Soya beans in wartime diet urged by Maxim
A Patriot Service feature extols So Soya as a versatile wartime food. Maxim, inventor of So Soya and naval board member, lauds soy bean use for soldiers and civilians, detailing how to cook, incorporate into meals, and make oil. Recipes include soy beans with potatoes, croquettes, soups, and loaf, plus notes on soaking and processing for best flavor and nutrition.
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Maxim
U. S
Naval Ing Board
Popular Science Ly
Whig
United
Orient
East
United States
J. B. Burrows
Mr. Maxim
How Seldom a Talker Avoids All Three
A dialogue on the perils of excessive talking notes that voluminous talkers bore listeners upset others and eventually drift into three pitfalls. It argues talkers should curb chatter or lose social standing by forcing others to listen too long.
Trains Carry 265 Wounded Germans From Fronts
Amsterdam dispatch says 265 trains full of wounded German soldiers were counted April 9 11 and 12 on the Namur Liege line. Crowded transports used open coal cars. Belgian hospitals convents schools and factories are filled with wounded.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Picardy
Flanders
Les Nouvelles
The
Hague
Namur-Liege
Belgium
Showers Early This Week Fair Afterward
Weather forecast from Washington on May 5 outlines showers in the Great Lakes and upper/lower lakes regions early in the week with generally fair conditions for the rest of the period and warmer temperatures in the lower lakes region. It also notes showers in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys early, followed by fair weather, with no major temperature changes. Switzerland completes its highest aerial tramway, a mile and a half long, rising to about a mile for tourist travel.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes Region
Upper Lakes
Lower Lakes
Upper Mississippi
Lower
Missouri Valley
Switzerland
British Sniper Had Day of Joy On Somme Front
Private Langford, a British sniper in a Mailly battalion hospital patient, recalls the Somme offensive. He describes a fierce barrage on March 27, intense shelling, and a counterattack where his unit repelled German machine guns with Mills bombs and rifle fire. He notes his own wounding during the day’s action.
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Somme
London
Langford
Mailly
Fritz
Georgette and Satin Dress for Matinee Figure
The silhouette favors mature figures with a Georgette gown using a satin underlayer. Options include gray Georgette with navy satin, or other color combos. A straight tube skirt, embroidered overdress, and satin edged details define the look, with a white net or Georgette vestee and a satin sailor collar.
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Georgette
Gloomy Finance Picture From Saxony Warns of War Debt
Zurich May 5 The Industrial Union of Saxony, a major German industrial group, publishes a manifesto backing war indemnities. It says war costs add 14.8 billion marks to 4.8 billion, demanding crisis financing that would absorb 60 percent of national income and push debt to 392 trillion marks, jeopardizing production and enterprise. It notes Germany is poor in resources while others enjoy wealth and workers.
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Zurich
Germany
Industrial Union of
Saxony
Kaiser Burned in Effigy During Liberty Loan Campaign
In Elvidere Illinois on May 5 thousands of school children watched as the Kaiser was burned in effigy, a feature of the Liberty Loan campaign recorded by local observers.
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Kaiser
Elvidere
Liberty Loan
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Edith Martin
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