Letters From France Describe War Life and Artillery Visit
The letters from Harry Farnham with the 54th Artillery Band recount a 25 mile auto truck ride to a combined French American camp and a funeral march for a service member. He details camouflaged trains, anti aircraft barrages, French aces with Croix de Guerre, and scenes of No Man's Land, French towns, and blood red poppies. He mentions sending home a souvenir handkerchief and shells from the French 75 gun, and notes his recovery from malaria.
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Bertha
Paris
No Man's Land
States
Bhverett
P. G
Terry Firmy
Auto Headlight Law Subject of Report
The Public Utilities Commission reports on glare from automobile and electric car headlights. It describes dangers to travelers and occupants, notes that bulbs over 24 candlepower cause glare, and outlines required anti glare lenses or frosting. It adds penalties exist and praises compliance among auto owners.
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Public Utilities Commission
Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Family Pills Endorsement
There is widespread catarrh believed curable only by constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, made by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, is a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. A hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it fails to cure. circulars and testimonials available. sold by druggists.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
The
Martial Law Defined as Extraordinary Measure
The text defines martial law as not a real law but the abrogation of law. It states it is an order enacted during extreme danger when normal administration cannot be trusted and public welfare requires extraordinary measures.
Clam Culture to Begin on Maine Coast
Depleted clam flats along the Maine coast will be seeded immediately with the Sea and Shore fisheries commission asking coast towns to cooperate by identifying suitable cultivation sites. The plan aims to create temporary closures to boost spawning beds, starting in lower Sagadahoc and expanding coastwide. The Rockland conference included the commission director, wardens from Eastport to Quoddy Head, and expert Clinton M. Kennedy of Pemaquid Beach.
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Maine
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commission
Lower
Sagadahoc
Rockland
Clinton M. Kennedy
Pemaquid Beach
George Dow
Joseph Wallace
Charles F. Stockton
Portland
Daniel A. McDonald
Bath
Eastport
Quoddy Head
Hats Tossed Into Water Becomes Marine Custom
Port Royal, July 27. Instead of tossing hats in the ring recruits now cast their hats into the ocean for luck after a wind snatched a hat from a recruit crossing the bay at Paris Island. The custom spread as hundreds of straw hats floated on the waves and sailors passed the word to all recruits.
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Port Royal
S. C
U. S
Paris Island
Submarine Warfare Proving A Failure
Paris reports official figures show Mediterranean traffic rising as submarine attacks fall short. Between February 24 and April 1, 2060 vessels with 3.5 million tons crossed under escort, with an average 210 ships moving to or from France. Only one in four attacks caused damage and one in ten was fruitless.
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Paris
Mediterranean
France
Iowa agents join rural phone firms in farm labor drive
Washington reports Iowa led 48 rural telephone firms in agreeing to cooperate with the Federal Employment Service to recruit farm labor. About 19,949 farmers will be contacted weekly by a central operator to assess work needs and wages, then relayed to local offices. Twelve states have been asked to participate.
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Washington
Iowa
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Federal Employment Service
Then He's Busy. No man is really busy until he has a dozen tasks
Quote from the Boston Transcript notes a humorous maxim about busyness and prioritization, attributed to a proverb style remark. The fragment mentions a busy man with many tasks, implying time management or social commentary rather than a specific event.
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Boston Transcript
Poet Worker Verses Honoring Shipyard Labor Highlighted
W Byron Verge of Portland Stip Ceiling Co read his poem War Souvenirs in the North End yards as workers helped launch the first Emergency Fleet Corporation ship at the old Russel yard in East Deering. Verge’s verses praise shipyard labor and link their sacrifice to war effort while noting endorsements from public figures. Harry B Sawyer bought 100 leaflets for distribution among workers.
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W. Byron Verge
Portland Stip Ceiling Co
North End
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Russel Yard
East Deering
Mr. Verge
America
Verge
United States
Wilson
Charles Schwab
Theodore Roosevelt
Daniels
Harry B. Sawyer
Kelleypear
Honest old-time medicine aids comfort during war thrift era
The advertisement promotes L F Atwood’s Medicine claiming quick relief from discomforts like gas pressure and sour stomach. It sells the “original” L F Atwood remedy at one cent a dose, asserting economic value in war thrift times and urging purchase from the L F Medicine Co. in Portland Maine.
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L.F.” Atwood
L. F
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland
Expensive Pigeon Pie Delights Diplomatic Circle
In London on a July 27 report describes an expensive pigeon pie served to the Allied diplomatic corps in a Sassyside setting. A February afternoon a crate of pigeons arrived with no sender mark and were cooked that evening. Ministers including American Minister Vopicka ate the dish. A week later a telegram arrived from a high government officer about a valuable shipment of carrier pigeons meant for confidential negotiations.
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Londéi
All Dips Lomatic
Vopicka
War Times Teach Home Manufacture
In Manchester England on July 27 the article notes a shift from importing magnets insulating materials field glass lenses and screws to domestic munition factory production. It highlights improved field glass lenses outperforming German products and a move from skilled die making to milling by unskilled workers.
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Manchester
England
United States
America
Germany
Austria
Wagon Load of Royal Wines Sells at Auction
A wagon load of wines from Buckingham Palace gifted by King George V to the Red Cross sold for 8500 dollars in London. Royal champagne brought 100 dollars per dozen bottles and royal sherry from 1841 sold for 125 dollars per dozen.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George V
Red Cross
Kidney trouble ends life of R. B. O'Flynn
Government concrete inspector R B O Flynn dies after serious kidney trouble. The notice lists a box price of 6 for $2.00 and a trial size 2c, with distribution from Fruit-a-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg.
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A.B. O'Flynn
North Union St
Rochester
N. Y
Montreal
R. B. O’ Flynn
Government Concrete
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
Bavarian War Minister Orders Harvest Duty Across Bavaria
The Bavarian War Minister issues a sweeping order directing all capable persons in towns and villages to be compelled to aid harvest work under local authority supervision, irrespective of rank age or sex.
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Amsterdam
Bavaria
Standardized Airplane Planned for Postwar Use
London notes an English airplane factory plans a postwar standardized plane for popular use with a uniform price of 500 dollars, aiming to bring affordable air travel to the masses.
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London
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Harry E. Farnham
54Th Artillery Band
Express C. O. D
Tory
Fred S. Mayers
Front St
Bath, Maine
Lady Huntingfield
Margaret Eleanor Crosby
Rhinebeck
Castoria
Ida
Uncle Sam
Joseph S. Caldwell
Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations
Farmersq Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Ma. Taylor Chet
Gune
U.S. Department OF Agriculture
Washington, D. C
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