Busy News Gatherers Cover the White House Daily
Washington reporters describe the daily routine of sourcing news from the White House and state, war, and navy departments. Secretaries Baker Daniels and Lansing are quoted handling morning briefings and public information offices, with generals and cadets at West Point noted for their long-standing familiarity.
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Tumulty
White House
Baker, Daniels
Lansing
George Clinton
Washington
Washngton
Army
Navy
State Departments
Congress
Times
War
War Department
Newton D. Baker
United States Army
Navy Department
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Baker
Public Information Office
Committee of Public Information
George Croel
Jackson Place
Lafayette Square
State, War
Navy Departments
News Sentinel
Robert Lansing
Watch for Mites on New Poultry Stock
An entomologist from the U S department of agriculture reports that chicken mites can linger in fowl feathers and may spread to mite free flocks. Bulletin 553 by H P Wood details life history and control methods including isolating new stock, wrapping roosts in paper, kerosene treatment, and sprays using petroleum products or wood preservers with zinc chloride.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
H. P. Wood
Cheese Icicles From a New Year’s Gift
A newly married couple receive a whole cheese among their wedding gifts. They hang it in the kitchen to show it off, but the husband cuts the rope and places the cheese on the fire. The next morning the wife tries to rise, and the husband calls out that the icicles are hanging from the fire ribs.
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Jean
Mr Knagg and Mrs Knagg Dialogue Dispute
Fragmented dialogue shows Mr Knagg urging focus while Mrs Knagg accuses him of wasting time as they argue over a single topic, reflecting a domestic quarrel captured in Boston.
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Mr. Knagg
Starts in Spring or Fall
Poultry guidance on egg eating by hens explains it is not simply a mineral deficit. It notes the habit peaks during spring and fall with many soft shelled eggs and mislaid shells, then lists practical corrections including crushing egg shells, cleaning nests, darkening nesting areas, and providing ample feed and exercise. It advises immediate action and ongoing nest management.
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R. B. Thompson
Poultryman
New Mexico Agricultural College
Columon
Gentlan
Prepare Fowls for Market for Early Winter Layers
The article outlines selecting pullets for retention and preparing market-ready fowls. It describes fattening methods in crates, crate dimensions, and slat spacing to ensure tender meat and clean droppings disposal.
Hens Do Much Better On Corn Versus Wheat Rations
An Ohio agricultural study shows fifty pullets on a diet of 81 percent corn with bran and scraps produced 88.5 eggs a year, while a similar group fed wheat instead laid 65 eggs. Mortality was higher on the wheat diet, and a second test with 24 weeks yielded 2,845 eggs from corn fed birds versus 1,590 from wheat fed, with 22 deaths.
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Qhio Agricultural Experiment Station
Preventive Advice for Colds in Poultry
The article advises copper sulphate one ounce per ten gallons of water or enough potassium permanganate to color the water blue as a preventive. It stresses good ventilation and ample fresh air in the hen house while warning to guard against drafts.
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United States Army
Maine
National Guard
Edwards
Morton
Strong
Kennedy
Hale
Dickman
Sturgis T
H. C. Hale
Camp Taylor
Kentucky
China
Harry
Samuel D. Sturgis
Eighty-seventh Division
National Army
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Sturgis
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Prevent Potato Wastage Expert Urges Storage Tips
: Washington calls on small growers to guard the surplus potato crop this winter. Lou D. Sweet lists wastage causes such as sweating heating rotting frost and disease and outlines storage methods to reduce losses. Suggestions include proper ventilation dry potatoes before storage removing diseased tubers and storing seed separately at 34 to 40 degrees with light.
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Washington
United States Food Administration
Lou D. Sweet
Potato Division
The
Food Administration
Japanese Temperature Ghosts At Kobe Bath
In Kobe a bathhouse became the center of ghost stories when a woman died there and a second woman died soon after. The apparitions reportedly called her name while alone in the bath, fueling fear among patrons. The owner hired a public speaker to debunk the tales, but attendance remains low as former customers stay away.
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Japan
Kobe
Western Canada Lands Offer Big Profits Amid Tax Protests
The article argues that uncultivated Western Canadian lands face a surtax driving owners to sell to settlers. It cites high profits from farming, rapid wheat yields, and rising land values, urging Americans to visit and move to Western Canada for early spring setup and investments in productive, affordable farmland.
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Western Canada
Canada
United States
Western
Wedding Gift Surprises Swap Potatoes for Liberty Bond
In a playful exchange a bride notes typical gifts, while the groom boasts an unconventional haul of a sack of potatoes four dozen eggs a peck of onions and a Liberty bond illustrating thrift and humor in wedding generosity.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offers Free Sample
For skin troubles the Soap cleanses and purifies while the Ointment soothes and heals. They give relief for itching burning eczema pimples dandruff and baby skin troubles. Regular daily use may prevent minor problems from worsening. Free sample by mail with book address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston Sold everywhere Ady.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
War Tax Snippet Prompts Frugal Smoking Quip
Brief advert style item noting a war tax remark about paying six cents for a nickel cigar and a quip about cheaper smokes, plus a teaser about reducing costs with Aliee Pork and Beans and a note that Peoria distilleries previously used 4,600 bushels of corn daily.
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Peoria Distilleries
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N. C
C. G. Morton
Camp McClellan
Ala
Morrison
Kernan
Greble
Trent
Sage
Hodges
Hudson
H. F. Hodges
Chase W. Kennedy
Adelbert Cronkhite
H. &. Hale
J. T. Dickman
D. Sturgis
H. T. Allen
Morse
Benjamin C. Morse
One Hundred Sixty-ninth Infantry
Camp Custer
Mich
Joseph T. Dickman
Military Academy
Joseph FE. Kuhn
Camp Meade
Maryland
Kuhn
Berlin
America
War College
Government Colony House
Beltsville, MD
Ohio Agricultural Station
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