Facts in Figures: National and State Statistics Snapshot
United States last year produced 1,884,044 tons of glass sand and spends $1,000,000,000 annually to educate 23,500,000 public school pupils. The California labor bureau supplied 49,903 job applicants. Philadelphia spent $49,896,570 on new buildings. There were 9,850 murders and violent deaths in 1916. 263,315 girl stenographers and typewriters were employed in the United States. Slam has 1,300 bank depositors.
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United States
California
Humorous Bullets and Banter at Weddings and Newsroom
A collage of quips and jokes about weddings, doctors, parenting, and public figures. Snappy lines touch on husbands examining other wives, bridal compliments, diamond displays versus potatoes, and a joke about a congressman’s powers and withdrawals.
Health in War: Guarding Food, Water, Vaccination for Nation
The article urges citizens to maintain health during war by focusing on nutrition, farming, and food production. It stresses clean domestic water, vaccination against typhoid, and patriotism in improving overall physical fitness. It warns that sickness weakens national effort as much as weapon shortages and calls for prudent personal and communal health measures.
America First Hymn of Liberty and Remembrance
Poem praising American liberty from old issue of American Home Weekly. Author J Byrne reflects on duty to homeland, honoring fallen soldiers, and choosing freedom in the West and across the seas. The verse frames devotion to America first and to the nation’s enduring ideals.
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Freedom
America
Freedom's West
Liberty's Land
J. Byrne
American Home Weekly
Mobilization of Agriculture in Wartime Effort
The text stresses that parallel to mobilizing factories and munitions, the federal government must mobilize agriculture. It calls for planting as many acres as possible with grain and vegetables and for distributing crops in the most economical way to support the war effort.
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Vail
Favorite of Filmcom Jane Gail Comedy Star
Jane Gail, a popular silent film comedy actress, has won wide popularity among admirers of silent drama for her light and engaging performances.
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Jane Gail
Tea Production Surges Worldwide in 1915 16
Global tea output for 1915 16 topped all prior years with India Ceylon and Java contributing 100 million pounds more than 1914 15. India alone added 55.5 million pounds, Java shipments totalled 96 million, up 12 million from the year before. China shipments declined from 8 million to about 3.3 million pounds. World consumption tripled over thirty years while Chinese production remained nearly steady.
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India
Ceylon
Java
China
Spring Foods and Vegetable Cooking for Children
A Mother's Cook Book excerpt urges teaching children to eat vegetables for minerals and bone health. It emphasizes using minimal water to retain minerals, saving cooking liquid for sauces or soup, and parents leading by example. It highlights early spring greens rich in iron and advises light cooking to preserve nutrients.
Baby Week celebrates infant care and community action
The nationwide Baby Week observed May 1 to highlight infant mortality and spur local efforts. It urged communities to examine their death rates, promote nurse services, birth registration, and child hygiene, and foster cooperation among health agencies for lasting child welfare.
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Federal Children's Bureau
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Baby Week
I Am the Baby I am the Baby and My Heritage
The text speaks as a child voice urging care for the young as the future of the Earth. It notes Baby Week efforts and the 1917 edition detailing infant welfare bulletins. It mentions methods for planning Baby Week, birth registration, and maternal and child care publications available free via a Children’s Bureau postcard request.
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Gables
Children's Bureau
Certalin
Washington, D. C
How the Children's Bureau Can Help
The Children's bureau provides bulletins of special interest to adults and citizens concerned with children's welfare. The material includes guidance on Baby Week Campaigns offering practical suggestions and resources to support child welfare efforts.
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The
Children’s Bureau
Dothors
Wheat, War, and Western Canada Farm Victory Ad
The Chicago Journal urges total wartime effort from Americans to boost grain and food production. It highlights two dollar wheat, the national duty of farmers and citizens, and the union with Canada to secure victory and a lasting peace. It extols Western Canada as a model for high yields, affordable land, and personal independence, inviting settlement and farm labor.
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Chicago Journal
United States
United States Navy
Canada
Europe
Western Canada
Searce
Tolt
Cluthes
Questioning Satisfaction and Preferences in Nature
Fragmentary quoted exchange discusses satisfaction and favors, with a skeptical tone about proving concepts in nature. The garbled line hints at doubt toward empirical demonstration and perception, reflecting early discourse on epistemology and experience.
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J. L. Hill
Dean Barnes
Uncle Sam
Armored Motor Battery
New York National Guard
New York City
Slam
Johnnie
Tommie
Samuel G. Dixon
Commissioner of Health of
Pennsylvania
America First
Filmcom
Ralph Waldo Trine
Netere Mae Weed
Beby
Western
Chicago
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