The Tank Adapts From Farm Tractors To War Machines
The article explores how armored track layers, tractors and tanks evolved from farming and logging equipment to military use. It describes track design, operation, and steering by independent belts, illustrating how tanks traverse rough ground and obstacles with simple mechanics and sustained production for U S forces.
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Tyig Moules
Byng
Cambrai
Hamilton M.wright
New York Sun
Europe
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Java
Hawaii
South Africa
California
Maine
Monterth
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Canada
Panamint
Mojave
Field Artillery
Marine Corps
Signal Corps
Jwar
Reat
San Joaquin Delta
Aj ElJayere
Sol
Gover
Gasoline tractors reshape California farming with L-64 power
A 45 horsepower tractor shown on the University of California farm replaces up to six mule teams, cutting costs and enabling day and night work on peat soil. The L-54 and L-64 lift heavy loads, plow deep, and traverse difficult ground, proving gasoline power a major farm time and money saver.
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Division of Agricultural Engineering
University of California
University Farm
California
San Joaquin River
Byng
Cambrai
United States
Department of Agriculture
Maine
A. O. Lombard
Waterville
Germany
Pershing Rifles Alumni Remember War Hero President
Former University of Nebraska students recall General John J. Pershing as strict yet humane. William Green of Abilene Kansas recounts how Pershing created the Pershing Rifles badge from cavalry trousers and his close guidance during military training and early San Antonio duties. The piece notes his lasting influence and personal care for his students.
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Pershing Rifles
University of Nebraska
William Green
Abilene
Kan
Pershing
Green
West Point
Lincoln
Leutenant
San Antonio
Southwest Division
Funston
Hhe
Wadsworth recalls ferry charge tale from motorist era
Senator James Wadsworth cites a Philadelphia Evening Telegraph joke about a motorist stuck at a river ferry. The captain cannot decide whether the driver is a one horse or two horse team, delaying passage and provoking impatience.
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James W. Wadsworth
New York
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Lemon Lotion for Freckles and Bright Skin
Make up a lemon lotion by squeezing juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint of freckle and tan lotion. Grocers supply lemons and drug stores offer orchard white. massaging daily promises clear, soft skin and fading blemishes.
Unfortunate Guy Quips About Prices And Consumers
Maj Frederick Palmer recounts a dinner remark about high prices in America, contrasting with Britain and France where submarine-driven costs are blamed. He jokes that a shopper’s husband is a producer who consumes his own bills.
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Maj
Frederick Palmer
America
England
France
Mire
Palmer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Catarrh
This 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is caused by constitutional conditions and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal remedy. It offers a $100 reward for any case not cured and lists Druggists as suppliers with testimonials available.
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Hall
Nature
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Postcard Proposal Stirs Quiet Romance in Local Tale
Janie recalls her bashful brother proposing by postcard to his lady. Her friend finds it absurd yet reveals more when the reply letter arrives. The post mistress grows angry over the uncertainty of acceptance.
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Janie
Castoria Reminder Amid Election Talk
Clipped phrases recall Castoria warnings and a wary quote about elections. The Louisville Courier Journal-era fragment shows a public figure commenting on not fooling people, with references to a political lead and prior years.
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Juani
Louisville Courier-Journal
Desperate Expedient and a Damaged Tale
A fragmentary diary style note references a nephew in trouble. It mentions an autopsy at a hospital and hints at social ambition and judgment by personal standards. The text mixes speech with moral commentary, presenting a somber, puzzling scene without clear facts.
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