Sugar Prices and Hoover Plan Regulate World Shortage
The United States food administration regulates the sugar market to curb prices and profits. Hoover notes the aim to keep retail sugar under 9 cents a pound while sending more to allies. Civil War era costs, Cuban imports, and refiners profits are examined with committees formed to allocate imports and set transport and pricing arrangements.
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United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
France
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
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Canada
England
Italy
Germany
West Indies
East Indies
Europe
Java
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Hoover
Cuba
New York
State Department
Rolph
California
Old Iron on Battlefields Shapes Postwar Scrapyard
Salvage efforts on European battlefields are run by government salvage corps collecting steel, copper, and other metals for use in munition production as scraps from wreckage, engines, and shells are processed for metallic valor.
One Mute Story of the War at Nieuport Shores
William Townsend Porter recalls the Belgian town of Nieuport on the Yser before the war. In June, peaceful life gave way to bombardment as four thousand villagers perished and their city and church were reduced to ruin, leaving a burrowed, subterranean occupation by a hostile force.
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Nieuport
Yser
Calais
William Townsend Porter
Atlantic Monthly
Toll France Has Paid and Mourning in France
A war writer questions reports of France exhausted and bled white. He notes French women wear mourning widely for minor provocations and shops display mourning in 24 hours. He argues casualties are real, yet American perceptions misread French resilience, humor, and efficiency despite losses.
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France
Madame
Monsieur
Local recruit from Braintree joins Philadelphia marine corps
Christopher Brown strolls into a Philadelphia recruiting station declaring his origin from Braintree Massachusetts home to two presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and John Hancock. He jokes he might run the marine corps within a year or two as the sergeant questions if Braintree is a breakfast food or a school.
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Christopher Brown
United States Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Troy Times
Braintree
Massachusetts
United States
Brown
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Hancock
Col
Charles G. Long
Marine Corps
Hard to Procure Pure Iron
A study by Dr. George K. Burgess reviews the rarity of highly pure iron. Starting from electrolytic iron, researchers melted in vacuum to remove gases and used magnesia crucibles to minimize silica contamination. Even then trace oxygen remains, and the exact impurity level is unsettled.
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Greenland
United States Bureau of Standards
George K. Burgess
Cloves now grown across tropical regions and their harvest
Clove trees bear from age ten to seventy five with two yearly crops in June and December. The evergreen trees reach 40 to 50 feet, bearing crimson flowers in clusters. Buds start white and green, harvested by beating branches and sun drying until dark and ready for shipment. In Britain and the world, cloves are used as a condiment and in liquors and medicines for tonic properties.
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England
France
Poison in Self-Defense from Plants
Plants defend themselves with poisons in seeds roots or stored in root stocks. Many alkaloids such as nicotine quinine and theine arise as protective byproducts. While dangerous when ingested these substances have aided humans with medicines and cautionary use.
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National Geographic Magazine
Camera Marks Airplane Hits at Toronto Aviation School
The Toronto aviation school trains pilots in machine gun use by mounting camera lenses instead of bullets. Two apprentices fly against each other as in combat. each trigger shot exposes film. A hit prints the enemy aircraft on film while a miss leaves the frame blank.
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Toronto
Fire Extinguisher Labeled Ammonia Eases Benzoline Fire
An American technical journal notes aqua ammonia forms an effective fire extinguisher. In a laundry, vapor from a benzoline tank ignited. a bottle of ammonia poured into the room stopped the flames instantly and left the benzoline tank undamaged as the fire vanished. The chemist reported immediate smoke and extinguished fire.
Out of It and the Draft Quandary in Ras Tus Tale
The Boston Transcript recounts a humorous exchange where Ras Tus pleads inability to join the army claiming he is bound by bonds to keep the peace after his wife was brought before the police court. The dialogue highlights resistance to conscription amid domestic trouble and social constraints.
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Rastus
Boston Transcript
Benefit of Choral Singing in Community Life
A. E. Westbrook, Kansas State Agricultural College music director, argues choral singing unites disorganized communities and broadens insight. He says music equalizes people, fosters brotherhood, and invites participation in larger gatherings through curated, high quality selections rather than popular tunes.
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A. E. Westbrook
Kansas State Agricultural College
Westbrook
Beethoven
Enlisted Men Ordered to Make Family Allotments
The American Review of Reviews reports that every enlisted U S service member must allot a portion of pay for a wife or child with a maximum of half pay and a minimum of 15 dollars monthly. If no dependents exist, the secretary of war or navy may require half pay deposited at 4 percent interest. The system aims for equality with those without dependents, with family allowances capped at 50 dollars per month per family and scale based on dependents.
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United States
American Review of Reviews
Secretary of War
Navy
Safety in Buying Curbing Panic Prices urged by grocers
The Interstate Grocer warns consumers against panic buying and stockpiling supplies. It argues normal purchases ensure steady distribution and reasonable prices, noting buyers rarely deplete stock and that speculators push abnormal costs onto retailers.
Consul General Skepticizes Coal Heating Preparations
Consul General Robert P. Skinner in London reports that certain proprietary preparations marketed to boost coal heating lack genuine scientific evidence. The director of fuel research notes these substances have been on the market long, but are unlikely to affect combustion in the prescribed doses.
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Robert P. Skinner
London
Geese Fly Over Trench Lines as War Flares Up
In a dull day on the front, a flock of wild geese drifts over the trenches as rifles and machine guns erupt from both sides. The birds continue their steady flight, and not a single goose falls.
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No Man’s Land
Christian Science Monitor
Bagpipes and Bricks at Adelphi Buildings
The Adelphi buildings in London were built by two Adams brothers who hired Scots laborers. To boost productivity they brought bagpipers from the north to encourage workers. When a piper confessed to taking bribes to speed up the work, the northerners quit the job and sought work elsewhere.
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Adelphi
Strand
London
Adam
Meditations on Stoic Mindset by Marcus Aurelius
Remember to retire into thy own territory and not strain thyself. View things as a man and as a citizen. External things do not touch the soul, only opinion within perturbs us. All things you see change and will no longer be. life is transformation and perception.
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Marcus Aurelius
A Japanese Philosopher on Happiness and Youth
A Japanese philosopher argues that happiness is perpetual because love is rarely understood by Japanese. He notes a cultural trait that nothing in Japan is ever enough, from clothing to food, and observes there is no distinct youth period as Japanese move from boyhood to manhood abruptly, with boyhood briefly lived.
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Japan
Interurban schedules updated by Feb 1 1917
The Interurban Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Co releases timetable changes effective February 1 1917 for westbound and eastbound trains with listed departure and arrival times across multiple stops including morning and evening services.
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Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co
Train Schedule Listings for Chicago Lafayette French Lick
Daily rail timetable shows southbound and other service with numbers for trains between Chicago Lafayette French Lick and Louisville French Lick. Includes arrival and departure times, accommodation cars, pullman sleepers, parlor and dining cars on day trains. Local freights do not carry passengers and complete time cards, fares, and through cars available on request.
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Lafayette
Accom
Louisville & Fr
French Lick
Louisville
Louisville & Fr’ch L 2:38 Pm No. 9 French Lick (Accom
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