Big drive urged to raise spring wheat and hogs
The U S Department of Agriculture calls for increased spring wheat acreage and higher pork, dairy, and cereal production in 1918. It urges more hogs, stable sugar supplies, expanded poultry and barley use, and greater home gardens to ease wartime food demand.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Idaho
Dats
Europe
Milo
Call for 250000 shipyard volunteers to aid war effort
The United States Shipyard Volunteers of Public Service Reserve seeks 250000 skilled workers to join a national defense effort. Volunteers will be paid prevailing shipyard wages, housed nearby, and enrolled with issued cards and certificates. Quotas by state and trades range from welders to shipfitters, with ready assignments when called.
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United States Shipyard Volunteers
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Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
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Hurley
United States
Kaiser
America
War Looms Over City as Real Havanas Close
A man in a tall silk hat and fur overcoat visits downtown drugstores for cigars but finds no stock due to fuel administration. He curses the shortage, pleads with his stenographer, and drafts a note warning that the American people feel the iron hand of real war closing in.
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Fuel Administration
Johnny
Indianapolis News
Britain Moves Toward Decimal Currency System
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom backs decimal currency. The London Statist notes a government bill push to adopt a decimal system with the sovereign at 1000 mills and various coins down to five mills. A four, three, two mill, and possibly one mill piece are proposed, while the farthing’s use is unlikely to continue.
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Britain
England
Associated Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
London Statist
The Kitchen in War Time Proposes Dining Together
The London News argues for voluntary household sharing of meals to reduce fuel use as gas and prices rise. It claims one room living could be common and suggests two households dine together to cut cooking needs, warning that compulsory measures may follow if the public resists.
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London News
Absorbent Cotton Twice Used
A French chemist develops a method to reuse soiled absorbent cotton from Paris military hospitals. The process removes grease by boiling or pressure, washes, dries, bleaches with hypo chlorine of lime, then rewarps and sterilizes the material for reuse.
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Paris
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Bavarians Practiced Surrender Drill in Captured Trench
An English soldier recalls the Bavarians in a captured trench as our troops approached. He notes their orderly surrender, with cries of mercy and their formation into passing lines, praising their disciplined response.
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Tommy
Rock Candy Purchase Confuses Drug Store Clerk
A little girl asks to buy rock candy at a drug store on a heatless Monday. The clerk frets it is not sold for candy, but the proprietor allows the sale for cough syrup reasons. The girl reveals the candy is for sweetening tea due to a sugar shortage, not for medicine. This odd exchange ends with a practical outcome.
Hungry rat defeats copper plate in Judge Colyer building
J H Hou chens of Main street’s produce and creamery faced a rat problem. He tacked a copper-faced electrotype plate over an outside access, only to have a crescent shaped hole gnawed through by the rodents. They again entered his shop, a stern fact cited by the Mt Olivet Tribune Democrat.
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J. H. Houchens
Judge
Houchens
Mt. Olivet
The Fighting Spirit and the Strain of War
An analysis notes that recruits who start serious may crumble in a month, while lighter hearts help some soldiers endure. The seasoned trench fighter keeps optimism, often becoming a gayer, carefree figure than before. The piece calls this buoyant humor a key defense amid danger.
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Harper’s Magazine
Minnies
Lizzies
Truth and strength as paths to verity, Phillips Brooks
A concise reflection on truth and strength. It argues that power comes from becoming true rather than pursuing strength directly, asserting truth as the route to real strength cited to Phillips Brooks.
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Phillips Brooks
The Pearl as a Gem of Natural Beauty
A concise remark notes the pearl’s inherent radiance surpassing skilled lapidary craft, highlighting its natural luster and unique charm. It emphasizes that unlike other gems, the pearl needs minimal human enhancement to reveal its beauty.
A full purse is the best pocket companion
A concise adage asserts that carrying a full purse serves as the ideal pocket companion for daily errands and small transactions.
Puritan Stock Declining in New England Progress
Yale Review discussion by Prof Ellsworth Huntington argues New England’s leadership in progress wanes. Comparing older and younger generations in Who's Who, Massachusetts and other New England states show declining dominance amid rising immigrant presence. Springfield Republican notes debate on whether old Puritan stock is decadent or simply outcompeted.
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Yale Review
Ellsworth Huntington
New England
Massachusetts
America
The Glory of War as Work Across The Trenches
An Atlantic essay argues war is work like any occupation, not romance or duty, noting soldiers including Bill Tommy Jean and Hans curse diplomats and officers but still perform their roles. It compares wartime labor to peacetime work under foremen and grocers, asserting the job remains essential even without clear reasons.
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Bill
Tommy
Jean
Hans
Commissariat
Senin
Atlantic
Remove Smoke Stains From Gas Jet Areas
The advice helps housewives without electricity or modern gas fixtures. Smoke and heat discolor ceilings beneath old gas jets, but a starch and water paste applied with flannel and brushed once dry removes stains with no trace remaining.
His Recipe Thyme Hello O Bese
A playful note about a tiny person seeking a remedy titled O Bese with a humorous mock exchange over food. The piece centers on a quirky line about what one is taking for illness and uses light wordplay.
Heaven Made Matches Tip to the Other Place
A fragment notes matches labeled heaven made with tips pointing to an alternate destination. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or named entities to detail further.
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