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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
3
Washington reports navy rations average about 37 cents per day per man with three meals a day focused on fresh foods. Admiral McGowan notes canned staples remain but are used sparingly as fleet diet shifts toward fresh vegetables meats and bread.
Hudson Maxim announces a cheaper position indicator for submarines that lets a vessel locate its own position underwater without surfacing. He claims the device, which costs about 1000 dollars to install, outperforms English designs and could also be used on other ships. Maxim says it could help captains exit bays under fire and plans to offer the invention to the U S government.
Washington reports the United States government received more than 400 rose varieties from florists nationwide. Dr. W A Taylor accepted on behalf of the Department of Agriculture at Arlington Virginia conducting a three year climate performance study. Testing gardens are ongoing in Hartford Minneapolis Ithaca Long Island and San Francisco.
Harvard University President Charles W. Lowell warns graduates that mental capacity peaks around twenty three, closely matching physical growth at eighteen or nineteen. He argues gains after twenty three come mainly from experience rather than increased capacity. A separate Paris note reports front line soldiers ordered to shave sparking protests from bearded troops.
London dispatch reports Robert Crozier Long’s extended tour of war wrecked Poland. He describes a devastated landscape from Warsaw to Lodz, with hundreds of villages burned, mass refugee flows, food shortages, and widespread forest destruction that he says will condemn Poland to long-term poverty and homelessness.
Seven state commissioners fixed the Dixie highway route from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico designating Chicago as the northern terminus and Miami as the southern. A loop will run along the Lake Michigan shore linking east and west routes from Indianapolis to Miami and Detroit to Dayton. Major cities on the Chicago to Chattanooga leg include Danville Indianapolis Louisville and Nashville with Cincinnati Lexington and Knoxville on the Indianapolis west leg. Get butter wrappers at Echo office.
It is estimated that this year will see the largest grain crop ever raised in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, signaling a record harvest across the three states. The forecast emphasizes bumper yields and strong growing conditions throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Work on the Cascade Scenic Highway segment in Snohomish County between Index and Baring will begin immediately. The project covers about six miles and aims to improve roadway quality and safety for travelers in the region.
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