Pershing’s View of the A E F Early French Allied Efforts
General Pershing recalls the first division convoy to St Nazaire, the welcome of Rear Admiral Gleaves, and the training camps at Gondrecourt and Waldshon. He discusses censorship, morale in Paris, the push for a large American army, and the buildup of staff, logistics, and artillery with French collaboration and Red Cross aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nazaire
Sixteenth Infantry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Fifth Marines
Albert Gleaves
Gondrecourt
Neufchateau
Waldshon
Belfort
William L. Sibert
Panama Canal
R. L. Bulliard
Omar Bundy
France
Red Cross
Robert ©. Davis
Frank Moorman
J. O. Mauborgne
Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr
Signal Corps
Frank R. McCoy
George van Horn Moseley
Malin Craig
Alfred W. Bjornstadt
H. B. Fiske
Allen
Grear
Paul B. Malone
Edgar T. Collins
Samuel R. Gleaves
Laurence Halstead
Nicholas
Military logistics and supply described in wartime notes
Fragmentary wartime account outlines how maintenance and supply for armies became central to the unfolding mission abroad. The text hints at challenges in provisioning, transport, and administration affecting operations.
Visit with Haig Highlights Allied Army Questions
The narrator travels from Paris on July 20, 1917 to meet field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig at a chateau near Berdiques. Accompanied by Colonels Harbord and Alvard and Captain Patton, they discuss allied military plans, training, equipment, and shipping. Major General Birch notes artillery supply challenges as the conversation turns to gun parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Europe
War Department
Forestry Service
Henry Graves
United States Forestry Service
Baltic
Washington
America
Roosevelt
Theodore, Jr
Archie
Paris
Douglas Haig
Berdiques
Harbord
Alvard
Patton
Staf
Birch
Freezing Pure Water Freezes Spontaneously at 1 Degree
A science note reports pure water lacking ice or germ crystals freezes without the usual zero Celsius baseline, instead freezing spontaneously at 1.0 degrees centigrade based on experiments.
Dairy cows and milk yields sway herd replacement values
A dairy expert from New York State College of Agriculture notes a cow’s value depends on return over three years after costs. Cornell data show 7 000–8 000 pounds milkers barely pay costs. higher production boosts net profit. Replacement cow values rise with size from 7 000 to 15 000 pounds, with 9 000 and 15 000-pound cows showing notably higher returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HE. S. Harrison
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Harrison
Good Management Essential in Dairying
The article argues that good management is the key to success in dairying, shared with all business. It notes individual managerial skill largely determines profits, with dairy farming requiring higher management than general farming and involving more labor and costs. It urges reflection on past year’s mistakes and plans for the year ahead.
Difference in Yields From Feeding Methods in Cattle Herds
Tester Carl Ruby of South Dakota compares two herds of cows of the same bloodline and breeding. One herd averaged 872 pounds fat while the other 179. Net income per cow differed by 74 dollars for the year, with the better herd yielding 100 dollars more than feed cost. Ruby attributes the gap largely to feeding and handling practices, noting timely feeding water and thorough milking as key factors, while neglect in minor tasks reduced results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ruby
South Dakota
Ruby
Grain on Pasture Warns Dairy Farmers
A C Ragsdale of the Missouri College of Agriculture cautions dairy farmers that pasture grazing should not replace grain feeding too early in spring. Early pasture reduces grass available later and is too watery for cows to get needed nutrients for high milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Ragsdale
Department of Dairy Husbandry
Misssouri College of Agriculture
Rye market shifts as farmers feed rye to dairy cows
O R Searles of the University of Minnesota Extension says low rye prices will push dairy farmers to feed rye directly to cows rather than selling it for cash and buying dairy feeds. He cautions rye is a sour feed that can upset digestion in large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Searles
Agricultural Extension Division
University Farm
St. Paul, Minn
Mr. Searles
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Gentle Relief
An advertorial touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe effective laxative. It claims poisons from souring waste cause fatigue and bilious feelings and credits forty seven years of study and a mild natural action with pleasant taste. The ad portrays the product as widely popular in drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
Reading as a cultivated art for adult enrichment
Prof. Charles H. Judd cites millions in the United States who are illiterate or barely literate and states that reading as a skill must be cultivated like a musical instrument. Reading aloud helps others, but reading for one's own mind requires persistent practice to enhance the mind and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
University of the State of New York
New York Times
Tonic Claim Promises Health Restoration
Mrs Marie Gotoski describes severe illness and frail health improved by Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. The advertisement touts it as the best all round tonic with fluid or tablet forms and a 10 cent trial mail order offer from Dr Pierce s Clinic Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Towner
Dr. Pierce
Mrs. Marie Gotoski
Jefferson St
Buffalo
N. Y
Churchill slams Hollywood at New York farewell dinner
Winston Churchill, during a farewell dinner in New York, called Hollywood a moral enough place yet noted its high rate of marriages and divorces. He recalled a film critic proposing a Hollywood Who's Who and quipped a better idea would be a Hollywood Who's Whose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
New York
Hollywood
Interesting Conversationalist Finds No Topic To Talk About
A witty exchange highlights Rose failing to find a subject yet remarking on the very lack. The line plays on a character who notices her silence while asserting there is nothing to discuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Children of Light Find Folly and Sin a Bore
A terse reflection asserts that rejecting folly and sin marks a young man as a child of light, framing virtue as a corrective stance toward temptation and moral laxity.
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General Pershing
Gen
John J. Pershing
Chapter
Saint Nazaire
Soissons
Lafayette
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Col. C . Stanton
Stanton
North American Newspanel Alliance
Philippine Islands
Ordnance Department
Cornell
W. B. Caldwell
Doctors Family
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