County selects 33 men for next Army contingent
The Cedar Falls exemption board received 48 hours for the 33 men from the county to entrain for Camp Dodge on May 27, with the first roll call May 25 at City Hall. The county, excluding Waterloo residents, must register those who have turned 21 since last June. Supplies for the registration were received.
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Cedar Falls
War Department
Camp Dodge
City Hall
Exemption Board
City of
Waterloo
County Board
Catarrh Cure Propaganda Alleges Internal Remedy
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a total cure, claiming it works through the blood and mucous surfaces. It praises the product as a top tonic and doctors’ choice, urging readers to send for testimonials and buy.
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Hall
Hali
Chenet & Con
Meledo
Our Part in Feeding the Nation
The article notes crops worth over 150 million dollars are destroyed yearly by rodents including prairie dogs and mice. It highlights federal and state campaigns by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and local groups, praising community cooperation and modern poisoning methods to reduce rodent pests and boost grain yields.
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Biological Survey
U. S. Department of Agriculture
North Dakota Launches Extensive Rodent Control Campaign
A comprehensive coordinated campaign against rodent pests has been developed in North Dakota under a cooperative agreement among the Bureau of Biological Survey, the U S Department of Agriculture relations service, the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service, and county agents. The state legislature created a revolving fund to procure and maintain the necessary poison stocks.
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North Dakota
Te Bureau of Biological Survey
States Relations Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service
Countrywide crop losses blamed on field and urban rodents
Food destroying rodents are widespread across the United States. Prairie dogs, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, rabbits and other pests ravage crops from wheat to almonds, with larger losses in the west and east at gardens, orchards, and truck crops. Annual crop losses estimated at 150 million dollars, based on USDA field reports. excludes house mice and rats.
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United States
Mississippi River
Feld
The
Biological Survey
U. S. Department of Agriculture
County Officials Authorized to Fight Prairie Dogs and Rodents
County commissioners acting on residents' petition to fund and enforce destruction of prairie dogs, ground squirrels, pack rats and other rodents declared a nuisance. The Richardson ground squirrel sparked a broad campaign. initial efforts killed 98 percent of animals with widespread poisonings across entire counties organized as voluntary warfare by townships.
Ground Squirrel Campaign Saves North Dakota Crops
A nationwide pest control drive used poison distributed to farmers. In 1916 more than 3,000,000 acres were treated and in spring 1917 about 16,000 North Dakota farmers joined. Squirrels were poisoned on 4,500,000 acres, nearly eliminating nests and saving over a million dollars in crops. Costs averaged cents per acre, aided by farmer labor. Other states applied similar co operative efforts against prairie dogs and jackrabbits. Five key features for success are cooperation, skilled leadership, a unit plan, financial support, and legal extermination provisions.
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North Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Memorial Day Observed by Knights of Pythias
Helmet lodge No 89 Knights of Pythias plans the annual memorial on Sunday June 9 with a committee appointed to arrange events. A program led by Harry M Reed featured vocal and instrumental music and vaudeville acts. visitors from neighboring towns attended and enjoyed the evening.
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Helmet Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Order
Harry M. Reed
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