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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
7
A detailed, step by step set of techniques for harvesting cane for molasses. Covers stripping, topping, cutting, and field handling. seed use for poultry. equipment setup including mills, evaporators, and pans. alignment, anchoring, and gravity flow. skim of impurities. testing syrup richness. and final draining into a cooler for storage and quality control.
Injured stalks cause the juice to sour, making it unfit for syrup production and causing losses for producers relying on clean sap for processing.
This advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as an efficient treatment for coughs colds croup and whooping cough especially suitable for young children. It highlights long use favorable reception by mothers and a testimonial from Wm Scruby of Chilcothe Mo noting its safety and lack of opium. The ad notes Lemmons Drug Store as the seller.
War Department official Lieut. W F Madden ordered charges of prostitution against fifteen Des Moines women after raid arrests. A federal hearing follows an exam at the city hospital as Fort Des Moines expands to cover vice within ten miles. Bonds set at 500 dollars. future bail must meet legal provisions.
More than 1,000 Iowa laundry workers will be released to join wartime work as part of a state effort urged by the War Industries Board. G R Spensley says Iowa laundries will sacrifice manpower if needed, with replacements drawn from women and adjusted schedules. A national meeting in Washington will coordinate a five member committee to monitor releases across states.
London reports a pivotal clash as British and German wedges collided along the Arras Cambrai front. Lens and Queant fell as Mangin presses deeper into the German line forming a key citadeled front, with Haig seeking to force a surrender through ongoing absorption of the Hindenburg line.
The Graham presents Marguerite Clark in The Seven Swans with elaborate sets and a Shadow Dance by New York Musical Comedy’s Chu Chin Chow girls. Fatty Arbuckle headlines Paramount bills while Dorothy Dalton headlines Flare up Sal in Orpheum vaudeville.
Evening program runs from 7:30 PM to midnight with continuous shows. Prices start at 5e plus tax and include options at 5e and 5e plus tax. Featured offerings include a Paramount news weekly or a comedy. Attend tonight.
A fragment from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hints at a humorous or critical take on an experimental anesthetic called nikalgia. The piece contrasts sleep and nursing tasks, noting the challenge of maintaining the milkman's voice amid the procedure while knitting.
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