The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-26
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| Mr.. Hoover has asked congress to
| suspend the law against mixed flour to
| facilitate this nations carrying out Its
obligation to mix 20 per cent of other
| cereals with wheat -four. The system
| OF having the fiours mixed at home, he
| says. is an unnecessary burden to the
| householder and permits some to evade
| the request for saving wheat
Government investigation into the
I cost Of living in five ship building CEN
| ters on the Pacific coast, discloses that
| 1t has increased 46 per cent since De-
| cember, 1914. Rents have not advanced
| materially, but there has been great
| increase in the cost of food, clothing,
| fuel and furniture.
| The government has engaged the
| man who, a few years ago success
] fully exterminated prairie dogs in Kan
| sas and Colorado, to get rid of rats In
| the trenches. He has studied the sit
| uation. asked for an. assistant, and the
| work Is under way.
An American lieutenant, shot in the
| left hand with an explosive bullet, and
| sent to hospital, escaped and walked
| back six miles to the battle field, an
nouncing that he could carry on"
with his right hand.
The government has granted the
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ton preventing the town of North
Bergen from enforcing resolution for
bidding the circulation of German
language papers.
From st. Paul comes the pledge:
Il cross my heart and hope to die.
II i should ever, ever buy
Another thing. on which | see
The trademark, made in Germany"
American tank drivers are taught to
operate their machines blindfolded,
guided by signals from gunners. This
is because they are sometimes tempo
rarily blinded by splashes of mud.
The average yearly expenditure OF a
family Of five, when investigated last
June, was: Seattle, $1,569; Tacoma.
1855; Portland, s1,33S; San Fran
cisco. s1.441; Los Angeles, $1.2sS.
England has no touring cars rum
ming, and we've. got to come to it
without any kick, predicts Stanley
Field, director Of supplies and trans
portation OF the Red Cross.
In the recent employment Of tanks
on the Lorraine front, it was necessary
to have minute maps of the land. show
ing Just where the ground was safe for
various sizes of tanks.
Judge Craig, of the supreme court
OF California. has decided that Japa-
nese born in that state may acquire
title to real estate without violating
the alien land law.
Washington is not conserving spa per-
Representative Walsh complains. Bull
ietins are clogging the mails. and 1t
takes one pound of coal to produce one
pound OF paper. z.
DR.. woodward, health commissioner
OF Boston warns against public hys-
terra in the influenza epidemic as fear
lowers the vitality of those exposed to
the disease"
A universal church, without sects,
to be the leader of nations in assert
Ing the principles of human fellowship
Is the plea of Doctor Gore, bishop Of
Oxford.
The National Child Labor Committee
announces that within the last few
months there has been startling in
srease in child labor in this country
Gypsy Smith writes: 'I>want to tell
you that there are more facilities in
the American city for going to the
devil than there are in the trenches
1t is reported from The Hague that
the last German airplane to land in
Holland had wings covered with three
thin layers OF wood instead of textiles.
New York City is the largest Jewish
community in the world. The next larg
est settlements in this country are in
Herbert Quick, now of the FEEDER
| al Farm Loan Board. has issued an APP
! peal to the farmers to buy Liberty
| Bonds as a matter of self interest.
The prices fixed by the French gov
eminent for wheat and other cereals
| from the 1919 harvest all show a slight
reduction from the 1918 rates..
The principal articles involved in
the recent growth of imports Nom
| South America are: Wool, hides, cop-
| per, rubber and coffee.
| Write out the word american in
| addressing your soldiers in France.
| Otherwise 1t may go to the Australian
Expeditionary Forces.
| A war department ruling forfeits the
allotments Of soldiers wives convicted
| OF certain crimes. or who are afflicted
| with social diseases.
There were 541.Soo,o 900 barrels of
/ petroleum produced and marketed in
/ 1917. This exceeded the 1916 produce
ton IA per cent.
William LaFollete, defeated candi-
date Or congress- from the state OF
Washington. Is a cousin of the Wiscon-
/ sin senator.
| Detroit has unearthed a plot to en-
4 roll 10000 Russians for the purpose
of harassing the governments war
i program.
Spokane is trying Is alleged l. w. w.
for attempting to organize a strike i'll
sympathy with the T. w. ". convicted
4 in Chicago. HI as 4sss sft st2. .s Z
A new orchid, called the Pershing,
4 was the feature Of this years eX
hibition of the British Horticultural
Society.
4 EightysBritish soldiers released from
4 prison in Bulgaria show more suffer-
The government will not accept beef
Y that weighs less than 575 pounds for
the use of the army, navy or it's allies.
4 More than 900 armored cars OF all
4 sizes participated in the Franco -Arn-
erican attack on st. MihieL
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Il Each year. in the United States,
4 there are 2O,0O0,00o persons disabled