Fishermen urged to boost nation’s food supply along the coast
William K. Beardsley proposes a government led campaign to convert small boat fishermen into a vital wartime food source. He urges training to capture undervalued species like dogfish and grayfish, improve marketing, and expand inshore fleets to meet rising demand and unit costs.
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William K. Beardsley
New England Fish Exchange
United States
New England
Grayfield
Urnes
Local News From Stepney And Ansonia Highlights
Stepney and Ansonia weekly notices report weddings, illnesses, and visits. measles outbreak in Janet Smith. Raymond Latham leaves Bridgeport for summer. fire department entertainment to raise funds at Monroe town hall with Bridgeport talent. Harmony Grange program and Mrs. Hull's M E church gathering list many local names. Hillcrest cottage color update. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate advertised as healthful refreshment.
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Anna Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ansonia
Samuel Smith
Raymond Latham
Bridgeport
Oscar B. Plumb
Beatrice Plumb
Nichols
Harry Morgan
Stephen B. Hayes
Janet Smith
David Parmley
Gale
Stam C. Nichols
George Smith
Stepney
Monroe Town Hall
William Kruger
Ella Beyer
Marjorie Conners
Ernest Beyer
Sherman
Harmony Grange
Orange Hall
A. D. Jacob
Charles Lacey
Minnie Lacey
Alex Sinclair
Arthur J. Hull
Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
John Hinckley
George Clingan
Howard Edwards
Charles Nichols
Melon Hawley
Edwards Beardsley
Wilbur French
Perry
George Knapp
Hillcrest Cottage
Rights and duties of pedestrians and motorists in public streets
An editorial argues mutual respect between drivers and pedestrians, noting the car’s force and the pedestrian’s vulnerability. It urges motorists to anticipate careless behavior, especially from children and the elderly, and calls for better understanding to reduce friction on business streets. It ends with a light jab at domestic economy obsessions.
Evans of Antarctic Fame Advises Commander of American Destroyers
London reports Commander Edward R. G. Evans of the British Navy, from the Scott Antarctic expedition, assigned to advisory duty with the American destroyer squadron in British waters. He will stay in contact with Admiral William S. Sims to advise on strategy, technique, and submarine warfare methods.
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London
Edward R. G. R. Evans
Dover
William S. Sims
Forest Management for the Gipsy Moth
Washington experts from the U S Department of Agriculture urge forest management as key to reducing gipsy moth damage. They recommend town forests to test control measures, selective cutting of low value or dying trees, and promoting conifers on poor soils to shift moth food away from vulnerable oaks.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S.department of Agriculture
Birthday tributes to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The article notes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born May 22 1859 in Edinburgh and turning fifty eight. It highlights his shift from detective fiction to war factual writing aiding England and mentions his Scottish roots and family of artists. It recounts education in Germany medical training at Edinburgh and early career as a ship surgeon before settling in Southsea and writing detective stories for youth.
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Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
England
Edinburg
Charles Doyle
John Doyle
H. B
British Museum
Doyle
Henry Doyle
Punch
Henry Edward Doyle
National Art Gallery of Ireland
Germany
Chamber
Arctic
University of Edinburg
London
Africa
Southsea
Earl of Salisbury
James I
Salisbury
Tosh
Ulster
Aston Church
Birmingham
Holts
Aston
Thomas Holt
A Pat of Butter and Waste in Homes
The piece argues that small butter waste adds up: a quarter-ounce daily from 20 million households yields 312,500 pounds yearly, needing 265 million gallons of milk from over half a million cows. It urges using every bit of butter in cooking and cites the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state colleges for guidance.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
State Agricultural College
Unitarians Hold Anniversary Week Observances
Boston observers marked an anniversary week as Unitarians gathered for annual meetings of the ministerial union and the Unitarian Service Pension society. Public sessions featured Massachusetts convention of Congregational ministers and the Women’s alliance in a series of events.
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Boston
Ministerial Union
Unitarian Service Pension Society
Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers
Womens Alliance
Freight and Passenger Rate Decrees Sustained
Washington May 22 The Supreme Court sustained federal decrees holding the Arkansas maximum freight rate and a two cent passenger rate confiscatory as applied to the St Louis and San Francisco railroad ruling the rates valid and enforceable as of yesterday
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Washington
Arkansas
St Louis
San Francisco
Supreme Court
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Rie
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J. A. King
Main Street
Grant
M. Nurse
America
Joffre
Marne
Gen. Joffre
France
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John Beck & Son
Mickle
Unitarians
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