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New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
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The Cows Near The Frcnt Are
Blamed if Their Milk Isn't Up
&c Standard-But What Can
Poor Cow Do if She
Has Shell Shock?

CHELL SHOCK is now recognized as
one Of the commonest and most Sc
~ rious injuries of war, but she'll shock
affecting COWS is somewhat more novel A
case Of this sort is noted by The Lancet"
in the defence made by a milk dealer in
explaining why the milk he sold was not
Of orthodox purity:
The defendant claimed that the milk
reached the consumer exactly as it came from
the COWS. but 1t was drawn at time when
there was an air raid and the animals were
suffering from shell shock. The bench did
rot accept this explanation and the defendant
vas accordingly fined. Without discussing
the defendants statement. there can be little
doubt that such a defence might well be valid
IL IS well known that through restless
pess or nervousness holds back her milk, and
the quality is often unfavoraby affected un-
der such circumstances. Witness the occur
renee OF the milk depreciatIng in quality
when the cows are placed on exhibit. Thus
the analysis of milk obtained from a COW at
an agricultural show occasion prove,
to contain only 1.S5 per cent of fat, bu5 the
next day the milk was normal containing
S.64 per cent.
The quality of human milk is known also
TO be affected in some cases by mental strain
anxiety fright. Under such influences
normal metabolism and nutrition may we'll be
disturbed. with the result that the normality
o. the secretion of the nlammary glands is
.Rterfered with. The fact calls to mind the
illness sometimes produced bv eatine the
flesh of overhunted game or of overdriven n
cattle. In the big drives in the Argentine The
days journey is restricted 10 certain mum
ber OF miles, which if exceeded. the beasts
getting tired, is apt to render the flesh unap-
petlzlng and unsound.
"Liebig. in his Letters or Chemistry.' pub
hshed good many years ago in our own col
umnS, cited case in which the flesh of a
roebuck which had struggled violently after
having been caught in & snare gave rise 20
symptoms o. poisoning and, according to
Gautier. pigs have beer fatally poisoned
through being fed upon the flesh of horse
which had died during its struggles when be-
ing broken in. ana there are also recorded by
the same writer cases OF human poisoning by
the flesh Of roebucks which had died in g
state Of terror or exhaustion"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

Hibbs, writing to that publication, points
cut that those methods, admirable for
large plants, would be sure to prove
rather expensive for q small one" And.
he continues:
Following are couple of methods that
may be employed to watch the smoke and
assist IN keeping it down to the proper den
city and that can be used by almost any
plant, no matter how small Some of the
small plants have more trouble with smoke
than the large ones, as they do not have as
efficient method Of operations; and there is
more complaint in small place, as many of
the homes arc owned by the tenants.
zone method OF smoke observation is to
place post IN the boiler house yard with
Il mirror attached to It and set at such an
angle as will enable the boiler attendant
when standing in the doorway see Fig. II to
easily observe whether his chimney is smok-
ing or not. If it is, he can remedy the cause
"The other methsd can be used only in
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Saving Daylight in New
Zealand

4 I PRESENT standard time in New
L "a Zealand differs from Greenwich time
by liz hours. This time was adopted in
1868, before the present worldwide system
of zone time was introduced. The Yelling
ton Philosophical Society is now agitating
the question of making New Zealand time
exactly II hours in advance of Greenwich
time, thus conforming to the regular hour
zones, and also securing. throughout the
year, the advantages of half hour of
daylight saving. g.'-Scientifc American.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Currency of the Dominican
Republic

IN 1897 the United States gold dollar was
a adopted as the standard of value in
the Dominican Republic. United States
gold and silver coins and. bills constitute
the principal medium of exchange. In
addition however, there is estimated to be
about 100000 pesos of metal coin of
Dominican coinage in circulation, which
passes at the fixed exchange of to l.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

mn THE accompanying picture one sees
\ British Tommy" of the signal
service testing an army telephone line
near the front. Comment explaining the
process appears in the February number
of "The Electrical Experimental:
THE little poles shown in this British Of
fetal photograph are used to keep the wires
high enough from the grousd to avoid
grc unding, while at the same time they ar.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

boiler plants, in which the chimney rests on
The TOD Of the boiler. A Pinch pipe is put
through the stack at such an angle that the
fireman can see through i1 from the floor.
The pipe has several large holes drilled
through It to admit the smoke, but not large
enough 10 affect the draft An electric light
IS hung at the TOP end OF the pipe, as shown
in Fig. .. When the fireman looks through
the pipe he can see at glance whether
the light is clearly visible or not. The clear
with which the light be seen, of
course, indicates the smoke condition.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

low enough to prevent their being seen by
the enemy.
The telephone ineman in this war is as
much Of a hero as the man in the trenches.
He must often go out 10 repair broken cir
cults when that particular line is under shell
Ire. The ears OF tie army must not fail
AoI even Tor an instant. Every break in
eacuit must be repaired as soon as posi-.
bic. and that usually means few minutes
after she'll has hit. One thing is certain
tae signal corps men rendering wonder
tuily efficient service in this WAY"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
SI1ipbuiIdins in China

HN7ORGES HANDELS OG SJOFART-
l y STIDENDE' (Chrstiania) writes
that Norway, which through the Ger
man submarine attacks has lost up
TO date more than one-third of her
former tonnage-and the Norwegian
merchant marine held the fourth place
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

I'll :, "So," I ''' me vs. Jenkins
"She's so-abreast."
so what, Clara ."
abreast. So up on the war"
"Not a defect, is it,"
Yes, because she doesn't really know.
When | give up whole day to the Red
Cross and have to get the children off to
Aunt Emma's and all, don't have time
to read the morning paper, and she bursts
in on us and says: "Oh, isn't it awful about
Kaledine?' or, Oh isn't it awful about
Cambrai?' and it makes me pretty hot to
think we none of US have the time to read
little and show her up. Now she's going
around and telling everybody that what
we need to win the war is unity"
you must love your neighbor, Clara"
"She's already had four knitting bags:
her new one opens down the front and cost
SO. And she has one of these new knitting
desks-mahogany with compartments for
everything. She always has the very
latest. War novelties she calls them.
She enjoys the war, Henry"
sadly?"
Yes. When there's gap in the conver-
sation and somebody has to fill it up she
sighs and says oh, isn't the war terriblc'
but she told me the other day that she
didn't know what we'd all have done fot
lunchcons and entertainments if the was
hadn't come along and given US some new
ideas. She served five different kinds Ok
war bread at her relief-for-starving-Ar
monians luncheon. That's the way she is.''
at takes all sorts
"To make the world interesting, yes,
Henry; but to win big war we have to
be all pretty much one sort, don't we?''
we do. Sometimes, Clara I wish you
We're President"
Henry And what's that got to do with
Mrs. Jenkins" a
Nothing. ."-From The Villager. .s.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

that is, peso is equal to 20 cents of
United States currency.
Besides the peso there are Dominican
coins of 212, ), 10, 20 and 80 centavos,
valued at y, /, ,, and 10 cents, respec-
lively
There are no Dominican gold coins or
paper money in circulation.-The South
A me}icG,1
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

of low. round crown type found to offer
the greatest persuasion to bullets in re-
gard TO changing their courses slightly a
vide, sloping brim protects the neck, while
a metal noseguard, not unlike those worn
some years back at football games, so far
as shape is concerned, guards the eyes, nose
and temples. Deep Sits are provided for
vision.
THE visor is hinged so that it can be
raised whenever there is no danger"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

was used AS soon as a section Of con-
crete was poured the top was covered witt,
stable manure about a foot deep and left
there until the superstructure was started.
Work was carried on at a temperature
of IA degrees below zero and during some
of the most severe snowstorms in the his
tory of Chicago.-The American Architect.
In the early war days the average
height flown by military aviators was
1000 to 5000 feet. Now the more power
full and better climbing machines often
reach 10000 feet.-Gas Logic.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

laughed at quite absurd. Now. however.
gTls-~schools are counted by the score
There are at present PIP schools in
Uganda, with 35.426 pupils of both sexes.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
How to Tell When Your
Stack Is Misbehavina

IN NOVEMBER Power" published an
Il article describing methods whereby
large plants especially may control
their chimneys. A correspondent, D. R.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Like the Helmets Worn in
The Middle Ages, and
Said to BeShock-prOOf

4 MEXICAN troops in France are
"A now equipped with new variety
of steel helmets which, according
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
On the Train
A Conversation

a Conversation
k<T ENRY, don't like Mrs. jenkins"
mo-"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Medicine
o. and [M6
)nfQerY
''--'''--''''-''--!' &
1t Is Here Maintained That Chris
tianity, as History Paints it,
Has by No Means Taken
a Stand Against the
Practice of War

THE attempt Of orthodox thinkers to
connect the present war or any
other war Of violence with the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22

After this stage comes acrobatics
Of only 4 hours, then formation fly
ing and cross country and then night
flying and then will be flying
officer Of the army. / think will
finish it all in 80 days If can get
in the required time.
The highest I have been up here
is 10000 feet, or 2 miles and would
rather be up there than 500 feet.
So much safer. Sounds strange don't
it? But it is the truth. Well any
way. ! would like to put on an exhi-
bition at the Harrison County Fair.
I could put on some stuff that you
haven't seen around there. All they
ever did there was the straightest
of simple flying.
l could show them tail spins, stalls,
side slips, skids and all that, but
maybe some time l will get the
chance.
I am learning a lot that would
costs thousands to learn some place
else than with our Uncle Sammie.
Now the way figure it, have
about or 8 weeks more study to
complete my instruction and secure
my commission and short furlough
home.
Sincerely yours,
Flying Cadet. W. E. Bowen.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Sudden Death of Brown
Death Comes when 1nterurba1
at st. Joe Strikes Auto
Killing Four

Word was received here last night
that John Brown and wife had beer
instantly killed at St. Joe, Mo. Fred
Brown, brother of the deceased, left
for there Immediately and today
telephoned the particulars to the dis
tracted mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown who was
Mrs. Sarah Cradle, had gone to st
Joe to be married and inmediately
after the ceremony another couple
took them for an auto ride. While
crossing railroad track their can
was struck by a train and all four
of the occupants were instantly kill
ed and their bodies badly mangled
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown had been mar
rled less than an hour when the
accident occurred.
The funeral of Mr.. Brown was
held from the Mothers home Oil Erie
Street Saturday morning and burial
took place in the Calhoun cemetery.
The services for Mrs. Brown were
held at the Hennessey Chapel and
burial was in the Frazier cemetery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Letter From Tom Evans.
Somewhere in France.
J,,1v Ia 1913

Dear Mother and All:
Just a line to let you know that l
am well and feeling fine. Hope that
you are we'll and feeling O. K. Do
you get your pension and is it enough
for if it is not / will try and send
you some money. Well, Mother, I
expect you wonder what l am doing
since l went with Hdqts. Co. | am
in the signal section of the regiment
and like it fine. We are laying in
our billet today and doing nothing but
killing time and wondering when it
is going to end. If you could see
some of the things the Germans have
done to the people and mostly to
the children in this country you would
wonder how any man could stay at
home. Do not think it will last much
longer as we are licking them at ev-
cry turn and Germany can't stand it
a great deal longer. Will close for
now and give my regards to every
body. Your Son,
Corp. Tom r. Evans.
Hdqts. Co. 16Sth Inf. A. P. o. 715
A. E. F.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Fair Secures Military Company for
One Day.

Fair Secures Military Company for
One Day.
Pres. Latta and Sec. Pike were in
Council Bluffs last evening and made
arrangements for Company A. of
Council Bluffs to come here one day
of the Fair and give the people of
Harrison County an opportunity to
see a military company go through
their manouvers under the modern
drill regulations.
This company has been accepted by
the War department and they have
been issued all their equipment. They
will go to Des Moines next week to
act as police and guides during the
State fair.
They are finely drilled company
under Captain Greene and the Fair
management feels very fortunate in
securing them for one day at our
fair. They will probably be here on
Thursday, September IL.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Red Cross Helpers

On August IA, the Red Cross Help
ers met with Mrs. 6. S 4adson. Af-
ter roll call only one member bang
absent, the minutes of the previous
meeting We're read and approved.
The names of three new members
were added to the enrolment. The
afternoon was spent in arranging for
the completion of the work on hand
for the benefit of our Soldier Boys.
Eleven visitors and a number of
children were present. The club adj
journed to meet August 21, with Mrs
]. NJ. Berlier.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
E. HARKER

know how much they told you, so
will tell you about it as much as
can. got hurt early the morning of
the 18TH, in the bombardment just
before the Dutch came over on the
big drive they started. / got hit on
the right side of the head with a
piece Of shrapnel. My wound is about
3 inches long and 1 inch wide, but is
not very deep.
! have laughed a dozen times about
the way Jim and / acted when / got
hurt. We were sleeping together and
when the bombardment started it
woke US up. We had all our clothes
on and we both sat up in bed putting
on our gas masks and equipment and
then l got hit. It knocked me down,
and thought the whole top Of my
head was gone so l grabbed Jim by
the hand and said, "Good bye, Jim.'
He said "Where did it hit you"
told him and he asked me if l did
not want a doctor, but as the shells
were bursting all around and I knew
it he went after a Doctor he would
probably be killed, so said no. Gene
was about 10 yards from us and Jim
run down to tell him and found him
with hole in his leg. From what
Gene told me guess Jim told him
was dying. We got into an old trench,
and laid down and away went Jim.
Pretty soon he came back with a
first aid man and he wrapped me up
and he and Jim stayed with me un-
til they quit shelling SO bad and then
started to the first aid station with
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Announcement

The women of Iowa are invited to
enter contest to determine the best
way to save sugar. The United Sta
tes Food Administration asks them
to submit their solution of that
problem.
PRIZES:-To the one who offers
suggestions for the best way to save
sugar Cn canning and preserving,
and in making cakes candies, bread
and beverages or otherwise) will be
given an autographed certificate by
Mr.. Hoover; to the ten next best in
the state at large, certificates from
the Food Administration, Mr.. Hoo
Yer and Mr.. Deems; to the two best
in the county, autographed certifi-
cate by Mr.. Hoover, and the ten next
best in each county Give in town,
and five in the country autographed
certificates from Mr.. Hoover or Mr..
Deeme.
How Awarded
Miss Alice French OCTAVE Tha-
net) of Davenport has consented to
act as the chairman of the Commit
tee on award Of prizes, and with her
will be associated a dozen other
prominent women of the state.
The contest is open to every wo-
man in Iowa. 1t will close Aug. 26.
but letters mailed on that day will
be included. All letters should be
sent to Miss Alice French at Dav-
EXPORT on or before that date. They
should not exceed SO words.
Announcement of the awards will
be made September 1st., if possible
Rules of the contest include the
following:
Letters of contestants must be
limited to fifty words.
They must be written on only one
side of the paper.
I They must be signed legibly, pre-
ferably in print.
City residents must give street ad.
dress, making it clear they live il
towns.
The address of the contestant muct
follow the name.
Farm residents must give rura
route address, making it clear they
live in the country.
The contest closes the night Of
August 26.
/ The awards will be announced OF
or about September 1.
The prizes include autographed
certificates from Mr.. Hoover and Mr.
Deems.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
James H. Clark Dies Suddenly

Word was received here Wednes-
day of the death of Jas. H. Clark,
who died very suddenly of heart
trouble at his home in Lincoln. The
deceased was a brother in law of
Mrs. M. O'Connor and Mrs. Martin
Burke of this city. Mrs. Burke left
for there this morning and Mr.. and
Mrs. O'Connor are expected home.
from Lake Okoboji some time today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22

An urgent call has come for labor
ers to work on government work,
Harrison County's share is 60 men,
and these men are wanted for imme-
diate service at Norfolk, Va. Men
between the ages of 20 and IS are
eligable and wages are good.
For further particulars see j. N
Fitzgibbons.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Otto Celebrates The Ath.
Otto schlagenhauff in France
Sends Interesting News of
The 9TH Celebration
Somewhere in France, July 6, 1918.
Daa1, Enllcc, of Hnrno

Somewhere in France, July 6, 1918.
Dear Folks at Home:-
| Well.I cannot pass Sunday without
writing letter home and letting
you know I am all o. K. and feel
fine, and we sure have been enjoy
ing some grand weather.
7 Well the 4th is past and / hope
; that Dad enjoyed happy birthday.
We celebrated the holiday over here
and quite a time. In the morning
we went to army services and after
that we had large parade headed
by Jazz band and the fellows
dressed up like clowns and believe
ME it was some sight. The parade
wound up at the ball ground where
the big game was scheduled. They
divided the camp up in two parts
the east and the west and it was
hard fought battle, but the game
was won by the east. We then went
to dinner which consisted of roast
beef, spuds, butter, coffee. Then at
2 o'clock we went out to the field
again and they had rs yard dash,
SO yard dash. Backward race,
sack race and pie eating contest
and finished with tug of war across
the canal, the losing team had to
go into the canal, but all the pullers
got bath. Then we went to supper
and after mess we went to the Y. M.
G. A. where they had musical pro-
gram and couple of acrobats from
Ringling Bros, circus, helped to en-
tertain for the evening. So you see
we had some time over here at that.
have been pretty busy the last
few days trying to catch up with
the correspondence l received the
other day and as you know that is
not the easiest thing in the world
for me to sit down and write bunch
of letters, because you know that the
censor's restrictions are pretty great
over here and we have to be pretty
careful what we say in our letters.
I suppose that you folks are now
enjoying the chautauqua as it is
about time for them to start or do
they miss out this year on account
Of the war.
l received a paper from home this
morning and she sure was welcome
believe me, as it was the only thing
have seen that looked like home
for some time. l see in the paper
ever here that you soon will be able
70 send packages again but l don't
know how much truth is in it, SO YOU
viii have to watch out for that end
of it yourself.
| had an accident the other day
and dropped an iron on my watch
ard broke 1.-THE crystal, face and
hands, so if you can send package
sometime slip me in a $1.OO Engersol
and then there will not be much lost
if break it.
Well next Sunday is a big French
holiday and suppose we will have
to celebrate once more, then there
will be no holidays until we clean up
the Fritzies, which would not make
me mad if it came tomorrow.
Well folks there is not much to
write of other news, so will ring
the towel for this time and say so
lcng. Write again soon.
Your loving son,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
Lost.

A double prong tuning fork. Lost
on Erie street. Reward for the re-
turn of same. Mrs. Guy Smith S-22.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Jackson are
packing their household goods pre-
paratory to moving to TT. Dodge,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Jackson has run on the
Illinois Central from Ft. Dodge to
Council Bluffs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-08-22
INTERESTING LETTER FROM r. w. HARDY
Tells How He and Gene Harker Were Wounded in France
JIM HoUGHToN PROVES HIMSELF HERO.
The Following
Details of How He and Gene Harker Were Wounded.
Now The Road to Recovery and Can
Experiences

me but l was able to go alone so they
went back to help some of the others.
That is the last / saw of Jim but
have heard that he got through O. X.
1t is a wonder he didn't get killed,
running around for me. Gene and
rode to the hospital in the same am
bulance and then we got separated,
l found him again at the Base Hos
pital, but / have been moved to an