Alien Enemies Warned to Stay Out of District of Columbia
The United States attorney’s office warned aliens to comply with the exclusion act or face immediate detention. Frederick Xander, who left December 15 then returned, was jailed after a homesick attempt. Joseph Obrecht, Alsatian chef, returned from New York and was sent toward Baltimore.
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Ashington
District of Columbia
United States Attorney’s Office
United States
Arth
Frederick Xander
Xander
Conduit Road
Washington
Baltimore
Joseph Obrecht
Marshal Splain
Obrecht
New York City
Bootlegger Sadie Arrested for Whisky Sale in Washington
Detective Harry Evans encountered Sadie Patterson near his home with a heavy suitcase. She admitted eight quarts of whisky, offered to sell one, and was arrested for violating the Sheppard act as Washington remains dry amid wartime changes.
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Harry Evans
Police
Sadie Patterson
Sadie
Evans
Washington
John Barleycorn
William Jennings Bryan
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Baggage Masters at Union Station Impress Washington
In Washington a new group of twelve women labeled baggage masters works at Union Station. They handle up to 160 pieces daily and 200 during rushes with uniforms resembling messenger attire. Grace Withy and Mary and Ethel Simpson speak for the crew noting pride in their work and resilience amid knocks.
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Washington
Union Station
Grace Withy
Mary L
Ethel Simpson
Miss Withy
Mary Simpson
Humors and Exasperations of the Red Tape Tangle
The piece critiques expanded government efforts to hire, build, and house workers for wartime, citing bureaucratic delays. It recounts a Texas woman barred from a clerical post due to residency rules and an expert stalled by missing materials and cold offices in Washington.
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Texas
Sam
Washington
Western mining and oil price report
Lead values range from 7.12 to 7.25 per unit with copper at 23.17 percent and bar silver at 85 cents. Boulder market quotes tungsten concentrates at 60 percent with crude ores offered between 12.20 and 25.00 per unit and related percentages for 15 to 60 percent yields.
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New York
Boulder
Colorado Adds Two Billions in Mineral Wealth
Denver reports Colorado has contributed nearly two billion dollars to global wealth from mineral resources. By the next two years, production is expected to exceed two billion at the current rate. Howard Sullivan, statistician for the Colorado Bureau of Immigration, prepared a table tracing metal production from the Russell Gulch gold discovery sixty years ago using U.S. government and state data.
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Denver
Colorado
Russell Gulch
Howard Sullivan
Colorado Bureau of Immigration
United States
Copper dividend and ore shipments in Arizona mines
United Verde Copper Company reports a dividend of seven dollars per share. Adams and Townsend move rich tungsten concentrates from Williams mines in the Aquarius mountains. J. W. Prisk, at the Home Pastime mine in Mineral Park, has a carload of rich ore ready for shipment to the smelter.
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United Verde Copper Company
Adams and Townsend
Williams Mines
Aquarius Mountains
J. W. Prisk
Mineral Park
Molybdenum Prospect Draws Gunnison County Interest
Mining activity around Pitkin prompts renewed attention to the region as El Paso Consolidated Gold Mining Company reports January output near 500 tons from Beacon Hill estate. Colorado School of Mines chemist M F Coalbough plans potash tests amid wartime demand. Black Prince Mining Company of Caribou near Nederland posts a major strike funded by small stockholders.
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Gunnison County
Pitkin
el Paso Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Beacon Hill
M. F. Coalbough
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado
Black Prince Mining Company
Caribou
Nederland
Butte & Superior shows strong 1917 profits per share
Butte and Superior reports for the quarter ended December 31 1917 show profits equal to 1.94 a share. Full year 1917 earnings stand at 9.38 a share. Copper is scarce in New York dispatches as demand outpaces available supply. January exports reach 108 991 680 pounds, near the yearly high set in January 1917 of 113 861 280 pounds.
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Butte & Superior
New York Dispatch
Oil Prospects Spur Development in Mogollon Area
Gold Dust group work begins at Mogollon while geologists deem Taiban conditions favorable for oil. An oil hoist is installed at Deadwood mine to assist electric hoisting, and a crusher house plus engine hoist room rise at Socorro plant. Roy residents form Roy Development Company with $1200 fund to hire a geologist and pursue leases and drilling if prospects prove viable. Deep Down shaft at Mogollon is unwatered and two shifts continue sinking the shaft as levels two and three advance. Shipments move from Maud S Pacific and Eberle mines this week.
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Mogollon
Taiban
Deadwood
Socorro
Roy
Roy Development Company
Oaks Company
Maud S
Pacific
Eberle
Oil activity expands in Wyoming with new leases and rigs
St. Marys home becomes the latest oil bearing structure in the state credit. Bethlehem Oil and Gas Company leases about 5000 acres in Albany county. Drilling resumes on Shiloh Oil and Refining Company well in section 16 41 81 Tisdale. Several rigs are set up in the Lost Creek field west of Lost Soldier in Sweetwater county.
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St. Mary’s
Wyoming
Bethlehem Oil and Gas Company
Albany County
Shiloh Oil and Refining Company
Tisdale
Lost Creek
Lost Soldier Field
Sweetwater
United States Shipyard Volunteers Formed for War Shipbuilding
The Public Service Reserve creates the United States Shipyard Volunteers to speed the merchant fleet, enrolling 250000 skilled workers across trades. Volunteers enroll via enrollment agents, receive government-issued certificates, and are offered pay matching shipyard wages when called to serve.
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America
United States Shipyard Volunteers
Public Service Reserve
Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
Shipping Board
State Council of Defense
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Washington
U. S
Hurley
United States Shipyard Volunteers of Public Service Reserve
Everybody Does It Form of Forgetting Debts
A National habit surfaces when a prominent friend repays a debt and claims to have forgotten it. The Ohio State Journal notes this common rationalization used to avoid acknowledging the obligation.
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Ohio State Journal
Worth While Quotation
A reflective line remarks that some people carry the sorrows of the past and burdens of the present, then overestimate future trials. The musing suggests a mindset inclined to magnify hardship beyond what is likely to occur.
Clean Milk Practices Urged for Safe Dairy Production
Articles emphasize strict cleanliness at milking to prevent milk contamination. Dairymen should milk in clean, well lit stables, groom cows away from milking, wipe udders, use clean water and towels, and wash hands before and after milking. Also notes on using clean milking stools and immediate transfer to milk house.
Small-Top Milk Pails Cut Dirt and Germs
In modern dairies clean milk is produced using small-top milk pails to limit exposure. A pail’s small opening reduces dust and dirt from air and cattle, lowering bacteria in milk. Many pails exist, and a hood can convert standard pails into small-top pails.
Milker Hygiene Rules Emphasize Clean Clothes and Pails
Guidelines urge milking staff to avoid infectious disease exposure by restricting access to stables and dairy houses, requiring milker hand washing, clean overalls and white suit, and regular sterilization. Use of sanitary small top milk pails is advised. Milkers should be allowed to milk under these standards.
Piggery Sunlit Housing for Spring War Litters
This piece stresses the need for sun exposure and fresh air in pig housing. It urges design that allows direct sunshine on each pen floor, ample air, dryness, warmth, and outdoor exercise. Strictly maintain all six requirements during building to ensure pigs thrive.
Ideal Site for a Dairy Barnyard and Stable
The guide recommends placing the cow stable on high ground with good drainage and keeping distant poultry houses hog sheds and manure piles to avoid polluting the stable air. A connected feed room should be sealed to limit silage odors and airing should occur after feeding. A south sloped barnyard draining away from the stable aids cleanliness and mud control.
Ventilation for Cow Stables Says 500 Cubic Feet Per Cow
Pure Air for Pure Milk urges proper stable ventilation with at least 500 cubic feet of air space per cow. Bad odors signal deficient ventilation and farmers can contact the dairy division of the U S department of agriculture for guidance.
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Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Lightning Causes Most Rural U.S. Loss in Farms
A farm fire prevention bulletin by the U S department of agriculture warns that about eight million dollars a year is lost to lightning in the United States, with the rural countryside bearing the greatest portion of the damage.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
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