Prices in France Rise Dramatically Amid War Strain
The Paris dispatch reports broad price hikes across essentials over three years since the war began. Meats and clothing jump 25 to 200 percent as labor shortages and rationing bite, while rents fall only for some foreigners subleasing. Bread remains steady. wine and eggs rise. vegetables like potatoes, beans, and tomatoes surge amid shortages.
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Paris
France
United States
New York
Couturieres
Rue de la Paix
Be the First to End a Misunderstanding
A civic exhortation urges readers to take the initiative in resolving disputes. It argues that progress comes from being willing to make the first move and apologizing, rather than fearing leadership or envy of others who lead in other ways.
105 Years Old Wants to Fight the Kaiser
Portland Oregon veteran John Dowd Sr age 105 from Willamina expresses a strong wish to enlist in the U S army and go to France to combat Germany He fought in the Indian and Civil wars and remains active walking two miles daily with six miles on occasion in pursuit of excitement as he seeks service in World War I.
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Portland
Ore
John Dowd
Willamina
France
Dowd
Desperate barehanded fight with mad cougar ends in victory
J Donovan of Bend Oregon recounts a deadly encounter on his ranch field. The 100 pound cougar sprang from a rock and tackled him before he grasped its throat and choked it, continuing pasteur treatment at a local doctor’s office.
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Portland
Ore
J. Donovan
Bend
Pasteur
Donovan
Not Chinese Yet American Major General’s Daughter
Miss Leila S. Gordon of Washington wears Chinese attire at Narragansett Pier costume ball for local charities. The photo challenges appearances as she is American through and through, daughter of Mrs. George Barnett and wife of Major General Barnett.
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Leila S. Gordon
Washington
Miss Gordon
George Barnett
Barnett
Narragansett Pier
Denver Buds Harvest Fruit on Western Slope
Denver society girls who studied at the First National service school plan a pit for Uncle Sam by picking fruit for farmers on the western slope to aid Hoover in conserving food. Miss Anne Evans urged workers for apple and peach orchards and they agreed to go not for pay but to help with labor shortages. The western slope fruit crop is the largest ever.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Denver Society
First National Service School
Uncle Sam
Hoover
Anne Evans
Wives Market the Food at Canton War Market
Canton farmers wives bring produce to the war market while husbands work in the fields. The local council of national defense women’s committee led a weeks-long drive to set up the curb market as a conservation effort. If demand rises, committee members help women sell their wares.
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Canton, O
Canton
Council of National Defense
Moonshiner Destroys 50-Gallon Still in Ozarks
Guion Arkansas reports a pioneer moonshiner has voluntarily destroyed his 50 gallon copper still that allegedly produced up to 10 000 gallons of liquor since the Civil War era. The man, whose name is withheld, said he quit after converting to prohibition and sold the copper as junk.
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Guion
Ark
Ozarks
Body found of miner Nick Jarr eight months after snowslide
In Montana near Cooke City, the body of Nick Jarr, a miner, was recovered from a mountain snowslide site last December. Henry Hughson of Livingston spotted a foot in a snow bank while returning to the mining camp and dug out Jarr's body, ending a lengthy search.
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Livingston
Mont
Nick Jarr
Cooke Bays
Cooke City
Dix
Henry Hughson
Carr
Recruit's Heart Is Missing In Ohio Army Test
Bellaire Ohio reports Harry Lewis was rejected at the army recruiting station after tests failed to locate his heart. He ran upstairs, jumped, boxed and wrestled for a half hour, yet no heart action was found. Lewis said he did not feel tired and was deemed fit in all other respects.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Harry Lewis
Lewis
Jerfoet
Evolution of the Wheel and Invention Myth
The article argues there was no single first man who ate an oyster or invented the wheel, suggesting the wheel was likely the result of a gradual evolutionary process rather than a lone pioneering genius. It questions the idea of a universally lauded inventor and notes high authority praise may overstate the breakthrough.
The Complete Life. Knowledge Love Power
A brief inspirational note quotes Amie on the complete life defined by knowledge love and power.
Officers at top must make good in training camps
Edward B. Clark argues that new National Army officers face a learning curve in the camps alongside recruits. He notes promotions avoid political influence, outlines limited early field officer appointments, and cites a senator who sought credit after commissions were awarded.
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France
United States
Army
War Department
National Army
National Guard
Regular
Mrs. Lees Laidlaw Urges War Effort at Suffrage Convention
Mrs James Lees Laidlaw first vice chairman of New York State Woman Suffrage party spoke at the Fourth Assembly district suffrage group annual meeting at the Westchester county courthouse urging suffragists to do their bit for the war. The accompanying photo shows her in her kitchen implementing Hoover wartime economy, using no white flour and following the program.
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James Lees Laidlaw
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
Fourth Assembly District
Westchester County
Laidlaw
London Bombing Fragments Cause Skin Infection Outbreak
After a major raid that killed over 100, 25 Londoners contracted a strange skin ailment. Hospital authorities link the disease to ashes from high explosive bomb powder, swelling and irritation appearing within hours of handling fragments. Medical care can check progression. munition workers often face similar issues.
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London
Hard to See Through
A reader notes a humorous moment as Bobbie watches an incubator chick hatch. The father planned to raise chickens, and the boy asks how the chick got in the shell after observing the exit.
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Bobbie
Bobby
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