Potato Patriots Join Woodcraft League Potato Club
Ernest Thompson Seton appeals to Woodcraft League members to become potato patriots to boost national food supplies. Boys and girls pledge to plant at least fifty hills and donate proceeds to a war fund. Top growers earn an American flag, a forest league pennant, and a charter. free seed potatoes offered to early applicants.
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Woodcraft League
Ernest Thompson Seton
Woodcraft League of America
League
Woodcraft Potato Clube
Potato Club
War Metals Committees Formed To Boost Army Supply
The Council of National Defense created two committees to aid brass and aluminum shortages for the army and navy, collaborating with the Civilian Advisory Commission raw materials group. Brass members include C F Brooker, C D Goss, L H Jones, Barton Hazelton, and FP Kingsbury. Aluminum members include Arthur F. Davis, H E B Allyne, and Joseph A. Janney.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Council of National Defense
Civilian Advisory Commission
Brass
Charles F. Brooker
C. D. Goss
Waterbury
Jail de Luxe but Empty in Westchester
New York reports V Everit Macy takes over the Hast View penitentiary but cannot transfer Blackwell's inmates. About 200 Westchester prisoners remain under existing terms, and only 40 are needed to start operations, else no garden work in summer. Prison boasts marble showers desks linen and home comforts without freedom.
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New York
Boy Rescued From Sixteen Inch Gun At Bethlehem Works
A Bethlehem Steelworks apprentice became stuck while crawling through a newly forged sixteen inch naval gun bound for the United States Navy. Coaxed by a mechanic who threaded a rope from the front, workers pulled him free after he slid head first out. The gun guards the Panama Canal’s Atlantic entrance and is among the first cast in the country.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steelworks
United States Navy
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Novel recruiting stunt stirs Sydney crowd
In Sydney Premier Hughes addressed 20,000 supporters when riderless light horse horses rode into the square bearing white cloths asking who would fill an empty saddle. Hughes urged Australians to enlist as their country faced danger and within twenty minutes every horse had a rider, sparking intense excitement and promising to energize the recruiting campaign.
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London
Australia
Sydney
Hughes
Hughee
Lloyd George Discovers Hundreds of Schoolmates
London reports Lloyd George jokes that as a schoolboy in Wales he had thousands of schoolmates because nearly every day a letter arrived from someone claiming they once studied with him. He recalls the school attendance never exceeding thirty pupils.
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Lloyd George
London
Wales
Rice Chowder Way to Use Leftover Meat
Fry two tablespoons of rice and an onion in butter until brown. Add water and simmer until soft then stir in chopped cold meat or bacon. Mix in half a can of tomatoes and simmer briefly. Season to taste for a hearty home cookery dish.
Rice and Pepper Bake with Cheese Topping
Layer well cooked rice in a baking dish then add chopped sweet peppers and another rice layer. Cover with milk or cooked tomatoes and bake slowly for 45 minutes. Top with a pound of grated cheese and bake 15 minutes more. Serve hot.
Baked Dean Croquettes Recipe Notes
A recipe outlines combining baked bean pulp with onion juice white sauce salt and pepper. Let stand two to three hours then shape into croquettes coat with breadcrumbs eggs and crumbs and fry in deep fat.
Potato With Onion Puree Bake
Recipe instructs mashing boiled potatoes with salt pepper cream and butter, then forcing onions through a sieve and mixing in. Stuff into ramekins or a dish, top with butter, and bake until lightly browned.
Virginia Ham Preparation for Tender Slices
A Virginia ham is cut into slices about three fourths of an inch thick. A mixture of brown sugar and mustard is prepared and spread on both sides of the ham. The ham is placed in a baking pan with water in the bottom and baked until tender.
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Virginia
Fish Croquettes From Simple Pantry Mix
Three cupfuls mashed potatoes half cup cracker crumbs two eggs and a small can of fish flakes are formed into croquettes and dropped in hot fat to fry until golden brown for a quick crisp seafood snack.
Plan Rotation of Crops In Vegetable Garden
Advice on garden planning to maximize yield by grouping crops with similar growth needs and arranging successive plantings. Recommends planting spinach radishes and lettuce together and staggering tomatoes and peppers after spring crops. Early crops finish by June enabling replanting with later crops.
Vision of War and Emerging Democracy
The essay envisions a future eradicating autocracy and Prussian despotism through the Entente Allies. It honors brave soldiers who will die in Belgium France or Germany, pledges rewards for their sacrifices, and invokes divine blessing for a lasting peace and liberty across nations.
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Germany
Austria
Turkey
Hapsburg
Hohenzollern
Belgium
France
War taxes and rail penalties spark press and public debate
The piece argues newspapers face higher costs and possible stricter rates while urging free space and criticizing postwar tax plans. It warns of tight freight-car supply and severe penalties for slow unloading, urging citizens to act quickly to speed shipments and support war effort.
German plan to sink Entente hospital ships exposed
The piece denounces Germany announcing a policy to sink all entente hospital ships in the barred zone with limited exceptions. It argues the move is barbaric and a crime against civilized mankind, since these vessels carry the wounded to hospitals and are not military targets.
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Saloniki
Gibraltar
France
England
Paterson Health Board Plans Fly Suppression Drive
In Paterson New Jersey the board of health declared a day for households to wrap food to starve houseflies and asked all residents to kill 200 flies. Officials urged wrapping refuse before disposal and urged every resident able to act to help control the pest.
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Paterson
N. J
Board of Health
One Highway Commissioner Bill Clears Illinois Legislature
A bill establishing a uniform system of one highway commissioner per township passed both Illinois legislative chambers and will become law July 1. Current commissioners will be relieved from office, prompting a special election for a single township commissioner in each township. A stray note warns against self-imposed isolation as a money saving tactic.
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Imnois
Notice of Guardian Sale of Minor's Real Estate in Clark County
Everett E Slusser guardian of Marjorie Elliott seeks court permission to sell 8.5 acres and related parcels in Clark County Illinois for the minor's support and education. The application to the County Court of Clark County Marshall is set for the first Monday in July 1917. Everett Connelly attorney.
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Everett E. Slusser
Marjorie Eliott
Clark County
Marshall
Clark
Mlinois
Mary Ellott
J W. Eliott
Notice of Administrators and Civil Proceedings in Clark County
Notices cover the estate of Susan F Berkley deceased with Wm T Berkley named administrator and a July term court appearance in Marshall Illinois. Also includes a chancery suit in the Clark County Circuit Court with nonresident defendants Bruce Hancock Fred Hancock and Elizabeth Perry and a public bridge bidding notice for Turkey Run Bridge in Casey Zane Arbuckle counties with plans, bid rules, and meeting dates.
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State of
Ilinois
Clark County
Lawrence Hancock
Zermiah Reeder
Bruce Hancock
Fred Hancock
Elizabeth Perry
Westfield Building & Loan Association
Lawrence Rahmley
Circuit Court
Elizabeth Perrys
Holden
Marshall
Bill Marshall Wiinels
Jay Swern
Everett Connelly
Notice to Contractors for Rainbow Concrete Abutment Bridge
Sealed bids and specifications are on file with County Superintendent of Highways Zane Arbuckle Marshall Illinois. Bids will be received until 100 clock p.m. June 1917 for the reinforced concrete abutment under the East end of the first Ful bridge over the Auburn Branch in Anderson township Clark County Illinois.
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Zane Arbuckle
Marshall
County Superintendent of
Court House
Auburn Branch
Anderson Township
Clark É County
Nulnots
Anderson Township Bridge Bids Opened May 14 1917
Bids for concrete work on the Anderson township bridge are invited with an engineer's estimate of 270 dollars and a Bond requirement of 2500 dollars. Plans call for 32 cubic yards of concrete and 450 feet of reinforced steel. Bids opened and contract awarded as above date. John Paddock Burns Hurst and W A Byram Bridge Committee. Henry Miller Newt Brossman G J Boesinger Commissioners. Marshall Illinois May 14 1917.
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John Paddock
Burns Hurst
W. A Byram
Henry Miller
Newt. Brossman
G. J. Boesinger
Anderson Township
Marshall
Illinois
Zane Arbuckle, Co
Executors of William T Martin estate set to hear claims
Estate of William T Martin deceased appoints executors Harry B Dulaney and Mary P Hamill to appear at Clark County Court Marshall Illinois at July Term to settle claims. Creditors must attend and debtors pay promptly per May 3 1917 notice date.
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Susan F. Berkley
County of
Clark
State of
Illinois
Clark County
Marshall
A. D
Wiliam T Martin
Francis A Cornwell
Ilinois
Executor's Notice and Master in Chancery Sale
Executors notice in Clark County Illinois. Francis A Cornwell estate probate details and sale by master in chancery in Coles County decree. Sale of real estate in Clark County to settle debt with mortgage assumption and rents rights. Bond and payment terms outlined with cash option and one year note.
Guardian Seeks Sale of Minor's Real Estate in Clark County
By decree of the County Court Walter Jones guardian of Nina Jones and Harold and Marian Jones minors seeks to sell a one acre tract in Clark County Illinois. The sale is set for June 16 1917 at 2 PM at the east door of the Marshall courthouse with cash payment due on sale. Arthur Poorman is listed as attorney.
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Guardian
Ilinois
Clark County
Walter Jones
Nina Jones
Harold Jones
Marian Jones
Clark
Walter Jouss
Section Fifteen
Mlimots
Court House
Marshall ID
Harold
Arthur Poorman
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Board For War Metals
DE Luxe
Westchester
Boy
Big Gun
Penryvant
Dow Bank
United States
Mrust
War Department
Foley
Brownsville
Texas
Chas. Baker
Everett EL Slusser
Guardian of
Said Minor
Atty
Wm. T. Berkley
Admr
Will
State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
County Superintendent of Highways
Cofford Older
Springfield
Ilinors
Casey Township
Marshall Ilinois
Turkey Run
DuPont
Vandatia
Slusser
H. O Slusser
Harry McDaniel
J W Price
Y D. Callahan
Orville Arnold
E. A Rudy
William T. Martin
Harry B Dulaney
Mary P Hamill
W H Drewell
Coles County
Linois
James Allen Clarke
Violet Leona Clarke Et al
Towi
Vol Cole
Clarence W Hughes
Coles Co
Bryan H. Tivnen
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