Sailors Sail Homeward Songs Under Maine Night Sky
A khaki clad leader at Newport trains 190 sailors in song before they sail to New York and on to service. The crowd sings Star Spangled Banner and marches into the night as a Navy training program boosts morale through music. The event highlights the Navy’s training station leaders who dedicate effort to uplifting recruits through communal song.
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Fall River Line
Newport
R.T
Torpedo Station
New York
Long Wharf
Tie
Suwanee
Nancy Lee
Indiana
Niigara
Inkhakl
Man Inkhaki
War and Navy Department
Lee I. Hanmer
Diverse Inventions And Facts From Global Innovations
The article lists varied inventions and customs from around the world. It notes American salt works dominating domestic supply, Japan’s perceived social stability, and a Minnesota rake self cleaning attachment. It mentions a ship signaling device in England, Russian marriage history, Italy’s perfume consumption, an air spray painting device, Japanese artificial silk, multi torque tractors, adjustable concrete form supports, and a Jewish reference to Pentateuch names and Torah.
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Japan
Europe
Minnesota
Russia
Exeh
Moses
Stenography Mixup Sends Thousand Cars to France
A Red Cross transportation chief asks for a thousand cars for France. A French delegation thanks the U.S. for the gift, unaware none were sent. The error stems from a French stenographer turning the English letter into a French version. The mix up reveals wartime miscommunications.
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Red Cross
Transportation Bureau
Haive
Elizabeth Frazer
Busy With His Bugs
A playful exchange shows a maid returning from a trip and a professor planning a kiss later in a study scene. The dialogue hints at a light domestic vignette with humor about a mundane task and romantic tease.
Diverse Historic Snippets Span Technology Growth and Heritage
An electric machine for shaping shipyard adzes, rapid bamboo growth, and a ninefold rise in Black property value from 1880 to 1917 are noted. A 900 year old wine from Speyer is unearthed in Bavaria. London school attendance may dip 11 000 due to air raids while Philadelphia plans the world’s largest pipe organ with nine panel divisions and 283 stops.
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Georgina
Speyer
Bavaria
London
England
Philadelphia
Ventilation key to winter poultry health and productivity
United States Department of Agriculture advises keeping poultry houses ventilated to ensure pure air and dryness. Do not seal tight at night. use doors and windows to balance ventilation and prevent moisture buildup, frost, and sickness, with dry straw recommended for extra warmth in severe cold.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Turkey Forager Efficient for Year Round Feeding
The article explains that turkeys with good range from early spring to late fall can find insects, green vegetation, weed seeds, and scattered grain to sustain growth. With ample forage, maintenance costs are low and labor minimal, making year round rearing economical.
Use of Waste Products in Poultry Feed
Use kitchen and farm waste as poultry feed to reduce costs. Include sharp sand for young goslings and ducklings to aid digestion and growth, with emphasis on full utilization of all edible scraps from table and farm range.
Freezone corn treatment promises instant relief and pain free removal
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a quick effective remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. It claims instant pain relief with a drop applied to the corn and removal by fingers, calling Freezone a Cincinnati genius discovery sold by druggists in small bottles for a few cents.
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Cincinnati
Peddler Infiltrates City Attorney Office Sifts Answers
City Attorney Stephens is surprised when a peddler intrudes into his private office and rambles about an ash sifter. The peddler pushes for a sales pitch while Stephens insists he burns gas and avoids selling ash sifters. The exchange ends with the peddler conceding the tactic was the means of entry.
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Stephens
Los Angeles Times
Stop the Pain Cole's Carboli salve ad
Burn or cut pain ends with Cole's Carboli salve. Heals quickly without scars. 2c and 50c at druggists. Free sample—The J. W. Cole Co., Rockford, Illinois.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Ill
Car salesman Bluff Traps Firm Boss
A man posing as a book salesman enters the private office of a firm head in Cleveland. He claims to offer a valuable travel guide with maps near Cleveland. The boss dismisses it, revealing the book is a bluff and the agent is selling cars.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Soldier at Camp Custer Hopes Boxing Not Rise to General Status
A young private at Camp Custer, with a discolored eye and bloodied nose, told a friend he hopes boxing promoters never elevate it to the general status.
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Camp
Custer
Accounted For Tenor Notes In Liquid Voice
A reader quote string praises a tenor's singing for smooth notes and musical phrasing. The lines suggest admiration of vocal tone and careful lyric delivery. The remark hints at the singer's disciplined technique and tonal range without naming a specific event or performer.
Scilly Isles Produce Flowers for Perfume Yearly
Under normal conditions the Scilly islands yield about 700 tons of flowers annually for perfume. A married man may have much to say but his wife often stops him from speaking.
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Italy
Scilly Islands
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules Promises Kidney Relief
An advertisement claims weak kidneys and aging cause bodily decline and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. It describes capsules as odorless, easy to take, claim they cleanse kidneys, purify blood, ward off fatal diseases, and offer a money refund if ineffective. It urges readers to buy from a druggist.
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Haarlem
Eatonic remedy advert promises quick relief for excess stomach acid
A modern treatment called EATONIC offers fast relief from excess stomach acid using pleasant tasting tablets that absorb acid like blotting paper. It is sold for 50 cents with a money back guarantee and a mail order option from Entonic Remedy Co. Chicago IL.
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Eatonio
Hatonio
Entonic Remedy Co
Gunther Bldg
Chicago, IL
Signs of It Chestnut Crop Promises Strong Year
The town expects a good chestnut harvest this year as residents joke that one can tell from the abundance of fish stories told around the market. The comment hints at lively local chatter reflecting optimism.
Not a Thought of It Speech Parry
The exchange frames a witty retort about impact in dialogue with a quiet clash of tact and reflex. One speaker notes no phrases sparked further reflection, turning the moment into a playful test of influence and attention.
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