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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
11
Dozens of local residents share social calls and travels from Estherville to Town and Swan Lake. Highlights include fifty years and wedding anniversaries, hospital updates, church events, and county agents speaking on hoe culture.
An elderly man visits his son's home and enjoys his daughter-in-law's phonograph playing of classic religious hymns. He laments changes from old cottage instruments and claims people today are less joyful, though he concedes some performers struggle with modern notes.
A Red Cross report from Evant details repatriated Belgians and northern French civilians facing extreme hardship. About 1 000 return weekly, 60 percent children, with 30 percent of adults dying in the first month from exhaustion. A recent train carried 6 800 Belgian children aged four to twelve, starving and thin, many of whom cried for meat as they arrived at the Casino for a first square meal in months. The piece also notes the cent’s rising social regard under new revenue law and its role in everyday transactions amid austerity and hoarding warnings.
Col. C H Goodwin of the Royal Army Medical Corps told physicians at Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana that a German captive praised American entry into the war. The German admitted American artillery is not superior and claimed Germans excel in ruination. When asked about America’s entry he said we have brains to fight now.
A western farmer disrupted a Liberty Loan drive by placing a milk can on a table and emptying it. Inside were coins and banknotes representing cash donations. He remarked he rarely banks but considered trusting Uncle Sam after counting the contents. The incident suggests a larger portion of the population may share this sentiment.
The guide explains aging sheep by dental development. Milk teeth appear by four weeks, first permanent incisors replace central pair around one year, then successive pairs by ages two to four to five. A full set indicates at least four years. aging beyond uses tooth wear and condition.
Dr Cc W Mec Campbell of Kansas State Agricultural College urges comfortable sanitary quarters for colts in storms. A Kansas experiment built a shed open to the south. colts stayed outside most of the time, using shelter mainly in severe weather.
The article advises ranchers to monitor herds during screw-worm season, noting signs of infestation such as watery blood discharge and fresh wounds. It recommends creating a trap pasture near headquarters for infested animals and using large cages of wire or shade cloth to protect calves and wounded stock, with chloroform as the preferred method to destroy maggots.
Ray Gatewood of Kansas State Agricultural College advises selecting sows early for the breeding herd, grouping by age and condition. Begin two weeks before breeding season to ensure ready condition. Provide ample range, balanced grain ration, and alfalfa hay when pasture ends. Include proper boar management and breeding records.
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