Paris Green Supply Secured by Vinegar Use
The Food Administration announces Paris green no longer risks shortages as acetic acid is diverted to airplane dope. Vinegar containing about 10 percent acetic acid is now supplied to Paris green makers in cooperation with the War Industries Board. Lead arsenate and calcium arsenate are offered as cheaper substitutes. officials emphasize adaptive sacrifices by the public to bolster war resources.
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Food Administration
War Industries Board
Paris Green
Algo
Sawdust and Slabs Fuel Minnesota Mills and Cities
Sawdust mixed with coal heats office buildings in Minnesota. Mills reuse slabs and offal for boxes and fuel, reducing coal needs in Bemidji and other towns. Refuse from Shevin-Carpenter Lumber Co. is saved and shipped for use, while wet slabs fetch $3 a gad and dried slabs rise $1. Buildings in Minneapolis use sawdust and slashings for heating.
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Minnesota
Christian Science Monitor
Sudge J. F. McGee
Bemidji
Shevin-Carpenter Lumber Company
R. G. Chisholm
Metropolitan National
First National-Soo Bank
Minneapolis
Night surveying of Lincoln Highway tangent in Utah
Under State Engineer George F NeGonigle the seventeen mile tangent across the Utah desert is laid out by night fires to avoid blinding glare and mirage. Transit lines and elevations are run at twilight and daylight work is avoided to ensure accuracy. Construction of the direct route will cut fifty miles off the southern salt marsh detour while convicts advance Eisler Pass work.
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Utah Desert
George F. NeGonigle
State Road Commission
Wounded Securing Method Described for Army Litter
A.J. Lemon of the American Medical Service in France describes a simple immobilization technique for wounded patients on a standard army litter using only the belt. The patient lies on the back and is secured with a belt and slings arranged over both shoulders and under each arm, with feet held by a lower sling to prevent falling even in darkness. The method can be learned in one trial.
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A. E. Lemon
American Medical Service
France
Journal of the American Medical Association
War coinage in Germany due to metal shortage
Germany shifts coinage to steel and aluminum as copper supplies run short during the war. Copper coins ended in 1917 while small pfenning pieces switch to aluminum and zinc coins are introduced. Iron coins prove the cheapest, with corrosion concerns noted for impurities in distilled water.
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Germany
Siemens-Martin Steel
Famous leper escapes again from quarantine
John R. Early, famed leper and ex soldier, has escaped from his cottage by sawing through iron bars in his window. Police pursue him vigorously as interstate concerns rise over his wanderlust. This is his fourth escape in four years. He previously reached the Pacific Coast and was briefly at large before being returned to Washington after a quarrel over who bears his care.
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Ohn R. Early
Pacific Coast
Washington
New French Aid Society Develops Mobile Surgical Ambulance
The Societe Francaise de Secours aux Blesses Militaires unveils a mobile surgical ambulance for wartime use. It features tents for triage local administration wound prep radiography and operating sterilization with two autoclaves. The outfit moves via two canons or trucks and two trailers.
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T” French Aid Society
Societe Francaise de Secours Aux Blesses Militaires
Interesting Dreams and Night Terrors From Facts to Causes
Dreams influence health and sleep, according to Dr. Edwin F. Bowers in the New York Medical Journal. Subconscious processes, physical sensations, diet, and nocturnal noises from a creaky bed can trigger vivid dreams, night terrors, and insomnia. A rigid, single bed is urged as a remedy to reduce nightmare frequency.
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Edwin F. Bowers
New York Medical Journal
Diet for Intestinal Sluggishness Regimen from Medical Journal
A reduced and selected diet prescribed to relieve sluggish intestines. Start with hot water, orange, toast, egg, and stewed prunes for breakfast. lunch and dinner emphasize whole wheat bread, fish or vegetables, and limited fruit. No between meals food. water only. Gradually reintroduce regular meals after relief, with careful vegetable preparation and emphasis on butter and salt.
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Julius DP. Weinstein
New York Medical Journal
Dams That Grow Along Streams
A new erosion control plan for Southern California uses porous obstructions built along stream channels during low water to trap detritus and form staged ponds. Dams, anchored upstream, rise upstream to create a stepped, graded bank with higher flow in the center and calmer water at the edges, expanding storage as debris accumulates.
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California
Billions Invested In Automobiles
A nationwide survey shows by 1919 there will be about 6.3 million registered autos in the United States with a value not less than 5 billion dollars. Registrations rise from 6,002,688 autos in 1918 and 3,688,603 in 1917, and official forecasts expect a 25 percent increase in the next year. Nebraska reports one car per seventh person, Iowa 7.6, California 7.8, Kansas 8.6, with farming regions lagging. In Massachusetts one car per 24 residents, New York one per 21, while the South trails with 40 to 46 people per car in some states.
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United States
Nebraska
Iowa
California
Kansas
Massa
Oatmeal Substitute For Milk In Shortage Times
The British Medical Journal notes a liquid oatmeal substitute for cow’s milk during shortages. By rolling fine oatmeal, heating, and adding malt extract, a pint of syrupy liquid is produced with similar composition to milk but lower fat and protein, and less oat flavor.
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British Medical Journal
Phosphate Deposits In the South Pacific
Extensive phosphate deposits on Nauru Pleasant Island and Ocean Island mid way between the Marshall and Solomon Islands northwest of New Zealand are described as the world’s most valuable. The coral islands host bird guano that impregnates limestone to form gornite rock up to forty feet deep with an estimated 500 million tons of usable phosphate. The fertilizer value is about 85 percent, higher than the best English phosphate. Once German territory, the islands have been held by Britain and are now urged to be turned over to Australia and New Zealand to meet their agricultural needs.
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Nauru
Pleasant Island
Ocean Island
Marshall
Solomon Islands
New Zealand
Germany
Australia
New Lead Plate Dry Battery With Rechargeable Design
A novel storage cell of the lead plate type uses pure sulphuric acid as electrolyte and wood separators treated by a secret process. The acid proof jar carries eleven ounces of acid on initial fill, with eight hours soak before charging at 11 2 amperes for two days. Continuous recharge uses two amperes for fifteen hours.
Switch Heaters Keep Rail Tracks Clear in Winter
A new heater system for railroad switches uses 14 inch by 20 inch iron pipes and battery units placed under the rail between ties. When activated by an employee at the start of a snowstorm, the heaters raise temperature by about 100 C in 30 minutes and reach 135 C above outside temp after an hour. The heat prevents frost, provides drainage, melts snow to create a light mist that keeps side plates and mechanisms dry and operable, even in strong winds at an angle to the track.
Fish Skin Leather Exhibit At Grand Central Palace NYC
An exhibit in New York showcases leather made from fish skins including shark porpoise and tuna, touted for quality. Scientists at Pratt Institute and the US Bureau of Fisheries report ongoing experiments with fish skin as leather substitutes and note that porpoise skin razor straps have long been used commercially.
Wireless Telegraph For Lighthouses In Britain Coast
Great Britain is equipping coastal lighthouses with wireless instruments to repeat the lighthouse name every five seconds. The system, designed for thick weather when light is unseen, lets ships with ordinary wireless receivers hear the signal at about the same distance the light would be visible in clear weather.
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REAT
Britain
Wireless Age
Indication of the German Food Situation Observed
An article by Prof. Perimayer of Munich in Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift protests a visiting investigative committee. It condemns hospital inspections that seek feigning patients to obtain better meals, arguing such examinations injure the sick and erode trust in hospital physicians.
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HB Nederlandsch Tijdschrift
Nuotes
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Perimayer
Munich
End of Pasteur Institute In New York Closes
R George Gibina Rambard who led the Pasteur Institute on West 23d Street for eight years has closed the facility, joined the U S Army as a Major, and is ordered to France on active duty. He notes the institute spread Pasteur treatment to major hospitals. Over eight years the institute cared for 10 020 patients with 8 202 treated free of charge.
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Pasteur Institute
R. George Gibina Rambard
West 23d Street
New York
United States Army
France
Nitrogen From Air Demonstration at Arlington Farm
United States Department of Agriculture hosts the largest experimental plant in the nation for producing nitrogen from air. Ammonia is formed by combining nitrogen with hydrogen using the Haber process, under high pressure and heat, with experiments to boost efficiency ongoing by the Bureau of Soils.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Arlington
United States
Bureau of Soils
Haber
Don’t Give Children Too Much Milk NOMBY Proposal
A NOMBY proposal would limit infant milk to a pint daily in the first year and a quart after. it warns that relying solely on milk after weaning risks iron deficiency. It notes that fruit juice and pureed foods improve health, with grape or orange juice cited as sufficient for those fed on milk alone.
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NOMBY
A Novel Hot Water Bottle for Pain Relief
An article suggests using a long rubber tube as a flexible hot water bottle. Coil the tube around the painful area and attach one end to a faucet, the other to a drain. The bathtub mixing faucet maintains temperature, and bandages can fix the setup if needed.
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Paris
South Pacific
F. L. Matter
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