen tips. It includes instructions for Apple Pie de Luxe, Kentucky Pie, and Apple Peanut Salad, plus guidance on pies, custards, and food prep methods.
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