Women Waacs Learn Rapid Vocabulary for Ordnance Work
A London Telegraph piece describes Bristling Waacs in France rapidly mastering new military codes and item vocabularies as they handle 23 000 separate stores. Women train in post office systems and Wheatstone telegraphy, manage complex depots, and replace male staff across clothing, motor parts, and kitchen roles while bases expand to house hundreds of workers.
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Ordnance Department
Nes
Waacs
Post Office
Scotland
London General Omnibus Company
Wolseley
Daring Ice Yachter Flirts With Death
A fearless ice yachtwoman skippers a speedy craft on the Shrewsbury River near the Jersey capes. She calls the sport thrilling though dangerous, risking collisions, fog, or a fall into icy water, while maintaining a calm faith in good fortune.
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Shrewsbury
Jersey Capes
Strange Craft Dead Whale At Broadkiln Bay
An adventurous fisherman, Charles Reed, found a dead whale near Broadkiln Bay in Delaware. The 50 foot carcass, believed shot mid ocean, drew crowds to Cedar Beach and Slaughter Neck as Reed prepared to haul it to Lewes fisheries for processing and sale potentially worth several hundred dollars.
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Bay
Broadkiln Beach
Milton
Del
Cedar Beach
Charles Reed
Frank Waples
Slaughter Ne
Lower
Delaware
Lewes
Meet After Many Years in Pomona Reunion
City clerk R. Trotter of Pomona and his sister Mrs. F Is Jen cott of Philadelphia met recently after 42 years apart. Trotter worked in Ireland as a nailor before losing track. he has served Pomona as city clerk for twenty years. A LA newspaper story prompted renewed contact.
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R. Trotter
Pomona
Gui
Jencott
Illinois Admits Statehood in 1818 Union
A historical timeline recounts Illinois joining the United States on December 3 1818 after approval in Congress. It notes slavery debates in Congress and the first Illinois representatives in the Senate and House. It also covers Chicago street history from 1833 to 1848 including hog ordinances and a frozen stagecoach incident.
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Congress
Anderson
Kentucky
Poindexter
Mississippi
Hendricks
Indiana
Illinois
Tallmadge
New York
Ohio
Ninois
William Henry Harrison
Reed
Maryland
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Senate
Union
Ninian Edwards
Jesse B Thomas
United States Senate
John Mclean
House of Representatives
Early Chicago and Illinois Tales From Archives
The piece recalls Chicago’s early days and the Illinois memory lane. It notes Chicago’s first emergence as a city in May 1837 and describes a 1830 Chicago village map near Fort Dearborn. It mentions Hubbard's Trail renamed Clark Street and Col Gordon Flubbard as the first white overland trailblazer. It ends with an 1833 land auction for school purposes in a 640 acre township section.
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12Th Street
State Street
Halstead Street
Madison Street
Loop
Chicago
Chicago Historical Society
Old Fort Dearborn
Chicago River
Stoop
Hubbard’s
Danville
Clark Street
Gordon 9. Flubbard
Oestober
Madison Atreeit
Why We Must Save Food During World War I
The 1917 French wheat crop fell to less than half, with 176 million bushels short and a 53.8 percent deficit. Potatoes were within one third of normal, sugar beets down 67.9 percent, and meat herds dropped 1.8 million. The text argues America must feed its allies to prevent starvation and defeat in the war.
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France
America
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