Bread and Morale in Wartime America
A serialized wartime editorial argues patriotism rests on feed people. It cites bread riots in Russia and German observations on civil unrest, warning hunger breaks morale and spurs desperation that erodes support for war efforts. It emphasizes American bread sufficiency as essential to sustain allies and civilian morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Russia
Committee of Public Safety
Europe
England
France
Italy
Navy League Calumny Refuted By Officials And Labor
The official Mare Island explosion report debunked charges that labor interests blocked inquiry. Commander Ellis condemns the claim and praises workers who helped fight the fire. The navy and labor see no harm from the league, while leaders who pushed the calumny face protest. An apology from the league is noted and welcomed.
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Navy League
League
Robert Thompson
Vard
Navy Department
Ellis
Mare Island
Navy
Labor
Col. Thompson
Daniels
Lunacy or Reason in Russia
A critical editorial argues Russia must endorse army reforms urged by General Korniloff or risk collapse. It cites Korniloff's account of a demoralized army riven by politics and mutiny, with officers hampered from restoring order. The piece warns that radicalism or Russia itself may be doomed.
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Moscow
Korniloff
Russia
Germany
Lind
Food Hints For Home Cookery And Nutrition
A fragmentary 20th century consumer guidance note advising heat and cold storage essentials, do it yourself cooling ideas, and practical nutrition. It urges using canned and preserved foods, milk derivatives like cottage cheese, skim milk, and peanut butter as substitutes, plus high protein meals with fish, meat, or eggs. It promotes saving leftovers, buying durable staples, and contacting health bodies for lunges on reliable food facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Life Extension Institute
The Secret Is Out In The Green Forest Tale
LY THORNTON W BURGESS story follows Sammy Jay as the secret of Big Tom Gobbler and Mrs Gobbler’s presence spreads. Peter Rabbit warns of rumors while Sammy resents being upstaged, foreshadowing visits from Old Man Coyote and Reddy Fox as the news travels through Green Forest and Green Meadows.
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Ammy Jay
Sammy
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Green Forest
Big Tom Gobbler
Mrs. Gobbler
Sammy Jiy
Big Tom
Old Man Coyote
Reddy Fox
Rabbit
Sammy Jay
War garden cauliflower care and storage tips
As cauliflower heads form the leaves should be drawn over them and lightly tied with soft string to keep out sun. Tied early, heads stay pure white. if exposed they turn green then reddish. Cauliflowers are said to be at their best now. They can be stored in pits like celery and will continue to grow for some time.
Sixteen Injured In Wreck Near Ft Dodge
Sixteen teen passengers were hurt when a Minneapolis and St. Louis train veered off near Livermore Iowa one mile north. A woman and her child were killed as the southbound train slid down a 30 foot embankment after the tender and five cars left the rails. Mrs Eugene Cochran and her baby boy of Gilmore City Iowa died. The injured continued their journey Thursday with one or two exceptions.
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Fort Dodge
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Livermore
Eugene Cochran
Gilmore City
Iowa
Peace Conference Set for Hudson Wisconsin
Louis P. Lochner secretary of the People's Council of America says arrangements are complete for the national peace conference to be held in Hudson Wisconsin starting September 2.
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Minneapolis
Louis P. Lochner
People's Council of America
Hudson, Wis
No Surprise for a Woman of Superior Intelligence
A brief aphorism notes that openings arrive to men and oysters when least expected, while praising a woman of superior intelligence who is surprised by nothing.
Fire disrupts hay shed as Home Defenders respond
In vacation Thursday a fire broke out behind Mister T Johnson's Hay and Feed store while he stored new hay. Chief Wiggins, a Home Defender, could not issue orders, causing delays as others awaited higher command. The fire burned briefly until water was applied. Johnson blasted the Home Defenders as inept. Nearby chatter notes Germin threats, a tidy schoolhouse debate, and wartime voting talk among locals and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hey
Mister T Johnson
Cheaf Wiggins
Anny
Mister Johnson
Milliken
Balch
Johnson
Noisy Farewell for New York's Troops in Parade
New York swelled with 25 000 soldiers from the states 27th division marching down Fifth Avenue en route to Spartanburg South Carolina for training before heading to France. Crowds of about two million cheered as veterans from the Mexican border era and summer encampments passed in rank after rank for over six hours from 110th Street to Washington Square.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
France
New York State
National Guard
27Th
United States Army
Spartanburg
S. C
110Th Street
Washington Square
Fire injures scores in Kazenka, near Moscow
A large fire in Kazenka, 45 miles east of Moscow, injured many residents on Monday. Martial law has been proclaimed as flames spread quickly, causing extensive damage. A local saying notes there is no place like home when a man is broke.
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Petrograd
Kazenka
Moscow
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