College Training Boosts Marine Engineers For Merchant Fleet
The United States Shipping Board develops a novel training system to create citizen marine engineers. Professors from Tech and other colleges lead intensive short courses, turning mechanics into licensed engineers in weeks.
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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
Massachusetts “Tech
Merchant Marine
Custom House
Hun Hates Columbus He Found America
Pittsburgh preacher Daniel L. March recalls a Western Front tale where a German prisoner, teased by U.S. soldiers, complains he is upset with Christopher Columbus for discovering America. The anecdote frames antiwar humor from a six month postwar visit.
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Hun
Columbus
America
Pittsburgh
Daniel L. March
Fritzie
France
England
Belgium
Christopher Columbus
Substitutes for Sugar Use in Food Preparations
Government chemists recommend corn syrup maltose honey and high grade refiners syrup as principal substitutes for sugar in foods. The guidance notes syrup derived from potatoes as maltose and emphasizes quality grades for substitutes.
Coffee and Cotton Prices Mixed in New York Market
Coffee futures steady with Rio No. 7 at 9 percent and January at 8.95 while March sits at 9.25. Cotton prices in New York show October at 31.15, December at 30, January 39.02, March 29.85, and May 29.70 as Midaling trades at 32.40.
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Coffee Market
New York
Rio No. 7
Hide and Pelts Prices and Classifications from Market Report
The notice lists prices and classifications for salted hides and pelts including dry hides and buckskin pelts. It notes green salted hides 25 pounds and up, unbranded, with price per unit and brackets for branded hides classified as No. 2. The fragment mentions butchers and shearlings with various price cues and grade notes.
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Baekstiser
Murai
Mining and Metal Prices and Activities Across Colorado
Western mining and oil notes report Denver price data for metals with bar silver at 1.01, copper 26.26, lead 8.05, smelter 8.86, and tungsten concentrates at 25.00. Sam Myers shipped seven ore sacks worth 119. United States seeks 800000 tons of manganese ore for 1918 use. Phelps-Dodge smelters produced September copper and August output. Mines and companies in Silverton, Rico, Cripple Creek and Ouray show activity, dividends, and new operations, including Mayflower lease work and Boxcar-like ore in Rico. Cement power plant work progresses at White Pine as production plans firm.
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Denver
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 Big Facility
The Boston and Montana manganese reduction plant at Great Falls began operations on Sept. 15. It is the world's largest ferro-manganese plant with five furnaces planned, and when all are fired it will produce ninety tons of ferro-manganese daily to treat about 10,000 tons of steel.
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Colorado
Boston
Montana
Great Falls
First Orders Placed for Oaks Company Surface Tramway
The Oaks Company at Mogollon places the first orders for a surface tramway from the Central shaft to the Socorro Mining and Milling tram line, a 1290 foot route. Counter balanced skids handle seventy five tons in eight hours, moving ore from Maud S Deep Down Eberle and Clifton mines while burros remain in use for now.
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The
Oaks Company
Mogollon
Socorro Mining and Milling Company
Maud S
Eberle
Clifton
Oil field boom spans multiple Wyoming sites
Deep drilling at Zimmerman home makes progress as Warm Springs yields four wells in days. Thornton field shows a boom with oil found at 600 to 700 feet. Ohio Oil Company reports first big Buck Creek dome well on Niobrara county ash field with initial 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
Buck Creek Dome
Ash Field
Niobrara County
Ohio Oil Company
Golden Spoon Handicap And A Quip On An Artist
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip contrasts a famed artist’s early career with his later success. It notes he achieved fame without hardships like a misprint or a landlady’s seizure, while Red Cross Bag Blue is advertised as making laundries brighter and clothes whiter.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Red Cross
All Good Grocers
A Land of Mourning in French Social Grief
The London Express notes a custom of no flowers at French dinner parties as mourning endures under occupation. Families avoid arm in arm gestures and maintain this practice while invaders hold French territory, a persistent symbol of sorrow.
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France
London Express
Chinese Rise in Alcohol Consumption Noted
A report states that Chinese people are increasingly adopting regular alcohol use with growing social and cultural implications. Experts caution about health risks and urge moderation amid shifting drinking norms across urban and rural areas.
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Pascal
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Ribs
Mining and Oil News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Arizona
Sam Myers
United States
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Telescope Mountain Mining Company
Akron Mining Company
White Pine
Gunnison County
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Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
New Mexico
Wyoming
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Grand Ave
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Wilson
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