Washington Draft Numbers Drawn for Class of 1918 Refiner
Washington reports the June 27 draft number draw for youths in the class of 1918. Each registration number shows its draw order and when called for service, with thousands listed and assigned to five classes based on mailed questionnaire data. New registrants start at the bottom of their class, with many in Class 1 expected to be called before year’s end.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Administration
Feeding Soldiers on Transports and Army Welfare Efforts
Details of shipboard rations show 210000 meals prepared daily and 180 varieties of foods for thousands at sea, with large quantities of bread beef eggs and potatoes. The report covers dental corps expansion, parcel post reforms, mosquito control, labor imports, gas proof food containers, and camp theaters and July 4 celebrations for diverse immigrant groups.
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Iie
Minnesota Bars Alien Teachers In Repeal Of Education Law
Worth Knowing items note Minnesota joining states restricting alien teachers. Other brief items include London firemen wage proposal of 15 shillings a week, Marty McDonald's weight change after prison, U S Bureau of Standards cottonseed oil color tests, Mrs Rebecca Mayo running a Provincetown shoe store since 1875, Russian prisoners in Germany aiding Kaiser propaganda, and the Faure storage battery evolution improved by Edison now used in streetcars.
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Minnesota
Congressman Nolan
California
London
England
Marty McDonald
Columbus
United States Bureau of Standards
Rebecca Mayo
Provincetown
Mass
Faure
Edison
Steady Hand Imperative in Military Affairs
Quote attributed to Bacon notes a steady hand in military matters is more essential than in peace because an error in war can be irremediable.
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Bacon
Women stenographers and typists join naval reserve as seamen
The article notes that women who work as stenographers and typists are now being enrolled in the naval reserve in the role of seamen. The change expands the reserve by including female staff in traditional naval ranks.
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Naval Reserve
How This Nervous Woman Got Well From Ills
A testimonial from Mrs. Al Heller of Christopher Illinois describes four years of irregularities and nervousness ending in a mental strain, claiming Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her. The ad promotes the remedy as a female health aid and invites letters for advice from the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Christopher
Lydia E. Pinkha
al Heller
London’s Old Constables and the 1848 Chart Trouble
Sir Spencer Ponsonby Jane and foreign office clerks were sworn in during the Chartist unrest in 1848. The clerks recall being assembled in a large cabinet and addressed by the chief clerk, armed with muskets and ball cartridges, instructed not to use them unless defense was essential, a precaution hampered by faulty locks and ramrods.
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London
Spencer Ponsonby
Jane m
Spe
Foreign Office
Spenc
London Chronicle
Cutting Out Things One War Censorship Comment
Mrs Church asks about her husband taking part as a censor. Mrs Gotham replies she is unsure but notes the war effort requires trimming excess. The exchange hints at a home front debate over voluntary wartime duties.
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Church
Happy is the Individual Who Seeks Proper Order
A concise reflection notes happiness for those who strive for things to be as they ought rather than as they are. It emphasizes personal virtue, balance, and alignment with rightful conduct. The saying underscores inner contentment through disciplined living.
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Baker
AIA
TSG
Reeding
France
Dental Corps
War Department
Secretary of War
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Berlin
Information Belges
Germany
Medical Department of the Army
Federal Public Health Service
Health Service
Department of Labor
Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermasters’ Department
Chautauqua
Lyceum
New York
Liberty
Commission On Training Camp
United States
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Army
Ike New
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Somers
Kale Ave
Srooklyn
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