Thrift Lessons Of Pioneer Days
The article reflects on pioneer thrift practices for food heat and light. It recalls using feather beds Dutch colonial sleeping habits brass warming pans wax candles and daylight saving habits to save resources. It notes meals sugar substitutes wax honey and maple sugar as cost saving measures and urges lessons from the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
United States
Itrtland
Middle States
Eorlier
Nagy
Alfalfa Mixed with Grain Boosts Feed Efficiency
A Minnesota dairyman advocates mixing ground alfalfa with grain to save about half the grain and achieve feed results equal to full grain. Farmers have long fed chaff with ground grain for cows and fattening cattle, and ground alfalfa may improve on wheat or barley chaff. An ordinary ensilage cutter can chop alfalfa for bulk use, though a dedicated alfalfa grinder performs better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Principal and corporal not over there teacher notes
Fragmentary classroom remark references a principal and corporal in a puzzled exchange. The garbled text hints at a teacher addressing or questioning a student about authority or placement, but details are unclear. No identifiable events, names, or places emerge.
German Soldiers Shoot Commander Amid Revolt Rumors
Reported chaos within the German army as sparks of revolt spread among troops. Prisoners described anti Russian chants and calls to refuse combat. An officer allegedly died trying to halt a panic rush from trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S2nd
Ludendorff
Rhine
Germany
Swedish Embroidered Rug Unearthed From Curio Scene
A heavy wool embroidered carpet, once used as a sleigh robe and later indoors, surfaced as a notable example of Swedish household art. The four by eight foot piece features gray dye embroidery on sailcloth, with red, yellow, white and green flowers and a central animal design.
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Skansen
Scania
How a Camel is Shod by the Caravans
A camel endures blisters from long journeys and cannot tolerate foot handling. A crew surprises the animal, restrains it, and sews leather shoes onto the blistered hoof using thick camel skin. The process relieves pain, though the camel remains wary of future shoeing. The leather is crafted from camel hides after a death in the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deiver K
Change Gauge Proposal Tangles Chinese Rail Plans
The Japanese propose changing the gauge of the Chinese Eastern Railway to match the South Manchurian Railway to ease Allied forces movements. Japan says it will supply rolling stock from its surplus, but China argues no surplus exists and fears Japan gains control in Manchuria could affect final settlement.
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United Staties
Painter and Plumber Work At Same House
A fragmented message describes a painter and a plumber working the same house. The text includes garbled dialogue about timing and a remark from the painter about hair and a morning routine. The readable parts hint at a scene of concurrent trades in a single residence.
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Aeg
Potash Supply Boost From British Blast Furnace Dust
A trade journal highlights Britain's wartime potash gains from blast furnace dust and cement kilns. A new Oldbury factory will produce 400 to 500 tons weekly, with plans for conversion to other potash salts. government control on dust trades is praised as Britain moves toward independence from German potash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade Journal
Great Britain
Gost
Oldbury
Birmingham
Cleveand
Auugust
Germany
Musk Ox in Danger Prompts Call for Arctic Reserves
Conservationists urge protection as musk ox populations decline from over hunting. The northern species, confined to Arctic and sub Arctic Canada, needs sanctuaries similar to buffalo reserves. Musk oxen forage on grasses and saxifrage, endure harsh winters, and provide pelts for robes while Eskimos value their meat for food.
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Bay of Arctic
Canada
Hudson Bay
Mackenzie River
Arctic
Keeping Bread Boxes and Storage Advice
The article extols enamelled tin bread boxes for housekeepers, noting their eye appeal versus a crock. It recommends cool dry storage, a lid that allows air, and washing the container before placing bread inside. It warns against crumb buildup and stresses cleanliness to prevent spoiling bread.
Shortage of German Crops Shrinks Civilian Food Supply
Ongoing droughts and wartime requisitions cripple Germany’s harvests. Potatoes and cabbage suffer severe losses while beet sugar falls short by about one million tons. Coal shortages push factories to fuel with field fodder as women and girls farm and produce for civilians. soap ingredients vanish, and food dictators control garden outputs.
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Kaisers
Soissons-Rheims
Gerpena
Mecklenburg
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
United States
Food Administration
Icelandic Culture and the Saga Spirit Endures
The article argues that Iceland preserves a remarkable cultural legacy through its sagas and Promethean literary flame. It links national prosperity to revived artistic vitality, noting a shift toward modern material life yet insisting the saga tradition still fuels Icelandic identity.
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Arctic
Iceland
Pioneers in Submarine craft and steam turbine progress
The article surveys early 20th century innovators from England France Holland Ireland and America who advanced submerged navigation and propulsion. It credits Whitehead for torpedoes Parson for the steam turbine and Sir Charles Marsden for geared high efficiency propulsion, noting global efforts to improve turbine gearings and reduce screw propeller revolutions.
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Cry
Ton
Esses
M,bril
Bérdenfelds Od Garrett
England
Goubet
Laubeuf
France
Holland
Lake
America
Laurent
Italy
Whitehead
Charles Parson
Fieldaval
Raban
Charles Marsons
Reindeer Become a Growing Factor in Alaskan Economy
The article notes more than 200000 reindeer in Alaska with surplus males making up over 10 percent. After ice cleared Brekring Sea, cold storage vessels left Nome for Seattle to ship meat products including venison. Dressed three year old deer average 150 pounds, and antler growth suggests reindeer numbers double every three years, hinting at future market impact.
Substitutes for Tin Cans and Cardboard Containers Rise
The text notes a shift from tin to cardboard and fibre containers amid tin shortages. A U S commercial attaché in London reports 5,000,000 such containers produced in that city weekly, with England adopting the substitute after receiving American samples in June 1917. It states about 80 percent of UK substitute containers are machine manufactured, and producers now use them to ship meats and other fare.
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United States
London
England
America
United Kingdom
Shining Stone in Mosque of St Sophia Tempered by Faith
The Manchester Guardian reports a Persian translucent marble slab in the Mosque of St Sophia that glows during Islamic triumphs and darkens before calamities. The stone supposedly reflects the fate of the Ottoman empire, offering consolation to the sultan amid wartime reversals.
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Turkey
Mosque of
St. Sophia
Persia
Manchester Guardian
No Food to Waste
The article argues that temporary relaxations of bacon and pork restrictions do not justify wasteful consumption. It emphasizes global food scarcity and the urgent need for every person to conserve available food supplies despite any brief easing.
Sympathy offered in London to front line man
A London audience offered sympathy to a front line serviceman who spoke about the hardships of travel and sleeping rough between wars and campaigns. He described sleeping on cobbles mud sheds and makeshift beds during long journeys and front line duty.
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London
Eng
Concrete ships and the rise of durable watercraft
The article surveys early concrete ship history from Genoa to Holland and Amsterdam. It notes vessels like the Zeemetuy, the Pioneer, and the Faith, detailing their construction, collisions, ice storage, and long service. Canada’s interest and Europe’s canal fleets are highlighted amid durability claims and global activity.
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Reginat
Zeemetuy
van Gent
Canada
Dowsey
Iron River
Michi
United Sates
Eureope
Ollend
Ngleand
Anada
Mar
Birds Sing Through War Amid Trench Life Memories
A Canadian Highland regiment member recalls birds lingering in Belgium and Northern France as shells thundered nearby. Soldiers describe cheerful blackbirds magpies and woodpeckers in ruined woods, contrasting peaceful songs with battlefield destruction.
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Belgium
France
Hone
Battlefeld
Grable Artillery
Taxi Habit Dying Out in England
The piece notes a decline in taxicab use and competition, with fewer cabs seen on ranks and curbs. It mentions people turning to walking or cheaper options as the old system dwindles and cab ranks show sparse activity.
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England
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