Hessian Fly Control Urges Late Wheat Planting in Georgia
The Georgia State Board of Entomology warns wheat growers to plant late to avoid Hessian Fly damage. sowing windows vary by region with October 20 to 30 as preferred in North Georgia and seven to ten days later in the south, plus stubble burning, removing volunteers by September 1, crop rotation, and good seed on prepared, fertilized land.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Board of Entomology
State Board of Entomology
Georgia
Ggold
Ringgold
Adairsville
Pomona
North
Three War Medals Bestowed On Y Hero
W A Roberts a YMCA worker in France and former Michigan Central auditor received the Croix de Guerre the Legion of Honor badge and the Medal Militaire for bravery in three months of overseas service He was wounded at Soissons rescued a YMCA secretary and faced German fire at Toul and Chateau Thierry.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
W.A. Roberts
Roberts
France
Michigan Central Railroad
Soissons
Amit
Toul
Chateau Thierry
Y M C A Needs Men in Southern Camps
Atlanta August 25. Dr W W Alexander announces a pressing need for Y M C A workers in the Southeast home camps. The War Personnel Board aims to recruit 10 59 men for home service through year end with 25 men per month per state for camps like Gordon Jackson Wheeler and others.
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Atlanta
Army and Navy
W. W. Alexander
War Personnel Board
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
Tome
Dr. Alexander
Southeast
Gordon
Jackson
Wheeler
De Smythe’s Ancestry Tracing Encounters Gag Order
A humorous note suggests De Smythe’s efforts to trace ancestors are paused. The punchline implies some ancestors were themselves suspended, a play on words in a light feature.
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de Smythe
Y M C A Huts In Southeast See Vast Soldier Participation
Atlanta reports the Y M C A annual Southeast camp survey for July 1 1917 to July 1 1918. About 88 866 980 soldiers wrote letters and joined religious services in Red Triangle huts across Georgia Alabama Tennessee the Carolinas Mississippi and Florida.
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J. Porter Moore
Atlanta
Southeastern
Red Triangle
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Mississippi
Florida
Little Bridge in Paris Holds Statue of Liberty Breathes Americana
An old Paris bridge near the Eiffel Tower bears a center statue of the Goddess of Liberty, a gift from France to America. The pedestal’s French inscription cites a letter from Vice President Morton, and Americans viewing from the bridge imagine the towering goddess rising over New York Harbor as they drink in the scene.
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Paris
New York Harbor
France
America
Morton
Melting Pot Metaphors and Immigrant Diversity Critique
Porter Emmons Browne uses a vivid metaphor to argue that America struggles to merge diverse groups. He compares melting pot failures to a poorly blended stew with Armenians Germans Jews and Chinese kept separate like platefuls in Italian hors d oeuvres. He claims New York is a receiving station that mirrors this partitioned national mosaic across states cities and colonies.
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Department of Mineralogy
New England
Porter Emerson Browne
McClure
New York
United States
Dogs Wool From Long-Haired Breeds Promises New Fiber
A British discovery shows high quality wool can be spun from long haired dogs including Chows Pekingese poodles and Bergers d Alsace. The Dogs Wool association formed with noble leadership plans to supply the material to the Red Cross while short haired breeds may also aid the war effort.
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British Dogs’ Wool Association
Countess of Gosford
Algernon Gordon Lennox
British Red Cross
Yours Is Coming William Hohenzollern
A scathing, satirical assessment of William Hohenzollern with mock piety about the Russian peace and praise of divine intervention. The prose questions sanctimony and predicts peril for him as history’s judgments loom.
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William
William Hohenzollern
Jericho Siege Compared to Modern War Ideals
The piece contrasts the ancient Jericho siege with General Allenby's 1917 capture by Australian troops on Washington's birthday. It links biblical and modern warfare, noting Joshua’s curse and Hiel’s fate, and argues modern brotherhood differs from old imperial rule in a small Jordan Valley village.
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Washington
B.A. Allenby
Promised Land
Minneapolis Journal
Jericho
Jordan
Judea
Joshua
Hiel
Jexieto
Judean
Jesus
Hindenburg
Allenby
Germany
Turkey
Romeo and the soldier girl letter from Outlook era
An American Woman laments patriotic zeal without sympathy as a homesick Indian and moral questions arise over a soldier’s note to a waitress. A neighbor recalls a Sunday dinner request to visit the kitchen and a revealing anonymous letter from a soldier to a girl who waits.
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Romeo
When Horses Get Pipped in War Hospitals
Wounded army horses are not sent to general veterinary lines but kept by their drivers. The drivers feed by hand, boil oats, mash them, and spend the day with their horses. This personal care prompted a new order to return horses from hospital to their original units so a man’s care stays with his team.
Stork tale debunked as new hippopotamus arrives
On a Sunday, Jones returns from the zoo announcing a new baby hippopotamus. His teen daughter bursts into laughter, remarking that the stork story is now killed. The exchange frames a humorous correction of folklore with a modern reveal.
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Jones
Hippotamus
Harper's Magazine
Glorious Acts Of Courage In War Chronicle
The article extols General John Goughs sacrifice delivering comforts to his old regiment and being killed on mercy duty. It also recounts a British officer in trench warfare rescuing a wounded German from barbed wire and carrying him to his trenches, a deed praised as the highest form of glory.
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John Gough
Arthur Hunt Chute
Leslie
Sugar Spoons Stir Thoughts on War and Diet
A hotel guest muses on Americans spooning sugar for coffee and a waiter coins the term war spoon to curb sugar use. Meanwhile a Puget Sound drive sends seals and walrus meat to feed troops, described by Phil Norton as tastier, meatier, and darker red than beef, with walrus ivory valued.
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Eugene Blake
Puget Sound
Sea Island
Bering Sea
United States
Roosevelt
Phil Norton
Leslie
Bureau of Fisheries and New Dish
Seattle
North Pacific
Soldier asks halt after missing march in town tale
A German officer neglects drill to greet a sweetheart and walk away with her. Six months later in the same town a veteran soldier salutes and asks for a halt, recalling the earlier lapse and the officer’s misplaced duty.
Executors seek dismissal of Nancy Wimpy will case
Georgia Lumpkin County executors G McGuire and Frank Reese move for letters of dismission from the will of Nancy W Wimpy deceased. Citizens must show cause at the October Term before the Court of Ordinary. Also notice: George Duff seeks guardianship of Lydia Stargel alleging insanity with hearing at the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in October.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
G. McGuire
Frank &. Reese
Nancyw. Wimpy
Court of Ordinary
W. B. Townsend
George Duff
Lydia Stargel
W. B. Towxsenn
Sale of Lee H. Webb estate land in Dahlonega
Court order directs public sale on the first Tuesday in October 1918 at the courthouse door in Lumpkin County Georgia. The property covers about 1.1 acres in Dahlonega described as part of original Lot 950 in the 12th District First Section, bounded by Chestatee Street Mae Street and adjacent lands of R H Baker. Possession January 1 1919. Cash terms. Administratrix Lee H Wess represents the estate.
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Court of Ordinary
Crisp County
Court House
Dahloneda
Lumpkin County
Georgia
Chestatee
R. H. Baker
Mae
Dahlonega
Lee H. Webb
Lee H. Wess
Tax Levy for Lumpkin County 1918 Court Order
The Lumpkin County Georgia court orders a special levy of 1.82 dollars per hundred on property to fund county needs for 1918. It funds debt service 1.30, courthouse repairs 0.50, officer fees 0.04, court costs 0.08, juror allowances 0.07, poor relief 0.05, and Public Road Fund 0.25, totaling 962.20 dollars with state tax included. The order was issued August 19, 1918, by Ordinary W B Townsend.
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W. B. Townsend
Mountain Inn Opens For Transient Travelers In North Georgia
The Mountain Inn welcomes the traveling public as the finest resort in North Georgia offering meals, electric lights, running water, and pleasant park shade. Proprietor Craig R Arnold invites guests to enjoy the new facilities and comfort.
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North
Georgia
Craig R. Arnold
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