War apple crop drives emergency picker drive nationwide
A wartime apple harvest equals two bushels per person, demanding new labor sources and local business led mobilization. Chambers of commerce and boards of trade must organize volunteer pickers, with careful handling to prevent damage, storage, and waste while prioritizing first class fruit for market and using others for by products.
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United States
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
County Councils of Defense
Illinois Brevities Highlight Roundup of Chicago Arrests
Federal agents rounded up hundreds in Chicago as a four day drive neared 1,000 arrests. The Illinois bureau of criminal statistics cites high costs and crime rates, noting Rockford’s low record and praising Chief Bargren. Other items include a fatal draft-related shooting in Pontiac, a suicide in Tears City, and Illinois aviation graduates heading to France.
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Chicago
Federal
United States
Illinois Bureau of Criminal Statistics
Iinois
Middleport Township
Iroquois County
Alexander Latven
Henry Redman
Pontiac
Bureau of Criminal Statistics
Rockford
A. B. Bargren
Raymond Thorpe
Rock Island
Peoria
Arsenal
Thorpe
Freeport
Jacob Gill
Harold
Tears City
Lowden
Seventh Judicial District
Arthur Frost
Boone
Winnebago
McHenry
Lake Counties
Paul Mossman
Champaign
University of Illinois Ground School
France
Krapf
Illinois Holiness Association
State Fair Grounds
Springfield
Central Union Holiness Association
Bloomington
Ilinoils Holiness Association
Myron Wilson
United States Marines
Port Royal
8. C
Siiver
Department of Marksmanship
Charlies MacGowan
Tri-City
Government Arsenal
Secret Service
Oliver Griffin
MacGowan
East Moline
Orvil Worthington
la Salle
Frank W. Jones
Danville
St. Louis
Albanians Portrayed as Isolated Yet Noble Mountain People
A European newspaper piece extols Albanian tribes as fiercely independent, warlike, and diverse in faith while preserving a noble Aryan lineage. It notes their desire to be left alone, their scattered literacy, and limited acceptance of centralized progress, labeling them isolated yet virtuous.
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Albania
Europe
Boston
New York
Chicago
Fletcher
How a Diamond Cuts Glass in Precision Cracking
Experiments show a diamond does not cut glass file fashion but drives particles apart to form a crack along the intended cut. Once started, a very small force drives the crack through the glass, needing only a shallow 200th inch depth to complete the cut. Other stones can cut glass but lack hardness and edge retention.
Howling radical in public utilities talk shocks politicians
The Baltimore Sun reports a heated exchange among business politicians debating uplift and Jones. They call him impossible for being a radical, even joking that he supports public ownership of legislatures, amid talk of public ownership of utilities.
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Jones
Baltimore Sun
Linen Industry in Egypt in Ancient Times
Egypt stood as the centerpiece of linen manufacture in antiquity. The Bible alludes to linen with Joseph, appointed ruler of Egypt, described as clothed in fine linen vestures.
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Egypt
Joseph
Holy Land River Jordan Flows 200 Miles to Dead Sea
The Jordan, the sole river of the Holy Land, runs a little over 200 miles from Anti Lebanon’s foothills to the Dead Sea’s head. No city ever crowned its banks.
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Holy Land
Jordan
Anti- Lebanon
Dead Sea
Defeat Lies in Giving Up Life Motto
The quote urges enduring effort and courage to rise after failure. It emphasizes that life’s defeat comes from quitting, not from losses, and urges continual striving until life ends.
Night Air in Towns Finds Purity After Midnight
Night air in towns is healthier between ten p m and six a m than at other times. The note argues that night-time air is purer during these hours than during daylight, suggesting no general health risk from nocturnal urban air.
Worried Mother Faces Draft Fear for Newborn Son
A mother frets over her six month old son potentially being drafted. A confidant suggests registration may come and shares that many mothers fear such a future. The dialogue centers on parental anxiety about war and military service for the child.
Worth While Knowing During Peach Season
The piece notes children risk swallowing peach stones and choking. It mentions an old remedy of pouring unbeaten egg white into the child’s mouth to move the stone along. It also quips about an enthusiastic diver bringing up more gravel than pearls and comments on revolution favoring only those on the wheel’s lower part.
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Can
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
A historical testimonial for Kilmer's Swamp Root claims strong customer satisfaction and urges sending ten cents for a sample and booklet. The letter notes a positive endorsement from 1916 and promotes small and large bottles at drugstores while inviting readers to mention the newspaper. A closing quip on love and honesty appears as filler.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
God Won't Mind. Foggy Pacific Nightbed Prayer
A fog haunted Pacific shore residence scene unfolds at midsummer dusk. Five year old Jackie shivers in his nightwear as sister Alice helps him kneel to say prayers and asks if the situation is fair. The moment captures a quiet family memory from a Los Angeles Times piece.
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Pacific
Jackie
Alice
Los Angeles Times
Imitating the Prodigal. A Prodigal Parable in Witty Dialogue
A young wife rebukes her husband a dissipated spendthrift. He notes he will reform by and by like the prodigal son. She retorts she will rise and go to her father, declaring she will imitate the prodigal son too.
The First Crop and a Quip on Gardens and Worms
A brief dialogue features Mr. Crosslets remarking that his garden already yields fishing worms for several breakfasts. The line highlights a wry, stubborn truth about facts that never apologize.
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Illinois
Dr. Kilmer
Varn Tenly Vane
Castoria
C. J. Broughton
W. Adama Stroest
M. V. Maciones
Jeff N Avenue
Detro
Detroit
Mich
Peel Ae
Ona
Zen
E. R. Schiffmann Co
St. Paul
Chase Brothers CO
Rochester Marseries
Rochester
Daisy Fly Killer
Express
Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
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