Riveting Pace in Shipbuilding Reveals Labor Strain
The article explains rivet work as the slow core of ship construction, detailing that a 10,000 ton ship requires about 650 000 rivets weekly. It notes San Francisco Ionion yards average 300 000 rivets, Newport News and others 200 000 to 275 000, with a dozen smaller yards 50 000 to 150 000, and estimates 1 200 riveters needed for the rivet gangs to hit weekly goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ionion Shipyards
San Francisco
America
Fore River
Mass
Newport News
Dt .Camden
Philadelphia
Delaware
Edward Hungerford
Harper’s
North Lights Disrupt Telegraph Lines with Earth Currents
The aurora borealis causes electrical disturbances in telegraph and telephone lines as strange earth currents surge between 425 volts and 225 volts with about 2000 ohms resistance. Historical study by Donald McNicol notes Brest to Miquelon Island lines were worst affected with longer cables and western directions hit hardest. Currents injure condensers and behave erratically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald McNicol
Comany
Atlantic
Brest
Miquelon Island
St. Pierre
The First Romanoff Dynasty in Russian History
The Romanoff name traces to Andrew Kobyla from Prussia and the dynasty's rise in 1613 when Mikhael Romanoff became czar in Moscow. Intermarriage with German nobility shaped the line, and the article notes a long imperial rule ending with Czar Nicholas II's abdication in March 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanoff
Nay
Andrew Kobyla
Moscow
Prussia
Roman Yurleivitch
Vois
Czar
Nicholas
Electric growth method promised to boost crop yields
Scientists report a method to charge soil with electricity to trick crops into rapid growth. In UK government trials strawberry plants show 60 to 80 percent higher yields and potatoes allegedly respond similarly, aiding wartime food production and conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engls
Norfolk's Rapid Growth Outpaces 1910 Census Figures
G W Sizer, Norfolk hotel manager, tells the Raleigh Washington Post Norfolk now exceeds 140000 residents, more than doubling its 1910 count. He compares Norfolk's wartime boom with Washington and notes new business blocks and expanding suburbs as the city nears potential leadership in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
G. W. Sizer
Raleigh
Washington Post
Washington
National Capital
Hampton Roads
New Zealand
France
Belgium
Old Dominion
Strange Foods Across Cultures in War Time
War era diets push unusual items from potato flour to raw hippo steak. Roosevelt and Stefansson crews ate raw meat from hippos and polar bear flesh, while French snails and dogs, Arctic fish decomposed, and mares milk appear in distant menus. The New York Sun notes tastes vary.
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Roosevelt
Bartlett
Stefansson
New York Sun
Playing the Man in Hard Times Rally
The piece urges the brotherhood to act with steadfastness and manly purpose in life’s trials. It invokes Robert L. Stevenson’s view that life is a race to run with courage, without allowing fear to paralyze progress or spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Stevenson
Flying Fish Torpedo Turns Air into a Deadly Tool
The piece explains aerial torpedoes describe as tying fish due to tapering bodies and large fins. It notes they rise upright, gain diving speed from air resistance, and spin as they fall. It also mentions air resistance speeding bombs and darts and similar fins on Zeppelin bombs.
Uses of Swedish potatoes and their uses this year
Swedish potato crop is officially valued at 4 244.20 bushels. Of the entire crop 37.1 percent goes to direct human consumption, 32.7 percent to animals, and 65 percent used for making. The average is 11.9 percent and 118 percent is retalped for seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Respect for Fallen Foe In Tam o' the Scoots Tale
Edgar Wallace narrates a World War I incident from Everybody's in which Tam o’ the Scoots a Scottish flyer delivers a wreath to the funeral of German ace Von Zeidlitz. Tam lands near a cemetery, signals peaceful tribute, and receives a greeting from the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam O
Edgar Wallace
Everybody's
Tam
von Zeidlitz
Royal Flying Corps
Ludezeel
Jim of East Tennessee Shoots Straight Despite Training
A tall recruit from East Tennessee refused the standard firing stance and demonstrated a unique method. He stood with legs spread and arm extended to fire ten consecutive bull’s-eye hits, impressing observers and earning three Buffalo medals over the next three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
New London Smith Crafts 10000 Shark Hooks for Government
J W Fordham of New London Connecticut forged 10000 shark hooks in three sizes for the United States government. He completed the order in less than thirty days by maintaining continuous work and shipped the entire consignment to government agents in New York, with the hooks intended for use in shark fishing and possible leather substitutes from shark skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
J. W. Fordham
New London, Conn
Shaw's Cove
Httle
United States
Wordham
New York
Marine News
Hands and Feet Crosswalk Clash With Edinburgh Cabman
At a busy Edinburgh crossing a cabman defied a point duty police officer who held up traffic. The cabby joked that he saw a hand but thought it only signaled the change in light while the officer complained his hand was stopping the horse from shyin at his feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Blue
Walrus Feast Tells Greenland Hunters Harsh Feast
In northern Greenland the Smith Sound tribe eats walrus meat after harpooning. The 2000 pound carcass is towed ashore for butchery with shoulders flippers and trunk buried to ward off thieves. Entrails feed wolves and the feast includes raw stomach, clams, and boiled meat amid sleeping skins and storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Sound
Greenland
Fitzhugh Green
Popular Mechanics
North Greenland
House of a Thousand Closets Brings Order to Tiny Home
A New York area woman, described by Harriet Sisson Gillespie, converts a closetless dwelling into a model of storage. She adds cedar and pine closets on multiple floors, a cedar sunlit room, and a printed inventory to track every item, keeping moths away and misplaced objects found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harriet Sisson Gillespie
Mother’s Magazine
North Carolina
Quebec City Precedes New York as Founding Center
The text notes Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain,Older than New York founded around 1610. It traces exploration of New York Bay by Verrazano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609, Dutch fur trade starting 1610, Adrian Block building Restless in 1614, early huts on Manhattan, and the Dutch province status in 1623 with government on Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Quebec
Quebec City
Samuel de Champlain
New York Bay
Hudson River
Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Champlain
Adrian Block
Manhattan Island
New France
Canada
Delicate Youth Requests for Marine Discharge
A Fresno woman asks US Marine Corps to discharge her son claiming he is too weak for combat. Headquarters reply says he will remain in the service for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
Fresno
Cal
Washington
Japan Steel Output Rises. 1917-18 May Reach 600000 Tons
New figures from the Japan Advertiser, cited by the Commerce Reports, show total Japanese steel mill capacity around 888000 tons in August last year. First half of the previous year yielded 280000 tons. government works produced 200000 tons, with smaller mills and firms adding 42000 tons. If the growth continues, 1918 output could pass 600000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Bureau
Japan Advertiser
Government Steel Works
Japan Steel Tube Co
Japan Steel Works
Kawasaki Dockyard Co
Kamelabi Steel Works
Fort Dearborn Massacre and the 1812 retreat narrative
A historical account details Fort Dearborn's 1812 evacuation after an ambush by Potawatomi and other tribes. Captain Heald and 54 soldiers, 12 militia, and about 30 allied Miami faced heavy losses as the column retreated toward Detroit. A bronze memorial at the modern Chicago riverfront marks the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Wayne
Northwest
United States
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
John Whistler
Chicago
Fort Dearborn
Henry Dearborn
John Kinzle
Black Partridge
Pottawatomie
Captain Heald
Hull
Detroit
Httle
Blackbird
Heard
Eighteenth Street
Money say ing proposition in St Louis Globe Democrat
The Globe-Democrat offers low rate subscriptions despite higher production costs. Daily Globe-Democrat with or without Sunday is priced at 5.60 yearly, with club rates as low as 4.75 per year. The rural free delivery offer remains 3.00 annually, 2.50 in clubs of three, and Sunday rates vary. Readers urged to mail orders to The Globe Printing Co. St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Daily Globe- Democrat
Daily Globe-Democrat
The
Globe Printing Co
Si. Lowks
Peculiar suit born from smallpox quarantine death
A damage suit for 25000 dollars is filed against the town of Vincennes after John Smith of Bicknell failed to receive nurse and food during his wife Mrs Smith's quarantine for smallpox last summer, leading to her death from starvation and neglect. A separate item notes eight cattle valued at 1000 dollars owned by Wesley Wright of Palestine Illinois perished after breaking through Wabash River ice and being slaughtered to prevent further loss. meat was distributed to residents of Merom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
John Smith
Bicknell
Wesley Wright
Palestine
Lll
Merom
Wabash River
A Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
An advertisement touts Texas Wonder by Dr. E W Hall of St Louis as a remedy for kidney and bladder ailments in men women and children. It promises complete cures with one bottle lasting two months and offers testimonials on request for $1.00 postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
Louis
Toasted Cigarette Innovation by American Tobacco Co
The American Tobacco Company conducted experiments to improve smoking tobaccos by toasting Burley tobacco. They toasted the tobacco like bread, moistened it, and made cigarettes labeled Lucky Strike. The toasted cigarette created unprecedented demand, claimed to be healthier and with enhanced flavor, similar to cooking meat.
Space for Everything Sparks Closet Cleaning
A friend jokes that keeping “a place for everything” backfires as clutter hides items. The line hints that even the wise may overlook lessons from fools if order becomes rigidity.
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Earth
Sweden
Eskimos
American Tobacco Company
Illinois
Centennial Commission
Springfield
Watea
Justica
Dyirols
Salon
Lancoln
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