Pigs Learn Manners and Diet in Cafeteria Feeds
St Paul Minnesota May 18 Real pigs enjoy cafeteria service says Prof R C Ashby animal husbandry division University farm finishing first cafeteria fed pigs and finds they gain weight faster and at less cost than hand fed pigs Self feeding devices in pens help workers cope with wartime labor shortage Pigs select their own food in order avoid crowding and squealing and no cafeteria pig has been seen eating with a knife
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St. Paul, Minn
R. C. Ashby
Animal Husbandry Division
University Farm
Veteran Civil War veteran seeks garden primer to grow peas
Washington May 18. A letter to the national war garden commission from D. M. Wilson of 391 N 21st street Salem Oregon asks for a free garden primer. He notes three grandsons in the current war and that he will be 79 on June 11.
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Washington
D. M. Wilson
Salem
Ore
National War Garden Commission
Britain needs 172000 more homes for its workers
Government analysis shows a shortfall of 172 thousand homes to house workers, prompting calls for accelerated construction across national housing programs. In the report housing ministers stress the need for faster permits and funding to meet demand.
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Britain
Brazilian Cinema Sparks U.S. Image During War
United States film imports surged in Brazil as European cinema dwindled, shaping Brazilian views of Americans. Stars like Hart and Chaplin drew crowds, while action driven plots and the image of the American girl altered local attitudes and boosted Pan American ties through the movie theater phenomenon.
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United Press
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Europe
United States
William S. Hart
Dustin Farnum
George Walsh
Charlie Chaplin
Letters From Men In Service From Amesville and Camp Sheridan
Wartime letters recount seven band members serving, one from the Canannville group. Andrew M. Brozak of the 147th U S Infantry writes from Camp Sheridan Alabama on May 14 1918 about waiting orders and hoping for the band to reunite. Clyde Gibson in France sends a Paris Hotel Florida dispatch April 19 1918 describing uniforms passes and reinforcements including Russians and Canada Forestry Corps soldiers.
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Wes Will
Andrew Grozak
Canaanville
Brozak
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Bill
U. S. Army
Andrew M. Brozak
Co. S
U. S. Inft
F. A. Gibson
Amesville
Clyde Gibson
Hotel Florida
Paris
O. K
Palmer Will Clears Probate In Chicago Society Estate
The will of the late Mrs Potter Palmer valuing her personal estate at 1 6 million and her husband's trust at 15 million was filed for probate. The estate is to be divided equally between the two Palmer sons. Mrs Palmer leaves 525 000 to charities 100 000 to the Chicago Art Institute and 100 000 to each of her sons wives plus gifts to servants and annuities to relatives.
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Chicago
Potter Palmer
Palmer
Chicago Art Institute
Court actions include suit over goods and injunctions
The Junod Milling Company sues B F Sprague for 332.24 with interest from 1917 on 1915 1918 deliveries. Neil Bresner seeks injunction against Drs Alderman and Biddle to block execution on a 89.40 judgment, citing invalid service and lack of appearance. A divorce petition by Charles Carman cites a marriage in Athens on September 7 1911 and alleged misconduct by Maude Carman.
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Junod Milling Company
B. F. Sprague
Neil Bresner
Ray Burris
Riley
Burris
Charles Carman
Athens
Maude Carman
Save Rice War Board Bans Rice Toss On Weddings
Ohio War Board condemns throwing rice at departing brides and grooms as un patriotic. The Food Administration urges conservation noting each grain supports food supplies and helps offset wheat shortages. Old shoes should be donated to the Red Cross. June brides are urged to keep weddings patriotic and skip sugar heavy frosting.
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Ohio War Board
The
Food Administration
Red Cross
France
Belgium
Divorce sought after three years absence in plea
Duty has deserted him and has had no children. Being absent from him for more than three years he asks that he may be divorced. Alex M. Moore and John Preston were reappointed Jury Commissioner by Judge Wood at yesterday mornings session.
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Alex M. Moore
John Preston
Wood
Swine Mortality From Disease Reaches Thirty-Five Year Low
Washington May 18 The death rate in swine from all diseases for the year ending March 1918 was 42.1 per 1000, the lowest in thirty five years, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. This compares with 133.8 in 1887 and 144 in 1897 during cholera outbreaks.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Mine Bureau Aids In Radium Production
Washington May 18 The National Radium Institute and the Bureau of Mines have a pact to improve radium production from Colorado and Utah carnotite ores. The bureau has already secured over 180000 dollars worth of radium for research, costing under 38000 dollars. It also transferred about six and a half grams of radium and provided a method to produce pure radium compound at one third of current prices.
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Washington, D. C
Asone
National Radium Institute
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Colorado
Utah
National
Radium Institute
Turks Seized as Rail Track Clash Erupts in St Clairsville
A special coach with forty Turks arrived in St Clairsville from Holloway under deputy sheriffs after an attempted track occupation. Police say the men spoke anti American rhetoric and were armed. Citizens clashed with them but were restrained until officers arrived. Federal officials notified.
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St. Clairsville
Holloway
Wilson denies opposition to air craft probe
President Wilson authorized Secretary Tumulty to deny he opposes any probe of the government air craft program while opposing the covert aim of the Chamberlain resolution which he says he knows and understands.
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Wilson
New York
Tumulty
Americans arriving in huge numbers, Smuts predicts victory
General Smuts told a Glasgow audience that Americans arrive by the hundreds of thousands monthly and that the result is assured. The Federal Bureau of Mines reports 2,696 fatalities in U S coal mines last year.
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Glasgow
General Smuts
Federal Bureau of Mines
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