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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1917
Page
11
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines best practices for gravel road construction. It details subgrade preparation, two-stage gravel spreading, harrowing and rolling, and the importance of uniform density, drainage, and timely maintenance to prevent uneven settlement and surface failure.
Sheep sorrel cannot be entirely eradicated by mowing but it can be weakened. Mow the weed as soon as flowering stalks reach full size but before they begin to turn red.
Washington columns recount Bill Dearden, long secretary to Representative Samuel B. Winslow, earning a field clerk post with General Pershing after guiding Massachusetts men into the army. He sought a niche in the military machine, presented his congressional service, and secured a respected army role with no external influence.
A narrative fragment follows a plain soul who, after a rainstorm, debates buying peaches and helping an old woman with laundry. She reflects on who might have sent her out and the unseen force guiding their small acts of kindness.
The article notes a wartime hiring surge in government jobs with a heavy female applicant pool. Civil service exams draw many women willing to work as clerks and stenographers, and salaries rise from traditional levels to around 1000 dollars. Competition widens as military and war-related labor draw men away from civilian posts.
In Washington’s capital, two goat species browse calmly on a vacant lot along upper Sixteenth Street between Polter and Columbia. The goats attract attention amid the stately surroundings near the British commission, French embassy, Spanish embassy, and the Marshall Field residence, with little concern for onlookers.
A Washington story tracks Frank A. Scott rising from a freight office job to head the new War Industries Board. He led the munitions boards, then helped form a centralized body with broader powers as the government reshapes its war machinery.
Anna Gordon national president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union outlines the group’s wartime effort. She notes nearly half a million members support national defense through preventive education evangelistic social and legal activities across 80 departments.
General Peyton selected by the secretary of war to command the American artillery units sent to France on the first wave. He led artillery on the Mexican border and commanded at Tilad Pass in Luzon where rival forces included General del Pilar killed. His career included staff work and a Russo-Japanese War observation post with the Japanese army.
In the Treasury Building, assistant secretary Newton handles spillover heat of a nation at war. Former New York Herald reporter, he acts for McAdoo when away and prepares to audit and collect new war taxes amid looming field audits.
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