War Department totals show relative losses by service branches
The War Department released casualty statistics for thirty combat divisions detailing killed in action died of wounds missing in action or prisoners among the Regular Army National Guard National Army and Marine Corps. The Marine Corps suffered 4 percent of total losses while the National Guard led with 39 percent.
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War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Marine Corps
Pet
Teh Dane
Evvecceusses Vos
Free from lice with sodium fluoride on poultry
The Missouri University agricultural guidance promotes sodium fluoride to kill chicken lice on fowls. One pound dusts about one hundred hens. apply as a dust or dip by pinching around the skin areas and letting birds shed excess material into a pan.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Nutritional Facts of Eggs Cited from Historic Authority
A historic note claims one fifth of an egg is nutritious while about two thirds is water and one ninth is refuse. It ranks eggs by value from geese to plovers and advises grain feeding for best eggs. Cooking tips say heat to 180 degrees for ten minutes. boiling three minutes wastes digestion.
Yankees in France Ate Millions of Candy and Confections
War department figures show vast candy consumption by U S troops in France from November 11 1918 to April 11 1919. Purchases total about 39 million pounds of candy plus millions of almond and peanut packages and popcorn confections. February shipments alone reached over 5.3 million pounds.
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France
War Department
Runt Ray Schalk Becomes Baseball Great Behind the Plate
In 1910 Frank Navin passed on Ray Schalk, a slight five foot five Illinois catcher, choosing instead Jack Onslow. The Texas league standout later rose as a White Sox star and provoked Navin’s frustration with the missed opportunity.
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Frank Navin
Illinois
Tiger
Navin
Ilinois
Texas Club
Jack Onslow
Ray Schalk
Schalk
White Sox
Sayings of Wise Men and Proverbs Compiled
A collection of sayings and proverbs including a Danish line about a book and nothing in it a Spanish note about breaking a leg a Bea quote on complaint and a Bucon remark that boldness is not blind and good in execution.
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Bea
Owls Eat Everything Whole and Digest It All
A writer in the Omaha World-Herald notes owls swallow entire meals including nonfood items, likening it to eating everything at a table from beefsteak to plates and utensils. After digestion, indigestible remnants exit as hard pellets from the owl’s mouth.
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Omaha World-Herald
Department of the Interior
Cooking Wins Hustatus Says Good Cooking Secures Husbands
A Wisconsin marriage clerk asserts that a skilled cook enhances a woman's chances to marry and keep a husband. He notes many brides say they can cook or are learning, and cites numerous couples who marry after meals prepared by the bride. He claims good cooking can outdo music in winning love.
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Wisconsin
Badger
Methods for Silvering Mirrors with Mercury or Silver Solution
The article outlines two mirror silvering methods. The first uses a large stone table with a crease free tinfoil base covered by mercury to float and press a glass plate, then allow it to harden over days. The second method mixes silver nitrate, water, ammonia, and spirits to form a solution used at 160 degrees to deposit silver then varnish with mastic.
Light Literature Jokes and Banter in a Library Scene
A humorous dialogue style piece features light banter about books in a library setting. Characters discuss cigarette papers, a metaphor about life as chess, a near assault anecdote, millinery bills, and a barber education joke. The wit hinges on everyday objects and wordplay.
Paid While They Learn In Underground Idaho Mining School
Returned soldiers study lead zinc mining in a 1400 foot underground classroom at the Morning mine in Mullan Idaho. Lieutenant Frank H Skeels leads the program as a university and federal effort under the Smith Hughes act.
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Moscow
Idaho
Mulan
University of Idaho
School of Mines
University
Wallace
Lighthouse cleaned after war to brighten English coast
The Baas Rock lighthouse off the Scotch coast receives a thorough cleaning now that peace is declared so its light will shine brighter over the ocean.
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England
Baas Rock
Pop Pop Noise From Motorcycles Shocks Shell Shock Victims
Authorities in several Central Western cities warn motorcyclists to close mufflers as their engines produce sudden pops. The bursts are said to resemble shell explosions and trigger anxiety in shell-shocked veterans, causing returning soldiers to relapse and reenter hospitals.
School openings planned at five big properties
The University School of Mines reports one active school now with plans to organize at four or five more properties within a month or two. Applications exceed current capacity as demonstrations of the scheme’s practicality reduce skepticism.
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Coeur d'Alene
FL A. Thomson
University School of Mines
Police Hoaxed By Sea Lions Off Point Firmin
A wild night off Point Firmin with a gale and roaring surf led to a false alarm as a woman cried for help. Harbor police rushed to the rocks with ropes and life buoys, only to find a dozen sea lions cavorting on the rocks and the rescuers returning to the station without reporters.
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Los Angeles
Point Firmin
San Pedro
British Women Gain Admission to Naval Architects
London reports a major milestone as the Institution of Naval Architects votes 491 to 220 to admit women as members on equal terms with men. Sir William Smith urged equality and Sir Alfred Yarrow cited women joiners who built a destroyer praised by the admiralty. He noted a fast vessel achieving 38.6 knots with a young Lady Keary cited.
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Institution of Naval Architects
London
Institute
William Smith
Alfred Yarrow
Admiralty
Sir Alfred
Keary
City Brings Water 96 Miles to Winnipeg Aqueduct
Winnipeg completes an eight feet diameter concrete conduit 96 miles long costing 15 million dollars. It supplies 85 million gallons daily from Shoal Lake via tunnels under the Red and Whitemouth rivers. The project included building a 110 mile standard gauge railway, creating towns along the line and encouraging settlement.
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Winnipeg
Man
Shoal Lake
Lake of the Woods
Red River
Whitemouth
Aviator Captures Thief in Atlantic City Chase
Atlantic City air patrol demonstrated aviation aid to crime pursuit. Deputy Richard Black fled in an automobile, Captain Horace Keane tracked him from the air and dropped a parachute message to a ground officer. Police halted the car and Black was captured within eleven minutes.
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Atlantic City
New York
King
Black
Grand Stand
Tony Evangelovic Arrested for Concealed Weapon Charge in St Louis
Tony Evangelovic expressed gratitude to police after a St Louis arrest on a concealed weapons charge. Investigators say he planned to use the revolver in a self harming act.
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St. Louis
Tony Evangelovic
Tony
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