The Land Army of America Women as Farm Hands
Doctor Sargent notes that a 25-woman unit in Westchester county proved reliable, conscientious, and capable of careful farm work. The article argues for wider adoption, compares U S and British efforts, and cites 17 states with farmerettes registered, highlighting patriotic service and economic benefits.
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the Land Army. OF America
Farm Hande
England
Woman's Land Army
Woman’s Land Army of
Woman's Land Army of America
New York
Shop training schools aid war production and skilled labor
The article argues the war is won by machines and the workers who run them. It describes shop training schools as a swift, cheap method to turn raw applicants into skilled mechanics, with mentors, real work, and pay that rises with skill. It highlights examples in New England and Ohio and notes women and teens training quickly for turret lathes.
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H. G. Wells
United States
Ita
Platts
France
America
New England
Ohio
Italy
Oregon
Virginia
Earth
San Diego Becomes Military Pageant As War Arrives
San Diego transforms from a peaceful desert and sea haven into a bustling military city. Uniformed men populate the streets as a $10,000,000 shipyard rises, airfields train thousands, and ships slip in and out of the harbor. The home front buzzes with aircraft, parades, movie stars, and Navy dances, while many youths depart for France leaving sober faces behind.
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Seagirt
San Diego
Uncle Sam
America
United States
Azure
France
Los Angeles
Theda Bara
Clara Kimball Young
Pickford
Gary Miles Minter
Doug Fairbanks
Godfather
Ufe
Schumann Heinkes St. Denis
Ted Shawn
California
Point Loma
TOC Theosophists
Balboa Lark
Navy
Women Mobilize for Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
A nationwide campaign mobilizes one million women under the National Woman's Liberty Loan committee to canvass door to door, staff booths, and lead bond sales. Since 1917 the effort expanded across federal districts and states, with large sums raised in New York, Pittsburgh, and New England, signaling a transformed role for American women in financing the war effort.
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Fourth Liberty Loan
National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Women of America
United States
The
Treasury
Washington
Conat
New York
Pittsburgh
New England
Califa
Federal Reserve
States
District of Columbia
Federal Reserve Banks
Tas
Dead Husband in Asylum Case Shocks Woman
Mrs Zella Phelan of St Louis learned the man she buried as her husband after the 1900 Galveston flood was a stranger. She had later married R E Hardpen who died recently. At Alton state hospital the recovered memory led to Phelan’s release and they now live together.
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St. Louis
Zella Phelan
Galveston
Phelan
R. E. Hardpen
State Hospital
Alton
Galvestom
Alten Asylum
Women in Utah Grow Sugar at Home
In Utah a county with 15 organizations has planted 75 to 100 pounds of sugar beet seed at home. The county agent taught sugar beet use and processing and the group produced 2 000 to 2 400 pounds of potato starch, about 25 pounds per 4 bushels, saving 400 wasted potato bushels.
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Utah
Barbers Wrapped in Habit of Cutting Slurs
A humorous exchange notes barbers’ chatter and flatters a habit of cutting other men’s slurs, reflecting social stereotypes in a compact dialogue excerpt. The wit hinges on wordplay about barbers cutting remarks as well as hair.
Wanted a Postmistress Port Costa Cal
This city is without a regularly appointed postmistress. Miss Cecilia Hansen, who has run the office, has enlisted in the navy as a geomanette and is preparing for duty at Maze Island.
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Port Costa
Cal
Cecilia Hansen
Navy
Maze Island
Arctic Flowers Show Two Colors White and Yellow
The article notes 782 varieties of arctic flowers, all bearing only two colors, white and yellow.
Yale Lingo Suited Him
William Colley, an American, recalls meeting a noncommissioned officer by St Pauls in London. The exchange mocks British slang and the speaker’s efforts to imitate a Londoner, noting that Yale phrases will help him fit in.
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Yale
St. Paul's
William Colley
London Sunday Herald
No Chance Dialogue Sparks Grim Exchange
A terse exchange between two men escalates with brash bravado about life and death. One proclaims nothing is impossible, the other scoffs and questions whether the first will live to become a corpse.
Very Personal Exchange at Barbershop
Jackson recounts insult from an elderly barber who shaved him and compared the act to a game he once played titled hunt the hair. Wilson confirms the remark and notes the barber’s memory sparked the quip.
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Jackson
Wilson
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North Island
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