Government expands war risk insurance program for troops
The War Risk Insurance act effective October 6 1917 covers soldiers sailors and families with allotments allowances and death and disability benefits. By April 6 1918 about 14 billion in coverage for 1.7 million personnel and 1.6 million checks totaling over 43 million for allotments have been issued.
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James H. Collins
Committee On Public Information
Sam
United States
Military and Naval Insurance Act
Bureau
Bureau of War-Risk Insurance
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Washington
Betty Ingraham
Third Street
Platt City
Ala
Osmond Kelly Ingraham
U. S. S. Cassin
Ingraham
America
Army
Navy
Insurance Campaign Keeps Soldiers Safe and Secure
The War Risk Insurance program provides protection for servicemen and their families, with checks and benefits tied to service. Officials urge avoidant of claim agents while describing rapid, straightforward payments and widespread insurance uptake among the American forces.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
McAdoo
Twins Birthday Furlough Brightens Two Soldiers
Lieutenant Hanlon and Sergeant Farrell visit Doctor Carroll's home for a three day furlough. The Carroll family hosts a birthday celebration for twins Madeline and Mary, with gifts and playful antics. Jack and Scott bond with the Carrolls and look forward to returning home with memories and hope for future furloughs.
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Hanlon
Farrell
Doctor Carroll
Sims
Scott Hanlon
Scott
Sergt
John Farrell
One Hundred and Seventh Artillery
Jack
Madeline
Mary
Ducky Darling
Madeline Carroll
Sergeant Farrell
Doc
Mary A
Unir
Doc Mways
Walter Carroll
One Hundred and Seventh Regiment
Trench
Carrolls
Mary Carroll
Tom
U. S
Alicia
Jack Farrell
Ancient Pompeii soap making unearthed in ruins
Excavations at Pompeii reveal a soap boiler shop buried by A D 79 volcanic ash. The recovered soap reportedly retained some efficacy after over eighteen centuries, reflecting the era's booming soap trade in Italian cities. Pliny the elder notes high soap prices and substitutes like glutinous earth and plant juices used to lather.
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Pompeii
Pliny the Elder
Woman Avoids Surgery After Pinkham Remedy in Canton
Canton Ohio Mrs Boyd recounts suffering from female troubles and says two doctors recommended surgery until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her symptoms enabling her to work at home. She urges others to try the remedy before operation and offers to advise via Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydia Kk. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martin Boyp
6Th St
N. E
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Patriotism in Birds Protecting Food Supply
The article cites scientists on birds saving crops by eating pests and weed seeds. Examples include a scarlet tanager consuming 680 gypsy moth caterpillars in 18 minutes and tree sparrows estimated to eat 875 tons of weed seeds yearly in Iowa. Food saving is patriotism.
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Maryland
Bob White
Beale
Iowa
People’s Home Journal
Bank Hold Up Threat Ends in Casual Remark
A man with a grip enters a city bank demanding one thousand dollars. He threatens dynamite but the teller dismisses the danger and makes a flippant remark about preferring the blast there to at home, while a congressman’s discussion of domestic arguments is noted.
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James A. Gallivan
Massachusetts
Sailor Questions Worth of Saving Distressed Ship
An old Salt recalls a pastor speaking eloquently of a ship in distress. The pastor asks what to do, and an elder sailor answers that the vessel is in such a tarnation mess that action might not be worth it. London Tit-Bits.
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London
Sufficient Reason in a Fractured Local Exchange
A fragment from a local page features a teasing exchange about washing and pale appearance. It mentions a character named Tommie and a remark about someone not knowing the business or docking a horse’s tail, implying a whimsy or gossip tone typical of a small community column.
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Uncle Sam
Coast Guard
War-Risk Insurance Bureau
Bluejackets
Treasury Department
Congress
Louis Orr
Louvre
Paris
Kont Neuf
Luxembourg Museum
Afr Orr
Reims
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Arker
Tarney
Auburn
Ind
Tommie
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