Patriotic Liars Figure Their Ages in Draft Rush
International News Service reports mass registration across the Midwest and beyond as men stretch ages to join the 1917 draft. Government estimates show registrations exceeding census projections with Chicago alone at 308041 and nationwide totals surpassing 650000. A few arrests for obstruction occurred in Hyde Park, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internttional News Service
Chicago
Patriotic Mars
Middle West
Stending
Grig
Crowder
Washington
Amoss
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa
Madaho
Hyde Park
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nevada
Oregon
Texas
Fashion Faces Smashed In Battle
The Lancet highlights wartime advances in facial reconstruction in Europe. Surgeons and dentists collaborate to restore damaged faces using grafting bone flesh and dentures. Four pages of before and after photographs illustrate patient improvements from shell fragments and shrapnel injuries.
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Europe
The
Lancet
London
Percival Cole
H. D. Gillies
J. King
Texas Onion Boom Enriches Border Growers
Texas onion growers report strong profits as a Laredo farm with 181 acres nears $70 per acre in gains. Growers buy fresh seed from Bermuda at 40 cents a bushel, labor is mostly Mexican workers crossing the Rio Grande, paid 60 cents to 1.50 per day.
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Texas
Barry Miller
Washington Post
Laredo
Lis
Rio Grande
Texas Onion Fields
Why Silk Is Cheaper Abroad Than Here
A discussion from a Washington housekeeping conference notes that labor costs push silk prices higher domestically, while substitutes like cotton and recycled wool lower costs. It cites England’s cheaper silk for cartridges, wartime wool use, shoe design trends, and growing luxury demand as prices rise. It also mentions Pacific coast cost pressures and imports from Seattle and San Francisco, plus government tests on Chinese ship goods and foreign packaging practices.
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Grace G. Detiny
Washington
Univer
Seattle
Dajian
Europe
England
Eneland
Denny
Trent
United Sta
Fiona
Pacific Coast
Eacb
Middle West
Orbial
Amd
San Francisco
Ast Katsely
United States “Food Laboratory
China
Sone British
Amerian—shell, Pack and Frenze de Cees
Frozen Eggs From China Hit H. C. of L
Attle, Wash. report notes frozen eggs from China shipped to the United States. The eggs are said to be cheaper due to labor costs in packing and distribution, potentially affecting canal supplies and market dynamics. The item appears amid an unrelated quoted dialogue and miscellaneous notes.
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Edward S. Stevenson
Clare P. PuShane
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Mountain Inn
E. Washington
Double S. & WW
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Mare Jane Canvas
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