The Guarded Trust and The Missing Frenchwoman
At the inquest in a High Street inn, Marie de Rochefort vanishes after a night of burning rooms. Dr. Richardson and Mrs. Johnson assist as Wakeman and coroner Grafton probe the deaths of two young women, one dead, one alive, amid a mystery of a missing maid and a Frenchwoman.
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Mrs. Johnson
Dr. Richardson
Miss de Rochefort
Mr. Wakeman
Marie
Cross Keys
Jane
Barret
Hal
French Farm Life Under War Strain Women Lead in Fields
French farms face severe manpower losses with over a million killed and 1.5 million unfit for work. Women manage farms, laboring through shells and bombardments to maintain viticulture and crops. Food production drops to about one third despite heroic efforts by all, including children and the elderly.
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Champagne
France
Duty of Self Protection in League of Nations Debate
The passage argues that the League of Nations embodies a stern fighting creed not pacifism, urging universal allegiance among liberal, humane voices. It frames the league as essential to defeat Prussian militarism and to brace nations against horrors and trials of future conflict.
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League of Nations
Money Making Soldiers In Army Unit Turn Solder R um into Cash
A British infantry battalion improvised a furnace to recover solder from used bully beef tins. Each 100 tins yielded 10 to 16 ounces of solder, sold at 4d per pound. Area furnaces planned to expand this cash crop and reuse heat for laundries. A Philadelphia draftee boasted his family height.
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Q.T
Alfalfa Cutting and Curing a Key for Quality Hay
This article stresses precise timing in cutting alfalfa for first and second crops. It advises cutting when new growth is 0.5 to 1 inch long, prefers coil curing for best color and feeding value, and notes windrow curing risks from leaf shattering. Weather dictates drying. coils should air freely for three to four days in warm sun.
Weather Glass Predicts Weather From Camphor Tube
A ten inch weather glass uses camphor and potassium chloride with alcohol and water. When the liquid changes, read as clear for bright weather and various patterns for rain, wind, or frost. The guide links specific crystal and liquid states to weather outcomes.
World Wheat Sowing Expands Across Several Nations
The International Institute of Agriculture reports larger wheat sown areas this year in Denmark France Great Britain Luxembourg United States British India Japan and Tunis with US and British India showing about a five percent rise in winter sowings. May 1 crop conditions were very good in Ireland Spain Great Britain France Morocco and Tunis, signaling a stronger food grain crop than in 1917.
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International Institute of Agriculture
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Luxemburg
United States
British India
Japan
Tunis
Ireland
Gatha
Spain
Greatritain
Morocco
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Mona Dunlop
Philadelphia
Para-Sani
Appleford C Counter Check Book Co.,ltd
Nnipeg
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