Food Conservation Progressing Rapidly and Home Canning Tips
Reports from Wyoming detail rapid progress in food conservation training at the University of Wyoming with volunteers in Cheyenne and Laramie. The campaign covers canning and drying methods, with demonstrations funded by the Council for National Defense. Instructions cover drying and storage techniques, equipment tweaks, and best practices for preserving vegetables and fruits for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wyoming
Mia
R. A. Morton
Cheyenne
Henrietta Kolshorn
Laramie
Council For National Defense
Division of Extension
Civil Service Exams Expanded to July 21 in Northwest
The U S civil service commission announces a July 21 examination in forty northwest cities for stenographers and typewriters. Men with typing skills are sought for the quartermaster corps at a $1000 yearly salary, with many qualified typewriters likely to receive appointments. Women who pass the stenographer and typewriter exam may secure posts at $900 to $1000 annually. Applicants should contact the district secretary in Seattle for arrangements and deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service’ Commission
Northwest
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
Typewriter
Seattle
Herbert F. Ward
Sec
11Th Civil Service Dist
Post Office
Wash
Big Horn Co Fair Showcases Plentiful Local Produce
Announcer urges attendance at the Big Horn Co Fair with tables of grapes apples plums pears pumpkins squash melons turnips spuds wheat and corn. Bees and honey await, rows of jelly fruit tempt visitors as crowds seek variety and novelty in a bustling community display.
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Big Horn Co. Fair
Big Horn Co
Drive At The Newspapers
A senate finance committee proposes a five percent tax on newspaper corporations and partnerships earnings claiming extra revenue. The piece argues newspapers already taxed like other corporations and distinguishes income tax from second class mail matters, urging opposition to discriminatory taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Finance
Finance Committee
The Melting Pot and Red Cross Aid Urged by Prisoners
In Pennsylvania an estimated 1425 prisoners at the eastern penitentiary have organized to aid the Red Cross. The House of Representatives spends over 1.5 million dollars annually on clerical and janitorial salaries. Rockefeller charity contributions since the war declaration reportedly exceed 100 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
House of Representatives
Rockefeller
Germany
Labor Councils Vote Against Conscription Law and Related World News
The Seattle Affiliated Labor Council rejected conscription, and its former president was arrested on sedition charges. A new Interstate Commerce Commission booklet recounts how two railroads were looted by a private syndicate five years after the event. A New York Bible Society drive funds 100,000 New Testaments for soldiers and sailors with a Roosevelt message. Other items include remarks on women’s influence in Illinois prisons, Billy Sunday’s call for virtue over vanity, Chicago theaters paying unions’ agents, a Dallas fair boycott, Standard Oil employees buying Liberty Loan bonds, a Mount Vernon man’s court dispute, Wall Street bond houses’ government work costs, Vrooman on food price manipulation, and farmers opposing a literacy-based immigration ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Labor Council
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois State Penitentiary
Billy Sunday
Chicago
Dallas
Texas
Carpenters’ Union
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Liberty Loan
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Wall Street
Vrooman
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Leslies
Indictments Dismissed and Reinstated in Coal Case
Federal Judge Grubb dismissed indictments against three local coal companies in the government suit charging a restraint of trade involving over 100 firms. He reinstated indictments against six others provisionally dismissed earlier, leaving about half the defendants under indictment as the case heads toward a jury, with trial expected late Wednesday. A separate classified notice seeks to buy 200 head of three year old native steers for immediate delivery from Aber Frothers in Wolf, Wyoming.
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New York
Grubb
Aber Frothers
Wolf
Wyo
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Douglas
Banner County
Mary Dragoon
Congress
Philadelphia Inquirer
Civil Service Examination
Paterson
Wyoming Oil
Wyoming
New York Bible Society
Roosevelt
Simmons
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