New Service Bureau in Washington Aids War Business
A new Service Bureau of the Committee on Public Information opens at Fifteenth and G Streets in Washington. Directed by Frederick W. McReynolds, it speeds war work by guiding visitors to correct offices, matching business needs with appropriate officials, and coordinating information across agencies. It serves in effect as a clearinghouse for contacts, addresses, and relevant government departments to save time for business leaders, inventors, and veterans offering service.
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Washington
Treasury Building
Fifteenth
Service Burdea
Committee On Public Information
Wilosa
Frederick W. McReynolds
Dartmouth College
Service Bureau
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of War
General Staff
Army
Reclamation Service
War Department
The
Committee On Public
Food Administration
Council of National Defense
Pennsylvania Avenue
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Ordnance Department
Willard Hotel
Capital Issues Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Atlanta
Massachusetts
Charleston
W. Va
Unition
Inquirer
Department
Congress
New
McReynolds
Bureau
Fiftenth
G Streets
To the Wife of One Who Drinks
Confidential message for you about conquering the liquor habit in three days. It promises a safe lasting inexpensive method and asks to write to Edw. J. Woods at WH 121 Station F New York. The notice urges sharing with others.
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Edw
J. Woods
New York
N. Y
Danisn Immigrant Hans Jorgenson Retires After 51 Years
Chatfield Minnesota reports Hans Jorgenson, a furniture dealer and undertaker who never missed a weekday or stayed away from Chatfield overnight in 51 years, has retired. He immigrated from Denmark in 1866, lived in Eau Claire Wisconsin briefly, then settled in Chatfield in 1867 and operated continuously since.
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Chatfield
Minn
Hans Jorgenson
Minnesota
Denmark
Jorgenson
Eau Claire
Wis
Countess of Warwick Promotes Air War Relief Efforts
A recent image shows the Countess of Warwick, a renowned English peeress, actively supporting air relief movements and engaging in war work, earning widespread admiration in England.
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Countess of Warwick
England
Allies Grateful for Supplies Across Allied Nations
The Detroit News describes gratitude in England and France for American food stints during wartime. England enforces strict hoarding laws, offers rationed meals and tea baskets, while France serves meat freely to those who can pay. Prices in London and Paris appear high, illustrating disparities in wartime dining.
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America
England
France
E. G. Ripp
Detroit News
London
Paris
Scotland
Napoleon
Why Diamonds Can Be Smashed to Pieces Yet Cannot Be Scratched
Discussion on hardness versus tenacity in minerals, noting diamonds' extreme hardness yet susceptibility to break under large stresses. Explains cohesion, crystal structure, and how temperature affects tensile strength and brittleness in metals and minerals.
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Borneo
Farming wisdom and metal brittleness in winter caution
The excerpt warns that metals become more brittle in cold weather and stresses sticking to approved farming methods. It notes temperature effects and contrasts heavy and light barrels as a metaphor for practical judgment, advising practical, steady routines over obsolete ideas.
Fads in Farming and the Failed Potato Pens
A newspaper note debunks potato pens and barrel plan fads. Purdue Professor Christie reports Indiana trials yielded no seed recovery after growing in eight by eight foot pens, with Indianapolis’ forty experiments failing. USDA tests in Washington harvested far less than planted.
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Prof. Christie
Purdue University
Indiana
Indianapolis
Osborne
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Freckle Reduction Mixture Promises Clear Skin
A vintage home remedy instructs squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint facial lotion. It claims freckles and tan will fade with daily massage, touting harmlessness and low cost from grocers or drug stores.
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Lone Star Brewing Assoc
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California
Victoria
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Galveston
New Orleana
E. Houston St
Gunter Hotel Corner
Travis
Othe
St. Louie
Faloetioe
Atia
Aylen
Hesston
Garventent
Maclla
Vee
Fort Worth
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Feet Works
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Thane
Oer Beck
Loula
Southhound
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Pheas Ms
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