New Outline Map Of United States By Coast and Geodetic Survey
The Coast and Geodetic Survey reports a new Lambert conformal conic outline map of the United States at 1:15,000,000, 25 by 39 inches. It serves as a base for added data and shows shorelines, state boundaries, rivers, capitals, and major cities.
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Washington
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
France
Coast Geodetic Survey
Pacific Coast
Maine
New York
Praise for Italian Army in Albania
General George P. Scriven, former US signal corps chief, lauds Italian actions in Valona Albania. He praises rapid development from fishing village to seaport, the roads and buildings by Italian engineers, and notes Italy saved southern Albania from Austro Bulgar threat. He cites strategic naval base and the Crown of Italy Grand Cross award for his service.
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New York
Rprig
George P. Scriven
Signal Corps
United States Army
Rome
Valona
Aviona
Albania
London
Italy
Wied
Essad Pasha
Constantine I
Greece
10Th Regiment of
Bersaglieri
Scriven
Balkan
Balkans
Tepeleni
Argiro-Castro
Prematt
Llascoviki
Santa Quaranta
Porto Palermo
Washington
Fire Horse Refuses to Be Left Behind on Baltimore Avenue
Philadelphia firemen respond to a blaze fifteen blocks away while Burglar a big fire horse of Truck Company No 18 slips from a securely locked stall and gallops through the streets toward the engine still at work. The horse neighs with joy upon reaching the fire apparatus as it pumps.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore Avenue
German Mine Field Discovered in China Sea
Seattle and German charts reveal a large mine field in the China Sea laid by the German raider Wolff in September 1917. Mines stretch sixty miles long and two miles wide but were sunk too deep for ships to strike. Chinese trawlers under British officers are clearing them. one mine killed sixteen Malay islanders who tried to defuse it.
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Seattle
China Sea
Aer
J. E. Guptil
Senator
Orient
Wolff
Burglars Drop Clock Wake Jerseyville Man
Francis Graves woke to his watch alarm after burglars dropped the clock on the floor overnight in Jerseyville Illinois. The incident reveals an unexpected wake up call as investigators review the break in.
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Jerseyville
Ill
Francis Graves
American Angel Nurse Performs Improvised Amputation in Macedonia
Miss Maria P. Kourogen, an American Red Cross nurse born to Greek parents and trained at Massachusetts General, uses a razor ether and cotton thread to perform a life saving amputation on a Greek soldier in a box car. Despite a doctor's grim forecast the patient later returns with an American artificial limb from Athens.
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Drama
Macedonia
Maria P. Kourogen
Red Cross
Kouroyen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
American Red Cross
Miss Kouroyen
Kourogen
Athens
Saving Labor With Cattle From Daily Farm Chores
A U S Department of Agriculture guide outlines two main paths to cut beef cattle labor. One method changes daily routines like letting calves nurse in pasture and using self feeders, while the other prescribes labor saving equipment such as permanent pastures, windmills, and manure spreaders to raise efficiency over time.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Why is your husband not at his office
A Louisville Courier Journal item quotes a wife questioning her husband's absence from work. He plans a brief layoff of a couple of weeks, citing a lack of liveliness and a tendency to worry about himself. The exchange highlights domestic humor over his self care.
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Louiisville
Lightning strikes limb during storm at Rumpus Ridge
Gap Johnson recalls a near-miss when a bolt toppled a tree limb as rain fell at Rumpus Ridge. Blister or Buster was under the tree and survived as the limb crashed down, leaving him angry at being struck by nature’s surprise.
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Blister
Father Day
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Buster
Kansas City Star
Record Claim on Drowning Resuscitation Time
The article notes a record for resuscitation after drowning by United States lifesavers following a six minute submersion. It argues against the belief that long water exposure allows recovery and warns drowning is a rapid killer despite occasional extended resuscitation attempts.
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United States
Bayer Cross Marks Genuine Bayer Aspirin Ad
An old advertisement notes that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and come in unbroken packages with directions for relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. It mentions handy 12 tablet tins and larger packages at drug stores and identifies aspirin as the trade mark of Bayer.
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Bayer
Child Protests Face Washing in Humorous Dry Clean Plan
A four year old refuses to wash her face saying she will have it dry cleaned. The note promotes Cuticura products, urging gentle nightly use of Ointment then five minute wash with Soap to improve the complexion and relieve dandruff itching and rough hands.
Acts Up to His Name Quietly Dreaded by Collectors
The text notes Meanleigh is quiet and ordinary yet evokes dread among charitable collectors who fear his approach, suggesting a bear like readiness and cleverness. It also mentions a pineapple leaf's potential to be woven into usable cloth, hinting at practical craft uses.
Individual sow housing at farrowing time described
The article specifies each sow at farrowing should have a separate stall or pen about six by eight feet with a ten inch railing from the wall and a foot off the floor to prevent piglets from being trapped against the wall when the sow lies down.
Live Stock Notes on Farm Practices and Hog Feed
Horses and mules will be used for many years on some farms. Compared with corn nine bushels of cooked potatoes are worth two of the grain as hog feed. When lambs come rapidly ewes should be watched day and night to avoid losses. Do not feed hogs swill with strong soap or washing powders. A lamb too weak to stand should get its mother's milk or be bottle fed.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy advertisement fragment in 19th century text
An ad fragment promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it cures female troubles and nervous weakness. It references Christopher and a testimonial tone, urging readers to write the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
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Christopher
Helueer
Lydie E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Lively One Liners and Q&As From a Louisville Paper
Snippets reveal playful exchanges in a candy shop and a city column. A clerk offers a penny’s worth while jokes about a wife who “found her senses” and a farmer anxious about neighborly feathers. The humor reflects period newspaper banter and local witticisms.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Florida
Texas
Earth
Balboa
Pacific
Panama Canal
New
York
Johnny
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dean’s
Gust Johnson
Seventh St
Red Wing
Minn
Johnson
Dean
Doan
Harold V. Peterson
Doan Seite Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
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