College Stuff Makes Engineers for Merchant Fleet
The Shipping Board uses a novel training system to convert skilled mechanics into marine engineers. Led by MIT and Pratt Institute programs, classes at 10 colleges train citizens in salt water engineering, with 3,300+ attendees. Courses cover boilers, pumps, turbines, and Diesel engines, preparing them for sea duty and ship construction roles.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Atlantic
Europe
Shipping Board
E. F. Miller
Tech
Miller
Tulane University
New Orleans
Armour Institute
Chicago
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Washington University
Seattle
University of California
Berkeley
New York City
Jersey
Boston
Henry Howard
Howard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Massachusetts “Tech
Merchant Marine
Custom House
Hun Hates Columbus He Found America
Pittsburgh preacher Rev. Daniel L. March retuned from the western front shares a light hearted tale. A German prisoner mocked by doughboys says he is sore at Columbus for discovering America. The anecdote ends with the line about Columbus angering the prisoner.
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Hun
Columbus
America
Pittsburgh
Daniel L. March
Fritzie
France
England
Belgium
Christopher Columbus
Substitutes for Sugar in Government Guidance
Government chemists recommend corn syrup maltose from potatoes honey and high grade refiners syrup as principal substitutes for sugar. The guidance outlines alternative sweeteners suitable for various uses and dietary considerations.
Kansas City and Chicago Market Prices Listed
Prices from Krosas City Produce Kansas City and Chicago markets show ranges for butter creamery eggs poultry beef cattle veal calves and stockers and feeders. Grain and provisions include corn oats rye barley timothy and fats with lard and ribs also quoted.
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Krosas City Produce
Kansas City
Cremery
Chicago
Ribs
Coffee and Cotton Futures See Little Change in New York
Coffee futures steady with Rio No 7 at 8.95 for January and 9.25 for March. Cotton prices in New York show October at 31.15 and December around 30 with January 39.02, March 29.85 and May 29.70. Midaling at 32.40.
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Coffee Market
New York
Rio No. 7
Hide and Pelts Prices and Classifications Notice
Butler area hides and pelts price list with salted hides dry klint pelts and green salted hides 25 lbs and up priced per pound with class notes. Branded hides may be counted as No 2 and 16 under 16 categories referenced with terms Butcher and pelts quality terms.
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Baekstiser
Murai
Western Mining and Oil News Highlights Cash, Deals and Prospects
Denver metal prices show bar silver at 1.01 copper at 26.26 lead 8.05 and smelter 8.86 per unit. Sam Myers remits seven ore sacks to the smelter for 119. The United States seeks 800000 tons of manganese ore for 1918 use. Phelps-Dodge smelters report copper output for September at 15 500 623 pounds vs August 17 101 261. Telescope Mountain starts operation near Silverton. Silver Swan mine owned by A E Arms grows in importance at Rice. Yak Company Leadville struggles to drain lower workings at Cold and White Cap. Ouray output drops from near 4 million to under 1 million for 1918. Calico Peak Colorado Alunite deposits attract miners near Rico. Cripple Creek manganese finds create statewide interest. Vindicator Gold declares 1 percent dividend payable Oct 25 with record Oct 15. Mayflower mine in Silverton district remains active under lease to J H Slattery. Syndicate mine at Rico drills to define rich silver box ore in virgin ground. Cresson mine at Cripple Creek yields August ore returns of 104 650 while monthly dividend checks total 122 000. Akron Mining Company builds cement powerhouse at White Pine Gunnison for winter ore production and concentration.
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A. E. Arms
Leadville
Colorado Alunite Mining and Milling Company
Calico Peak
Rico
Silverton
Mayflower
J. H. Slattery
Syndicate
H. Godet
Cresson m
Cripple Creek
A. E. Carlton
Great Falls Ferro-Manganese Plant Opens With One Furnace
The Boston and Montana manganese reduction plant at Great Falls began operations on September 15 as the world’s largest ferro-manganese facility. One furnace was fired that day and the plant, with five furnaces, will eventually produce ninety tons of ferro-manganese daily, sufficient to treat about 10,000 tons of steel.
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Colorado
Boston
Montana
Great Falls
Oaks Company orders first tramway line at Mogollon
The Oaks Company places initial orders for a surface tramway from the Central shaft to the Socorro Mining and Milling tram line, spanning 1290 feet. Counter balanced skids handle 75 tons in eight hours for ore from Maud S Deep Down Eberle and Clifton mines, while burros remain used for ore transport in the interim.
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The
Oaks Company
Mogollon
Socorro Mining and Milling Company
Maud S
Eberle
Clifton
Oil field boom sweeps several Wyoming regions
Deep drilling at the Zimmerman home advances while Warm Springs reports four new wells. Thornton field shows a growing boom with oil found at 600 to 700 feet. Ohio Oil Co. starts a 14 mile Rock Creek to Rock River pipeline project as West Salt Creek yields 700 barrels on initial production. Buck Creek dome ash field in Niobrara county delivers a first big well by Ohio Oil Co with initial flow near 1900 barrels.
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Zimmerman Home
Warm Springs
Thornton
Southwest Oil Company
Rock Creek
Pioneer
Big Muddy
Ohio Company
Rock Creek Field
Rock River Station
West Salt Creek
Buck Creek Dome
Ash Field
Niobrara County
Ohio Oil Company
Golden Spoon Handicap and a witty exchange in the Birmingham Age-Herald
An excerpt from the Birmingham Age-Herald features a witty dialogue about a great artist and his early career. The item then promotes Red Cross Bag Blue laundry products noting it makes clothes whiter than snow and is sold by good grocers in an advertisement.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Red Cross
All Good Grocers
A Land of Mourning in Parisian Society
London Express notes a French mourning custom where no flowers appear at dinner tables and couples do not walk arm in arm. The writer ties this practice to ongoing occupation, claiming a “devil du pays” will persist while invaders hold French soil.
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France
London Express
Chinese Adopt Alcohol Habit Reported
A newspaper item notes a rising tendency among Chinese communities toward drinking. The report outlines social implications and cites observations by unnamed sources.
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Denver Market
Denver
Upland
Nebraska
South Park
Gunnison Valley
UO. B
Bartlett
Lima
Colo
Col
Celery
Pascal
Sea
Hothouse
Miscellaneou Markets
Sacewdb
St Ecuecacs
Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Arizona
Sam Myers
United States
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Telescope Mountain Mining Company
Akron Mining Company
White Pine
Gunnison County
Dean
Jno
Bloumke, Jr
Courtland St
Ill
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
New Mexico
Wyoming
Carter
David Roberts
Grand Ave
Waukesha, Wie
Wilson
J. H. Wilson Saddlery CO
Reinhardt & Co
Meney, Tex
Fletcher
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