Potatoes urged for patriotic duty by Hoover
Food Administrator Deems reports a telegram from Herbert Hoover urging prompt action to move the potato crop to markets at fair prices. He calls for county administrators to organize trade groups with receivers, wholesalers, and retailers to push potatoes to consumers within 90 days, reducing reliance on wheat flour and meat.
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Dems
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Deems
Food Administration
Mr. Deems
Deers
Fine all wool overcoats for sale at $29.50
A large assortment of woolens in medium and heavy weights offered for order at 29 50. The dealer invites customers to inspect the collection describing them as beauties and signed by M Vander Linden.
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M. Vander Linden
Blue Triangle Feeds Hope For Petrograd Girls At Tea
In Petrograd the Blue Triangle clubrooms glow dimly as the first Young Women's Christian Association in Russia hosts a winter tea for about a hundred Russian girls and six young men. Despite hunger and danger, the gathering offers an oasis with music, study, and a chance to escape war’s shadow. Sonya, a factory worker, asks for a note so she can attend day classes and live on a daytime shift. The story highlights how the W. C. A. group and its Russian secretarys support education, English, bookkeeping, stenography, and music to empower women amid chaos and repression.
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Triamste
Petrograd
Russia
Young Women's Christian Association
All Russia
Sonya
Mier
Association
Po Uce
Blue Triangle
Maten
Masic
Sign of the Blue Triangle
W. OG. A
Mississippi Valley
Flaming Front
Flanders
Paris
Berlin
Atlantic Ocean
Somme
Middle West
United States
War Service Club
War Department
Ordnance Department
Young Women's Christian Association For Recreation
Military and Signal Corps
Washington
Business Women's Council
de Footet
Prochen
Pure-Bred Stallions Best for Livestock Breeding
The article argues sire selection drives genetic improvement, favoring sound pure-bred stallions over scrubs or grades. It warns against choosing a stallion for a low service fee, noting such fees signal inferior quality and poorer offspring value.
Salt Importance for Sheep Gains Wool Quality
A French experiment fed three sheep groups hay straw potatoes and beans for 134 days. One group had no salt, one half an ounce daily, and one three quarters of an ounce daily. The half ounce group gained 4 percent more weight than the no salt group and 1 percent more weight than the three quarters group. Salted sheep also yielded 1½ pounds more wool with a better fleece and improved wool quality and texture.
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France
Mule and Horse Shortage at Clemson College Bulletin
The article notes a wartime surge in demand for horses and mules in the United States, with about one horse per twenty people now serving military needs. It highlights reduced breeding prior to the war, current high prices, and the need to boost foaling by mating more mares, estimating about 12,000 mares should be producing foals on Carolina farms. It discusses the longer-term impact on supply and prices.
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Clemson College Bulletin
United States
Carolina
Traising Colts Advises Farmers On Replacing Work
A dated brief advises the average farmer to replace all of his work horses with new stock and to consider efficiency gains. The note stresses practical economies and orderly herd management for improved productivity.
Farrowing House Design for Sows and Stalls
The guide explains two farrowing house types stationary and portable and notes breeders with 10 to 20 brood sows farrowing simultaneously need both. It recommends a free-stall arrangement with stalls sized near 10 by 19 feet and placed about halfway into the facility for sow exercise.
De Castro and Martin Struggle Over Desperate Dispatch
In a desolate Mexican landscape De Castro and American journalist Martin fight over a dying guide and a dispatch. De Castro refuses to aid the wounded man to preserve his own reputation and news scoop, while Martin questions the Mexican’s humanity as they edge toward a dangerous escape. The guide lies unconscious but responsive as tension peaks.
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de Castro
de Castra
John Martin
Martin
Carey
de ‘Castra
Mary Fun
Fee de Castro
Fragmentary Quote About Horses and Attachment
A clipped line references a place where all my horses are very attached to me and includes garbled words like “Ntching post” and “What is it” suggesting a stray or damaged OCR item about equine attachment and a tying post. The readable fragment provides no clear event or location.
Fragmentary note on spay fallow and accident
A fragmentary OCR item mentions a spay fallow in an incident with a gatorpedue and a person named Rada or cacapa. The text is garbled and unclear about roles or outcomes.
Women at War Watch: Recreation Kept in War Work
The article profiles how 1.5 million U S women in munition plants sustain war effort, with recreation overseen by YWCA and Blue Triangle. It notes dormitories, canteens, and built recreation spaces at munition cantonments, plus programs, clubs, and sport activities to keep workers rested and loyal.
The International Institute Aids Foreign Women in War Era
Immigrant women in New York face wartime confusion as draft trains depart. The YWCA and its International Institute train staff to teach English, provide home support, translate food bulletins, and aid enlistment families. Interpreters assist non English speakers at factories and camps, with 106 trained workers by June and thousands aided nationwide.
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Lucia
Tony
New York
Hom
Hillis Island
Battery Park
W. O. A. National Board
International Institute For Young Women
Home Information Service
International Institute
Gang Luo Wong
Gang Wong
Gang Luo
United States
War Council of the
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Iqwa
Mazer
Philadelphia
Dept
South 5Th Bt
Prece
Pella
G.F. Dykstra
Mexico
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