The Naming of America and Its Publicity
A historical note traces how Amerigo Vespucci and others influenced the name America. It covers Vespucci’s voyages, the 1507 St Die decision, Waldseemüller’s map, and later corrections showing Columbus and Cabot preceded him. The St Die meeting house remained standing at the outbreak of war and drew tourists from both continents.
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New World
America
Amerigo Vespucci
Dusiness
Seville
Spain
The
Medicis
Columbus
Vespucci
University of St. Die
Lorraine
West Indies
Martion Waldseemuller
Wes Pucel
John Cabot
St. Die
South America
Pol Plant Pol is Hawaii National Dish Feed to Hospitals
Hawaii develops pol from taro bulbs into a modern sterile product produced in five Hilo factories. It is shipped to the United States including New York markets, originally toward Hawaiians in America and now to broader American tastes. The dish aids patients with weak stomachs in hospitals and may spread to other regions as substitute foods grow in wartime interest.
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Hawaii
Hilo
United States
New York City
John Harvard Emerges From Obscurity in History
A long study traces John Harvard as a foundational figure in New England. Early ignorance about the university founder gives way to milestone discoveries, linking his English footprints and significance to American education.
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John Harvard
Saya
New England
America
Daily Thought on Valor and Hidden Truths
Fragmentary meditation contrasts vice and consolation with archaic terms and measurements. The text hints at weighing materials like water gold and wheat while urging inner reflection on the past and the meaning of words.
Indications Of Allied Offensive Movements In Europe
Allied observers report shifting pressure across Albania and Macedonia as French Italian forces press aims east of the Teta forest. Bulgarian fatigue is noted with possible gains from renewed actions along the Salonika front and near the Lake Ochrida line. British fronts show bombardments near Amiens while Australian and American forces concentrate at Chateau Thierry.
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Washington
France
Yarton
Albania
Kallans
Lake Ochrida
Salonika
Macedonia
Teutonte
Teta Forest
Marne
Ainse
Soissons
Amiens
Morris
Ine
Chateau Thierry
Lift Off Corns With Freezone Magic Cure
A dramatic ad claims Freezone instantly relieves corn pain and allows easy removal without soreness. It promises a tiny bottle costs only a few cents at general stores and works on hard soft and toe corn as well as salluses. The piece also notes a Cincinnati inventor and a separate note about an automobile alarm whistle linked to car cylinders.
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Cincinnati
British Admiral Warns Mines Hamper Submarines
Sir Eric Geddes reports mines increasingly hem in submarines, shortening their freedom. He cites Heligoland Bight and the Dover Strait as mine barriers with fast naval craft deployed to lay them, noting occasional enemy submarines attempt breach.
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Helgoland Bight
Corps de Elite
Dover Barrage
Train Robbery in Kansas Thirteen Bandits Loot Express Cars
Three people were shot during a train robbery near Paola Kansas as thirteen bandits held up a Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train at Koch siding three miles east of town. They forced the train crew to detach the mall and express cars and rammed them away before fleeing north in motor cars.
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Express Care
Paola
Kans
Koch
Idaho Educator Robert Milliken Dies in Nampa
Robert Milliken, longtime Idaho University agriculture professor and resident of Nampa, Idaho, has died at age W. He served twenty five years in this city and was a familiar figure in state agriculture circles.
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Idaho
Nampa
Robert Milliken
University of Idaho
Pittsburg to Save Coal Through Government Inspection
The fuel administration reports that government inspection of industrial steam plants in the Pittsburg manufacturing district will conserve 81,000 tons of coal.
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Pittsburg
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Insurance Men Deemed Non Essential by Dakota Defense Council
The South Dakota Council of Defense classifies all able bodied men driving insurance as non essential workers. A supplemental order directs personnel away from non essential industries to align wartime production and mobilization efforts.
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Heron
South Dakata
Six Troopers Injured in Wreck on Mal Road
Six troopers were injured when a troop train carrying soldiers from Cano Bowle Bexna to Bhreveport Pucile was overturned into a ditch on the Wiekwbiing Bhreveport road. Local authorities report non fatal injuries and ongoing investigation.
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Larbour
Cano Bowle
Bexna
Wiekwbiing
Bhreveport
Pucile
Omen in Hawthornes Punctuates Dublin Journey
A Dublin driver reflects on hawthorn blossoms along the Liffey crossing, calling the red blooms an omen. His brogue adds humor as he muses on fate and the changing river and city scene during a wartime journey.
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Ireland
Dublin
G Janntinger
Garry
Luey
Too Much Thought of Balf Phrase Sparks Family Snarl
Uncle Eben laments overbearing concern for comfort as a source of misery while a tense household moment unfolds revealing gendered tensions and awkward silences.
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Uncle Eben
Cold Drinks and Stomach Health in Hot Weather
Readable fragments discuss the negative effects of cold drinks on the stomach in heat and offer simple remedies. A mix of unrelated anecdotes mentions birds cracking shells and people debating romance and imagination, with a stray note on money and work becoming harder to manage.
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Salt Lake City
Hulcks
Oldsmathey
Navy
Wight
Randall-Dodd Auto Co
KODAK
West Temple St
Balt Lake Olty
Daily Thought
Vice
Ares
Vinfin
Wen
India
Kansas
Momey
Ita
Federal Trade Commission
Feds
Addi
Commission
Armour & Company
Cudahy Packing Co
Wilson & Company
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