Beans to win the war says Professor Corbett
Professor L C Corbett, a bean expert, argues the humble bean could aid the war effort and future food security. He cites historical use in Civil War and Spanish American conflicts, notes acreage, yields, and rising farm prices, and gives planting and harvesting guidance for navy bean crops.
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L. ¢. Corbett
Department of Agriculture
Corbett
Wei
North Pole
Germany
Spain
Ips
Nobody’s Shucks: Volunteers Shucking Corn for Pay
A Western farmer reports free corn shucking while a volunteer shucker earns as much as 60 a day. The Christian Science Monitor notes farm labor quirks as wrappers for hot tamales gain value from shucked corn kernels.
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Christian ‘Science Monitor
March of the Paper Dollar in St Paul Dispatch
The St Paul Dispatch notes a shift from silver and gold to paper money as a growing urban trend. It cites the Treasury's plan to issue one and two dollar greenbacks resembling Civil War notes and predicts even youths will prefer paper currency over coin.
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St. Paul
Ust
Frontier
Treasury Department
Return of the Primitive in War Times
A note on how wartime conditions revive old fashioned manufacturing methods and tools, reflecting a peculiar resurgence in traditional crafts and production approaches amid conflict.
As the Posies Live in June Romance Dense Roses
A botanist explains that roses mate in June, with bursting buds, brilliant color, and sweet perfumes signaling longing. The passage frames this as scientific fact rather than poetry, noting the plants' reproductive drama.
New Fireproof Varnish For Textiles Invented In New York
A New York inventor has created a quick drying fireproof varnish for textiles that can be applied by machinery or by hand, potentially improving safety and efficiency in textile processing.
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New York
Up-to-date French paper mills struggle with aging plants
France faces paper shortages as several long established mills dating to the sixteenth century resume operations. The pulp is ground on a dill stone and driven by water power, while mixing and drying remain done by hand, highlighting the archaic process still in use today.
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Hilts
France
Draft ruling widens class one eligibility despite marriage status
Des Moines reports Adv Gen Crowder ruling that a registrant with a wife but no children can stay in class one if other support exists. Local boards ordered to send men to Camp Dodge to replace those discharged for defects or other reasons.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Adj
Logan
General Crowder
Crowder
Knitting Nerves Sweeps Women in War Time Craze
Dr Louis R Weltmiller of the West Side Y M C A warns of an epidemic he calls knitting nerves plaguing thousands of New York women. He says concentrated knitting causes distress unless posture and limits are observed and urges stopping when the mind signals completion.
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New York
Louis R. Weltmiller
West Side Y. M. C. A
Weltmiller
C. P. Christenson
Psychological Research Society
Welazmiller
Boschee’s German Syrup Ad Highlights Long-Standing Cough Remedy
An advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a decades trusted cure for coughs bronchitis and throat chest ailments. It claims relief aids sleep eases morning expectoration and supports natural recovery with bottles priced at 80 and 90 cents.
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Boschee
United States
Famous East Gunboats remembered in naval lore
The article recalls two famed gunboats, the Monocle y and the Petrel, noting the Monocney’s decline after service in the Boxer era and the Petrel’s role with Dewey at Manila Bay now serving as a Cuban station ship. It also lists Spanish ships captured in the Pacific and notes the Villalobos renamed as Village Hoho.
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St. Nicholas
Yangse
Admiral Dewey
Harts
Manila Bay
de Calicio
Don Juan de Austria
Elcano
Isle de Luzon
Pampanga Quires
Sandoval
Samar
Villalobos
Spain
Santiago
Manilabray
Hoho
No Patent Wave you a taking i machine at your house
A humorous exchange about a self operating device leads to a punch line that the machine is actually a marriage. The remark implies a domestic gadget story with a light, decorative tone. The dialogue showcases a playful misunderstanding and a domestic humor setup.
Greece funds Salonika rebuilding of burned district homes
Greece will spend 1 158 000 dollars to construct 3 500 homes in the burned district of Salonika as part of postwar reconstruction efforts.
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Salonika
Greece
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Iowa
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Waterloo
Ottumwar
Burlington
Keokuk
Dubuque
Mason City
Marshalltown
S. W. Fisher
Boone
Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
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Columbus
Indianapolis
Ind
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G. H. Sumner
Lucas County
Harding
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Urater Board of Health
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