First Naval School in the United States
The article traces the origin of American naval education from Commodore William Bainbridge the so called Father of American Naval Construction to the early naval schools in Philadelphia and the establishment of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland over seventy years ago. It notes Bainbridge’s captures and prisoner status and highlights the progression from Boston and Philadelphia to the permanent academy.
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United States
Boston Navy Yard
William Bainbridge
Princeton
N. J
Bainbridge
America
England
Washington
Boston
Naval Education
Naval Asylum
Phiadelphia
Republic
Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Leisure Class: Mr Potato Bug and Mr Roach
A light feature notes Mr Potato Bug and Mr Roach relaxing in a rocking chair beneath a geranium tree. The vignette offers a whimsical portrait of idle leisure and simple rural charm.
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Potato Bug
Mr. Roach
Personality of matter and its elusive traits
Ellwood Hendrick argues in the Atlantic for a lively, personified view of matter. He compares nitrogen and halogens to spirited traits and imagines future scholars like Willard Gibbs exploring their cosmic histories and allotropes with fresh perspective.
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Willard Gibbs
Ellwood Hendrick
Atlantic
Adaptable cooks with meatless and wheatless tips
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt notes a wife who turns out tauty dishes while keeping meatless and wheatless options. The dialogue highlights versatility and culinary maneuvering within a household context.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Just in Time Windfall for Jim’s Auto Repair
In a brisk exchange a note of humor marks a windfall for Jim from his uncle arriving at the moment an auto needed a wind break. The quip frames the timing as fortunate and lighthearted.
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Jim
Roadbox orator riles nation in indignant exchange
AFFAIRS OF NATIONS quotes a heated exchange as a road box orator vents personal indignation while Senator Sorghum counters that he should consider national welfare over his own anger. The dialogue captures political tension and public rhetoric.
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Senator Sorghum
Necessary Noise Play Amid Thunder and Storm
A readable fragment shows dialogue between Babbie and a mother about playing without noise as a storm approaches. The exchange hints at a domestic scene with weather interruptions and the urgency of calm activity during an alert.
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Manna
Call to Defense and War Time Food Waste Message
A wartime message condemns food waste and calls for simpler living to aid defense. It highlights emaciated civilians in Belgium and across Europe, noting the impact of waste on American tables and warning that waste threatens national safety. The appeal ties to the Ford Administration’s defense call and Missouri Food Administration efforts.
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Belgium
Ford + Administration
Food Administration
Wheatless Breakfast and Dinner Substitutes
A historical guide lists corn based replacements for wheat foods including corn bread mush mush cake fried cornmeal dishes and corn meal puddings. It notes that wheat rice rye oats corn and potatoes are interchangeable as starch sources in diet and suggests various corn meal preparations and desserts as hearty alternatives.
Food effort urged to cut wheat use nationwide
The United States faces a wheat shortage as March 1 stocks total 176411,500 bushels. Allies require 76,000,000 bushels before the next harvest, while domestic use would be 200,000,000 bushels. The Food Administration urges eliminating wheat products to preserve supplies for Allies and home use, stressing military necessity and potential bread famine risk.
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United States
Missouri DD
United States Food Administration
FIX PRICE ON BINDER TWINE IN MISSOURI
The Missouri Division of the United States Food Administration announced a ceiling on binder twine prices. Retail price for standard and sisal twine set at 26 cents per pound, factory price 28 cents for 10,000 pounds or more and 23 cents for less than 10,000 pounds. Freight expected under 4 cents per pound, retail margin limited to 2 cents per pound for cash.
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Missouri
United States Food Administration
Mixsourpolnia
Balancing with Eyes Open Guides Straight Walking
Excerpt from Book of Wonders explains why natural steps differ in length due to leg length. With eyes closed people tend to walk in circles. eyes open helps the brain direct a straight course. Eyes are essential for balance, making straight walking hard with eyes shut.
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Bureau of Industrial Education
Washington
Why Does Water Gurgle Explained Simply
A simple explanation describes gurgling as air entering water when a bottle is inverted. The air pushes and water slides in and out in a back and forth fight. Each gurgle marks air entering as water exits, with water always leaving and air always entering.
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Book of Wonders
Bureau of Industrial Education, Inc
Washington
Counterfeit Courtesy Mars a Business Powerhouse
A pamphlet-like critique, attributed to American Boy, warns that a supposedly cultured man with polished manners hides a harsh temperament. The piece argues his real behavior costs him thousands in deals, contrasting true courtesy with its counterfeit form and urging improved conduct.
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Folka
Victory costs and risks of German victory
The article argues that saving money now is cheaper than the cost of losing the war. It warns that a German victory would yield immense financial losses, indemnities, and a lasting hit to foreign commerce, threatening national liberty, independence, and international rights.
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Fisn
United States
The
National Corporation Reporter
Delinquent Tax List Prompts City Legal Action
At the last City Council meeting I was authorized to prepare a delinquent tax list for personal and real estate taxes and to file suit through the city attorney. Five taxpayers were urged to pay immediately to save extra costs. Mr. and Mrs. Vince Owen spent Sunday in Napoleon.
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Vince Owen
Napoleon
Miss Sallie Barksdale Returns Home From Visit
Miss Sallie Barksdale comes back to Higginsville Wednesday evening after a visit with Mr and Mrs Albert Chamblain.
Moisture and lifestyle aid the digestive disorder
The note explains the condition stems from dry residual food matter and advises drinking water, eating raw fruits, and outdoor exercise. Mild laxatives are recommended over harsh cathartics, with Chamberlains Tablets praised as pleasant. It also mentions Miss Anna Warren visiting Higginsville and Mrs. R. H. Dirck returning to Sedalia after visiting relatives.
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Chamberlain
To Prevent Belching Habit Time Proven Advice
Regularly eat slowly and thoroughly chew food to reduce belching. If trouble persists, take one Chamberlains Tab Jets after supper as directed.
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Chamberlain
Mrs BE F Leahay Returns From Wellington Visit
Mrs BE F Leahay came home Wednesday night after a brief stay in Wellington. The visit included meetings with local residents and a look at community projects, with plans to resume her routine duties in the coming days.
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Mre
BE. F. Leahay
Wellington
The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed
The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for stomach pain colic and diarrhoea. It claims no physician can prescribe a better medicine and says having it ready may save life and spare suffering.
Rotary convention visit and hometown returns prompt updates
Rey Baxter Waters returned Wednesday night from Kansas City where he attended the Rotary convention. Misses Cecil and Ethel Neice returned to their Higginville home Tuesday night after a visit here with Bar Neice.
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Cecil
Ethel Neice
Higginsville
Bar Neice
Back Pain Advice From Chamberlain Liniment
A remedy suggestion advises applying Chamberlain's Liniment twice daily and thoroughly massaging the back muscles at the site of pain to relieve a lame back.
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Chamberlain
Mrs. W. J. Lapp Guests of Sedalia Hosts
Mrs. W. J. Lapp and her children of St. Louis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fletcher and traveled to Sedalia Tuesday night for a visit.
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R. H. Dirck
Sedalia
Charles. Phillips
W. J. Lapp
St. Louis
Thomas Fletcher
Sweet clover grows on Chicago drainage canal clay banks
Sweet clover thrives along the clay banks of the Chicago drainage canal where other plants fail. Farmers find cattle thrive on sweet clover as well as alfalfa, and 200 bushels of seed have been threshed for government experiments in fertilizing western lands. Bees harvest rich honey from the gray clay banks.
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Chicago Drainage Canal
First Woman and Second Woman Dialogue on War Bread Patriotism
A brief exchange questions a husband’s patriotism and his digestion under wartime bread. The first speaker asks if the husband is patriotic, the second responds that he hopes his digestion will endure the war bread.
Fragmented Local Note From Old Paper
The readable text shows a damaged lyric style note mentioning missing words, a country setting, and a promise to arrive at a later time. No clear people, places, or events are identifiable beyond a vague rural reference. The fragmentary line ends with an unclear local cue.
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