FARM WORK LAND War food drive urges farmers to boost output
An article urges Americans to maximize every acre for wartime food production. It notes 1917 crops may fall short, stresses farmer efficiency, and calls for land access in the United States and Western Canada. It highlights mobilizing households and banks, with Canadian homesteads offered to those needed. It ends with light relief items about cast-off gloves and a humor snippet.
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Navy
Canada
Lincoln Shah in Training with Junior American Guard
Lincoln Shah, son of Kai Fu Shah former Chinese minister to the US, trains with the Junior American Guard. The youth group gains prominence among the children of notable families as Shah studies in America while his father returns to China and private life.
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Lincoln Shah
Kai Fu Shah
United States
China
American Guard
Washington
Young Shah
America
The Joyeus Gardener Debate on Garden Produce
In a witty exchange, The Joyeus Gardener asks if the garden aided an economical task. Mr Crossiots replies that he has enough lettuce and parsley to garnish a beefsteak as soon as he can obtain the steak.
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Mr. Crossiots
Clockmakers in East Face Rising Dissent
Eastern clockmakers express discontent over working conditions amid industry tensions. Trade groups urge calm as talks continue on wages hours and distribution, with observers hoping no strike disrupts upcoming deadlines.
Dead Man's Hill saloonless nation pledge by Pollny
In a National Woman's Christian Temperance Union note, Daniel A. Pollny laments dead women and children harmed by alcohol. He compares the grim battlefield graves in France to a domestic hill of victims in his country, urging votes for a saloonless nation under God Washington Lincoln and Lee.
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Washington
Lincoln
Lee
Daniel A. Pollny
Liquor Industry Figures Shrink Grain Use Claim
The press has cited 600 million bushels as grain used for alcohol annually, but distillers and brewers say about 135 million bushels. The inflated figure, once pushed by liquor interests for years, is said to have originated to exaggerate market size, and only recently has it been reduced amid war prohibition debates.
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Lquor
John Nicholls
Union Signal
Kansas City Kans No Debt After Saloons Out
After saloons were driven from Kansas City Kansas for the first time in 20 years the city reported no debt for current expenses. Mayor U S Guyer notes record savings from reduced prosecutions and police, with additional unquantified gains for merchants and citizens.
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Kansas City
Kan
U. S. Guyer
Kansas
Prohibition Tactics and Bread-Saving Malt Move
The saloon interest claims prohibition harms Kansas, while the state votes for strict liquor laws to block cross-border supply. Copper's Weekly notes the conflict with official reports. The Bertiner Tageblatt reports Germany suspending beer brewing March 8 to save grain for bread and malt for coffee substitutes.
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Kansas
Bertiner Tageblatt
Germany
Decline in Liquor Dealers Reported by Revenue Bureau
The annual commissioner of internal revenue report for the year ending June 1916 records fewer liquor dealers, with rectifiers down 20, rotating 6,161, wholesalers 178, and brewers also affected.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Colorado brewer converts to malted milk factory profits rise
A major Colorado brewery has been transformed into a malted milk factory. The owners report significantly higher profits since the conversion, signaling a successful pivot in production focus and market demand.
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Colorado
Ihs
All-around Surprise Eggs Thaw at Dinner
A broker in a vivid scene tests frozen eggs by throwing them at a wall and hiding eggs in his pocket to prank his wife. He returns home to surprise the family with icy eggs, only to find one thawed and ruining the wall. The ad ends with a shopper notice for Cross Bail Bive groceries.
Young Man Disobeys Father Joins the Colors
A young man ages into military service without his father’s approval. After a month in camp he visits home and faces a stern rebuke. He complains officers pressure him to correct his father’s supposed mistake, insisting readers would see the situation if they shared his filial regard. A Judge's quote frames the clash.
Castoria Reminder for Safe Infant Remedy Use
The notice urges mothers to carefully inspect each bottle of Castoria, the well known remedy for infants and children, ensuring proper usage and safety standards. It stresses vigilance in administration and adherence to labeled instructions.
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Eyzaroine
Fletcher
England Dog Fanciers Fear Ruin From New Taxes
English dog fanciers especially women fear the planned dog tax will strike at their livelihoods. They oppose only the new dog tax while backing the old license increase. Many rural women with small incomes have invested in kennels and face loss as trade slackens and no income returns after the war. A kennel keeper denounces sensational stories about pampered dogs and excessive feeding.
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England
Poet says accuracy keeps poetry from ridicule in New York luncheon
Ella Wheeler Wilcox warned at a New York literary luncheon that poetry loses dignity when it contains mistakes. She compared lofty verse to a town girl in the country and quipped about a farmer correcting mispronounced wildlife names.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York
Man Wins Argument by Forcing Silence After His Version
A proverb notes that one method a man uses to prevail in a dispute with a woman is to present his own account of the case and then walk away. The saying reflects a cultural stereotype about debate dynamics rather than a factual event.
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