CART BEFORE HORSE AND THE ARMY OF MACHINES
A columnist argues that America must first build war machines and train specialists before expanding manpower. He urges public letters from soldiers to hometown papers to boost homefront understanding, notes rural outreach, and laments two party lines hindering communication. He highlights the cost of a million troops and mocks constant new wartime organizations.
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Collier’s
W. B. Courtney
Greece
America
England
France
Poland
Father
Mother Jones
FHA Government Agency Helps You Buy a House
Government agency guide explains how FHA insured loans assist families with low income to purchase homes. The 32 page booklet covers government agencies, employment and education opportunities, and details on Selective Service. Send your order to:
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FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Quiz Style Social Studies Queries
A set of nine questions covers general knowledge. Topics include the duration of a chiliad ten questions total but here five are listed. Questions ask for the length of a thousand years, reasoning about eyewear etiquette, the Iberian peninsula, the world’s highest waterfall, and John Brown’s number of children.
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Spain
Portugal
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
West Virginia
Answers to Five Trivia Prompts From Historic Almanac
The set lists five Q A style facts: one thousand years. a mark of respect by Orientals. Iberian. Angel Falls in Venezuela as the world's loftiest cataract at about 4 400 feet, 26 times Niagara. and twenty people in Harper's Ferry raid of October 16, 1859, two killed.
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Angel Falls
Venezuela
Niagara Falls
Harper's Ferry
Farm Supplies & Building Special Catalog Offer
A promotional ad from Mo. Steel and Wire Co invites readers to request a free catalog to save money on farm supplies and building items. It notes that the catalog will pay you and provides the company address at 1406 North Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Steel & Wire Co
N. B’way
St. Louis
Merriment Blessed Quote. A Merry Heart Feasts Always
A proverb notes that one with a joyful spirit enjoys a perpetual feast. It emphasizes constant cheer as a source of sustenance and wellbeing rather than external abundance.
Fraudulent fasters and the Wales case of Sarah Jacobs
Collier's notes the impostor Sarah Jacobs of Wales who claimed to fast for over two years. After public scrutiny and family swearing, nurses supervised the girl and she died of starvation in nine days. Her mother and father were convicted of fraud and imprisoned.
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Sarah Jacobs
Wales
Collier’s
World’s Largest Seller quote in quirky proverb style
A whimsical quotation attributed to Sydney Smith ponders misfits and shapes. It contrasts a triangular person in a square hole with an oblong in a triangular hole and a square person in a round hole to illustrate social fit and absurdity.
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Sydney Smith
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