Marines Receive Croix de Guerre Honors in France
A Public Information account details thirty Marines, including five officers, receiving the French Croix de Guerre for gallantry in the Verdun to Somme sector during May. It describes the ceremony, the close French Marine- Poilu bond, and notes several recipients were killed or wounded.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Marine Corps
Committee On
Verdun
Marne
Alene
Somme
America
France
Committee of Experts to Review Women in War Industry Roles
Mine Mary Van Kreeck announces a new committee of experts to inspect centers where women have entered war contract industries. The group will study hazards including industrial poisons and assess health impacts on female workers to determine if employment should be prohibited.
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Mary van Kreeck
Women In Raduatry Service
Department of Labor
What Women Can Do To Win The War
The piece urges American women to support WWI by conserving food and buying Liberty bonds. It contrasts American life with war-torn Europe and highlights the sacrifices of French British and Italian women. It calls for sustained saving and loyalty to fund troops in France.
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America
Europe
Exit the German dachshund from Cincinnati dogdom
A Cincinnati incident portrays a United States Marine Corps poster tainting German dachshunds. The image shows an American bulldog chasing a dachshund with Teufelhund, fueling local cruelty as boys sicced dogs on the breed, driving many from the streets.
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Cincinnati
Society of Cincinnati
United States Marine Corps
U. S
Navy Bean At Home And Front In War Service
The navy bean is praised as a staple of both military and civilian food supplies. It is said to travel with the flag to the front and to be well stocked in the army. Home use is urged to conserve other foods for soldiers.
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Regular Army
Natonal Army
National Guard
War Department
Army Medical Department
Army
Camp Zachary Taylor
Loulaville
Army Draft Board
National Army
War Industries Board
Judge Parker
France
Paris
London
Italy
England
Frederick
Europe
Armenia
Serbia
Belgium
America
Lloyd George
Red Cross
Y. M
Uncle Sam
War Service
Chicago
Guests Provide Own Sugar At Al Tom 1 Event
Friends attending Al tom 1 bring their own sugar for refreshments amid a two pound sugar ration per family and current scarcity.
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E-Viaitin
Altom
I Will Study and Get Ready for My Chance
A manifesto urging youths to plan, organize ambition, and make daily effort toward success. It notes delays are common but preparation brings opportunity, advising students to declare I will study and get ready so chance will come.
The Lute Fades From the Minstrel Scene
A historic lute has vanished and faded from use as modern musicians favor mandolin guitar and banjo. The instrument was noted for a bright tone like the harp but its length strings and weight made it cumbersome and less practical today.
Barley traced to ancient wild grass origins in Asia
Barley longtime staple plant of mankind. Origins lie in western Asia with barley later cultivated widely. Archaeological finds in Swiss Stone Age lake dwellings reveal three grain varieties preserved from prehistoric times.
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Western
Asia
Switzerland
How She Remembered Him at Eurydice Concert
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls two men Horace Greenwood and George Burnham Jr meeting after a inaudible introduction. A woman and neighbor describe a man by his beard and friendly look, highlighting memory and mishearing in social introductions.
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Coventry Patmore
George Burnham, Jr
Horace Greenwood
Mr. Burnham
Mr. Greenwood
Burnham
George Burnham
Philadelphia Ledger
Dietetic Habits And World Population
A rough calculation estimates the world population at about 1.6 billion with diet patterns: 20 million strict vegetarians, 450 million practical vegetarians who eat some fish or flesh, 600 million eat meat once a week, and 400 million consume meat daily or more. The piece discusses vegetarianism as a curiosity and the varying eating habits across societies.
Swift-Running Animals Show Record World Speeds
The horsol or Russian wolfhound is cited as the fastest dog with measured speeds around 75 feet per second. A gazelle reportedly exceeds 70 feet per second, equating to over 4 040 feet per minute if maintained, illustrating astonishing animal running paces.
Out of Eight
A quirky quote notes a man forgetting his wife's picture when a pretty girl smiles at him, attributed to Claocinnat in Enquirer.
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Claocinnat
Enquirer
Tribute to Dey and the Barbary Missions in Early US History
The article recounts the first Algiers treaty during Washington’s era, the million dollar ransom and annuity, Adams’s 1800 claim of higher tributes, Bainbridge’s voyage with a frigate to Algiers, and Jefferson’s response sending Commodore Dale. It notes English, French, and Spanish ships paying tribute, and Tripoli declaring war again on June 1, 1801.
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Algiers
Washington
United States
Adams
Sweden
Denmark
Bainbridge
Dey
Constantinople
Doy
Tripoli
Almost Beyond Imagination
Astronomers estimate there are at least one trillion suns in the universe with many so distant that their light began long before human history, and still has not reached Earth.
Old English sextons and a market place preacher
A witty sexton recalls a street preacher in the market who declares if every field in the world were one field. The sexton retorts that if every jackass in the world were one jackass, it would be a very big jackass.
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United States Employment Service
Re Farm Service Division
Tysts
Priorities Division
Edwin B. Parker
Priorities Board
Department of Agriculture
Women OF America
Wake UP
Inez Haynes Irwin
Berlin
Siberian
Navy Bean
Pine
Makers OF
Salt Lake City
Randall-Dodd Auto Co
Salt Lake
KODAK
Hein
Barberain Army
Moler Barber College
West Temple St
Naval Reserve
Birds Eye'View
Midway Oil Field Line Co
California
Draven
Montana
Wyoming Oil Co
Midway-Suneet
Pacific Coast
Montana-Wyoming Oil Company
Gusher
Lakeview
Montana-Wyoming Cij
William Spry
Utah
Petroleum Finance Company
Balt Lake City, Utah
Jefferson
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