Arbitration Over War Strikes Urged To Aid War Effort
The piece argues that government publicity and arbitration are the proper remedies for wartime profiteering and strikes. It asserts workers should accept compulsory arbitration to avoid harming the war effort and emphasizes equality of sacrifice for soldiers and labor. It cites British labor leaders praising arbitration over strikes and notes the changing likeness of national heroes and soldiers.
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America
Syndicate Service
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William Mosses
Pattern Makers’ Union of
Great Britain
Osses
Trancisco
Mosses
Changing views of the British in modern times
The excerpt notes a shift in how Britons are perceived. It contrasts old caricatures with a newer view of a British man as friendly, practical, and capable in conflict, reflecting evolving attitudes over four years.
The New Life Intermission Poem On War and Faith
A reflective verse laments lost heritage and forgotten faith after war. It contrasts childhood humility with pride in fallen heroes and questions whether postwar life will prove worthy and avoid renewed suffering.
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Beas
Fifth Avenue Woman With Blue Stars On Jacket
A stylish but faded 1918 fashion scene unfolds as a well dressed woman with a shabby jacket and a service bar bearing three blue stars walks past shop windows on Fifth Avenue. Her confident bearing and the blue star insignia reveal a silent story behind appearance.
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Fifth Avenue
Citizens urged to report local food profiteers during wartime
A plea to expose petty food price profiteers and aid food administrators. Citizens are asked to help by naming grocers and butchers charging excess prices, arguing such profiteering harms the war effort and benefits the Kaiser.
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Sam
Lighten Grain Ration With Green Feed and Winter Crops
Poultry keepers should plan ahead to reduce grain use by adding green feeds such as rye rape oats and barley. A double-yard system provides fresh green feed and cleans the yard. Store cabbages mangel wurzels clover and alfalfa for winter, feed cabbages first and use sprouted oats as a backup. Emphasize growing green feed at home and consider neighbor ground for late cabbage plantings.
Poultry Feed Studies Emphasize Winter Green Feeds
The poultry branch of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, stresses winter green feeds for poultry. It argues that hens cannot be properly fed without adequate provision for these feeds, noting some farmers keep only a few white-deny? or similar unreadable sentence fragment.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Green Feed for Hens Promises Winter Egg Payoff
Hens must have green feed all winter to pay for their keeping in eggs. A little forethought lets most poultry keepers, even in cities, meet the need. Grow green feed at home now to plant and save money next winter.
Infertile Egg Loss Warns Poultry Market
The article notes millions of dollars lost in the United States from improper egg production and handling. It urges separating male birds from hens after the hatching season to prevent infertility and improve egg quality, with males serving no purpose in fall and winter flocks.
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United States
Demonstrations Promote Water Glass Egg Preservation nationwide
Extension workers from the poultry division of the United States Department of Agriculture are holding water glass egg preservation demonstrations in large department stores in several cities. Similar demonstrations have occurred in rural schools and at farmer meetings, with Washington Chicago and New Orleans already visited.
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Poultry Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
Record for Hauling Eggs from Vineland to New York
The first commercial truck load of eggs from Vineland and Millville New Jersey to New York City arrived recently with not one egg broken. The five ton truck carried 150 crates of eggs and reached the wholesale district by two o'clock next morning in about 15 hours, a faster time than express shipments and a new motor haul record as arranged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture bureau of markets.
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Vineland
Millville
N. J
New York City
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Wheatless poultry rations boost weight gain in tests
Specialists report in Bulletin 657 a ration of corn meal and fresh buttermilk fed throughout the feeding season yielded 1 pound gain per 8.88 pounds of wet feed in 14 days. Best gains occurred in chicks starting at or below two pounds. Some heavy breeds resist early weaning.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Red-Letter Day for Pat Finnegan Court Outing
A playful tale shows Pat Finnegan misinterpreting a trip to court as courting. On three mornings his wife challenges his intent, and on the third morning she blocks him with a rolling pin, insisting any courtship occur at home.
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Pat Finnegan
Pat
Peggy Becomes Engaged to Pont in Nighttime Ceremony
The column notes Patience and Peggy celebrating an engagement with Patrice approving. It quotes Peggy’s resolve to have her own way and confirms the couple's plan to wed at night after Pont asked her to set a date.
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Peggy
Pont
Patrice
Subterfuge Leads to Elusion of Suspect
A phrase speaks of a man who evades capture by means of subterfuge. The wording frames him as a subterfugitive, implying successful escape through cunning.
Too Busy Knitting Marriage Proposal in Misunderstood Moment
A playful snippet shows a man proposing to Miss Peacher while she knits. She answers with a tentative yes, but the man suspects the moment isn’t final since she seems distracted by her knitting and may not fully grasp the proposal.
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Peacher
Hungry Man Seeks Nickel for Food Purchase
A brief dialogue shows Berpor asking for a nickel to buy food and Cholly offering one if he can locate a place where a nickel buys something to eat. The exchange highlights a scarcity of affordable meals.
Rustic Plutocracy Reveals Rural Wealth Gap Dialogue
An exchange contrasts urban wealth with farm earnings noting thousands pass through a bank teller versus a farmer milking twenty cows. The fragment hints at economic disparity and worth across communities.
It's as useless as the fifth wheel to five wagon
A quip contrasts a dated saying with the rise of automobiles carrying extra tires, illustrating changing attitudes toward automotive spare parts. The exchange suggests innovation reduces the need for traditional redundancy.
Not Always. Talk Is Cheap Opinion Costs police
A man told a policeman his opinion and was fined ten dollars plus costs. The incident reflects a vagrant remark and ensuing legal action in a small jurisdiction.
Natural Inquiry Father of Family The New Ship
A playful dialogue centers on a new ship that reportedly beat a record. A boy asks if the vessel achieved the feat with its spanker, reflecting maritime jargon and curiosity about the boat’s performance.
A Sleepy Humorist Laughs Off a Noisy Night
A humorous note portrays a sleepily comic figure awakening to a downstairs noise believed to be a yawn. He dismisses the disturbance as the rubber plant stretching, ending with a lighthearted, domestic moment.
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Thamid
John
Warke
Just Reward Weary-Wilte Cars Pie Taste
A fragment notes a rude exchange over a pie tasted by Mrs Jones-Woal who promises a dollar in response. The text references a pie baked by the husband’s mother and hints at a personal dispute.
Wheat substitutes cannot replace wheat flour in baking
The Kansas City Star notes that substitutes for wheat lack the flour’s gluten binder and gas-retaining properties, producing heavy bread and pastry. It urges perseverance during wartime scarcity and expresses hope for abundant wheat in the future.
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Rms
Kansas City Star
Sirius Anniversary Marked by Wreck Relic Notes
Record recalls the Sirius voyage from Cork to New York in 19 days, the first under its own steam. It later wrecked in Ballycotton bay in 1847. brass paper-weights survive. Captain Roberts later commanded the President, which sank with all aboard.
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Cork
New York
Atlantic
Ballycotton Bay
Roberts
Sirius
Great Western
Bristol
Vincent E. Ransome
Wiltshire
England
London Tea Houses Then and Now
The London Chronicle recalls Sir Joseph Lyons death as a reminder that teashops are modern institutions. It contrasts early coffee houses with private compartments and male clientele to later, more welcoming tea service, noting women sought light refreshments in confectioners shops.
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London
Sir Joseph Lyons
London Chronicle
Said by a Cynic On Writer’s Woes and Vanity
A cynical line contrasts two literary illnesses writer's cramp and swelled head. The speaker insists writer's cramp never cures while swelling pride never truly dies, mocking vanity and stubborn flaws in writers. The fragment hints at a broader critique of authorship and ego.
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Coulson-Ikerna
Devotion and Distance Talk in a Street Query
A fragment shows Rieal Devotion and a conversation about a devoted husband. The caller asks for the nearest way to Boylston Street and a helper offers to switch routes to save time. The dialogue captures a daytime street exchange and a request for directions.
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Boylston Street
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