Chemists Promise Cheaper Living and New Fuels
Delegates of the American Chemical Society report progress lowering living costs through chemistry. Advances include substitutes for cream of tartar, new benzine derived molic acid in baking powder, cheaper leather via shark hide tanning, and arsenic recovery enabling calcium magnesium use in insecticides. A New York chemist describes a higher heat value fuel from coal waste and cheap tars, adaptable to steamships, with peat and sawdust as feedstocks.
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Bir
Cottrell
Jerome Alexander
New York
Mystery Embassy on Sixth Street Baffles Authorities
Mystery surrounds the so called Russian embassy on Sixth Street as officials probe ownership and funding. The present occupant Boris A. Bakhmetieff has no clear government backing and critics question which regime supports the operation. Attaches claim they represent anti Bolshevik forces in Russia amid unverified funds and possible expulsion orders.
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Sixth Street
Russia
State Department
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Kerensky
George Bakhmetieff
Boris
Kolchak
Deulkine
Bakhwedel
Uncle Sam At War Across 145 Years of U S Military War Time
Representative Kalin of California presented figures to the House showing the United States spent roughly 38 years in wars since 1775, about 26 percent of history, with peace periods totaling about 107 years. He noted war or near war occupied two years for every year of peace, detailing eras from the Revolution to the Cuban pacification and beyond.
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United States
Wayfare Goring
House
Representative Kalin
California
Peile
France
Tripoli
Great Britain
Great Bellaim
Algiers
Tunis
Morocco
Mexico
Spain
Vera Cruz
Pehce
India now fixes world price of silver and gold demand
India is described as fixing the global price of silver while the United States spent large sums on gold ornaments. The piece cites Charles W. Henderson of the US Geological Survey noting a $21 million rise in gold mining output year over year and details shifts in gold and silver jewelry trade, with Paris reporting millions of pieces traded and India increasing its gold and silver dominance as Britain enforces the gold standard.
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United States
Charles W. Henderson
Stieian
United States Geological Survey
Paris
France
Bis
Cays
Nee
Germany
New York
Great Britain
India
Army recruitment beats demobilization as a vast training force
Washington reports the army has grown to within 35,000 of its 264,000 authorized strength, with about 8,000 new enlistments weekly. The push emphasizes a vocational education program teaching trades from pharmacy to mechanics, with civilian instructors and company-supported job promises after service. cantonments are converting to shops and labs, and Camp Pike and Camp Dodge host new schools. Several divisions show lower peacetime strengths while others exceed authorized levels, underscoring the shift to a peacetime yet trained force.
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Washington
Regular Army
Nationial Defense
Intest
War Department
Army
Inkha&i
Ermbalmers
Camp Doge
C. B. Waldron
North Dakota Agricultural College
Chicago Church Federation
Camp Pike
Ark
Mare
Arkansan State Board
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Alr
Motor Transport Corps
Infantry
Samuel A. Greenwell
General Recruiting Service
Cook
Chambers of Commercce
Rotary Clubs
American Legion Posts
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chemical Warfare
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Eighth Infantry
Coblenz
Thing
Fiftieth Infantry
Germany
Siberia
Thirty-first Infantry
Twenty-fourth Infantry
New Mexico
France
Camp Taylor
Sixteenth
Eighteenth
Twenty-sixth
Twenty-eighth
Camp Travis
Texas
China
Vaux
Chateau Thierry
Marne
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Meuse
Lings
Camp Dodge
St. Michael
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Camp Grant
Mosélle
Camp Funston
Kanana
Local families aid needy neighbors in Kentucky food relief
In New Castle Kentucky a report highlights communal aid as Noah Pettit and Dava Roberts faced hunger near Mat Rock. Quintla Razos reportedly supplied shelter and food when local help was absent, illustrating unselfish community support amid hardship.
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Harte
New Castle
Noah Pettit
Dava Roberts
Mat Rock
Aton
Religious census tallies 4000 Ames students by sects
A religious census of 4000 Ames Town State college students shows 66 percent overall members of churches, with 73 percent of women and 64 percent of men church members. Denominations listed include Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Christian, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, and Episcopal among others.
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Ames
Town State College
Het
Bealdes
Ag Eindulem
Methodist
Presbyterian
Congregational
Episcopal
Des Moines
Iowa State Fair Association
State Highway Commission
Iowa Highway Commission
Marshalltown
Blackcap
H. D
John Mills
Kirksville
C. HL. Morris
Central Church of Christ
Iowa
Danver
Colo
Wthel MacDougal Morris
Hghway
Jewell
Jewell High School
Waverly
Row
Papera
Des , Moines
David. B. Henderson
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