Liberty bonds and thrift in wartime
Essay urges Americans to redefine patriotism as personal sacrifice and smart spending. It argues money is a tool to fund the war, not a private resource, and that every family should lend to the government via Liberty bonds while cutting nonessential consumption. It stresses collective effort, national purpose, and the duty to support troops and victory.
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John Palmer Gavit
Sam
United States
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Turns Tightwad and Reuses Kitchen Waste
The army now separates garbage into classes such as bread fats meats cooked mweat and grease and weighs waste after each meal. Weighs are sent to the conservation officer to curb wastage and over rationing. Separated waste is sent to reduction plants to manufacture nitroglycerin and fertilizers.
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Uncle Sam
Liberty Bonds
Wool substitute and tech notes from around the world
A Melbourne suburb yields pure white mineral wool from basalt rock. Spanish inventors create cork treated products as wool substitutes. A New Jersey wireless station under government control talks with an Argentine station. The Assumption of Mary is observed August 15. New Zealand researchers extract pig iron from sands at about 15 tons daily in a new plane. Northwest banks report directors ill suited to sign and rely on marks.
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Yarraville
Melbourne
New Jersey
Argentina
New Zealand
Air power vital to curb U boats says London report
London reports Britain must command both air and sea to defeat U boats. Royal Air Force contributions, coastal patrol airships, seaplanes, and aircraft carriers are key to detecting and destroying subs, with depth charges and carrier-based patrols extending reach. Safe American troop crossings underline air’s role in antisubmarine victory.
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London
Atlantic
Royal Air Force
Britain
SAL BP
America
Memphis Police Adopt French Orphans In Heroic Effort
Memphis police have become the only U S force known to adopt French orphans. Two blood‑soaked children are being cared for by the Memphis force and a third will soon join them.
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Memphis
Tenn
United Sites
Tno
France
Red Cross urges kin to contact Washington bureau
The American Red Cross asks relatives of soldiers in the American expeditionary force to use the Red Cross bureau of communications in Washington for inquiries. Harvey Gibson notes most inquiries pass through the bureau, which has facilities to trace the killed wounded or missing and reduces cable congestion and delay.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Ted Cross Bureau of Communication
Europe
Harvey J
Gibson
Ied Cross
France
Ino
Individuator
Red Cross
Thas
Smuggling Tunnel Under Swiss Frontier Exposed
In Basle reporters describe a German driven smuggling network across the Swiss frontier. A concrete tunnel with wires pulled goods such as cheese hats shoes clothing along the line into a house rented to a German family. Officials shut down the operation as the era of the underground pipeline ends.
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Basle
Hunger
Germian Hunger
Baden
Germain
Switzerland
Pardeneh
Converted Blacksmith Celebrates Religious Conversion Milestone
Rev. J.T. Sexton, once a prominent blacksmith in Knoxville, announces he has converted 12,000 people across 16 states, marking the thirtieth anniversary of his religious conversion.
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Knoxville
Tenan
J.T. Sexton
Tennessege
Draftee Joins Polish Regiment After Draft Delay
In Tarentum Pennsylvania a draftee tired of waiting failed to report for entrainment to Camp Jee. He instead joined a Polish regiment and is believed to be on the western front.
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Tarentum
Alexanderzymou
Rabbits a Felt No Longer in Australia and U.S. Trade
The article notes rabbits, once a major pest in Australia and pests in the southwestern United States, are now a limited profitable source of revenue. It mentions war efforts and food supply, shifts in use, and confusion over disposal and management practices. Local speculation and administrative questions arise about abundance and control measures.
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Ohospitals
Gu Maghindui
Emus
Tulsa man walks 145 miles to enlist then is rejected
Chester Dameh, a twenty year old from Toukawa, walked 145 miles from his home to Tulsa to enlist in the army but was rejected for a physical defect. He plans to work to raise funds for corrective surgery.
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Tulsa
Okla
Chester Dameh
Twen
Toukawa
Pueblo
Picric Plant to Stay as Brunswick Factory After War
Brunswick officials announce the $7,000,000 picric acid plant now under construction will become a permanent manufacturing facility after the war. In peacetime it will produce dyes fertilizer and other by products once the war needs subside. The dyes and process are said to match or surpass German methods.
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Brunswick
North Brunswick
Germany
Pastor is Freight Checker in Seattle War Work
Rev Wo Howell of the First Presbyterian church in Attburn Washington works as a freight checker for the railroad yards. He says his conscience troubled him and he felt he was not doing enough war work.
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Seattle
Wash
Wo Howell
First Presbyterian Church
Lemon Juice For Freckles
A vintage advertisement promotes mixing lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a freckle and sunburn lightener. It touts a mild, fragrant lotion claimed to whiten skin and vanish tan, with casual claims of safety and low cost.
Song For All Able To Hear Exchange
The essay speaks of hearing music beyond ordinary sounds and how some find meaning in names and air around them. It contrasts those with narrow ears clinging to one tune with those whose listening opens a broader sense of life’s song.
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Boditihe
Moretunate
Round Earth Proofs Provoked by a Child
A quip from Boys’ Life quotes a child named Willie answering a teacher who asks for three proofs the earth is round. Willie cites authority rather than demonstrable evidence, reflecting a humorous exchange about belief and proof. The line captures how children parry classroom challenges with simple, witty logic.
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Willie
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