Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1919 — Decreed War on Weeds. [ARTICLE]

Decreed War on Weeds.

For the best example of destroying the enemy, root and branch, we have to turn to Ferndale, says the Detroit News. Weeds, say the authorities in that town, destroy war gardens and give hay fever to war workers. Rainsoaked weeds, overhanging the long cement walks stretching through vacant subdivisions, cause colds and illness among the children and families of war workers. Therefore, Ferndale declared a weedless day, on which these “allies of the kaiser” were struck down.