06 Sep 1917
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
1
Local notes recount Labor Day observances and community life, with church affairs. military and family visits. and a long list of probate filings, guardian appointments, and property transfers. Readers learn of farm news, school openings, and ongoing agricultural trials improving potato yields through selective seed from high yielding hills.
A dense OCR fragment offers an advert for Dr. Kutchin with a visit date of Thursday Sept 13 at Hotel James in Greenville. It lists names and ages of local people, property transfers, and land parcels involving multiple townships, with dollar amounts noted for several transactions.
A classifieds notice lists goods for sale including a bed room set sewing machine guitar and heating stove with contact at Journal Office 310 West Main Street Greenville Ohio It also mentions 70 acres in Washington and a clubbing offers reference.
The notes urge national focus on preventing food waste and outline farming tips. Sweet clover favors a firm seed bed with minimal surface looseness. Rats threaten chickens, eggs, and stored grain, while Trish and sweet potatoes offer high body fuel due to starch. Chinch bugs resist spraying except in small-scale efforts.
A collection of domestic hints covers child care with Fletcher's Castoria, handling heavy mattresses with sewn straps, preventing lumpy sauces by stirring with a fork, cooking custards in a water bath for velvet texture, using skim milk to boost cereal nutrition, cleaning with coal oil if odors are acceptable, avoiding hot stoves during fires, a paraffin oiled cloth as a dust mop, and dental care with borax for children's teeth after meals.
Sergeant Johnny Poe requests demotion to private as the fleet runs of the army shuffle during a looming conflict. Poe, linked to Eyigur Alan Poe, seeks a simple role with the Patriot line, arguing that a private’s work carries less danger and more honesty. The exchange unfolds with Colonel Waller noting Poe’s duty and restraint.
An article from the Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a fad of shaving eyebrows to alter facial expression. A beauty doctor explains thin brows enhance effect, warning many women adopt the look to appear more worldly, though the reshaping risks a harsh, unnatural appearance.
A garbled historical note describes a czar entering the army as a private in Alexander II era regiments. It mentions an officer, a soldier named Nicholis tu mano, and references to regiment weight and duties. The fragmentary text includes erratic terms and unclear phrases about ranks and salutes.
A grim tale from Theila private museum dire Brouped shows objects linked to King Alfonsy and a child’s near death in Barcelona. A decree bans the sale of trawlers as high prices endanger the country’s fishing fleet amid assassination era fears.
The text explains dropsy as a symptom linked to heart and kidney disorders. It notes nocturnal swelling with heart causes and morning prominence with kidney issues, and that dual heart and kidney failure signals grave prognosis. Treatments mentioned include tonics and rest with fresh air.
Ohio Dry Federation campaign committee members say war will add thousands of dry votes as nations prove liquor a hindrance to war readiness. They cite Britain and Russia moving toward prohibition, pledge rapid county organization, and expect petitions for the dry amendment to circulate early. Farmers Grange and labor groups back prohibition, with L. J. Tabor leading Ohio’s campaign efforts statewide.
In a government poster signed by the President, France declares drink an enemy as deadly as Germany. The notice warns that alcohol costs lives and money, harms production, and worsens poverty, urging mothers and youth to rise against drinking in memory of war casualties.
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