War echoes in Washington as the public clings to war work
A correspondent reports that Washington treats war as routine not ruinous. Officials discuss guns and troops while avoiding souls and losses. The writer longs for Valley Forge peace, fearing Americans may never grasp the true horror faced overseas.
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Ashington
Washington
Europe
Great Bridge
Potomac
Arlington
America
Schuylkill
Valley Forge
Cranks Alarm Washington Officials Over Wartime Menace
War time Washington struggles with a surge of cranks targeting the president. Police report about 84 cranks seized in a month, 54 sent to the Government Hospital for the Insane, as guardians fear threats to national leaders.
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Washington
Secret Service
Metropolitan Police
Garfield
McKinley
United States
Washington Asylum
Capitol
Government Hospital
Sherman
Wilson
Partnership of Wilbur and Hoover Across Decades
The article recalls a lifelong bond between Ray Lyman Wilbur and Herbert Hoover from Stanford days in the 1890s. They supported each other financially and professionally, later guiding Stanford as directors and sharing leadership roles in U S food agencies, showing unwavering mutual trust over more than 30 years.
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Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leyland Stanford University
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Wilbur
Leland Stanford
England
University
United States
Doctor Wilbur
Food Conservation
Food Control Department
Ragged Children Ejected From Open Air Theater By Bluecoat
An incident at an open-air movie venue shows six poor children refused entry by a rough, gum chewing officer. After threatening them and shooing them away, the bluecoat stays near the exit, later enters the theater as chauffeurs and large men replace the children, then returns inside eating peanuts.
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Bluecoat No
Bluecoat
Great War Apple Crop to Aid Nation and Allies
The nation will harvest a wartime apple crop amounting to two bushels per person to bolster food shipments to allies. Authorities urge immediate organization of picking crews with help from chambers, boards, and defense councils, tapping city labor pools and women’s groups to prevent losses and store the fruit.
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United States
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
State
County Councils of Defense
When Money Talks
A practical politician praises a candidate with money and a large bankroll that speaks many languages while downplaying language skill as less important. The exchange highlights wealth influencing political perception and emphasis on money over rhetoric.
Illustrations in papers and magazines cost questions
A brief exchange questions whether magazine and newspaper illustrations are cheaper to produce. The reply states no, arguing there is no reason to cut prices or furnish illustrations to reduce costs.
Artificial limbs boom from great war demand and pioneers
The article notes a wartime surge in artificial limbs as tens of thousands lose limbs. It highlights American factories expanding to meet British and French orders, with firms operating in London and Paris. It profiles leaders like Joseph Hanger and describes limb design, fitting, and a five year guarantee.
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Europe
London
Paris
France
Ambroise Pare
Hippocrates
Pare
United States
Joseph BE. Hanger
Washington, D. C
Hanger
Thrush Uses Slug Anvil in Highland Wood
An observer records a thrush in a Highland birch wood using a stone as an anvil to crush a black slug rather than a snail. The bird repeatedly hammers the slug, suggesting the aim is to break down the tough skin to access the edible parts or tenderize the prey.
Plant turns peat into coke with by products
German plant converts thirty tons of peat into nine tons of coke with gas and tar as by products. Sweden increases beet sugar output nearing national demand. Spain’s hydro electric power use estimated at eight percent of potential. Artificial cork from cork waste and paste invented in Sweden. Pet canaries consumed 3,704,625 pounds of seed last year. Los Angeles received 1,400,000 pounds of butter at 24 cents per pound in carload lots. Puget Sound division NP railroad hires women where capable.
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Germany
Sweden
Spain
Los Angeles
Puget Sound
Northern Pacific Railroad
A Sculptor's Error Critiqued By Parade Observers
In Washington, D C a parade draws attention to a historic slip by the sculptor at General Sherman’s statue near the treasury. The base figures misplace the blanket roll over the right shoulder instead of the left, a detail soldiers know would hinder the gun, provoking comment.
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Washington
D. C
General Sherman
Treasury
Popular Science Monthly
Several North Stars Through Ancient Times
The text notes multiple successive north stars in history. It claims Cheops era observers used Alpha Draconis for a long sloping passage under the pyramid to observe a sky sentinel, describing an ancient telescope tube without glass. It concludes the current North Star is a huge sun far brighter than Earth’s sun.
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Great
Pyramid of
Cheops
A Realistic Film Draws Long Wait for Lead Actor
A manager recalls a very realistic picture that drew intense audience reaction. Eight young women waited after the screening for half an hour to glimpse the leading man emerging from the alley behind the theater.
Spoke the Truth About a Suit Guarantee
A irate customer confronts Finklestein insisting the suit purchase guaranteed satisfaction. The vendor retorts that the buyer was satisfied, prompting a tense exchange in a clipped, period tone.
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Finklestein
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M. C. Butler
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