Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1918 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ITEMS OF NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS ■ ' ■ L'jv While Mrs. Annie Lietzan was shopping in Chicago after receiving a letter from Joseph Lietzan, her son, in France, telling what he was going to do when he came home, a telegram from the war department at Washington announcing his death in action arrived at her home in Hammond. f Experiments made by the government have just demonstrated that the 1 yucca plant, which grows abundantly in the desert districts of United States, can be used as a substitute for sisal, hemp or jute in tqe manufacture of Binder twine, cotton bagging and other fabrics and cord-1 age of prime necessity. ' I . -——— I The government has placed ' restriction on the use of petroleum and ; coal oil in the manufacture of road products, such as asphalt, road binders, road oils, tar binders or dressy ings. Hereafter the use of such materials will not be permitted in road work without a permit from the government. This information was received by William S. Moore, state I highway engineer. I Austrian enemy aliens, although not included in the regulation tarring German enemy aliens from .the water fronts, will be prohibited from traveling on excursion boats during i the summer season, as well .as from all passenger boats on the high sta* or great kikes.

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