Secretary Houston Presses War Time Farm Drive
Secretary Houston tells Congress that record crops require even higher farm output to meet domestic needs and Allies in the war. He praises farmer patriotism, notes rising cattle and crop totals, warns of meat shortages, and outlines government extension work to boost production and forest grazing amid wartime pressures.
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Washington
Bec
Houston Bays
Congress
America
IL Ia
Ilva
Burone
Saya
Partment
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Texas
United States
Houston
Treasury Department
Food Administration
Department
Foreigners Eager to Learn at Night High School Sessions
Superintendent McIntyre told the board that about twelve foreigners attend the night sessions at the high school. Among the pupils are four married women, two Italians, two Russians, one Irish, two Germans, and a Dutch student. All work during the day and some must work overtime at night, limiting class time.
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McIntyre
Board of Education
Ambitious boy walked twenty miles for a boot in old days
In a prior era a boy endured a long walk to borrow a boot while today public libraries offer loans at the door. The fragment from the journal reflects nostalgia for simpler times and evolving community services.
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Lantsvile
Mercury Hits New Low as City Freezes Over
Persistent NW winds kept temperatures plunging through the night as pipes froze across the city. Residents awoke to cold homes and sought water from neighbors while thermometers barely touched ten degrees below zero at early morning readings, causing widespread disruption and commuting delays.
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Ita
H. & Moore
Frigid morning as trolley break disrupts Park Place line
Streetcar service in the city was disrupted by a trolley break on the Park Place line at Delo Street. Early morning repairs mobilized hundreds of workers while hundreds of commuters faced long hikes to reach distant work sites.
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Delo Street
Park Place
Tlie
November truants and welfare report from the city
The truant officer reports no truants in November. Fifteen pairs of shoes were bought with tag day money for schoolgirls and ten pairs for some little boys. Nineteen children were found sick and provided for. Two left school to work at fourteen. Sixteen moved away, two were vaccinated, and one wayward pupil was sent to Glenwend after Juvenile Court hearing.
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Charles Kern
Glenwend
Iron in the Blood Peniron Pill Ad from Can Hood Co
An advertisement touts Peniron an iron tonic claiming to enrich blood strengthen nerves and boost stamina. It highlights its ingredients popery mus celery and other tonics and praises Can Hood Co of Lowell Massachusetts as makers.
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Can Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
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East Second St
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Santox
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Spriety Brand Clothes
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