Home Gardening Push Urges All to Farm Back Yards
The United States Department of Agriculture calls for every family to grow and can food in 1918. Those unable to produce should conserve and save. Skip futile crop schemes. aim for enough to feed the household with surplus for drying canning or storage. Focus on root crops and beans for fall storage and seek guidance from the department through bulletins and mailed free copies.
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United States Department For Agriculture
Colmat
Farmers
Division of Publications
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bakery System A Feature Forty Shipmenta of White Bread Made Daily
The article describes a growing American supply network in France built to feed troops. A three-town storage and distribution triangle supports bakery, refrigeration, clothing warehouses, and a main plant. Field bakeries now produce 33 000 to 35 000 pounds daily per company with 101 men per unit.
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France
Atselt
Trangle
Indian Hero Lieutenant Singh Wins Victoria Cross
Lieutenant Golbind Singh, a Rajput from India, earned the Victoria Cross for three fearless horse rides through heavy fire at Cambrai. He delivered critical messages under machine gun fire, twice on horse and once on foot, saving a battalion from annihilation.
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Andon
Golbind Singh
India
France
Singh
Cambrai
Sai
New Airplane Bullet Advances In Armored and Tracer Rounds
The war department describes special airplane bullets including armor-piercing, incendiary, and tracer varieties. Tests show U S developed cartridges performing as well or better than foreign types, with flight tests in upper atmosphere and on land.
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Washington
War Department
United States
United States Ordnance Department
Austrian for America First Shoemaker Sent Back From Camp Lee
Peter Dorzuk, an Austrian shoemaker from Greensburg Pennsylvania, was sent back from Camp Lee due to physical disability. He had invested all his savings amounting to several thousands of dollars in Liberty bonds and requested any money he possesses at death be left to the United States government.
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Singh
Greensburg
Peter Dorzuk
America
Camp Lee
Camp
Dorzuk
United States
Helmet Sign Above Auditor’s Door Sparks Para-World Laughs
In Columbus Ohio a quirky sign hung over the counting room door in State Auditor Donahey’s suite. The sign shows the numeral 2 a helmet image and the words der kaiser reading 2 telmet der kaiser creating a brief local amusement.
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Helméetider_Kaiserze
Columbus
Donahey
Parsnip Cultivation Tips From Historic Almanac
Sow parsnip seed in drills 18 inches to 8 feet apart after the last spring frost. Thin to about 8 inches between plants. Requires rich soil for best roots. Roots stay in ground over winter and are harvested in autumn, stored in moist sand or pits. Some say freezing improves flavor.
Seed Planting for Salsify and Parsnip Fields
The passage notes seeds of salsify sown in spring and compares frost timing to leek-like roots and parsnips. It states that one ounce of feed suffices to plant a 100-foot row, indicating lightweight planting guidance for root crops.
Salsify Cultivation and Storage Guidelines
After establishment thin to prevent crowding and ensure thorough cultivation. Salsify can be dug in autumn and stored in banks or pits or in the basement, or left in the ground and dug as needed.
War effort urges home gardens and canning in 1918
The message from the United States Department of Agriculture calls on every family to grow fresh vegetables, can more at home, and maintain war gardens in back yards to support troop and ally needs. Seed planting is stressed as part of the food supply effort.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Vmvery
Department of Agriculture
Spray for Fruitless Trees
An orchardist predicts its folly, urging spray now after a season without fruit to protect next year’s crops and profits for apple growers facing similar neglect.
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Orchardist
Vapor Baths in Lapland description by Frank Hedges Butte
In Lapland a vapor bath is a two chamber wooden bathhouse with an oven built from stones heated beneath. Guests undress in the first room, enter the heated second room, receive a steam blast and cold water rinse, then are whipped with green branches before a final wash and cold water dunk.
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Frank Hedges Butter
Lapps
Joke on School Visitor Narrated by Mr Mabie
The essayist Hamilton W. Mabie was once an amused subject of a school joke. A Philadelphia school asked pupils what they would do if a fire broke out, and they answered they would leave quietly. Then Mabie visiting the school heard the teacher announce his arrival and the chorus repeated the same response.
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Hamilton W. Mable
Mr. Mable
Philadelphia
Dinner Conversation Etiquette Emphasizes Equal Attention
The passage advises keeping dinners free of disagreeable topics and personal burdens. It stresses giving full attention to the speaker, noting that concentration applies to both speaking and listening to maintain good form at formal occasions.
Moon Superstition and Mouse Lore Across Cultures
The fragment surveys myths where Hindus and Egyptians credit the mouse with moon connections. It cites De Gubernatis noting the sun god tramples the night mouse and adds lines on nocturnal shadows and the cat’s absence letting play occur.
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de Gubernatis
Nature and justice intertwine in George Eliot quote
A reflective line by George Eliot on nature offering both shadow and blossom beyond human justice, noting fruit that grows without our planting.
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George Eliot
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