Alfalfa in New Zealand Yields Tested in 1917 Crop
The article reports New Zealand trials of lucerne varieties with Turkestan lucerne yielding 615 long tons per acre green, and per acre after cutting 11% tons of Peruvian, 12% tons Poitou, 11% tons Rua elun, 12 tons Spanish, 1213 tons Hungarian, 14 tons Patagonian, and 1474 tons Marlborough lucerne. Patagonian and Marlborough hay could yield about 314 tons each, worth $69.18 per acre at $19.46 per ton.
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New Zealand
The Shoe Ma Used in Small Shop Tale
A boy brings his mother's shoe to a shoemaker to remove a nail. He explains the reason is not sentiment but to avoid being spanked by the shoe ma. The tale appears in Pearsons Weekly. An electrically operated vacuum cleaner for teeth is patented. Savannah Ga was the birthplace of the Girl Scouts of America.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Savannah
The
Girl Scouts of America
Why We Must Win the War by F Naumann in 1918
In this wartime editorial German dominance is outlined, naming Mittel Europa as existing and detailing territories under Prussian dictation. It warns that if the war ends with current conditions, Germany’s policy will rule the world, leaving the United States to confront a twice-populous autocratic power.
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Mittel-Europa
Frederick Naumann
Reichstag
Germany
Belgium
France
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Montenegro
Roumania
Prussia
Italy
Great Britain
Mittel-Europa Empire
Europe
United States
The Lucky Horseshoe at Oldham Castle
Lord French visits Oldham to inspect Rutland volunteers and leaves a horseshoe on the castle wall. The manor custom requires a horseshoe from every peer entering the lordship, and the collection now numbers about 200 shoes, from small to seven feet long.
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French
Oldham
Rutland
Loiftion Chronicle
Eloping Couple Pursued by Fast Car Through Streets
Fragmentary report describes a chase as a man pursues an eloping couple in a roadster. The youths plead with a stern parent to stop the pursuit and spare the young woman. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Good Riddance of a Windmill Dream Phrase
Fragmentary reading suggests a figurative critique of European industry. The passage mentions a windmill grinding grain for flour, then air and dough, implying transformation processes. Names, dates, and clear events are not present in readable form.
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Europe
Pigs Mascots of Aviators
A satirical piece imagines aviators buying and fattening baby French pigs at a military camp. The pigs are named after figures like Willie and Big Bertha and kept in stockades fed by soldiers’ scraps. After a year, the pigs are expected to fetch about 600 francs each at market, with aviators hoping for a surplus.
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Mr. Shelley
Monsieur
France
Madame
Moncieur
Ple
Cochon
Willie
Hindenburg
Ludendorf
Tirpits
Big Bertha
Kilts Prove Warm for Soldiers in Cold Weather
In a quip on the comfort of kilts, the speaker argues kilted troops stay warmer and healthier, with fewer abdominal issues, citing army surgeons and experiences from Britain, Canada, and the US Northwest. He notes knees and face stay uncomfortably uncovered yet remain uncold.
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Lauder
France
Harry Lauder
Mighland
Alwayes
Mr. Lauder
Britain
Scotland
Canada
United States
Montana
North Makota
Minnesota
Australian gunner claims downed Richthofen in April air duel
An Australian front line correspondent recounts a 21 April encounter over the Somme where a German plane pursued a British craft and, after a burst from two Lewis guns, the German plane plunged, with an officer noting wood or metal fragments being kicked from the machine.
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London
France
Baron von Richthofen
Somme
Ancre
Guna
Crith
Lewis
Control of Wheat Under Federal Food Administration Policy
The milling division issued a statement to millers outlining wartime wheat controls. It notes the emergency measures began in May and a control act passed in August, with export surpluses and import figures cited. Data include export estimates of 9,000,000 bushels and monthly import quantities, plus flour price details and recent market terms.
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The
Food Administration
Minneapolis
Mexican friction matches and curious contrasts
The article describes Mexican friction matches as two headed and wax coated, allowing striking in breeze. It notes production in Mexican factories and handcraft by workers paid a few cents daily. It ends with a stray line about Minnesota banning alien touchers and a remark that a man without hands cannot feel well.
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Mexico
Oldest Known Fiction The Tale of Two Brothers Revealed
The Tale of Two Brothers, 3200 years old, by Ennana scribe of Thebes, likely the earliest extant fiction. Written for the crown prince Sei I during Menepihah’s era, the manuscript bears possible autograph signatures of an Egyptian king. The Orbiney papyrus now resides at the British Museum after sale through Mme Orbiney.
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Ennana
Menepihah
Sei I
Italy
Mme
Orbiney
JSST
British Museum
Freckles Eradication Ad and Olive Tree Cutting Ban
An advertisement touts Olhine double strength for freckle removal with a money back guarantee and notes most of the freckles vanish after light application. A separate item reports a ban on cutting olive trees and possibly other trees, effective until the end of the cultural year after Immee is established.
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Kone
Immee
Cutleura Soap Ad Promises Soothing Hand Care
An old advertisement touts Cutleura Soap for sore hands with hot suds and Cutleura Ointment to rub in then remove excess. Free samples offered via Cutleura Dept. X Boston. Available from druggists or by mail soap 25 cents ointment 25 cents and 0 cents.
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Sonk
Dept. X
Boston
Drigegists
Local crime note and Colombia grant mention
An unclear report mentions a crime in a back alley and notes the government of Colombia has appropriated a large sum to encourage wik production in the country.
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Colombia
Treatment of Prisoners in Wales Through the Ages
The article recalls medieval warfare along Welsh shores with Viking raids and Welsh reprisals. It notes Viking burnings including St. Davids and a bishop allegedly cooked for entertainment, while Welsh forces flayed captives and nailed skin to church doors, illustrating harsher treatment of prisoners than today.
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Wales
St. David's
Castoria Reminder Asks Careful Bottle Checks
Old remedy cues mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the familiar phrase In Use for Over 30 Years The lighthearted verse recalls family scenes and a baseball pitcher joke about control of the bowl in a playful newspaper sidebar style
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Fletcher
Red Cross Ball Blue Featured In All White Clothes Pitch
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue and Red Cross Half Hue for whiter laundry while promising vivid clothes. The note mentions Anatrilia as a chief conduit in wool supply and cites speculative global sleep and luminous contents tied to a new cigaretic ax.
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Dob
South America
Australia
Judge endorses stomach remedy as great success
Judge William L. Chambers praises FATONIC as a remedy for indigestion and loss of appetite. The ruling highlights claimed improvements in belching bloating and general health and urges readers to obtain a box, noting a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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William L. Chambers
Board of Mediation Soneinetian
Eufferer
Adam
Katonic
Orc ii
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