What Sammies Eat Coffee and Buttermilk Shape Army Mess
Belle Case Harrington writes from Seaville on modern military rations in training camps. Beef is served twice daily with white bread from the camp bakery, vegetables when available, and canned substitutes otherwise. Meals are cafeteria style. soldiers carry meat pans and cups, serving themselves, then eating on tables or the ground.
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Belle Case Harrington
Sealle’s
Mother
Jane
Sam
No Butter Policy At Vassar In War Cost Cut
Vassar College bans butter at dinner and replaces it with gravies jellies and jams as a wartime cost saving. The plan aims to ease expenses while offering omelets sweet tooth students may expect more sugar and less meat across meals.
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Vassar College
New York World
Sheep Killing Parrots Loose in San Francisco
Two Australian parrots escaped from wooden crates in San Francisco and began killing sheep. The Smithsonian Institution had shipped them to Washington. Federal authorities offered a reward of 100 dollars for each parrot captured dead or alive. The birds are known to prey on sheep in Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Popular Mechanics Magazine
New Zealand
Sarcastic Surprise as Insult in Phrase Turn
A witty exchange questions why calling men sects is an insult. The reply suggests the jab lies in insects always seizing work opportunities, turning the remark into a biting social quip.
Bachelor maid and Mr Stevens pursue happiness tale
The fragment mentions Mr Stevens writing a book on the hiss tery of happiness and a playful remark about a married man. Readability is limited with casual dialogue and incomplete names.
Pope's Portrait Joke From Vatican Satirizes Artist
A Rome correspondent reports Pope Benedict amusedly granted an American painter one photo aided sitting for a Vatican portrait. The artist planned to debut in America, prompting the pope to add a penned message. The lines turned out to be a Gospel quote, It is I be not afraid from Matthew 14 27.
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Prices During Civil War Highlight Historic Food Costs
The piece compares wartime prices with modern costs, noting sugar at 58 dollars per barrel and tea at over 100 dollars for a 2 pound chest, while coffee topped four times current prices. It argues inflation and rationing push demand for Hoover's economy plans and contrasts German and occupied European rations with American levels.
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Lesle
France
Belgium
Funds for Liza Jane and the war allotment scheme
A sergeant reads from the New York Times about wartime payments to wives. Liza Jane will receive $15 monthly from her husband’s allotment and a memorandum notes this aid for her and any children. If the husband dies in battle she may receive $4 500 or more as a death benefit.
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New York Times
Liza Jane
Sam
Boy outsmarts gaol threat by climbing pole for safety
A father warns his son with a switch and searches the yard. The boy climbs a telephone pole to escape punishment, with a neighbor spotting him and the family agreeing the next whipping will be double if needed.
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Indianapolis
That Funny Feeling
A boy recalls visiting a place with a big swing popular with youths. On returning home his father asks if he rode it. Bobby says he swung a little but it made his head ache and stomach churn, so he stopped.
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