South Should Feed Itself In War Food Program 1918
The U S Department of Agriculture issued a supplementary food production program urging increased spring wheat acreage and higher output of meats dairy and perishables for 1918. It stresses expanding hog herds, cotton and wool, and boosting barley oats and other crops to feed the nation Allied forces and war needs.
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Washington, D. C
United States Artment of Agriculture
Department
United States
Europe
Aad
Department of Agriculture
Reached His Capacity On Stairs In Home Incident
A family returning home with parcels climbed the rear stairs to the first floor. Eugene led the ascent and reached the top step before the others, when the father spoke abruptly, momentarily forgetting something likely crucial.
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Eugene
What Was in Him
A Baltimore Bulletin note recounts a classroom moment teaching students to write from themselves. Johnny Wise submitted a composition listing his own body parts and simple items like two apples and a piece of pie as what is inside him.
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Johnny Wise
Baltimore Bulletin
True Gospel of Work and Fatigue
Fragmentary text proclaims work as life’s glory and the sole acceptable purpose in life. It argues practical study seeks the greatest possible amount of work a humane being can perform rather than the least.
War Credits Board Work Advances to Contractors and Training Plans
The War Credits Board explains its role in approving fast track advances to contractors with adequate security. It notes 145.6 million in advances from November to January and projects 75,000 to 100,000 trainees in six months. A new War Department committee will mobilize colleges for military training and technical education for Army needs.
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War Credits Board
War Department
War Cyclopedia issued by Committee on Public Information
The War Cyclopedia, an 800 page handbook by the Committee on Public Information, outlines salient war facts in alphabetic form and includes a chronology from the Sarajevo murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914 to Wilson war aims in 1917. It can be ordered for 25 cents at 10 Jackson Place Washington DC with couponed mileage books for camps and cantonments, and notes plans for an aerial mail route and a policy on redistilled seized spirits during wartime.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Treasury
Sarajevo
Francis Ferdinand
British National Labor Conference
Wilson
Committee of Public Information
Jackson Place
Washington, D. C
Corn stocks and export controls amid wartime rationing
Reports to the agriculture department show small corn stocks with dealers in New England and most Eastern and Southern states except Delaware Maryland and Virginia where surpluses exist. Southeastern supplies are ample though distributor holdings are below normal.
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New England
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Lesson from Mark on Storm, Gadara Demon and Peace
The lesson outlines Mark 4 35 5 20 with Jesus calming the storm and healing the demoniac at Gadara. It links the biblical events to modern unrest, calls for faith and mission, and suggests a pattern of response through three scenes and a suggested outline.
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Prince of Peace
Jesus
Gadara
Luke
Lavish Substitute Ice Water Proves Ice Breaker
A gentle optimist notes prohibition deprives people of their beverages yet finds nature provides a plentiful supply of delicious ice water. The comment frames water as a lavish substitute that works out for the best amid strict liquor laws.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Facial Care
An advertisement urges keeping the face fair with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for use as needed. Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept. X in Boston. Sold by druggists and by mail at 25 cents for soap, 25 and 50 cents for ointment.
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Dept. X
Boston
Testing a Bee's Speed on a Moving Train
An experiment tested bee flight speed with a hive attached to a train roof. The train reached 30 miles per hour before the bee was left behind.
Conversation on meatless days in a conservation note
A brief exchange reveals Harold asking to meet for a chat this afternoon. She replies that today is one of her meatless days.
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Harold
American Women No Slackers
Advocates for women’s equal work in France and England and urges support for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to boost health. Promotes tablets and liquid remedy marketed to overworked women and offers free medical advice from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N Y.
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France
England
Dr. Pierce
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True Gospel
Nsby
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Liberty Theaters
Philadelphia
New York
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Treasury Department
Army
Food Administration
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Moody Bible ‘Institute
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Fletcher
Red Cross
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