Timely Injunction Demands Immediate War Effort
President approves the timely injunction from Secretary Redfield to bureau chiefs urging rapid action and reform. The memo calls for posting and use as a guide to war work, condemning prewar habits and delays and stressing that all must act now to support the war effort.
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Redfield
Wilson
Bis
Redfeld
Denda
Mine-Deunis
Chlete
Cermany
Doiag
Onet Individunal
The Dollar Quest of Wealth and Character
A Washington Star verse explores many forms of the dollar and the moral choices it spurs. It contrasts thrifty, charitable, reckless, ambitious, and indolent money makers, noting outcomes depend on the kind of dollar one possesses.
Spring Men's Clothing Shifts to Lighter Styles
New York manufacturers face a spring delivery season with high orders on hand. Demand centers on lighter weight suits and coats, while next fall styles drive current decisions. Patch parkas and double breasted coats are being adjusted, and fabric colors lean toward subdued hues as wages trend through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fielis
Mio Wit Gorda
Cats Eat Only Scraps and Waste Dumping Debate
Readers report a quarrel over feeding scraps and food waste in Boston involving Dr WT F Planngun of the Boston Ont ub. The discussion centers on scraps being dumped into garbage and refused permits to fuel pigs, with references to local developers and unclear permit rules.
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WT. F. Planngun
Boston
Ont Ub
Wny-Ang
Wbeaton
Boseveloping ‘Company
Twrned Tigers
Jagon Sy
Dangerous Drugs Warned By Dr Dixon On Household Toxins
Dr Samuel G Dixon of Pennsylvania warns that modern drug packaging and unlabeled bottles cause deaths. He cites mercury compounds and mislabeled containers as deadly risks and urges strict labeling and secure storage to protect families during wartime shortages.
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Chisle
Buttermilk Moré Culturing A Vital Dairy Benefit
The Kansans State Agricultural college dairy head C Buchanan says culture buttermilk is more beneficial than common milk drinks. It introduces lactic bacteria, aids digestion, and preserves healthful properties. Uses pasteurized milk, specific temperatures, starter culture propagation, and gradual fermentation for ready use.
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C. Buchanan
Dairy Department
Kansans State Agricultural College
Weather forecasts save food during winter shipments
Food losses from freezing and bad weather can be avoided with careful use of daily weather bureau forecasts. Shippers receive special forecasts called Shippers' Forecasts predicting minimum temperatures 24 to 86 hours ahead. By expediting or delaying shipments and taking precautions, losses are reduced as a matter of self interest and patriotic duty.
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Weather Bureau
Fragmentary Sayings On Wealth And Happiness
A garbled text offers aphorisms about cynicism peace and wealth. It laments serenity as home to danger and mocks penny shortages and street beggars. It hints at egotism and costly country trips focused on expensive conveniences.
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Luippin
Old Shoes for Paving Patent in England
Fragmentary OCR describes a patent for using wornout shoes and related materials to make road paving. It notes a 1010 patent grant in England and claims roads paved with this method wear well and last, while the text contains many garbled terms and unclear phrases.
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England
Beefs and Kidney Ragout in Family Cook Book Style
A vintage kitchen note outlines Beef and Kidney Ragout with diced beef kidney and bacon, seasoned with salt pepper and flour, plus Worcestershire sauce and green pepper. It suggests cabbage side dish with salt pork fat, Oatmeal Soup with onion butter bay leaf celery seed oatmeal stock milk, and a Cranberry Salad mold with lettuce and walnuts.
Bird in the Hand Candy Prank At City Post Office
A humorous Christmas scene at the City Post Office shows Bill Sherwood buying candy worth $1,000 for the post office club and planning to share it with members. Sherwood, secretary to Postmaster Chance and linked to local exemption matters, theatrically offers a thousand dollars to a colored messenger who jokes about a ten cent tip.
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Allington
Bill Sherwood
Chance
Sherwood
City Post Offices
Exemption “Board
City Post Office Club
Sam
Worth Waiting For Worm Metaphor in Station Encounter
An unnamed woman waiting at Union Station eyeing trains becomes a symbol of endurance as a companion notices her. A bold, affectionate hug from a strong man lifts her like a child, transforming the scene into a mix of rough metaphor and sincere relief. The piece ends musing on odd worms in nature with no need to turn.
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Union Station
Charlotte Corday
Corcoran Gullery
Joan of the Revolution
Napoleon
Son
Questionnaires and exemptions stir wartime service debate
Readers discuss the draft questionnaire process, noting confusion and mixed motives. A legal advisory member calls it a study of human nature while registrants claim industrial exemptions and others boast questionable honesty. One man says he is an expert boss boy and another an expert shammer as the nation weighs selective service rules.
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Legal Advisory Board
Legal Profession
Army
Stay-at-Home Day for Women Suggested to Ease Streetcar Crowding
A philosopher urged Washington women to stay home one day weekly to relieve rush hour crowding. He argued that eliminating trips during 4 to 6 pm would cut streetcar congestion, noting most commuters are workers and most passengers on those cars are women. He called on civic leaders to support such a plan.
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Washington
Women of Middle Age Benefit From Vegetable Remedy
Mrs ON of Urbane Illinois reports relief from nervousness heat flashes backache and headaches during the change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She attributes renewed strength and ability to perform housework to the remedy and urges others to try it.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. ON
Orchade St
Urbane
Lydia
Pink
Opens School of Commerce Report From Santo del los Caballeros
Consul Arthur McLean reports the School of Commerce has opened in Santo del los Caballeros by the Association of Commercial Employees. Open to men and women with day and evening classes offering arithmetic commercial practice bookkeeping grammar and commercial correspondence. Also notes football practice tomorrow and Brazil steel shortages alongside unrelated ad lines.
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Arthur McLean
Puerto Pists
Dominican’ Republic
Santo del Los Caballeros
Association of ‘Commercial Employees
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