Three Ways to Save the Country and Potatoes in War Times
In a warm evening tale Uncle Dan leads a discussion on German education, Prussian influence, and the heart versus head in schooling. He argues Germany seeks world domination while American government serves the people, then shifts to the humble potato’s role amid wartime shortages and storage needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Bilis
Jimmie
Billie
Carl Newman
Carl
Sint
Trumule
Timenie Ald
Uncle Dan
Europe
Germany
Ren
Edo
Husband the Better Lover in a Woman’s Life
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt argues the average man is a better lover through practical acts and the wife’s devotion is shown in work. It says masculine focus on provision fuels affection while a devoted wife finds happiness in home making, planning meals, and mending socks as a dignified profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Famine in Russia Cited as One of Europe’s Worst
National Geographic notes Russia’s peasantry sufferings with famines dating back to 1600 and recent decades. It cites 1891 1906 and 1911 as severe famines, 80 000 000 people affected across one third of European Russia, with 8 000 000 starving and reliance on bark and bitter bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
National
Geographic Magazine
Russia
Europe
First Woman Doctors in Early American Medicine
A summary of pioneering women in medicine: Dr Mary Putnam Jacobs, born in London, the first woman admitted to Ecole de Medicine and first NY Academy of Medicine member, married to Dr Abraham Jacobi. It notes Dr Elizabeth Brickwell as the first non physician in America who earned an M D in 1849 and later practiced in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecole Medecine
Paris
New York
Mary Futuna Jacobi
America
Elizabeth Brickwell
England
Color Perceptions Altered by Substances and Toxins
The article explains that eye organs are affected and that various substances induce color disturbances. Hashish and alcohol can evoke violent visions with blue hues, while atropine and scopolamine yield red visions. Quinine, tobacco, carbonic oxide, snake bite, and certain chemicals produce yellow or light yellow sensations.
Celibates in Large Numbers Across United States
The Journal of Heredity cites a claim of 17,000,000 celibates in the United States based on 1910 census schedules. It notes many unmarried men and women, ages twenty five to thirty four, and argues lifelong celibacy is largely eugenically inferior to marriage while acknowledging some could still be desirable parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Journal of Heredity
Smallest Farme in the World On Tiny French Isles
A fragment notes on Regnard Oleron near La Rochelle hosting the world’s smallest farms. Some plots span one to two square yards, yet sustain diverse crops including vineyards. The fertile soil and heir subdivision drive the Lilliputian estates among dense inland populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regind Oleron
la Rochelle
France
Food for Thought. A witty line about love and education
A short dialogue about romance and learning ends with a suggestive quip. He asks if she is the first girl he has loved and replies that she is the kind of girl a fellow has to be educated up to, prompting her reaction.
Master’s Sale in Dillon County Court Pleas Dawns Sale
Notice of a master sale in Dillon County for 190 shares of Dillon Cotton Mills and 115 shares Maple Cotton Mills, par $100, cash terms, minimum deposits of $10 per share, sale Feb 4 1918, at courthouse. Purchasers risk of resale on noncompliance, certificates issued on completion.
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State of
South Carolina
Dillon
Court of Common Pleas
R. W. Memmin
J. D. Haselden
W. M. Hamer
Dillon County
Said County
Dillon Cotton Mills
Maple Cotton Mills
Dillon County Auction Sale Of Land In February 1918
County of Dillon through Master for Dillon County announces sale of real estate by public auction at the courthouse door Dillon on the first Monday in February 1918 the 4th. The parcel covers thirty feet by one hundred five feet with front on Little Bluff Road near Kirby s Cross Roads bounded by old Lundy lands. Sale terms cash with responsibility for all papers and stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
South Carolina
Dilion
Court of Common Pleas
Merchants Grocery Co
J. R. Smith
R. W. Memnainger
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Dillon County
Dillon
County of
Kirby's Cross Roads
Little Bluff
W. B. Lundy
Little Bluff Road
Anid Mnjggommion Ee
Dillon County master seeks sale days for prior purchaser
A Dillon County master in chancery announces actions on the same or subsequent sales day at the risk of the former purchaser. Authorities reference 4A. B. Jordan as master.
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B. Jordan
Dillon County
Also Mentioned on This Page
LKS
Lincoln
Ory Universal Young Men
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Hnson
Christian Science Monitor
Death
Tam
A. B. Jordan
E. L. Rogers
Leslie Rogers
Irla
Dillon Motor Sales Co., Dillon
S. C
M. A. Stubbs
Federal Reserve Banking System
First National Bank
Sera Oe
TNT
Avalon Farms
Welaurin
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