Inter-State Feed Machines plant and local service flag rise
A Lancaster County set of items notes the new Inter-State Feed Machines and Products Company factory at Ephrata producing tools for feed machines, a Lancaster High School service flag with 500 boys in service, and local economic notes including a large milk check for farmer John Brubaker and bank leadership changes at Manheim National Bank. Also mentions Kingston Ontario export projections, a French church in Philadelphia aiding war victims, and French orphans support efforts.
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Inter-State Feed Machines and Products Company
Ephrata
Lancaster High School
Stevens Choss
Frank Sales Stoll
Lancaster
Fort Salem
New Rochelle
N. Y
Paris
O. G. Romig
Florin
Tunkhhamock
Manheim National Bank
Jacob L. Graybill
Penn Township
Henry C. Boyd
Graybill
First National Bank
Mount Joy
John Brubaker
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Brubaker
M. B
Philadelphia
Church of St. Sauveur
United States
France
Belgium
War Curbs Death by Own Action Says Registrar General
Sir Bernard Mullet announced that death by own action has fallen sharply in England since the war began. He attributed the decline to national unity and shared sympathy reducing personal injuries and despair, with self-discipline in eating, dress, and work helping keep the populace sane and free from morbid nostalgia.
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Bernard Mullet
British Empire
England
Kerensky Real Diplomat Story Reveals Late Night Signoff
A traveler recounts Kerensky being summoned from a Petrograd hotel to the provisional government HQ after midnight. A guest jokes about another revolution, and Kerensky replies he had forgotten to sign a letter before hurrying away, illustrating his calm demeanor under pressure.
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Kerensky
Petrograd
Rural Free Delivery Expansion and William L Wilson
This account honors William L Wilson, West Virginia congressman and Postmaster General, as the father of rural delivery. It traces his role in expanding mail service from the 1890s through 1915, noting cost savings, route growth, and reforms to eliminate wasteful practices. It highlights the program’s impact on farmers and small towns and the department’s aim to extend equal postal benefits nationwide.
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Lexington
William L. Wilson
West Virginia
Congress
Cleveland
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Avilla
Halltown
Rural Delivery Expands to Doubling Delivery Zones
The extension of local rural delivery zones boosts producer consumer exchange and broadens market access. Petitions for service are obsolete as inspectors determine feasibility, expanding public benefits, improving roads, education, and farm land values while enriching home life and local industry.
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Haa
Nobel Cut His Finger Sparks Explosive Discovery
The article recounts Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and pacifist, injuring his finger in the lab. While treating the wound he dissolved guncotton in ether and alcohol, then mixed it with nitroglycerin to form a jelly that became blasting gelatin. This early discovery led to a safer explosive used in warfare, shaping the outcome of global conflict.
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Nobel
E. E. Liosson
New York Independent
Alfred Nobel
Artificial Flood Moves 80,000 Tons of Coal to Cincinnati
The Commerce Department bulletin details an artificial rise begun October 18, 1917 at Dam No 7 on the Ohio River. Water from Muskingum Kanawha and Big Sandy rivers augmented the flow delivering over 80 000 tons of Kanawha River coal to Cincinnati and other river cities using every tugboat barge harbor boat and even a snowboat pusher. Fourteen craft carried more than 200 vessels, following earlier floods in low water last August moving 13 000 tons. A year ago two similar experiments occurred during coal shortages in Cincinnati.
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Ohio River
Muskingum
Kanawha
Big Sandy
Kanawha River
Cincinnati
Department of Commerce
Anurie Tablets Promoted For Pain Relief And Longevity
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Anurie tablets as a cure for backache frequent urination and rheumatic pains. It claims kidneys expel toxins and urges high water intake with Anurie double strength to dissolve uric acid, featuring testimonials from Howard H. Banges Mrs M. E. Wrst and others in Pennsylvania.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Taémanyeav
Stewartstown
To Stop the Hurt
A reflective admonition urging restraint after being hurt by a neighbor. The author argues common sense and prompt calmness prevent lasting bitterness. Recommends ending the grievance at its source to avoid escalation and personal poisoning.
Officer Ignored Orders In Early War Tale
A retired field report claims Field Marshal John French and General Joffre faced a crisis at the Marne when a promoted officer’s orders were bypassed. The supposed lost dispatch left a division without support and near annihilation, with rumors that the general who gave the order was ordered shot.
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John French
Joffre
Marne
England’s war births spike through marriage surge
War driven marriages in England show 200000 unions from August 1914 to June 1917, with 1415 the peak year at a rate of 19.4. Sir Bernard Mallet, registrar general of births, feethe and mer: 3 Enslinc.
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England
Bernard Mallet
Feethe and
Mer
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J. N. Schroeder & CO
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