A Chance Acquaintance Ends in Rescue and Romance
Nellie, a stenographer, befriends artist Philip Dexter after a street mishap and shares a brief courtship. When her violent husband Richard Allen storms Nellie and Winifred, Nellie signals Dexter from her window, leading to a confrontation and Allen’s capture by police, leaving Nellie and Dexter to a hopeful union.
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Mag
Nellie
Philip Dexter
Cassiove
Nelle
Winifred’ Allen
Richard Allen
Allen
Nelles
Winifred
Justice
Too Many Tongues Suggestion For A Universal Language
A Los Angeles Times Magazine piece argues for English as a universal language to reduce misunderstandings and wars. It cites America's melting pot as proof and urges a global shift to English, noting its efficiency over many languages. It also critiques learning foreign tongues as time consuming and impractical.
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Los Angeles Times
Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel Stuf
America
Irish Grop Report Shows Crop Acreage Gains in 1917
Irish agricultural statistics show total crop acreage in 1916 at 4,306,575 with 5,570,458 acres sown in the past year, an increase of 768,878. Potatoes rose to 709,263 acres in 1917 from 566,808 in 1916, up 122,955. Hay area reached 2,582,723 acres, up from 2,406,247 in 1916, a gain of 126,476 acres.
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Ireland
Europe Needs Food Calls for Conservation Worldwide
Europe must receive aid as food is scarce there and surplus at home could hunger the world. The food administration warns against heedless waste, calling food sacred and essential to life, with every conserved ounce flowing to Europe’s starving. It stresses responsibility and that allied nations waste none.
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Food Administration
Europe
America
War Bread Costs British Government and Economy
The British government spends about 200 million dollars annually on war bread, keeping domestic loaf prices low for consumers while prioritizing home grown grain and imported wheat. Milled flour yield is higher in Britain, but adulteration rates are noted, with bread purity described as only about 65 percent at best compared to American bread.
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America
Great Britain
France
American Savings Measures Wheat Exports Statement
American Savings explains that the 1917 wheat surplus has been exported and now export limits are needed to stockpile for Americans until the next harvest. Despite December shipments, several hundred thousand tons of foodstuffs for allied nations could not be loaded due to restrictions and conservation.
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Food Administration
United States
Wheat corn yeast bread recipe from wartime guidance
A tested wartime recipe promotes wheat corn bread as more nutritious than all wheat flour bread. It provides measurements for milk or water, yeast, salt, sugar, fat, cornmeal and wheat flour, plus steps to cook, cool, mix, ferment, and bake in standard loaf pans.
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America
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