Forest Products Laboratory aims for two billion saving
The Forest Products Laboratory is portrayed as a national asset with potential annual savings of about two billion dollars. The piece details efforts to expand domestic use of wood, pulp, and paper, and highlights research on dry kilns, alcohol production from wood, and new methods to season gun stocks and other items, stressing wartime needs and industrial impact.
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Goverenent
Che Weil
Wisconsin
Sallawer
Alii
Germany
Cermay
Japan
Gertmany
United States
Greta
Europe
Funde
Jamaica
Tehuantepec
Forest Products Laboratory
Haw
Mark ‘Twain
Mentana
Inn
Tober
Spy on French Children in Occupied Belgium and France
An article notes German counterintelligence tactics in occupied Belgium and northern France. It describes using trained teachers to win over children by teaching in French schools to gauge parental conversations and reveal resistance.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Cittes
God Ogteie
Earl Wo Ackerman
Saturday Evening Post
Reading of George Knowe and the proverb misread
In the dialogue a speaker questions George Knowe about human nature and a misquoted proverb. The exchange mentions a wife planning a vacation and hints at deception, with garbled lines implying a crown rests on the head that wears a lie.
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George
Airplane Compasses and War Inventions Rise in Patents
A long note on airplane compasses highlighting military value and pilot needs in cloudy conditions. Historical passages discuss invention proliferation in the United States and Entente allies, aiming to reduce navigation errors and reliance on visual bearings.
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United States
Why Kill the Goose in Prohibition Propaganda
The Union Signal cites Prof John A Nichols arguing that liquor laws target a figurative goose named Internal Revenue. The piece catalogs dangers of overzealous enforcement and critiques big costs of feeding a goose far beyond its value, suggesting reform through rational economic analysis and improved policy to protect farmers from loss and state overreach.
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John A. Nichols
Union
Ovek
Cocke Sam
Prohibition Debate Shapes Columbia Whisky Trade
In 1917 Columbia faces wartime strain and rising prices amid Prohibition era debates. The city, crowded with workers, sees little street disorder despite tension and economic changes. The piece questions the future of whisky trade as prohibition struggles to prove its case to the public.
Pot Calls Kettle Black On Beer and Whisky Debate
A fragmented reminiscence argues that beer and whisky intoxication can be similar in effect. It claims beer lets a drinker stay longer in social rooms and that whisky is no less potent. The text notes the author’s view on beer’s “mushy and sloppy” drunk character.
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Midas
Diellers
Piano Gales and Western Piano Sales Rise
Traveling representatives of Eastern piano manufacturers report rising sales in western states including Colorado, Arizona, Washington and Oregon. Initial payments grow, collections improve, and fewer returns are seen as prohibition spreads. The Washington ban began January 1 1916, reshaping liquor heavy districts and retail use of buildings. A soldier’s law is urged to align with wartime needs.
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Acecorting
Eastern Piano Manufacturing Converns
San Francisco
Musical Times
Colorado
Arizona
Washington
Oregon
Ite
State of Washington
Seeing God Through Nature
Fragmentary reflection on nature as a divine language. The speaker muses that daily events teach, yet human understanding remains limited, with nature’s speech felt more than fully understood. The passage expresses doubt about fully remembering or learned meaning, and notes work being hard if it yields real meaning.
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God
Tom
William Mountford
Moving Day Muddle at the Old Tenement
Alice Horton confronts landlord Mr Paxton over a vacancy claim as she plans to move in May. A Yale friend Dick Spevves, in trouble, reveals past ordeals while Tom Spe:er and Peggy influence Alice. Dick declares marriage plans for May and a quick renovation to fit their life ahead.
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Moon
Alice
Neecee
Pieter Peeves
Yale
Tom
France
Aviation Corpa
Mmn
Gramercy Park
Tre
Peggy
Mr. Paxton
Othe Eee Marae
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