Acquiring a Habit of Thrift Across Nations
The piece argues thrift as a national strength in wartime, citing Germany France and the United States. It praises shared restraint, notes prewar debt alone funded by peasants in France, recalls Paris meals, and underscores War Savings stamps as key to uniting and fortifying the nation. It laments excess and envisions lasting discipline after the war.
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United States
L W. W
Marines of the Sea Power through Esprit de Corps Training
A vivid portrait of United States Marines as they reinforce Allied defenses in France. The piece attributes their success to relentless training and strong esprit de corps, detailing Marine creed, boot camp lessons, and the drive from Paris Island and Mare Island to combat at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood.
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United States Marine Corps
Germany
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Bouresches
Bellenu Wood
Boils de la Brigade de Marines
Esprit de Corps
Paris Island
S. C
Mare Island
Cal
Corps
Marine Corps
Fiji Islands
Sumatra
Hawaii
Mexico
China
Uruguay
Vermosa
Keron
Nicaragua
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Hayti
General Pershing
France
U. S
Hihaself
Quantico
Orchard Irrigation Furrow Lengths and Practices
An analysis outlines furrow lengths for orchard irrigation by the furrow method, noting variations by soil type slope and tree age. It discusses grading, spacing, and equipment used by citrus and apple growers in California Idaho Washington Montana and Oregon with example water applications and timings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Hi Culbertson
San Diego County
Cal
California
Payette Valley
Idaho
Sunnyside Canal
Yakima Valley
Bitter Root
Mont
R. W. Fisher
Agricultural College of Montana
Hood River
Ore
What Are We Going to Do About It War Reflection Editorial
A wartime editorial questions postwar policy for German and Austrian prisoners in Russia and possible immigration to the United States and Canada. It urges Americans to plan how to treat foreign-born residents, demands strict immigration controls, and calls for cleansing America of treachery while urging self-reliant citizen action. The piece emphasizes Americanization and vigilant avoidance of traitors.
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Russia
United States
Canada
Wilson
Washington
OUR BOYS By MARY ELIZABETH RODHOUSE
A dedicatory poem honoring the Vigilantes and their valor. The speaker asks divine help to inspire courage and steadfastness in the boys, urging clear sight, faithful duty, and glad hearts as they face reality and seek worthy conduct.
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Mary Elizabeth Rodhouse
The
Vigilantes
Pecan shells as feed and other scattered notes
Notes include Pecan shells usable for stock feed after grinding. Mentions of ice harvesting in 185 from a lake near Cambridge Moss and various unrelated items such as Consuelo Vanderbilt seeking a council seat, Philadelphia organ size, French turbine power, and a UK film attendance figure. The fragmentary text limits coherent synthesis.
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Cambridge
Moss
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Longdee
Reading of Irish Counties and Ancient Varieties
The passage lists Ireland’s five largest counties by acreage Cork Mayo Donegal Kerry and notes a range of archaic terms about surnames from the tenth century. It mentions a pear shaped fruit and a claim of cultivation extending up to twelve centuries.
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Ireland
Cork
Galwa
Wuz
Cte
Mayo
Donegal
Kerry
Life on the Ocean Wave Becomes Sailor Favorite
The song by Epes Sargent for Henry Russell rose to prominence after Morris urged publication in the Mirror. Russell approved, Bells quickly composed the music, and the tune instantly gained public favor with bands and sailors singing it at sea.
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Sailor Boys
Epes Sargent
Henry Russell
Sargent
Battery
New York
The
Mirror
George P. Morris
Morris
Fox Music
the Mirror
Russell
Was- Bells
Frontline Soldiers Return To Sleep Trouble In London
Sympathy was offered in London to two men returning from the front who would not reach their Yorkshire home until the next morning. One man said he could sleep in mud and on cobbles but could not settle in a bed, lamenting the smothering feel of the bed after hard service.
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Paris
Germany
United States
H Ad
Berlin
London
England
Yorkshire
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