Crop yield must break the record Worcester
Massachusetts farmers are urged to raise at least one third more crops next season than last summer. Dr. Alexander Cairns of the Federal Food Administration delivered the message at the State Board of Agriculture meeting, urging food conservation and outlining national production goals.
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Worcester
Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture
Alexander Cairns
Federal Food Administration
Farm Women Urged to Boost 1918 Crop Yield Efforts
Dean Sarah Louise Arnold of Simmons College urged women delegates mainly from farms to plan for next season in 1918. She stressed not wasting food and clothing and noted farm women must lead saving efforts while city residents conserve. Massachusetts milk inspectors closed their convention with officer elections and a new milk law to be considered later.
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York
Sarah Louise Arnold
Simmons College
Massachusetts
Milk Grading Plan Considered by NY Special Committee
A New York State proposal aims to classify milk into three grades. A special committee is developing the plan and working out details for legislative adoption.
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New York State
Army December pay total near 78.6 million dollars
The committee on public information announced that the United States army paid about 78,580,800 dollars in December. The figure implies an annual rate of nearly 1,000,000,000 dollars and excludes family allowances and disability compensation under the war risk insurance act.
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Committee On Public Information
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Navy
War Risk Insurance Bureau
War Risk Bureau
United States
Royal Serbian War Mission Visits Boston Tomorrow
Boston will be visited tomorrow by the Royal Serbian War Mission representing the kingdom of Serbia. The commission comes to Boston at the invitation of Mayor Curley and includes Dr. Milenko R. Vesnitch as chairman, Dr. Sima Lasonitch, and Michailovitch, the envoy in Washington.
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Royal Serbian War Mission
Kingdom of Serbia
Curley
Milenko R. Vesnitch
Royal Serbian War Commission
Sima Lasonitch
Michailovitch
Washington
Henderson Praises Wilson on Peace and League of Nations
Arthur Henderson, former labor representative in the British war cabinet, told the Associated Press that Wilson’s message should speed peace talks unless Germany rejects democracy. He added that freedom of the seas makes a league of nations necessary and may punish recalcitrant nations by blocking sea access.
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London
Arthur Henderson
British War Cabinet
Associated Press
Wilson
Congress
Germany
League of Nations
Over the Top by Sergeant on Arthur Guy Empey
Publication previews the famous World War I memoir style book in newspaper form. It highlights Arthur Guy Empey as the author and frames the work as a premier war narrative.
Sergeant in World War I A British Frontline Experience
An American boy who earned the rank of Sergeant in 13 years of U.S. service sails to England after the Lusitania sinking, joins the British army, reaches France, endures four days in a front line trench, and describes breakfast in the trench billet and early routine with Tommies, showing discipline, mud, and trench life.
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England
France
Tommy
Old Pepper
St. Peter
Life in the trenches after parade and meals
A wartime diary excerpt describes Sunday cigarette issues of Woodbine and other brands, the recruit ritual, stretcher-bearer chats, and daily chores. The author details meals with stew and bully beef, and the struggle to keep a dixie clean, ending with a stubborn water-collection duty at dawn.
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Red Hussars
Tommy
No Man’s Land
Coconut oil shampoo advice for hair care
The article warns against alkaline soaps and suggests plain refined coconut oil as a better, greaseless option. By simply rubbing water-moistened hair with one or two teaspoons of coconut oil, a rich lather cleanses scalp and hair, removes dust and oil, and leaves hair soft, bright, and manageable. Coconut oil is inexpensive and widely available at drug stores.
RATIONS The daily draw led by lance-corporal and quartermaster
In this wartime diary excerpt Lance-Corporal orders the narrator to accompany him to draw the next day's rations. A private and corporal debate the process, while the quartermaster sergeant, aided by an orderly room slip, controls who receives rations. The narrator notes the quartermaster’s authority and a joke about the man's civil life.
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Tommy
Woman Found Dead in East Somerville Home
Bessie Taylor aged 55 was found dead in a chair in her room at 143 Perkins Street East Somerville yesterday. The bed showed no occupation overnight suggesting death occurred earlier.
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Bessie Taylor
Perkins Street
East Somerville
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