Feeding the Nations Army Task of Gigantic Proportions
Washington reports the subsistence division of the quartermaster corps feeds the U S army with three square meals daily for nearly 2 000 000 men across France camps the Philippines Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone. Centralized purchasing saves millions. a sample day shows liver and bacon breakfast beef roast dinner and beef with potatoes for supper.
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Washington
United States Army
France
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
George W. Goethals
Quartermaster Corps
Col
W. R. Grove
Atlantic
Quartermaster’s Department
Grove
Army
Congress
Colonel Grove
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Ratlona
Ameriica
Starts Swimming Eighteen Miles Is in Hospital
Seattle reports sailor Jack Watts twenty four dove from a pier to swim to the training ship Philadelphia eighteen miles off shore He was rescued from the bay and taken to city hospital for treatment He had ingested salty water and other liquids and did not do well from the long swim
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Seattle
Wash
Jack Watts
Tnele Sam
Philadelphia
Wack
City
Gotham boys behave better in New York ten year view
The Union Settlement reports gradual improvement among New York boys over ten years. Secretary Gaylord S. White cites war service departures and junior police work in South Harlem as factors quieting potential mischief-makers.
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New York
Union Settlement
South Harlem
Gaylord S. White
Mr. White
Lea Ats Lanett Hogr
Indiana WWI era farm and transport drive and coal rates
Indiana plans a 1919 agricultural campaign with Purdue and state associations to boost production. Through freight rates reopen coal mines along Evansville Indianapolis line aiding supply. Officials press Indiana coal stocks and railcar increases while urging households to stockpile coal for next winter.
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Indiana
State Council of Defense
Purdue University
Indiana Grain Centers’ Association
Indiana Millers’ Associaion
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Indiana Fertilizers’ Association
Myer
Purdue
Evansville & Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Monon
Evansville
Indianapois
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission of
Indiang
Public Service Commission
Lafayette
Washinton
D.C
G. L Christie
United States Bureau of Crop
Union
Christie
Terre Huaute
Hunter
Terre Haute
West End
Ilinois
Edward H. Wasmuth Ot Huntington
Republican State Committee
Will H. Hays
National Republican Committee
L. W. Henley
Fred van Nuys
Anapolis
Charles A. Greathouse
South Bend
Indiana War Savings Committee
Eugene V. Debs
National Socialist Party
Tte
Albuny
Conncil
J. N. Uurty
State Board of Health
D. Fricks
United States Army
Jeffersonville
United States Suartermeriet Senet
Poor Woman Pleads for Her Dog in Letter to Governor
A southern Indiana woman writes Gov Goodrich begging him not to pass a summer dog restriction. She declares her only possession is her dog and pleads that the weather be kind and her pet not be confined.
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Goodrich
Indiana
Didn't you feel terrible when Vera married the aeroplane man
The fragment hints at a humorous or sensational remark about Vera's marriage to an aeroplane man. It may reflect social attitudes or a light hearted exchange rather than a full news item. No concrete event or names beyond Vera and the aeroplane man are provided.
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Vera
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