Great Lakes Naval Band Shines In Liberty Loan Drive
The Great Lakes Naval Training Station band led by Lieut. John Philip Sousa aided the Third Liberty Loan by performing across twelve Federal Reserve districts. About one thousand musicians toured cities from Chicago to Milwaukee, playing over twelve thousand pieces to nine million five hundred thousand people and boosting bond sales and patriotic fervor. Capt. William A. Moffett championed the effort as a major propaganda and Americanism success.
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Red Cross
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William A. Moffett
Great Bakes Naval Training Station
Kansas City
Duluth
Milwaukee
Missouri
Arkansas
Kentucky
Indiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Great Lakes
America
Cottage Cheese Recipes Add Nutritious Flare
Government food experts urge using high nutrition foods like cottage cheese in family meals. A recipe mix includes cottage cheese, bread crumbs or rice, butter, nuts, sage, salt, milk, soda, onion, formed into balls and fried, served hot with parsley. Cottage cheese desserts pair with berries and crackers.
Potatoes Lauded As Nutritious Food By Government
The United States Department of Agriculture extols potatoes as a healthy food that can be eaten freely with many uses. They help save wheat and can be incorporated into bread by mixing mashed potatoes with flour. They also contribute alkaline salts beneficial to normal health.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Egg Freshness Test by Water Tilt
A brief guide describes determining egg freshness by water testing. A truly fresh egg sinks and lies on its side, a stale egg stands upright, and a very old egg rises to the surface. Newly aged eggs tilt slightly, with increasing tilt as they age.
Tighter Skirts Force Lower Spokane Street Car Steps
Women in Spokane used fashion to drive change as street car steps were raised to twenty inches. After protests and public appeal, the state public service commission ordered steps lowered to fifteen inches, and the transportation companies complied.
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Spokane
Women’s Good Government League
Public Service Commission
Names of Family Dogs Used as Means of Identification
When a troopship was torpedoed months ago, many worried mothers learned of their sons’ rescue by cable. One mother received a message about her son’s safety, followed soon after by a request for money, leaving her puzzled by the second call.
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Genuin
The Things That Count Poem Reflection
A verse by Ella Wheeler Wilcox emphasizes that small repeated virtues outweigh bold deeds. It urges steadfast kindness, perseverance, faith, hope, and loving resilience as the true measures of a life. The message centers on quiet, daily righteousness.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bathing Is a Luxury Not a Health Necessity
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues bathing is an esthetic principle not proven to benefit health. He claims cleanliness effects are not established by medical practitioners and notes his Arctic writings from 1916 include a farewell from medical literature. He also cites a cultural view among Mexican pelados and a typhoid illness episode on Herschel Island.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Medical Review of Reviews
Stefansson
Interesting Facts on Agriculture and Travel
The text notes grass seed germinates in 14 to 18 days and that motorcycles and bicycles gain popularity in Siam. It mentions hand sorting of Chinese peanuts by women after sifting, with China and India exporting thousands of tons annually. In fishing, bright flies are effective in rough water for black bass.
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Siam
China
India
World’s tallest chimney rises in Saganoseki Japan
Popular Mechanics notes a reinforced concrete chimney 570 feet tall atop a hill 430 feet above a copper smelter. It discharges fumes 1,000 feet above the plant and features a 42 foot base diameter with a 26 14 foot top interior, a 95 foot foundation, 2700 cubic yards of concrete, a 150 foot inner lining with a five inch gap, and 400 tons of steel used in construction.
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Saganoseki
Japan
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Summer Smiles The Disagreeable Man
A comic exchange features Jack debating painting lessons with a harsh master and a manager joking about productivity. The chatter shifts to company plans as they discuss easing staff sick leave amid looming busy periods.
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Jack
Identical Thoughts and Teasing Exchanges
A playful scene features a boy asking his mother to warm his jacket and asking if it is wet. The host introduces Mr. Hogg author of clever poems, with a reveal that Hogg uses his real name rather than a pen name.
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Hogg
Mr. Hogg
Federal inspectors safeguard army and navy meat supply
Federal inspection service now covers army and navy meat and meat products with sixty seven inspectors in the army and thirty in the navy. Inspectors supervise slaughter, handling, and storage from live animals to field kitchens, ensuring compliance with stringent regulations and quality standards.
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Army
Navy
Federal Inspection Service
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of War
Secretary of Agriculture
Livestock Shift Impacts Farm Profits and Mules
The demand for mules has risen to a point where the future horse business is at risk in some areas. Not every farm adapts to profitable sheep husbandry and some farms are better suited to other livestock ventures.
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U. S
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Army meat analyzed for possible adulterants in military supply
Department of Agriculture inspectors at official establishments collect representative meat samples from every batch destined for the army or navy. Samples are sent to Meat Inspection laboratories for chemical examination with precedence over other work. Analyses include checks for adulterants and poisons.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Organization of
United States
Chicago
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Laboratories
Co Operation to Save Eggs for Winter Use Plan
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes a joint plan for producers and consumers to store summer-laid eggs for winter. Each farmer to keep one case 80 dozen for home use and sell one case to nearby consumers. Benefits include conserving supplies, stabilizing distribution and prices. Water glass or limewater methods advised with fresh eggs only.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
State Agricultural College
Washington, D. C
Farming guidance on feeding and grazing livestock
The text discusses giving pigs salt and wood ashes and planning early grazing for pigs calves lambs kids and colts. It notes intensive farming suits producing baby beeves or fat calves and weighs whether work horses should graze based on grass abundance and horse age.
Spent Yeast Transformed Into Useful Goods
A Popular Science Monthly note describes how spent yeast from breweries and distilleries is collected and processed. It is dyed and worked into powder called ernolth, then hot pressed into buttons, doorbell plates, knife handles and more.
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Popular Science Monthly
Coal production up 5.7 percent in six days
The fuel administration reports that over six days 11 088 000 net tons of bituminous coal were mined in the United States. This shows a 5.7 percent rise from the prior week. For the month the estimate is 46 478 000 net tons, about 10 percent above April 2017.
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the Fuel Administration
Pathfinder
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Health Ad Claims
An ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for weakness from overwork and poor living. It asserts the remedy supports kidney and bladder issues and promises immediate relief, with a money back guarantee if not helpful.
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Haarlem
Tolland
Haarlem Qil Capaules
Holland
Aubatitutes
Ady
Bureau tests show American glass surpasses German brands
The United States Bureau of Standards issued a report on its tests of American made glass for chemical use. It shows new American brands to be superior to Kavalier and equal or superior to Jena, the German glass widely used before the war.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Relative Hardships
A humorous exchange between Meandering Mike and Plodding Pete notes the tiresome task of dodging work. The dialogue mocks labor while hinting at broader social duties and a stubborn routine. A wry line suggests despite chaos a strong woman keeps her calendar intact.
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Pete
Mike
Freezone Lift Off Corns Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Freezone to halt corn pain instantly with a tiny drop, then lifting the corn away. It claims painless removal for hard and soft corns and calluses, selling a small bottle from druggists for a few cents. The discovery is credited to a Cincinnati genius.
Old Grist Mill to Norristown for Pioneer Days
The Montgomery County Historical Society formed a committee to move an 1784 grist and sawmill from Horns ham to Winwood park Norristown. Miss Maury Iredell gifted the relic and Norristown council pledges borough care in Whitwood park beside Stony Creek. The plan seeks to display the large driving wheel turbine wheel and cob crusher.
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Montgomery County
Pan.) Historical Society
Hornsham
Winwood Park
Norristown
Maury Iredell
Historical Society
Whitwood Park
Stony Creek
Rural phones hampered by wartime Red Cross work
The Owensville community reports phone service being crowded by wartime activity. Residents say lines are busy as people answer requests for Red Cross work and husbandry efforts, delaying calls to homes and farms.
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Owensville
Red Cross
Hays
Garden talk turns terse as chickens snub produce
A light exchange turns awkward as one gardener laments a poor crop while noting even neighbors’ chickens avoid the plants. The remark hints at failing harvest and neighborly ribbing in a small community.
Hatonic Tablets Promise Quick Stomach Relief in Heat
A hot weather remedy claims Hatonic tablets quickly absorb and neutralize acids and gases from undigested foods to restore appetite. The advertisement urges readers to start treatment today and promises money back if it fails to rid stomach and bowel misery common in hot weather.
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Hatonic
Eratonic
Eatonic
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