Ambitious 1918 Food Production Plan Urges Increased Wheat and Hog Output
Washington announces a supplementary 1918 food production program urging larger spring wheat acreage and greater pork, dairy, and perishables output to feed the nation and allies. It stresses boosts in hogs, sugar substitutes, poultry, and home gardens, with emphasis on wheat and meat to meet wartime needs.
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Washington, D. C
United States Partment of Agriculture
Department
United States
Europe
South
Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Recount of a Family Entry Incident at Home
A family returning with parcels carried them into the house while Eugene led the ascent. Near the top step the father momentarily forgot something, suggesting an incident involving reaching capacity on the stairs.
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Eugene
Malty
What Was In Him
A Baltimore Bulletin note recounts a teacher’s composition prompt urging students to write truthfully about themselves. Johnny Wise submits a quirky piece listing body parts and simple items, including stummick lungs hart liver two apples pie stick lemon candy and dinner.
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Baltimore Bulletin
True Gospel of Work
Fragmentary text asserts work as glory and sole acceptable purpose in life. It explores fatigue and recovery to discover not the least but the greatest amount a human can endure without harming efficiency.
War Credits Board Advances to Contractors Described
The War Credits Board explains its role in authorizing advance payments to contractors for war department supplies. It notes that advances are rare, not banking acts, and require adequate security and urgent need. Since November the board approved $145,551,000 in advances through January 24.
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War Credits Board
War Department
War Education Drive Expands Training in Schools and Colleges
The War Department forms a committee on education and special training to mobilize educational institutions for 75,000 to 100,000 trainees drawn from armed forces and selective service registrants. A War Cyclopedia, 800 pages with a chronology from 1914 to 1917, is available for 25 cents from the Committee of Public Information in Washington.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Treasury
War Department
Sarajevo
Francis Ferdinand
British National Labor Conference
Wilson
Committee of Public Information
Jackson Place
Washington, D. C
Camp supply shelves show demand for larger Smileage Books
The commission on training camp activities reports unexpected demand for the larger Smileage Books. One dollar books with 20 coupons grant camp entertainment access, while five dollar books with 100 coupons.
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Commission On
Liberty Theaters
War Time Reports On Hospitals Boots And Trade Controls
A wartime summary notes base hospital conditions at Camp Meade with praise for care and staff. It outlines England wartime boot production rules, price ranges, and shoe types. It details corn stocks and export import controls, plus a new army camp athletic testing program and tax return timing changes. It also describes the War Trade Board licensing and a soldier numbering system for identification tags.
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England
War Department
Army
Lesson from Mark on the Great Storm and Gadara
A Bible lesson outlines Mark 4 35 41 and the Gadara healing showing Jesus calming the storm and delivering the demoniac. It emphasizes faith over fear, the danger of greed, and the call to share the gospel as the disciples cross to the other side.
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Jesus
Gadara
Luke
Lavish Substitute From Prohibition Era Ice Water
A playful optimist proclaims nature provides an enormous supply of ice water as a substitute for prohibited beverages. The line contrasts the loss from prohibition laws with the unexpected abundance of a simple refreshment. The tone is wry and light hearted.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Adpromotes Beauty
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to keep the face fair and young. It offers free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept. X, Boston, and lists Soap and Ointment prices of 25 cents and 50 cents for the ointment.
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Dept. X
Boston
Testing a Bee's Speed on a Running Train
An experiment tested bee speed with a hive on a train. The train reached 30 miles per hour before the bee lagged behind.
Conversation on meatless day prompts a garden chat
A brief exchange between He and She about meeting this afternoon for a chat, with She noting it is one of her meatless days. The dialog reflects a domestic moment and a light scheduling note.
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Food Administration
Harold
American Women No Slackers
An editorial-style piece praises American women in France England and at home for taking up work and supporting families. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for overworked women and directs readers to the Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for advice and free literature.
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France
England
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
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War Trade Board
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Army Camp
Ha&s
Sellers
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T Union
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Fletcher
Red Cross Ball
Jost Billings
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