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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
2
London reports a looming national food shortage and warns three million dogs may consume seven pounds of meat daily, outstripping human rations. Captain Bathurst says no flour will be available for dog biscuits, urging humane action if dogs cannot be fed without wasting human food.
In a cornfield near Aldredge, a four foot blue racer pursued him after a clod was thrown. The man vaulted onto a nearby horse to escape while the snake climbed the rider's leg. Neighbors arrived and killed the snake to prevent harm. Separately, St Louis hosted the thirteenth annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World with 7 000 delegates and a monster parade planned. A Vermont paper notes the play Gammor Gurton's Noodle was performed.
United Press reports that French artillery and infantry attacks have repeatedly pierced German lines on the Western Front. The piece describes Germany's elastic front bending and retreat as Paris plans to keep up the pressure, hoping a future piercing may become a break.
Washington reports the twenty seventh annual United Confederate Veterans reunion as remnants of Lee and Jackson’s armies march into the capital. Tens of thousands of veterans gather around Union depot, with the plaza turned into a field of tents before the official festivities begin tomorrow. An English advertisement notes a milking product.
A vivid reminiscence of training camp discipline under a captain who commands attention. The narrator recalls how recruits respond to “Tenshun” and “At ease” and adapt to military drill, snap into position, and embrace a new regimented life under a capable leader.
In Pittsburg on June 4 the annual convention of the Jewish social workers national association opens with about 500 delegates as discussion centers on the role of Jews in the war.
Elks from 67 lodges in New York gathered in Utica for the B P D E state convention opening session. Delegations arrived with bands as the three day gathering began with a business meeting and children's exercises at the Masonic home.
In Lafayette Indiana on June 4 experts from Purdue University announce spraying for the codling moth to protect apples. The schedule moves northward this week with May moth emergence noted and two weeks before worm entry. Labor shortages may limit spraying. advice urges cooperative work and neighbor sprayers to cut costs. The Purdue extension department offers spraying instructions on request.
Poem by Alice Corbin from the Vigilantes praising wartime mobilization on farms. It celebrates planting crops and enlisting in a national effort with family figures Auntie Sam Uncle Sang and calls to answer the call. The tone blends homefront labor with military imagery and a shared patriotic duty.
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