Pershing’s Diary Details Training and Front Experience 1917
General Pershing records early 1917 to October 1917 notes on keeping US troops under American jurisdiction in France, port loading flaws, need for winter clothing, officer training goals, and First Division progress. He recalls Joffre visit, trench front insights, and plans for continued offensive action with Allied forces.
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Washington
Chaumont
France
War Department
W. A. Bethel
New York Harbor
Quartermaster Corps
de Castlenay
Bjrat
Ambassador Sharp
Joseph Reinach
F. H. Burr
Twenty-eighth Regiment
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Paris
Gondirecourt
Benjamin Alvord
Harry L. Rogers
Edgar Russell
Signal Corps
G. C. Williams
A. KE. Bradley
Joseph Joffre
Treveray
Ragueneau
Alvord
de Chambrun
McCoy
Boyd
Poincare
Marshal
Neufchateau
First Corps
St. Jin
One Hundred and Fifty-first Infantry
Verdun
Berlin
New York Times
Flanders
Germany
United States Army
Luneville
Quartermaster General
Petain
Nivelle
d'Esperey
Group of Armies
Sixth Army
Aisne
Diseases of Poultry Bulletin Released for Farmers
A new free bulletin titled Diseases of Poultry from the Colorado Agricultural College experiment station outlines the health needs of poultry flocks. Dr. I E Newsom notes hygiene and management as keys to preventing outbreaks and details housing feeding water supply yards cleaning disinfection and breeding. It covers numerous diseases from nutritional disorders to parasitic infections and poisoning, with copies available on request.
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Colorado Agricultural College Experiment Station
I. E. Newsom
Steel Cut Oats as Prime Feed for Chick Rearing
Steel cut oats offer a cost effective feed for young chicks and laying hens. They beat corn in hot weather by staying cooler and lower in fat. Boiling oats expands volume and enhances palatability. Sprouted oats provide winter green feed for laying hens.
Take Good Care of Eggs to Keep Quality Right
The article stresses regular egg gathering and removing male birds after hatching. It warns eggs are perishable, with exposure to light especially sunlight harming quality. It notes sunlit south side nest-boxes cause rapid deterioration in hot weather.
Keep Poultry Healthy by Culling Sick Birds
Culling sick birds and isolating them is vital for poultry health. J. H. Claybaugh of the Nebraska College of Agriculture recommends disinfecting drinking water with chlorinated lime or potassium permanganate. two tablespoons of lime per three gallons of water suffices, and permanganate turns water a bright wine color.
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J. H. Claybaugh
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Early laying pullets bring eager egg yields
Farmers with flocks of early hatched or bought pullets report ready egg production and aim for bigger yields. They should now give birds proper care and avoid pushing them into peak production without considering key points.
End of Rooster Hatch Season Cited in Sale Practice
The article notes June 1 as a usual sale day for roosters marking end of hatching season. Males sold afterward reduce expenses as infertile eggs cannot rot, preventing spoilage and quality loss. It mentions rats and summer losses from fertile eggs and implies infertility benefits to food quality.
Bayer Aspirin Promotion and Art Critique Collide in Ad
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as a relief for fatigue headaches colds and pains with claims of rapid action in genuine tablets and warns against cheaper imitations. The page also cites a Futurist art critic urging a dynamic cooking style and joking about nitroglycerine in stoves as a satirical suggestion.
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Arry
School of
Arkansas Gazette
St Josephs Aspirin Proves Value and Purity
Consumers seek value and safety in purchases and show strong trust in St Josephs Genuine Pure Aspirin. Advertisers tout the product meeting government standards and offer 12 tablets for ten cents as a bargain, noting over nine million boxes sold in a year.
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St.Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s
Expedient Democracy Quip On Handshakes After Elections
A Washington Star exchange shows a statesman and a counterpart debating whether shaking hands with the masses will be abandoned. The reply suggests it might end only after an election and not before, reflecting on political ritual.
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Washington Star
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General Pershing
North American Newspaper Alliance
WNU
Missouri
Maistre
Pershing and
Joffre
Col. E. M. House
Poilus
Iti
Flit
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