First To Aid In Otranto Wreck
The Irish people and Islay villagers aided shipwreck survivors from the Otranto disaster. American Red Cross expedited relief at Belfast and Islay, delivering clothes, food, and medical supplies. Twenty survivors, mostly American soldiers, were rescued near Kileachoman amid a severe coaststorm.
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Otranto
Islay
London
Cnat
American Red Cross
United States
Belfast
Red Cross B
Red Cross
Hunter Sharp
Isiny
Scotland
Ireland
Tuscania
U S Profits by Allies Mistakes in World War Efficiency
Washington report credits American workers for war success noting organized mobilization by the United States Employment Service and lessons from France Britain and Germany. It argues allied missteps in manpower retention allowed American industry to maximize output and efficiency from 1914 through US entry.
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Washington
America
France
Germany
United States
United States Employment Service
England
Belgium
Marne
Britain plans widespread postwar industrial shift and demobilization
London outlines readiness for rapid change across 5000 barge works and munitions plants as peacetime production looms. The Ministry of Reconstruction has drawn 20 expert subcommittees to map conversions to needed materials including electrical apparatus and stamped metal. Demobilization will target trades, with early relief for families. Britain aims to increase domestic manufacture of imported goods after the war.
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Feld
Gorhongee
Britain
Man buys Liberty bond after needing new leg
Ridgeway Pa James Reed needed a new wooden leg but chose patriotism over the prosthetic. He bought a Liberty bond and a concern that makes legs presented him with a replacement limb in recognition of his act.
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Ridgeway
James Reed
Centenarian Taylor Chops Wood in Delta
Taylor BF. De Lucius, age 101, celebrated his birthday by chopping wood on his Delta farm. Born in Franklin County, Massachusetts in 1817, he settled in Delta in 1848, and has lived on the same farm for 75 years. He has a son four daughters eight grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
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Delta
Lucius BF. Taylor
Taylor
Pranklin County
Masa
Waattle Farm
Women Cow Testers Boost Dairy Associations Evidence
The United States Department of Agriculture notes 27 women among 353 cow testers raise efficiency as war drew workers from farms. Training is achievable, wages $50 to $75 monthly, and demonstrations by Wisconsin tester Ruby Hawn prove women perform as well as men.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bessie Lipsitz
Grant County
Wisconsin
Iowa
Feeding Rules for Dairy Cows in Milk Production
The guide states feed all roughage the cow will eat clean while adjusting grain to milk output. Use one pound grain per three pints or pounds of milk daily, or one to three and a half/four for higher milk flow. A better rule is one pound grain per pound of butterfat weekly. Feed to what the cow responds to and reduce grain as she gains flesh.
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Smithfield
Liverpool
Hog feeding as a system of self-regulation
The passage argues that allowing a hog to feed itself avoids some problems seen in other animal feeding systems. It notes the hog does not gorge himself to sickness or become enslaved by appetite, suggesting self-feeding mitigates certain drawbacks.
Hog as the pivotal animal in the present emergency
The text asserts the hog is the most important animal in the current crisis, noting cows provide one eat, sheep give a lamb, but the sow yields a utter.
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Consul
Pacific Coast
Kilechoman
U. S
Kashmir
Channel
Liberty Bond
Special Information Service
Coumbus
Ruby Hawn
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