Big Navy Meals Highlight Shipboard Rations
Washington reports on navy food, with three meals daily costing about 37 cents a day. Fresh vegetables replace canned goods, and sailors enjoy higher purchasing power than soldiers. Admiral McGowan notes certain staples remain essential in rations.
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Washington
Terra Firma
Navy
Army
Uncle Sam
Jacky
National Defense
Admiral McGowan
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Sailors Welfare and Food Rations Through Time
An article contrasts canned versus fresh foods in naval rations, noting canned staples in modern ships and the historic shift from hard tack and salt horse. It highlights costs, the large enlisted force, and the daily per man feed expense, with figures near 87 cents.
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Aoral
Uncle Sam
Government Accepts 400 Rose Varieties for Arlington Experiment
The Department of Agriculture at Arlington Virginia formally received over 400 rose varieties donated by florists across the nation. Dr W A Taylor accepted on behalf of the secretary of agriculture. Plants have two years of growth and three years of testing to evaluate climate effects.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Arlington
W. A. Taylor
Bureau of Plant Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
National Rose Society
Hartford
San Francisco
Wate
New Device Guides Submarine Pilots Inventor Maxim Claims Cheaper Position Indicator
New York Hudson Maxim has developed a cheaper position indicator for submarines that lets a vessel determine its own position underwater without surfacing. He applied for a patent, noting costs of about 1000 dollars versus 17000 for current systems, and said the device could be used on any ship. Maxim also discussed potential for locating other vessels and offered the inventions to the U.S. government.
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Maxim
Mr. Maxim
United States
Navy Department
Lowell fixed man's prime at twenty three announces mental peak
Harvard University President Lowell told graduates that mental and physical maxima occur near age twenty three. He said physical growth ends at eighteen or nineteen, while mental capacity peaks much earlier than most think and gains from experience after twenty three are limited.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Lowell
Harvard University
Nutley Graduate Elsie Ryan Receives Unblemished Record
Nutley New Jersey high school senior Elsie Norma Ryan completes fourteen years of perfect attendance with no absences or tardies, marking a notable achievement among this year’s graduates.
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Nutley
N. J
Elsie Norma Ryan
Echoo
States Aid New Money System Aids Federal Reserve Entry
State legislatures show growing support for unifying the banking system under the Federal Reserve Act. Twenty nine states report progress enabling state banks and trust companies to subscribe to reserve bank stock or act as trustees. New York and Massachusetts moved to allow state banks to subscribe for stock. Connecticut opposition remains.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Congress
Btutes
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Dixie Highway Routes Form Across Seven States
Commissioners from seven states adopt the Dixie highway route from Chicago to Miami with Chicago as the northern terminus and Miami as the southern. A west and an east section between Indianapolis and Miami are linked by a Lake Michigan loop and a Florida west coast connection, creating a continuous loop. The group invites Michigan to join and plans extend the east route north through Toledo to Detroit, listing Danville Indianapolis Louisville Nashville Cincinnati Lexington and Knoxville among key cities along the line.
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Chicago
Miami
Chattanooga
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Indianapois
Lake Michigan
Florida
Commiseum
Michigan Inro Hemaeocistion
Lake Loop
Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
Danville
Indianapolis
Louisville
Nashville
Cincinnati
Lexington
Knoxville
Doctor Jim Keith Overcomes Injury To Earn Md Degree
In Philadelphia a man whose back was broken and one leg amputated after a fall from a window still passed Jefferson Medical College exams and earned his M D amid support from his wife Ida and infant daughter. Jim Keith, from Schaefferstown, Pa., faces a lifelong hospital ward as he begins his medical career.
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Philadelphia
Jim Keith
Jefferson Medical College
Jim
Schaefferstown
Jeffereen Hospital
James Keith
Ida
Keith
Jefferson Hospital
Jefferson College
Woman Saves Life by Stopping Bleeding During Robbery
Mrs Frank Roose of East St Louis saved Oscar Bilger by stanching his throat and neck wounds with her beads after he was assaulted by three men near Cahokia TL. Bilger, 45, was robbed of $24 while driving to Cahokia. the assailants fled. Bilger’s wounds were bound, and help arrived soon after.
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St Louis
Frank Roose
East Bt. Louis
Oscar Bilger
Cahokia
Bilger
East St Lents
Nearly Lost Fortune by Name Change and Discovery
Albert Bourne, a transient farm hand, nearly lost a $7,000,000 inheritance from an uncle in Melbourne, Australia after using the name Albert Brown. After a nationwide search across seven states he was found on a Lincoln Nebraska area farm, previously living on a St Joseph Missouri hog farm for $1 weekly. The estate includes 339,000 acres of land, 25,000 sheep, 400 horses, hundreds of cattle and £0,000 in wealth. Bourne is Irish and Atty years old.
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Sioux City
Albert Brown
Albert Bourne
Melbourne
Australia
Seven States
Bourne
Lincoln
Neb
St Joseph
Afa
Trish
Atty
American Express expands links to Russia and Asia
George C. Taylor announces Edward F. Weles-Smith as Commercial Agent in Petrograd as part of broader plans to boost US Russia trade and open new offices in Manly and Hongkong. He cites prior talks with Imperial Russian Embassy officials and aims to connect Russian importers with American suppliers while simplifying shipments. The move follows a Chinese commerce visit and highlights expanding export ties for the United States.
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United States
Russian Empire
George C. Taylor
American Express Co
Edward F. ‘F. Weles-Smith
Express
Paris
France
Petrograd
Mr. Taylor
C. J. Medzikhovsky
Russia
York City
Libag
Riga
Moscow
Archangel
Wather
Taylor
Americas
Orient
Maiily P.T
Hongkong
China
Chinen Industrial Commission
Asia
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Weyman-Bruton Company
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