Navy Pays Higher Wages to Entice Recruits in War
Edward B. Clark outlines Navy enlistment incentives as Congress boosts pay. Apprentice seamen start at 32 dollars monthly with government housing, food, and medical care. Pay scales rise across ratings, with a broad need for trained men to operate ships off Ireland and northern waters. The piece stresses pride in naval tradition and the chance for advancement from apprentice to officer through Annapolis. It highlights the Navy's wartime recruitment drive and the appeal of a career in service.
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Washington
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Congress
United States
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Decatur
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Farragut
Dewey
Secretary of the Navy
Theo Paiy
Tecruit
United States Navy
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Tere
Aly Ream
Fap
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Army
Marines First in Fight Recruit Pays 30 a Month and Growth
Washington editor describes the Marine corps as the first in the fight with a wartime strength of 30,000 men and a recruit pay of 30 dollars monthly plus 20 percent sea allowance. It highlights the Marines as soldiers of the sea, the pay boosts, education paths, and career prospects including commissions and specialized roles.
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Edward B. Clark
Washington
United States Marines
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Sam
United States Army
Congress
United States
Nayen
France
Wight
First Line of Defense for America Formed by Youth
The article notes New York state requires military training for ages sixteen to nineteen, shaped by a commission that favors play based fitness. It argues vigorous games, drills, and hikes build endurance for future peace and war, citing German youth training as a contrast and stressing children as America’s defense line.
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New York
America
Cracking Jokes and Quips Parade in Daily Banter
A surface of comic exchanges appears with characters trading quips about pleasure cars, thin watches, spice, gasoline, and war exemptions. Bronco Bob remarks on auto use post prohibition while a doctor and patient joke about medical bills. A girl’s outfit purchase, an emergency kit mix up, and a kiss mishap with Mamma provide light fare and social banter.
Hand Made Lace of Paraguay in Cottage Industries
Paraguay crafts include nondutl lace made by hand from Guarani words web. Articles span parasol covers doilies boleros mantling table mats shawls edging and insertion. Popular items for foreigners are parasol covers mantuas dollies and handkerchiefs, silk or fine cotton threads. Laces are high quality yet rarely exported beyond local peddling.
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Paraguay
Canary Islands
Mexico
We Need So Little We Need So Much in Youth
Poem reflecting youthful longing for beauty, love, and truth. The speaker contrasts earthly ambitions with spiritual release as talents fade and material prizes lose value. Ida Goldsmith Morris, winner, appears in credit line as author.
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Mfe
Heaven
Ida Goldsmith Morris
Gamless
Japanese Farm Unions Demand Higher Wages After War
Japanese labor groups form across many regions and press for higher pay. Postwar awareness of global wage standards fuels calls for better remuneration, with skilled Japanese workers expected to push for improved wages and conditions.
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Tapan
Japan
The Wise Mother Reflects on Tender Parenting
A brief editorial urging mothers to use tact and kindness to bring out the best in their children, noting a mother alone understands her child’s temperament and the needs of family harmony.
Two Stars Never Won With Winning Teams
The two stars active today who have never been with a winning team are Walter Johnson and Joe Jackson. Johnson, praised as possibly the best American League pitcher, often could have set enduring records if with top clubs. Jackson, blocked from a World Series by his Cleveland contract, now has a pennant-contending team, with years ahead before retirement.
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Walter Johnson
Johnson
Cubs
Giants
Tigers
Athletics
Joe Jackson
Cleveland
Jackson
Joe
Senators
Walter
Clark
Grifith
Mother and School Work in Harmony for Child Success
A Pittsburgh Dispatch advised mothers to stay in touch with their children’s school work and teachers. Regular chats, supportive encouragement, and timely involvement help maintain enthusiasm and progress, guiding children toward strong educational outcomes through cooperative parenting.
Never Let Your Face Reflect Your Childs Defiance
A Pittsburgh Dispatch quote urges parents to avoid displaying anger when correcting children. It notes children imitate facial expressions and cautions adults to control their own countenance to prevent teaching disobedience.
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Pittsburgh Dispatch
New Clockwork Duck and Other Odd Inventions
A cayenne list of curiosities includes a decay duck with clockwork body that swims with its feet. Inventors reveal a springless device for opening transoms and shutters. Chilean officials report promising petroleum deposits in Bolivia. A home electricity shoe cleaner runs on a Hirt socket. An Iowa inventor outfits an automobile seat as a trunk to foil thieves. A hemp bag invention by a U.S. officer can sterilize soldier water with calcium hypochlorite and evaporative cooling. Argentine naturalists study whether wild horses derive from Spanish imports or prehistoric stock.
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Bolivia
Iowa
Mayloga
Argentina
Wrestler Reacts To Boxing Stop Hopes For Wrestling
A wrestler voices concern that boxing may end and hopes wrestling continues. He explains he must wrestle daily because he cannot give up his ear, which he implies is tied to his combat routine and identity.
Facts in Figures from Wilkes Barre and Nation
Wilkes Barre figures show a 5 million dollar street mil strike in progress while the United States lists 60 thousand mer citizens in allied crates. New York alone produces 600 million gallons of sewage daily. In twenty years niney thousand trespassers have been killed on American rails. New York state has 22 million acres of farmland with 8.25 million under cultivation. US output of phosphate rock in 1926 reached 1,082,385 tons valued at 5.8 million dollars.
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Wilkes-Barre
United States
New York
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