Women and Children Help Boost Nation's Food Supply
New York report says farm work will rely on women and children and non farming men to raise crops. Long Island becomes a truck farming hub with Mrs Ruth Litt leading suffragists at Jackwill Farm. Women train in agriculture at Farmingdale and Astor hotel talks prepare 150 women for practical work.
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New York
Germany
United States
Department of Agriculture
Long Island
Ruth Litt
Jackwill
Great South Bay
East
Patchogue
Litt
George Baxter, Jr
Grace Homan
W. Granville Smith
Charles Gould
Woman Farmers
Albert Johnson
Astor Hotel
Alice Carpenter
No. 6
National Service School
Navy League
State Agricultural School
Farmingdale
L. 1
Land Offered by Earl Carroll for Farm Program Near NYC
Earl Carroll leases about 200 acres just outside New York City within twenty five minutes of the city hall. He offers the tract to the superintendent of schools to divide into 25 by 100 plots for schoolboys and girls to grow food for soldiers. His royalties from his comedies and songs are said to be around $5 000 weekly.
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Earl Carroll
America
New York City
City Hall
Carroll
Hair to Help Girl Wig Sparks Idaho Man's Sacramento Visit
Henry Hamilton of Idaho grew long hair while working near Sacramento to donate a wig for his young daughter who burned her scalp as a child. He traveled to California for winter work and planned to return home to cut the hair for the wig, despite ridicule.
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Sacramento
Cal
Henry Hamilton
Idaho
Hamilton
Max P. Fisher
California
Isle of Wight disease devastates British bees
London reports honey output in Great Britain cut by half since 1910 due to the Isle of Wight disease. The illness can kill millions of bees in days. The board of agriculture says it cannot act without power to order prompt destruction of infected hives.
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London
Great Britain
Isle of Wight
Board of Agriculture
German Officer's Son Enlists in U S Army
Albert Werner, German born, joins the United States Army as a private in Chicago. His father serves as a high officer in the Kaiser’s forces while uncles and cousins hold senior military posts. Werner worked at a mail order house earning 45 dollars a week before declaring war.
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Albert Werner
United States Army
Werner
Kaiser
Chicago
Dandelions Speak to Crocus in a Spring Tale
A gentle tale recalls Nancy admiring bright dandelions and a shy dandelion speaking with crocus flowers. The crocus praises the yellow bloom while a girl delights in picking them and promising that dandelions will return each spring for children who love them. The dandelion vows to always appear for them.
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Nancy
Wancy
Daddy
Crocus
Fello
Dandelion
This Will Pay Farm Record Keeping Suggestion
A father's guidance urges teaching boys to keep farm records. Tracking stock or crop returns builds practical arithmetic and familiarity with business. The habit yields financial and educational rewards beyond immediate gains.
Fought With Hessians Ancestor of Bernstorff Noted
A passage from Souvenirs du Chevalier de Cussy recalls Count von Bernstorff, grandfather of the ex ambassador, as a Hessian officer who fought against America in the war of independence. The chevalier met the court chamberlain in Berlin in 1820 and notes Countess Bernstorff bore the forename America due to being born in that country.
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von Bernstorff
America
Chevalier de Cussy
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Bernstorff
de Cussy
Hesse
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Keeps Cold From Worsening
A fifty year old remedy claims to prevent pneumonia by early treatment. The ad promises relief with a good night's sleep and easy morning expectoration. Available from druggists worldwide in 25 and 75 cent bottles.
A Chord of Wood
Percy is praised for his timber voice while a playful jab calls him a blockhead in a lighthearted exchange from a local page. The remarks mingle affection with humor in a small character vignette.
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Percy
Ridiculous soap tale told by Choate at lunch
Joseph H. Choate joked in New York about German claims to protect nations and freedom of the seas. He compared it to a tramp story about asking a farmer for soap and provoking a hiccuping partner, noting the absurdity.
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Joseph H. Choate
New York
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Bright White Clothes
A nostalgic ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the best choice for laundry, claiming it makes clothes snow white while others fail. The speaker dismisses liquid blue and endorses the product with confidence.
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Adv
Circus trims thrillers as demand shifts to cinema
The circus sidelined thrillers, conceding they cannot compete with films. Performers adjust repertoire amid changing entertainment tastes and audience preferences.
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Federal
England
Mrs. Litt
League
United Kingdom
U. S. Army
Bright
Dean’s
U.S. A
Doan
E. H. Betts
Dale St
la Grange
Ind
Mary M. Stoy
E. Elm St
New Albany
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Mfg
Boschees
Blockhead
the Circus
Stearns
U.8
G. Elias & Bron Sob Dept
Beenie RY
Carter
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