Vital call for national food supply and living costs relief
A public appeal stresses improving food availability to reduce living costs and secure peaceful victory. The message urges urgent action on a matter of vital importance to all citizens.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
6
A public appeal stresses improving food availability to reduce living costs and secure peaceful victory. The message urges urgent action on a matter of vital importance to all citizens.
An article argues for large scale urban gardening to boost U S food production during wartime. It highlights planting food gardens, city lot gardens, and the "sandwich bed" method to grow abundant crops on small plots, rooftops, or pavements. It cites Benjamin J Albaugh and shows a farm-to-table focus with economic and moral benefits for families and youth.
The New York legislature is urged to license felines amid claims cats threaten birds and wildlife. CT and other commonwealths pursue similar campaigns. The piece surveys cats’ antiquity and spread, noting claims of disease, egg and bird predation, and nuisance, with scattered historical references.
British forces report gains on the Hindenburg Line with occupation of Bullecourt and advances along the Champagne front. Canadians capture Wrench Mide and nearby positions. German garrison at Garches held by British and Allied troops. Heavy fighting continues along the long front with notable activity on the flanks and in the Sepa valley as dawn breaks.
H C Hoover arrives in New York from Mugland and says he will go to Washington to assume new duties. He stresses need for European food supplies and restates focus on wheat beef and pork products while praising American resolve.
Daniel Willard told a national defense conference that passenger train service could be cut and the entire nation's rail stock shipped to the allies. Of 14 000 locomotives in use the War Readiness Board hopes to free 4 000 for freight to supply France and Russia.
Washington dispatches say the Russian duma government will banish the czar and czarina to Britain. The deposed ruler is expected to be sent to England to avert a counter revo lution risk posed by the royal in exile class.
Mrs Jenni Moyer of Lima Ohio recounts severe health issues from a displacement and how Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Savative Wash restored her health after doctors gave up. She now recommends the tonic to women before and after birth and offers to answer inquiries.
An American manufacturer develops a luminous radium compound in powder form for locating electric winches in darkness and marking watch dials. The material can be mixed with adhesives, applied to uneven surfaces, cut into flexible sheets, and used on switches, buttons, and various indicating devices, offering waterproofing and vibration resistance.
Washington May 7 The navy accepts Dr John A War rises s offer to supply his steam yacht Suv as a hospital ship capable of caring for 24 pat ridi s. The ship will perform coast duty. Plans completed to send United States Army large hospitals to the front in France though numbers cannot be disclosed.
A fragmentary exchange shows a speaker noting familiarity with the broker Tinks and discussing market tips and savings from not playing. The dialogue hints at confidence and caution in market dealings.
A fragmentary exchange discusses a fitting diet with wheely to outfit submarines. The text hints at social judgments and references to gender and companionship in a cryptic, period voice.
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