War Year Review Details U S Military Mobilization
A government committee reports the first year of U S involvement in World War I transformed the armed forces. Regular army National Guard and reserve corps expanded to 123 801 officers and 1 528 924 enlisted, with large increases in the National Army and supporting services. It traces expeditionary force buildup in France under General Pershing, rail and dock construction, ordnance and supply expansion, air service growth, and navy and shipping board efforts, including costs and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
War Department
Navy Department
United States Shipping Board
Treasury Department
Army
National Guard
Adjutant General
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
National Army
France
General Pershing
Paris
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Pioneer Engineers
Ordnance Department
Air Service
Naval Service
Navy
Shipping Board
Congress
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Austria
Liberty
Treasury
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Shell-Cap Cigar Lighter Makes Novel Gift
Captain John Corrigan of the city police traffic squad received a curious souvenir from his son W. R. Corrigan serving with base hospital No. 22 in France. A cigar lighter crafted from a one inch brass shell cap uses a friction ignition and a brass shell lid with a French copper coin, showcased as a unique keepsake.
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John Corrigan
Police Department
W. R. Corrigan
France
Base Hospital No. 22
Indianapolis News
Thermometers Made by German Prisoners Near Paris
German prisoners in France, once linked to German thermometer making, now largely produce thermometers for French use. They work in an old dismantled fort near Paris and are teaching their craft to French women, according to Joseph Ames in the Atlantic.
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Germany
France
Paris
Joseph 8. Ames
Atlantic
Wheat Alone Not Enough in Man's Diet Says Old Proverb
A historical saying notes that life cannot rely on bread alone for nourishment. It reflects a caution about single food reliance and promotes a balanced diet.
Lemon Lotion Promises Skin Whitening Beauty Aid
An old advertisement touts a cheap lemon lotion blending juice from two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint beauty product. It claims to whiten and soften skin, reduce freckles and tan, and work on hands, neck and arms with regular daily massage.
Farmer's contrarian chair gag echoes peace talk remark
A well known legislator recalls a Kansas farmer elected to the state legislature who, acting as speaker pro tem, quips during a motion to lay a resolution on the table. He asks those who want it laid on the table to say aye and those who want to be contrary to say no.
Castoria Safety Warning Cited With Child’s Plaster Trick
A mother warns to examine Castoria bottles for signatures as a boy hides a porous plaster found in the medicine closet and plans to hear its tune on the pianola, illustrating cautious parental scrutiny of remedies and curious childhood experiments reported in Puck.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertising Claim
An old advertisement offers 100 dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal use and blood circulation action on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years at 7 cents. Includes testimonials and B J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Resented the Snub on a Hoisting Accident
An Irish worker named Pat was on a brick hoist delivering hods to a top floor when the machine snagged him and swung him to the ground. A fellow worker on the scaffold cried out, but Pat shouted to go to the divvle for not speaking to him.
New Patent Aids Blind Needle Threading
A New York inventor patents a device to help blind users thread a needle. The ad claims Dr. Pierce's Pellets benefit liver, bowels and stomach with one pellet for laxative and three for a cathartic.
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New York
Senator Sorghum Faces Temptation to Retire
The foreign exchange of remarks opens with a quip about retirement. Senator Sorghum answers that the idea tempts him to avoid compulsion rather than to retire, reflecting a wry political stance amid a brief ad style exhortation for Red Cross Bag Blue laundry product.
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Senator Sorghum
Mis taken responsibilities as pet care burden?
The head of a large concern reflects on duties after his wife leaves him a poodle, a Maltese cat and a bowl of goldfish to care for, revealing a mix of irony and personal strain.
Builders of Air Castles Spared Worry Over Labor Strikes
In a periodical note, the piece asserts that creators of ambitious but unattainable plans face no immediate labor unrest. It frames the idea as a caution about overambitious ventures lacking practical labor disruption risks.
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Quartermaster Corps
Philippines
Lorraine
Quartermaster General’s Department
Castoria
Certain-teed Products Corporation
Certain-teed
America
Canada
Western Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Department OF Labor
Denver
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Sweetheart
The
Peres
Allen
Plattsburg
Freemont
Lydia E. Pinkham
GoppEn
Napoleon St
Fremont, C
North Haven
Conn
Florence Isella
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E.pinkham Medicine CO
Lynn
Mass
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