Airplane Fire Patrols for Forest Fires Feasible Says Forester
Assistant District Forester How describes an experimental air patrol over Eldorado and Stanislaus forests in California using a Curtiss JM-1 to detect fires from the air. He details flight dangers, a 4 hour 250 mile route, and predicts dirigibles will lead future fire surveillance with water tanks and chemicals for rapid suppression.
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Washington, D. C
Forest Service
Mather Field
California
Eldorado and
Stanislaus
Forester
Sergeant McKee
Army
Placerville
Somoza
Control 16 000 Miles of Phones Under Third Army
Coblenz headquarters of the Third Army established a large American telephone network in occupied Germany. Fifty long distance lines, twenty private exchanges, and 16 000 miles of wire connect corps and divisions with London, Paris, Brussels and other cities. Fifteen female operators, led by Miss Helen Cook, handle English French and German. The Doodlebug code name decorates the Coblenz switchboard and a 20 page directory features a doodlebug illustration. All equipment is American and to be removed when the Rhine is left behind.
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Coblenz
Germany
United States
Europe
Third Army
London
Berlin
Vienna
Rotterdam
Brussels
Antwerp
Paris
Army of Occupation
Signal Corps
Parker Hitt
Hnes
Women's Telephone Corps
Helen Cook
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of
New York
American Expeditionary Force
Miss Cook
Bell System
Chicago
Minneapolis
Omaha
Cleveland
Detroit
Memphis
Rhine
France
Gassing Chucks Used as Extermination Method
Report from Massachusetts details a farm near Marlboro where a car engine exhaust was directed into a woodchuck burrow. A gas mixture killed the rodents, marking a new method tested on the El bert L. Fargo property in Winsted Connecticut.
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Winsted
Conn
Massachusetts
Elbert L. Fargo
Marlboro
Marine Rookies Learn Cuban Customs at Guantanamo
Newly arrived marines in Guantanamo Cuba witness Cuban life including naked children and a municipal graveyard where overdue taxes on graves trigger exhumation and reburial in a common heap. The rookies note Cubans as “fresh air fiends” amid the sights.
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Guantanamo
Cuba
Switzerland Debates Adoption of 24 Hour Time
Swiss lawmakers weigh replacing current time standards with a 24 hour system. Proponents argue for clarity and global synchronization, while opponents cite tradition and cost of transition. Debate focuses on official and public sector use, with potential staging and education plans discussed.
Heroic War Pigeons Return With Wounds and Fame
New York reports General Muir a war pigeon with a shattered breast and torn wings yet alive on arrival. He delivered a vital message 18 miles through shellfire in 83 minutes, while King Cole earned fame in the Argonne drive after gas exposure. An electrically illuminated keyhole patent also noted.
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New York
General Muir
New York Harbor
Fred .J. Hermann
Intelligence Service
The
A. Bb
King Cole
Beecher Reflection on Helping Others at Sea of Life
A Beecher quotation urges conquering all by sharing aid. It compares life to ships meeting briefly at sea and stresses greeting and aiding others when they cross paths. The message emphasizes generosity and timely support for those in need.
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Halling
Henry Ward Beecher
Practical fish prep and cooking methods from a home guide
The passage outlines selecting fish with firm flesh and clear eyes, cleaning and storing before cooking, and detailed boiling and planked whitefish methods. It also covers frying small fish and ends with a short moral couplet about giving a eulogy only after a person has passed.
Cold Weather Dishes for Warm Days
The piece describes make ahead cold meats and meat loaves ideal for hot weather. It details Jellied Veal Wipe using veal knuckle, spices, and a reduced vinegar liquor molded and chilled. Veal Loaf blends veal ham crumbs and eggs, then bakes slowly. Italian Cheese combines veal liver and other meats with gelatine, molds, and steamed cooking.
Sweet Salad Recipes From A Historic Kitchen
A collection of simple fruit and cottage cheese salad ideas in a vintage tone. Banana with raspberries, cottage cheese salads, Dutch and Russian styles, onion notes, and mustard cautions appear alongside a closing moral about Nature as teacher. Alfred Street context included.
Fresh Green Salad and Tomato Aspic From a Classic Recipe
A collection of vintage dressing and salad tips. Includes how to prepare a crisp string bean salad with onion and oil and vinegar dressing, tomato aspic on shredded cabbage, a boiled dressing, a French dressing style, and a tomato onion cucumber salad served on lettuce with mayonnaise or boiled dressing.
Doctor Urged in Operation and Remedy Testimony
Baltimore resident Nellie B. Rittingham credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and nervous heat aches after doctors urged an operation. The advertisement touts the remedy as a safer alternative and urges others to try it before surgery. The piece also includes a wartime anecdote about public masks during the San Francisco flu epidemic and a drunken man's cynical refrain.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
San Francisco
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Keeps Workers On Their Feet
Advert says farmers work harder and use Allen's Foot Base powder in shoes and foot baths to cut friction, freshen feet, and prevent tired, aching, blistered feet. Claims women also use it. sold by dealers nationwide.
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Allen
Adyv
Expressing Thoughts and the Right to Speak
A brief meditation on free expression noting that people may speak only if their thoughts pass a moral test. It argues many ideas are warped by selfishness and unkindness and fail to meet the standard of what is right to say.
Thin People Should Take Phosphate
Georgia Hamilton is advised in the readable text to consider phosphate as a supplement for thin people. The note presents a medical or health guidance style from the period.
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Iss Georgia Hamilton
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