Canadians Celebrate United States Entry Into World War
A Canadian writer praises the U S entry into the war and urges a closer Anglo American alliance. The letter notes shared values and mutual support, recounts Canadian Band performances and wartime sentiment, and calls for stronger cooperation between bankers and farmers in North Dakota to boost crops.
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I. W. Jackson
Williston
North Dakota
Brother Jackson
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Walker Theatre
United States
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Winnipeg
Manilla
Washington
Canada
Admiral Braine
United States Navy
George Washington
England
George III
Pitt
Fox
Burke
House of Commons
North Dakota Equity Leader Urges Elevator Financing
J M Anderson, president of the North Dakota Society of Equity, addressed bankers at the Commercial club on Thursday urging cooperation to finance farmers elevators. He urged closer banker elevator ties and emphasized marketing farm products for better prices and stronger financial backing for country elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
J. M. Anderson
North Dakota Society of Equity
Bankers of
Commercial Club
Equity Society
Prevention and treatment of barley rust and smut
Farmers learn to combat barley diseases with hot water treatment for loose smut and formaldehyde for smut. The guide explains soaking in cold water, successive hot water steps at 180 degrees, and careful drying before sowing to avoid sprouting and feeder jams. It notes barley has fewer rust issues this year and suggests timing with other crops for profit.
Local leaders urged to take initiative in public improvement
The article argues that sustained effort is rare but essential for successful crop and community improvement. It notes public opinion forms through gradual progress and urges collaboration among bankers clubs farmers and other leaders to start with one problem and build capacity to address more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omebody
National
Crow Improvement Service
America
Canning Campaign Urges Williams County In 1917
Williams County will run a canning campaign led by Miss Ida Rataloff of the Tate University Extension staff to conserve food resources for home use and aid war effort. The county agent plans thirty demonstrations across the region to teach canning preserving and storage methods as households are urged to increase gardens raise meat preserve it and reduce canned goods consumption for the Army and population centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams County
Ida Rataloff
Tate University
Beards of Barley and Corn Planting Advice
Farmers urged to accept binders and straw handling changes. Reader advised that twelve to fifteen ears of seed corn per acre are needed and to germinate all cores to test vitality while discarding weak ears. Do not plant poor corn this year.
Drink Hot Water at Daybreak for Clean Digestion
A self described medical tip urges drinking a glass of hot water each morning with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to flush stomach kidneys and bowels. It claims impurities enter the blood and pores and that the regimen cleanses the entire digestive tract before meals.
Emphasizing Industrial Sacrifice and War Production
A wartime appeal urges Americans to increase personal productivity at home to support troops abroad. It stresses discipline, extended work hours, and doing more with current tasks until conscription assigns duties, arguing ten workers at home for every soldier at the front to cover costs.
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America
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