American in France Drinks Water Stuns Observers
William Allen White relates in Book News Monthly how an American traveler in France seeks water amid unsafe local supplies. Bottled water from the American commissary disappears as waiters and patrons watch in astonishment. The episode ends with the man finishing a meal and leaving with the crowd reacting to his insistence on water.
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William Allen White
Book News Monthly
France
American Comissary Department
Henry
What Wrings French Heart
The article contrasts French agricultural ruin with untouched war lands, noting soil productivity collapse due to war, labor loss, and fertilizer shortages. It paints depictions of shell holes, trenches, barbed wire, and neglected crops, plus mistletoe on apple trees as a symbol of 'terres abandonnées' in the French psyche.
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France
New Republic
Missouri court limits bank liability for telegram error
A Missouri court of appeals held a Wyoming bank responsible for a telegram error only to the quoted rate. The telegraph company acted as the bank’s agent in sending the message about potatoes at 1.85 per hundred. a transmission mistake reduced the price to 0.85. The brokerage house shipped under the lower quote and paid 0.35, but the bank sued for the full amount.
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Missouri Court of Appeals
Wyoming Bank
Telegraph Company
State Protects War Gardens
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Commonwealth v Gallata held that a landlord who ends a tenancy at will on city lots cannot bar a tenant from harvesting crops already grown. A subsequent lessee with knowledge of the prior tenancy cannot deny the tenant his emblements. The court reasoned that a lease termination should not prevent a tenant from reaping what he has sown, especially when crops are grown on a city lot rather than a farm.
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Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Labor-Saving Devices After War
The Christian Science Monitor notes uncertainty about postwar conditions for the average American. It cites a device that lets one man saw wood for two, warning it may be offset by a device letting two workers fill one tax form, hinting at labor and productivity shifts.
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United States
Christian Science Monitor
Geologists in German War Effort Revealed
Dr A Strahan reports at Vesey club that Germans formed a geological staff three years ago to aid army operations on the western front. A Griefswald professor directed studies aiding field railways water supply marsh land surveys road metal and landslide protection. German maps and future war plans spurred extensive geological work in occupied regions.
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Vesey Club
A . Strahan
Scientific American
University of Griefswall
The Drawback She-His Wife Makes Man of Him
A reader letters a light jab at a household mishap with a self-deprecating tone. The piece playfully notes the man’s appearance betrays a home made craft rather than professional workmanship.
Official Bulletin urged for war work relief and info flow
Washington government departments face flood of inquiry letters as the Official Bulletin guides public to consult orders and regulations. It is posted in 56 000 post offices and listed in libraries and offices to ease mail congestion and free clerks for essential war tasks.
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Washington
Official Bulletin
National Capital
United States
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
A Home Wrecked in Domestic Row Says Wife Left
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports a domestic dispute in which Mrs. Gabson left Mr. Gabson and sought refuge with her mother. She accuses him of excessive cruelty, while bystanders note he did not beat her but used a gas mask during a quarrel.
Child’s prayer leads to unexpected ride in Georgia
A six year old daughter of an attorney, raised to pray, wished for an auto ride on the first warm day after winter. Her mother explained delays, but the child prayed again and soon an automobile horn sounded. A neighbor offered a ride for the girl alone, prompting the child to tell her mother that if she had prayed with her, she could have gone too. Lumpkin County Georgia. G McGuire and Frank L Reese executors of Nancy W Winery’s will seek letters of dismission from the Court of Ordinary. The hearing is set for the October Term.
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Gworgia
Lumpkin County
G. McGuire
Frank L. Reese
Court of Ordinary
W. B. Townsend
Marine corps insignia puzzles civilians in wartime uniforms
A Marine Corps sergeant, seen by schoolchildren on a sidewalk, is mistaken for a French officer. A fearless boy identifies the globe eagle and anchor as the marine insignia and declares the sergeant a sharpshooter, clarifying the unit’s emblem across uniform colors.
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United States Service
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Marine
The Silk Hat Messenger at the Land Office
A capital correspondent notes the Land Office building now housing Crowder and staff where a daily messenger of old Southern manners wears a shining black silk hat. He is listed on the payroll as a messenger and is the only one in Washington to wear such headwear.
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Messenger
Uncle Sam
Washington
Capital
Land Office
General Crowder
Old Southern School
Long loaves offer more food for money than round ones
A one pound loaf contains 11 percent water if round and 84 percent if cylindrical. Hence long loaves deliver 140 grammes more actual food per unit price. The explanation: a sphere has the largest volume for a given surface, so evaporation is greater from a cylinder than from a sphere of equal weight.
City of Dahlonega land sale in Crisp County notice
By order of the Court of Ordinary of Crisp County the Lee H Webb estate will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in October 1918 at the courthouse door. The property comprises about 1.1 acres in Dahlonega Lumpkin County Georgia bounded by Chestatee Street and adjacent parcels. Possession grants January 1 1919. Terms cash. Administratrix Mrs Lee H Wes s.
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Court of Ordinary
Crisp County
Court House
Dahlonewa
Exim Iin County
Georgia
Lumpkin County
Chestatee
R. H. Baker
R. H Peker
Dahlonega
Lee H. Webb
Lee H. Wess
Lee Bi, Webb
Tax Levy For Lumpkin County Georgia 1918 Court Order
Court of Ordinary Lumpkin County Georgia sets 82-100 of one percent county tax in addition to state levy for 1918. Taxable value lands at $1,874,577 with state rate of 6 mills. Allocations include debt service repairs roads and facilities, sheriff fees and juror costs, poor relief, and public road fund totaling $1.82 per hundred dollars. Ordered August 19, 1918.
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Lumpkin County
Georgia
W. B. Townsend
The Mountain Inn Opens In North Georgia
The Mountain Inn is now open for transient guests and travelers. The property promotes itself as the finest resort in North Georgia with meals, electric lights, running water, acres of parkland, and cool shade under the proprietors Craig R and Arnold.
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North
Georgia
Craig R, Arnold
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