Army Pay Roll Nears One Billion Per Year
The article explains the U S Army pay system during World War I, noting monthly army and navy payrolls near 100 million dollars, details on officers and enlisted men pay scales, bonuses for enlistment periods, housing allowances, foreign service raises, aviation pay, retirement terms, and hospital charges. It covers quartermaster administration, funding, and the impact of rapid expansion on payroll logistics.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Treasury Department
The
Committee On Public Information
United States Army
Quartermaster Department
Military and Naval Insurance Act
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Quartermaster General
Secretary of War
Quartermaster Corps
Office of the Quartermaster General
Interior Administration
Fifteenth and
M Streets
France
Coast Artillery
Engineers
Ordnance
Signal Corps
Medical Department
Casement Electricians
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
United States Military Academy
Foreign Service
Post Exchange
Smileage books offer 100 good times for soldiers at Camp Devens
Camp Devens in Ayer Mass issues Smileage books to soldiers to lift morale. Each book promises 100 good times and costs five dollars, issued by the camp amusements authorities for recruits in cantonment.
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Devens
Ayer
Mass
Captain Howard Clarke Returns to Chicago After Ten Years
After a decade apart Howard Clarke, heir to a prominent Chicago family, arrives in uniform as a U S Army captain. He visits relatives briefly before rejoining his regiment for duty on the Pacific front en route to France.
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Wanderer
Old Home
France
Chicago
Howard Clarke
United States
Pacific
Woman Recovers Cash From Rat Hole In Kansas City
Mrs. Ralph Wildbauhm found $142 hidden in a rat hole in her home wall. Arthur Leppert, a patrolman, helped recover the Liberty loan money. She planned to buy a bond but the cash disappeared when she attempted to retrieve it. police were notified.
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Rat Hole
Kansas City
Ralph Wildbauhm
Arthur Leppert
Route to Bagdad transforms Middle East travel and trade
British forces hold Mesopotamia and build a 600 mile rail link from the Persian Gulf to Bagdad. The Baghdad railway promises a dramatic shift in world travel, linking Constantinople to the Euphrates and Tigris regions, with pilgrims to Nedjef and Kerbela shaping future traffic and commerce.
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Bagdad
Sinbad the Sailor
Harouwa-al-Rashid
Middle East
East
Los Angeles Times
Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
Persian Gulf
Scutari
Constantinople
Bosporous
Aleppo
Euphrates
Tigris
Suez
Nineveh
Garden of Eden
Kelek
Mossul
Old Nineveh
Kurdestan
Manchester
France
Ferenghies
Old Babylon
Kerbera
Nedjef
Fathead Faces Misfortune Rumors
A fragmentary note raises questions about Fathead facing hardship amid circulating gossip. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Real farmer letter extols Alberta land gains and methods
A letter from Harris and associates of Audubon Iowa extols Western Canada agriculture via Alberta land, detailing high crop yields, land values, and farming methods. It notes a 23 per acre purchase in 1915, 16 000 bushels of wheat in 1916, and profits covering costs. It advises phased land development and cautions spring planting due to moisture.
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Messrs
Harris
Audubon
Iowa
Canada
Makepeace
Alberts
Alberta
Peder M. Jensen
Hansen
A Carbon Remover Injection Boosts Gas Engine Cleaning
Acetol is injected through the spark plug opening to rapidly remove carbon from gasoline engine cylinders. The method uses a liquid agent applied directly into the combustion chamber, aiming to improve efficiency and reduce deposits.
August Flower Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Green's August Flower praised as a household cure for constipation and digestive woes. The ad claims it eases nervous dyspepsia, liver trouble, headaches, and heart palpitations with a few doses, noting it as a gentle laxative sold through druggists worldwide.
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Adv
Paradoxical One and the Cuticura Reminders
An old column mix includes playful lines about a closing order seen as an opening wedge and jokes on facial hair. It advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment with free samples from Boston, plus brief notices on piles treatment, Garfield Tea and other light notes.
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Cuticura
Dept
Boston
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Canaan
Yusuf
Joseph
Tprahim
Christ
Layard
Kerbela
Ali
Mahomet
Persia
India
Tibet
Mecca
the Tigris
Fathead
Percy Goose
Mabel
Julie Lippmann
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