Army cooks show modern field baking at Washington barracks
A Washington demonstration before War Department officials showcased field bread baking improvements. Guardsmen loaded a takedown oven for 150 soldiers in seven minutes three seconds, a third faster than two years earlier. The army bakery No. 1 at the barracks bakes for 19,000, with 65 personnel and an officer on duty, and doubles as a cook school with experimental ovens and charts on food values.
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M. A. Elliott, Jr
Field
United States Army
Mystery finds on Palmyra Island huts and hidden ammo case
Rear Admiral Southland and the West Virginia surveyed Palmyra Island and 61 islets about 1000 miles southwest of Honolulu. They found no living inhabitants but a trio of huts on Islet 51 with iron and thatch roofs and a hidden cedar ammo case labeled May 7. The report notes no sovereignty artifacts, yet the site could serve secret supply gathering or a clandestine expedition base.
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Washington
Southland
West Virginia
Palmyra Island
Lesser Isles
Honolulu
Fanning Island
Palmyra
Chapple
Hawaii
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Postal worker swallows nail in mailroom mishap
John R. Rhoades of the postal supply division swallowed a nail during packing duties. An ambulance rushed him to Providence hospital but he left after a half hour, stating doctors were busy. He planned to return to work to keep postal supplies flowing to postmasters nationwide.
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Post Office Department
Hitchcock
John R. Rhoades
Rhoades
Providence Hospital
Providence
Wireless electrical wonders at Washington seminary lecture
Professor L H Wood and student Henry L Transtrom demonstrated electric discharges that flashed like lightning and powered a frying egg without wires. A 200,000 volt shock was felt safely, wireless telephone transmitted voices, and devices floated and moved in midair.
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L. H. Wood
Henry L. Transtrom
Washington Foreign Mission Seminary
Transtrom
Wood
Childs crochet coat a profitable hobby for leisure time
A detailed guide for a Berlin wool crochet coat with No 10 bone hook nine ounces of wool and six button molds. Instructions cover chain length, stitch sequences, shaping to width, armholes, sleeves, collar, joining sides, button loops, and finishing touches including ribbon for button fastening. Includes precise row counts and turning directions.
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Berlin
Pierrot’s ruff thrills with airy tulle and moonlit whim
A latest neckpiece named after Pierrot dazzles with sheer white tulle and rosebud accents. Exaggerated and playful, the wide ruff recalls Au clair de lune, stunning onlookers with delicate, dragonfly lightness and comic charm.
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Pierrot
Mademoiselle
Growing Maidens Dress Patterns in Dainty Delaine
The illustration shows a blue delaine dress for a girl, featuring a Magyar bodice, lace collar, folded ribbon waist band, and a two inch hem with insertion and tucks. A second pattern for girls age 14 to 16 offers a daily dress with Magyar bodice, panel skirts, center front opening, silk tie ends, turn-over collar, cuffs, and matching ribbon details.
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Delaine
New Colors In Fashion Highlight Soft Tints And Browns
The vivid colors yield to softer tints with grays and browns dominating. Antelope gray and browns from cream to chestnut are in demand. Clematis blue veers toward purple, and a twilight violet is used for evening gowns. Citron yellow accents trims or full costumes, with embroidery. Bright greens remain popular for dinner gowns.
Brown corduroy makes best background for raccoon
The report notes brown corduroy provides a top background for raccoon sets, considered favored though demanding. It highlights the fabric choice as a key factor in presenting the animal in hunting or display contexts.
Tuberculosis Toll Drives Down Life Insurance Costs
Professor James W. Glover of the University of Michigan shows that a $10,000 ordinary whole life policy holder could save about $20 annually if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated. Tuberculosis alone costs such policyholders about $16.70 to $17.50 in premium losses per year, and at age twenty it shortens life expectancy by two years and 158 days. The TB death rate appears to be falling, but the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis calls for universal effort to sharply cut life insurance rates.
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James W. Glover
University of Michigan
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Glover
Cuticura Skin Care Promise Ad
It argues neglect of skin and hair is criminal and promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as remedies for poor complexions rough hands and falling hair. It notes low cost and urges requesting a sample and 32 page booklet by mailing to Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Dept. L. Boston
Reading and remedies in a cheeky newspaper jingle
A school teacher notes bright students who read papers and solve an arithmetic riddle about a rich man’s will. The item wends through a string of quips on reading, digestion, and remedies, ending with playful product promos and social jests.
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