Washington Hosts Nations Celebrities Dimming Broadway
Washington draws national luminaries from arts and press as Broadway allure shifts east. Journalists, artists, cartoonists, and authors roam the capital while aviation and sports figures add to the city’s celebrity activity. Traffic at Union Station shows the crowd’s eager crowding.
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Washington
Broadway
New York
National Capital
Press Club
Tad
Henry Reuterdahl
Senate
Don Marquis
Archie
John K. Tener
National League
Aviation Corps
Union Station
Relief in War Years Kept By Officials Recreation Habits
The article notes U S leaders and lawmakers balancing war work with hobbies. President Wilson plays golf, Lane exercises, Burleson fishes, Baker sails the Potomac on Mayflower and Sylph, McAdoo hikes in the Pennsylvania mountains, and many senators and congressmen golf or ride at Washington clubs. Officials see recreation as essential to enduring wartime strain.
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Meprica
Wilson
Lane
Walter Camp
Burleson
Blue Ridge Mountains
Chesapeake Bay
Newton Baker
Baker
Potomac River
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Washington
Pennsylvania Mountains
House of Mystery Behind Washington Trees Revealed
A guarded complex near Washington known as the United States Bureau of Standards operates as a secret war lab. Engineers and chemists work behind credentials in a secluded facility rumored to be developing antiaircraft engines and naval munitions to aid Allied forces.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Standards
America
Naval
Farragut Memorabilia Placed in National Museum
The National Museum displays Farragut mementos from Loyall Farragut estate including a jeweled sword inscribed by Union League members dated 1864, epaulets chapeau belt insignia portraits and paintings of Admiral David G. Farragut showcasing his naval career and patriotism.
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Lfe
David G. Farragut
National Museum
Loyall Farragut
Farragut
David Farragut
Union League Club
New York
Hartford
Mississippi River
Admiral Farragut
William Swain
Wearld’s
Ufe
Iowa Draft Transfers and Tuberculosis Clinic Plans
Iowa moves 2500 second-increment selectives from Camp Dodge to 163rd depot brigade to Deming New Mexico to train for guard units as Rainbows join France. Tuberculosis clinics planned across counties with free exams and public meetings led by A J Kepford to combat disease amid wartime strain and high living costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Deming
N. M
North Dakota
Minnesota
Eighty-eighth
France
Central
Towa
National
A. J. Kepford
State Board of Control
Kepford
H. V. Scarborough
Oakdale Sanitarium
Cunningham
Clarion
Dr. Kepford
Lmited
The Kitchen Cabial Melon Prep And Presentation Tips
A quirky guidance piece on preparing and presenting melons. It covers chilling methods, serving ideas, salad dressings, cantaloupe cocktails, melon and ice cream pairings, decorative melon baskets, and playful ways to use melon flesh and seeds in dishes. Includes tips on flavor balance with lemon juice nutmeg and pepper.
Lima Beans and Classic Dishes From a Vintage Menu
A collection of Lima Beans recipes and other kitchen preparations. Dishes include Lima Beans a la Poulette, Vegetable Soup, Steamed Brown Bread, Veal Hash, and Peach Trifle with peach stones preserved for flavor. Recipes give step by step methods and ingredients.
To Get Rid of Ants
Directions to make a sugar borax syrup for ants. Mix two tablespoons sugar two of powdered borax and one quart boiling water. Saturate a sponge with the solution and place where ants are thickest. When saturated, plunge the sponge into boiling water.
Echoes on the Hill Road
A man recalls his birth house and lost love Elsie as a young woman boarding with Farmer Gray listens. He fears haunting loneliness if rebuilt, while she hints Elsie’s return and shared memory bind their fates. The scene ends with her departure after a brief recognition.
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Farmer Gray's
Grays
Elsie
Farmer Gray
W. G., Chapman
Useless Wishes and the Value of Prevention
A reflective piece on regret and the futility of wishing to change the past. It argues that forethought and prevention are valuable, since past actions, words, and deeds cannot be recalled by later remorse. Focuses on caution to avoid repentance.
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W. L. Harding
Provost Marshall
Crowder
Bay Rum Basis From Jamaica and St Croix Rum
Description outlines bay rum made from Jamaica or St Croix rum derived from sugar boiler skim mings sippings and washings. It notes the best grade requires rum free from foreign odors and nearly colorless. The text ends abruptly with a garbled phrase.
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Jamaica
St. Croix
Jess
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W. B. Barney
State Food and Dairy Eommissioner
Dairy Department
Barney
Teachers’ College
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
H. J. Metcalf
State Defense Council
Seerly
Stevens
Wayne County
S. C. Wymer
Mr. Wymer
Mecum
Border
Charles Mecum
Anamosa Penitentiary
Bert Mecum
Charles
Canada
F. L. Webster
Jones County
Grinnell
J. N. Woodworth
Grinnell Savings Bank
George Messenger
State Capitol
Gladnega
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