Agricultural Department Seeks Wheat and Meat Boost
The United States Department of Agriculture issues a spring 1918 food production program calling for increased spring wheat acreage, higher hog numbers, more sugar and dairy output, expanded poultry and barley crops, and greater use of sorghum and beans. It urges farmers in the North to add five to ten acres of wheat, emphasizes home gardens, and outlines plans to support meat, cereals, and perishable foods for the nation and allies during the war.
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Shington
D. C
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Department
Tiken
United States
Europe
South
Department of Agriculture
Blais
Period of Rest Coming See the studious young man
The text mocks a young man studying hard for an exam or bar admission. It humorously notes his solemn demeanor and sleepless nights spent with heavy tomes, predicting he will soon be admitted to the bar and then have ample opportunity to rest.
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Kansas City Star
Left Handedness Rates and Training
Scientific American cites estimates that about one to four in fifty people are born left handed. W Franklin Jones notes four percent born left handed, with roughly three quarters trained into imperfect right handers. About one percent born right handed are trained to use the left due to right hand injuries.
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W. Franklin Jones
Scientific American
Otto H Kahn Campaign Speeches for War Finance
Otto H Kahn head of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. tours the West promoting a war finance board and denouncing militant Bolsheviks. He urges German born Americans to show active loyalty to the United States while noting his own German birth and British naturalization before becoming an American in 192? The piece traces his career from Mannheim to London and New York, including a brief political candidacy in Lancashire.
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Otto“. Kahn
New York
Kuhny Loel & Co
West
United States
War Finance Board
Germany
Kahn
Mannheim
Hervard Kaka
London
Deutache Bank
Hfe
Gorton
Lancashire
Sophia the notorious trouble maker of Greece
European opinion pins blame on ex Queen Sophia of Greece for years of subversion aiding the Kaiser cause. Expelled along with King Constantine, she remains influential, openly supporting Germany while Greece’s politics suffer. Her actions disrupted allied plans, overrode popular will, and led to exile of Greece’s eminent statesman.
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Sophia
Greece
Constantine
Alexander
Europe
France
Hieutherios Ventzelog
Oscar Hammerstein Wit Survives Turbulent Career
The veteran impresario Oscar Hammerstein faced dismay after illness but revival news brought joy to friends. Known for wit and sarcasm, he built theaters and once fired a Montreal employee who mocked him. A caustic exchange followed about buffoon and buffet. A Broadway conductor quip ends with a sharp retort about fare.
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Oscar ‘Hammerstein
Veterain
Montreal
Oscar
August
Find
Moran Named Head of U S Secret Service in Treasury
Secretary McAdoo announced W H Moran as chief of the United States Secret Service. Moran began as a messenger in 1882 and rose through ranks, effectively leading Washington operations for a decade. He is described as a compact, focused Irishman who pursues results quietly.
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Moran
Washington
United States Shipyard Volunteers Formed For War Fleet
A new drive forms the United States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve to recruit skilled workers for rapid shipyard labor. About 2000000 workers are to be enrolled, with housing, training, and pay aligned to current shipyard wages. volunteers receive official enrollment cards and a certificate from Chairman Hurley. State quotas and trades in demand include welders, riveters, carpenters, electricians, machinists, shipfitters, and more as part of the national effort to win the war at the shipyards.
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America
United States
Public Service Reserve
Tyo
Alipyards
Department “of Labor
Council of National Defense
Shipping Board
State Council of Defense
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping’ Board
Washington
Aigners
Hurley
Department of
Iabor
Forgotten debts come due in public, Ohio State Journal notes
A short quip observes that even prominent friends repay what they owe only after it becomes an episode. The Ohio State Journal remarks that people often forget loans until repayment becomes news, a commentary on social conventions and accountability.
Worth While Quotation From A Silent Sage
A reflective line notes some people carry all past sorrows and add present burdens while predicting far more trials than they will encounter, urging restraint and perspective amid hardship. The sentiment emphasizes inner resilience over projecting endless hardship onto the future.
Our Boys Defend Country and Cleanse the Body with Pellets
The text urges wartime readers to protect health by using Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to cleanse the body of toxins from the intestines. It compares bodily maintenance to servicing ships and guns, noting brown tongue, sallow skin, and bad breath as signs. Pellets are described as made from May apple jalap and sugar coated, sold for twenty five cents at drug stores. It oddly mentions Barcelona, Spain, with 800000 inhabitants.
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Dr. Pierce
Recipe for Gray Hair Preparation Ad
An advertisement explains a gray hair treatment mix using water Ba Ram Barbo Compound and glycerine to darken hair. It promises a soft glossy non sticky result and no scalp coloring. It notes full directions appear with Barbo Compound and mentions Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation headaches and biliousness.
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Sravel
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Novary
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Foster-Milburn CO
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