CHICKENS FOR EMPTY CANS ANDREWS REPORTS CHAOTIC CHINA
Roy C. Andrews head of the Asiatic zoological expedition arrives in New York after a year and a half in Ina provinces. He recounts in Yunnan and Thibet blurred central authority, bandit militias, and travel hurdles including water routes used for target practice by soldiers. Food and living conditions described in remote border areas.
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Roy C. Andrews
Asiatic Zoological Expedition
New York
Ina
Yunnan
Anwa
China
Mr. Andrews
Peking
The Student Purchases a Book and Walks by the Bookshop
A student in rubber and black, thin and eager for wisdom, pauses before a bookshop and tobacconist. He toys with a purchase, tosses a shilling, and finally buys a book to study by candlelight as midnight traffic stirs outside.
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Tobacconist
Charles 8
Brooks
Yale Review
18 Cylinder Sunbeam Catalen Engine Gains Power
The Sunbeam Catalen 18 cylinder engine by Louis Coatalen in England develops 475 brake horsepower. It features six magnetos and six carburetors. Twelve cylinders follow twin-sex arrangement while six form an upper center broad arrow cluster.
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England
Louis Coatalen
Scientific American
Women urged to aid war effort at home fronts
In a department of agriculture message, women are urged that they can assist the armed forces without leaving home. They can contribute by practicing thrift to feed and clothe soldiers and by supplying food to those abroad, all while keeping household duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Apple Catsup And Vintage Fruit Preserves Guide
A recipe roundup advises on making Apple Catsup from apples with sugar pepper cloves cinnamon onions salt and vinegar. It also describes enriching grape juice to jelly and preserving wild grapes huckleberries blueberries pears and peaches with sugar syrups and spiced finishes for winter storage.
A Woman’s Way in Bank Overdraft Dispute
In a courtroom vignette, a bank cashier confronts a woman about a substantial overdraft. She answers simply to charge it, prompting a judge to intervene. The exchange highlights debt handling and courtroom humor in a compact, period voice.
Poultry Puts Emphasis On Efficient Feeding And Culling
A winter agriculture advisory urges poultry keepers to cull heavily and shift to matured pullets for winter laying. It stresses stricter record keeping, businesslike buying and feeding, and planning for next year to meet higher feed costs and government demands. It also warns against damp seed storage and pests that could impair germination while urging study of farming methods.
Farm and county efforts to boost wartime crop yields
An interview with a Nebraska county agent urges farmers to increase yields and cultivated acreage as indirect support to the war. The agent argues that higher production harmonizes with a national program, aided by community organizations, and is essential to victory.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
United States
County Plan Prompts Effort Toward Harmony
A fragment expresses commitment to organizing the county in harmony with a plan. The speaker believes the idea is worth carrying forward for a period, signaling sustained consideration and potential action within local governance.
Act Happy and Become So
A short quoted snippet from The World's Work advising self-help through mood and body language. It argues that happiness follows deliberate action and that clenching fists signals anger, so loosened hands lead to a calmer state and lasting cheer. The text reflects early 20th century self-improvement rhetoric.
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Explorer
Aovie
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Mea Weil
Harper Furniture
Automobile Flearse
Sidney, Nebr
C. E. Harper
Standard Oil Company
Omaha
the Herth Platte Floral Co
Worth Platte
Nebr
J.w.walker
Kntimates
The
Nebraska State Bank
F. M. Wooldridge, Pres
Sidney, Neb
Janet McKensie Hill
Mrs. H. M. Dunlap
Miss Fay Kellogg
Alice Bradley
Alice R. Dresser
Venience
Nellie Kedzie
Jonce
Christine Frederick
Applecroft Experiment Station
H. M. Dunlap
Illinois
Frank Ambler Pattison
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery
Nellie Kedzie Jones
Wisconsin
Janet McKenzie Hill
Summer School of Cookery
New Hampshire
Cheyenne County Trading Company
Sidney’s Department Store
Pow. Barker
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