War on the German Language speech attacks German culture
A fiery polemic accuses German language and militarism of brutal crimes and claims Americans must abandon German influences. It denounces Goethe and Schiller as sentiment and asserts German books in New York schools are taxpayer funded propaganda. The piece warns that German language is a dead language in allied countries and calls for repudiation of German culture.
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Amee Society
Germany
America
United States
New York
New
Efforts Under Way to Boost Canadian Pig Population in 1918
In 1917 Canada held conferences to raise bacon production urging farmers to keep and breed extra sows. Livestock officials foresee a 25 to 30 percent hog increase in 1918 but warn feeding the extra pigs will be difficult. Some households could raise pigs using kitchen scraps and garden produce, finishing them in fall on a single meal ration.
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Canada
Livestock Commissioner
Emall
Should Grow More Peas Large In Practical Agriculture
The article urges expanding pea production in Canada, noting price rises since 1914 have increased cultivation especially in Quebec Saskatchewan and Alberta. Peas serve as nutrition for humans and stock, with pea meal and split peas valued. they aid soil as a legume and fit with oats in mixed crops. Frost, soil, and date timing affect seeding, with best results on well drained sod land and caution about late spring frosts. The weevil pest is controllable by sulphite treatment, and peas may form a profitable, underutilized crop in many regions.
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Hartins
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Prairie
German labor conditions fall short of rivals say critics
Reports claim Germany's labor standards and satisfaction in industry are inferior to France and Great Britain with shoemaking workers bearing heavy burdens and starvation risks. No further reliable details are provided in the readable text.
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Germany
Pees Piet
France
Great Britain
Germany's welded submarines speed wartime ship production
The United States eyes electrical welding to speed up shipbuilding enabled by rivetless hulls and automated welders. Germany already uses welded crafts to reduce rivet work and increase output. Tests near New York will build cast steel ships welded together to surpass riveted methods.
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Germany
Naval Prarete
Spe
Belgium
United States Shipping Board
New York
E. P. Jessop
U.S.N
Waterland
Washington
United States
Sip Anekween Exens
International Outcast Germany Faces War Aims and Neutral Suffering
A noisy editorial voices Germany as an international outcast repudiating law in its dealings with enemies and neutrals. It critiques Dutch seizures and warns of belligerents pressuring neutral ships for war purposes while condemning U S munitions sales to belligerents in the current conflict.
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Germany
Holland
Oppenheim
France
United States
New York
Mayor Church of Toronto Records Two Loyal Friends
A local Toronto figure recalls two lifelong friends noted for stoutness and constant good humor. The tribute emphasizes warmth and companionship as enduring distinctions amidst daily life.
Young gardeners urge harmony with nature for health and growth
The Los Angeles Times essay extols home and school gardening as a path to healthier diets and stronger minds. It argues plants teach life’s laws from soil to sun, urging American youth to study plant nutrition, soil ecology, and the benefits of vegetables over heavy meat diets.
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Villa City
Ag- Sones
Europe
Mather
America
Our People in Arms Across Dominion and Empire
A London Times passage extols the Allied cause and the vast scale of voluntary defense. It cites 3,000,000 expeditionary forces and 430,000 sailors as evidence of a free people answering a just war, praising unity from home to far colonies and dominions.
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Dominions
Inde
London Times
German coffee grading and ration changes amid shortages
The report notes coffee sold in Germany in three grades 50, 25, and 10 percent strength. A pear peel tea substitute is found. Berlin child milk rations and private fats trade face new limits and prices amid wartime scarcity.
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Germany
Berlin
Shelling the Road by the Frontline Soldiers
Amid shelling near a ruined town, a lieutenant and his driver ride back meeting stray small arms and high explosive fire. A sapper crew bides in ruined houses while Sammies laugh at rations and camouflage in the cratered landscape as shells crash along the road.
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Fritz
Wara
H.E
Ereabouts de Roche
Sammy
Rue de Victory
Sammies
Pollus
Interior
France
Chae
Fat
Egg hatchery notes on clear and dangerous incubator eggs
A historical note explains eggs that are not clear when held to light are dangerous in incubators. It describes eggs showing red lines radiating from a center as blood vessels. such eggs may be unsafe for hatching and should not be used in the incubator.
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Fragmentary note reports a person or group attending a small event after a preceding activity. The legible words suggest an after-event gathering but provide no clear names, places, or dates to anchor details.
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