What the War Is Costing
State councils of defense report national debts of Allied and Central powers to show war’s true cost. Britain Australia Canada New Zealand France Italy United States Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria Turkey totals rise with war. Germany’s debt burden serves as argument against further American spending.
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Germany
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
France
Italy
United States
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
America
Daily Reading for Safe Home Heating Rules
Practical guidance on managing home heating and fire safety. It covers checking house temperature and weather, controlling fuel bed thickness, avoiding frequent door openings, regulating drafts, keeping ashes, soot, and flues clean, and proper ash pit maintenance to prevent grate damage.
Wool Scarcity This Winter Prompts Garment Conservation
World War I era guidance urges families to inventory wool garments and repurpose or donate unused items. Bernard Baruch warns against wool surplus and stresses using or altering clothing for civilians and refugees.
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Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Salvation Army
Wireless Progress in Airborne Communications During War
A semiofficial British air force statement reports vast improvements in wireless telegraphy used with aircraft. It notes historical 1914 limits have been overcome and airborne wireless now aids allied military operations, enabling long reconnaissance and rapid detection of enemy movements from distant huts on airfields.
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Lnes
Hints for the Poultry Grower on Litter and Exercise
Advice on keeping laying hens busy with floor litter to provide exercise. Feed whole or cracked grains in straw or leaves, renew litter to prevent fouling, use straw with chaff, and hang sheaves of oats or wheat to encourage threshing. Warns against feeding corn alone as a measure of laying eggs.
Hog Island Shipyard Half Completed In Five Months
Hog Island, touted as the world’s largest shipyard, reached half completion in under five months since groundbreaking on September 22, 1917. The site rapidly grew into a self contained wartime city with training schools hospitals housing guards and a vast industrial complex aiming to produce about 1 500 000 tons of ships by end of 1919, while supporting merchantmen totaling 8 000 000 tons.
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Hog Island
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Tanbe
Great Britain
Twing Island
This Year’s Apple Crop Big Increase Over 1917
The department of agriculture estimates this year’s commercial apple crop at 24,400,000 barrels, up from 22,519,000 barrels a year ago. State totals include New York 7,037,000 and Washington 12,029,000 barrels with others across Maine to California listing smaller quantities.
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Department of Agriculture
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Washington
California
Paper Economy and Bond Debates in Berlin Dialogue
A Berlin official discusses efficiency and agreements noting slate pencil drafts to avoid waste. A disrupted conversation reveals a bond swap, with mentions of a $25 payment and a ten dollar alternative bond option.
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Doctor Dumkopf
Berlin
War garden yields weeds and wonder for future crops
The exchange recalls Mr Crosslers claim his garden produced weeds proving soil could grow something better. The dialogue contrasts poetic justice and courtroom clash as defendants and plaintiffs spar over a punch in a moment of indignation.
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Mr. Crosslers
Strategical Move in Finance Amid War Fears
A banker notes war firms enter finance as a gentleman seeks a loan of 8500 to wipe out two silients menacing his lines of communication. The remark frames wartime finance and strategic risk affecting trade routes and merchant interests.
Words of Wise Men and Political Reflections
A compilation of short maxims and quotes on pride fear religion and virtue. Notable lines touch on despising others political prosperity and the essential role of religion and morality in governance. The selections include thinkers such as Rochefoucauld and Cooper and reference a piece titled On the Heights by Auerbach.
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Heights
Historic Coins and the Early Portrait Gallery
The text notes that coins offer the earliest authentic portraits of royalty, making them crucial to art and history scholars. It hints at the coins' value as historical portraits of sovereigns, serving as a cornerstone for studying rulers through monetary artifacts.
The Waiter Spy Taken To Grill Room For Questioning
A club waiter who was arrested as a spy was taken to the grill room for questioning. A conversation notes a man who supposedly browbeats his wife but is unmarried, prompting a remark on his relationship status.
Traits of English Kings Echo Edward Fourth and Richard Third
The text notes traits of English monarchs resembling Edward IV and Richard III. It contrasts governance styles and reputations attributed to these late medieval rulers.
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Edward the
Hishard the
Juice Stands Boost Orange Consumption Across Nation
The Fruit World attributes a surge in orange use to many orange juice stands that have appeared nationwide. Sugar shortages since the war began push drink makers to use fewer sweeteners, lifting orange demand and market activity despite high prices from a depleted crop after last year’s heat wave.
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United States
Keep Home Expense Accounts
The article explains two methods for farm household expense records. One method records purchases without classification, the other classifies each item as entered. The second method facilitates current and end of month totals and easier transfer to summary pages.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poppies in the Wheat Fields of France
A war poem recounts poppies in French wheat fields as shells and machine gun fire scar the land. It honors Yankee soldiers, their helmets and trenches, marching through furrows toward burning woods and a quiet moonlit field. The verse ends with tribute to Captain Hanson and the Stars and Stripes.
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France
Ekylark
John Mills Hanson
F. A
Sunny Side Recipe From Mothers' Cook Book Chestnut Dish
A recipe note from the Mothers' Cook Book describes preparing chestnuts. Shell and boil a pint of chestnuts, remove skins, rub through a colander, sweeten, flavor with orange extract, and serve on a chilled platter with whipped cream and maraschino cherries.
Banana Mousse with Lemon and Egg White Snow
Peel and mash two large bananas. Mix in lemon juice and optional grape juice. Beat in one egg white until fluffy, then fold in confectioners sugar until stiff peaks form. Serve in a glass dish with cold custard or whipped cream.
Pickled peppers and pear tomato salad delight
For peppers lovers in the North, half peck peppers scalded in hot vinegar and salt are sealed in jars. A novel salad idea uses tomato petals with pear strips and French dressing with onion juice and tabasco, promising a dainty appetizing combination.
Gold Rush Prospects After War Reach Canadian Fields
Reports from Our Neighbor on the North indicate postwar gold discoveries near Vanderhoof British Columbia may spur rapid mineral development. A smelter site in central British Columbia is hoped to accelerate growth, with a promising iron field reported 40 miles south on Tatuk and Finger lakes and possible Grand Trunk Pacific expansion to tap the new resources.
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Caribou
Yukon
Vanderhoof
B. C
British Columbia
Tatuk
Finger Lakes
Mssager
Grand Trunk Pacific
American Slang Roots Reach From Games To Crime
An analysis notes American English slang grows from popular culture and crime, with words like dope tracing to opium dens and nicknames prefixed to public figures. It highlights a colored German prince nicknamed Mister Rat face, contrasting his lack of courage with a rodent’s notoriety.
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England
New York Herald
Germany
Ratface
Hand Organs Here Again Stirring War Tunes Return
A New York Times observer notes the return of hand organs in the streets, calling the wartime melodies a disturbance of serenity. He recalls six years ago organists filled streets with tunes like the Marseillaise, with coins guiding their performances and players tracking loyal houses for payment.
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New York Times
Marseillaise
X Organs
New War Industries Board limits on shoes and accessories
The War Industries Board enacts conservation rules restricting women’s shoe heels to 2 1/8 inches and banning pullstraps top bands and decorative accessories. Men’s button shoes may be made only in patent leather. The measures add to existing limits on colors and fancy leathers in footwear.
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War Industries Board
World Altitude Record Set At 28 900 Feet
Captain R. W. Schroeder reportedly set a new world altitude record of 28 900 feet at Wilbur Wright Field near Dayton on September 18. The Aero Club of America certified the flight after scientific tests verified the record.
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R. W. Schroeder
Wilbur “Wacht Field
Dayton
Aero Club of America
Retired band organists and street music in wartime
The piece notes that hand organ players, displaced by affordable phonographs, retreated five years ago and hid their instruments in Mulberry and Carmine street cellars. It observes wartime dress changes among women proprietors and how war music outside flag-bearing homes often brings rewards to street musicians.
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Mulberry Street
Carmine Street
Idaho Falls Dehydration Plant Produces Potato Flour for Army
A new dehydration plant at Idaho Falls Idaho has demonstrated the capability to produce about one ton of premium potato flour per hour. The plant signals a shift toward domestic potato flour and starch production reducing reliance on imports from Germany and Holland.
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United States
Europe
Idaho Falls
Idaho
San Francisco
Potato Association of America
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Timely Sayings and Wry Reflections
A collection of aphorisms about politeness honesty weakness and storytelling. The verses poke at clever quips that fail and at the vanity of expecting friends to endure weak humor while noting charity as a motive for some.
Ominous Outlook Quips From Dentist Chair
In a Kansas City Star clip a dentist urges a youngster to brace for a quick extraction while the boy quotes a biblical view about time. The exchange underscores grave humor during a medical moment.
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Clarence Callipers
Tikansas City Star
Pape's Diapepsin Ends Indigestion Fast
When meals upset you and cause belching gas acids and indigestion relief comes instantly with one tablet. Papes Diapepsin stops indigestion pain and vanishes gas acidity heartburn flatulence and dyspepsia. Tablets cost little at drug stores.
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Pape
Brotherly clash over taunt ends in silence
In a tense exchange Sonny taunts his father after a confrontation. Father asks why and Sonny answers nothing, noting the other boy is much bigger. The moment ends with implied strain between father and son.
Pimples Targeted With Cuticura Ointment and Soap
Ad suggests a facial treatment using Cuticura Ointment applied on rising and retiring then washed off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap. Free samples offered at Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap and Ointment priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Paradoxical Humor Sparks Interest in Dry Stories
Critics note the author’s dry humor in short stories, praising the wit that leaves readers wanting more. The commentary highlights craft, tone, and the paradox of humor that sharpens anticipation for future work.
Get New Kidneys Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad
Early warning signs of kidney and urinary trouble are listed with urging to start Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules immediately. Claims include rapid relief, a money back guarantee, and a history of use. The ad promotes the GOLD MEDAL brand as genuine with three box sizes.
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Bright
Haarlem
Tad Hostess Conversation Sparks Gentlemen's Banter
A light exchange unfolds as a hostess asks James about pie preferences and he replies with a playful, if hesitant, request for a slightly larger slice. The moment hints at a courteous, flirtatious mood within a social setting.
Ancient mosaic unearthed at Aquileia site
Archaeologists reveal the largest ancient mosaic ever found covering over 4,500 square yards at the Aquileia site, a Roman city destroyed in 425. The discovery highlights remarkable Roman art and urban layout preserved beneath the ruins.
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Aquieleia
World altitude records set by early aviators
The 1913 French record by G. Segagueux reached 20 258 feet while Caleb Bragg set a U S height of 26 250 feet at Mineola in 1917. Captain Schroeder flew a Bristol fighter with an 800 horsepower Hispano Suiza motor. the first American world record since Lincoln Beachey’s 11 642 foot flight in Chicago in 1911.
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G. Segagueux
France
Caleb Bragg
Mineola
Schroeder
Lincoln Beachey
Chicago
Population of France in World War I era
In 1914 France counted 60,500,000 people with about 50,000 excess births yearly. By 1916 civilian deaths reached 700,000 and military deaths 400,000, totaling 1,100,000 lives lost.
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France
Temperature Range Noted in Surinam
Report notes Surinam has the smallest temperature range with summer highs at 7S degrees and winter lows about half a degree lower.
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Surinam
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