Red Cross Nursing Service Leads U S War Readiness
Washington reports the American Red Cross has built a premier nursing service with 12 000 nurses trained to high standards for wartime needs. Only graduate nurses serve. strict qualifications include two years hospital work, state registration, age limits, personal interview, essays, endorsements, and a medical exam. Nurses take a soldier like oath. badge, uniform, and secrecy protections emphasize discipline and security.
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American Red Cross
United States
Army
Red Cross
Red Cros
Congress
Lmited
Inurope
Red Cross Insienia
Europe
Bullsnake Mascot Chosen for Portland Troops in France
Portland soldiers of Company G Aberdeen Washington state infantry plan to bring a bullsnake mascot to France. The snake, once a Cascade outpost pet, allegedly killed two rattlers in battle, inspiring recognition and capture for the unit.
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Portland
Ore
Washington State Infantry
Aberdeen
France
Teutons
Cascade Mountains
Red Cross Nursing Service Leader Jane DeLano Named Head
Jane A. Delano, a trained nurse and former superintendent at Bellevue hospital and the University of Pennsylvania hospital, is named chairman of the national committee on Red Cross nursing service. Her leadership aims to uphold high morale and prevent abuses by grafters seeking funds.
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American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Jane A. Delano
Miss Delano
Bellevue Hospital
New York
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
National Committee On Red Cross Nursing Service
Blister Beetle Seen as Pest and Blessing in Indiana Fields
Indiana state entomologist Frank N. Wallace calls the blister beetle both pest and blessing. He notes a large beetle population in Indiana fields, causing damage yet significantly reducing grasshopper numbers.
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Indiana State
Indianapolia
Frank N. Wallace
Indiana
English Schoolchildren Gather Horse Chestnuts For War Effort
London reports that England’s schoolchildren will spend six weeks collecting horse chestnuts suitable as a grain substitute for munition production. Royal Society findings show chestnuts can replace grain, saving human food. authorities expect over 800 000 tons donated this fall for government use.
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London
England
Royal Society
Sawdust Rush Looms Over Wartime Camps and Hospitals
The War Department plans 82 local hospitals at army cantonments and National Guard camps plus 19 reconstruction hospitals in major cities. Southern lumber firms will supply vast quantities for training camps and reconstruction hospitals, with estimates ranging into hundreds of millions of feet. Additional aviation and officers training camps are projected, ensuring heavy government contracting through next year.
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Wilmington
N. C
United States
Army
National Guard
Southern Lumber Journal
Washington
War Department
Minle
France
Thorp Hincks Develops Wireless Air Raid Warning
The London Daily Chronicle notes Thorp Hincks has devised an apparatus to warn of air raids. An electric resonator on rooftops triggers a bell within buildings when a pitch sounds, allowing rapid widespread warning across large areas such as a city.
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London Daily Chronicle
Thorp Hincks
Scientific American
Red Faces and Red Hands Cure For All Ages
An old home remedy advertises Cuticura Ointment and Soap for facial and hand care with mail samples offered from Boston. A short anecdote recalls Mrs. Hawkins who pretends literary taste and names her dog Perchance after Byron line.
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Cuticurn
Dept. L
Boston
Advv
Byron
Catarrh Cure Ad and Woman Seaman Leader Note
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood action remedy sold by druggists for decades. A separate note highlights Mrs. Charlotte Patten of Maine becoming navigator teacher at a government school in Charleston after her sea captain husband died, teaching nautical science aboard a ship.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Government Navigation School
Charleston
D. C
Charlotte 5. Patten
Maine
Patten
Loving Wives and City Tales in a Droll Column
A humorous column notes a man who loves his wife by duty and loves his neighbor by prohibition. M. D. Spitzer claims ten thousand dollars after swallowing a tack with soup in a New York restaurant. The piece also quips that many honest people break promises because they stutter.
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M. D. Spitzer
New York
Labor Scarcity Hits Coal Region Road Work
In Pottsville Pennsylvania Jacob Schoen highway superintendent advertised for street workers but received only one reply from an eighty two year old man illustrating extreme labor shortage in the coal region.
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Jacob Schoen
Pottsville
The British rifle and a Philadelphia magazine agent
The British rifle, born from the South African war, holds ten cartridges and is sighted from 200 to 2800 yards. E. M. Deemer, bedridden twelve years in Philadelphia, earns money as a magazine agent and advertises.
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E. M. Deemer
Philadelphia
Ducks Poisoned by Lead Shot Around Great Salt Lake Utah
Biological survey reports lead poisoning in many ducks near Great Salt Lake Utah from swallowed shot at shooting stations and blinds. The rest of the text discusses unrelated slogans and proverbs about habits poverty and consumption.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
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