Mt Higby Weather and War Drive Miscellany
Mt Higby reports noon temperature 66 with a 47 minimum and 56.6 mean, barometer 29.86, wind from the south, and a successful Red Cross drive though coal prices rise. Pastor Stokes travels east, U boat activity lingers, and a bustling war effort continues with prize fights, shipbuilding, and draft anxieties. Local notes praise resilience, civic duty, and persistent fundraising as the nation braces for broader conflict.
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Mt. Higby
Farmers cut wheat to save harvest amid global supply hopes
The article describes farmers plowing up 4 to 5 million acres of wheat due to poor spring conditions and high costs, while spring wheat sowing rises by 2.5 million acres. It notes a large U.S. wheat area nearing a record, with a normal harvest around 900 million bushels, and highlights optimistic global factors from Argentina, Australia, Canada, and Europe. It urges support for food administration conservation and enduring substitutions, as hope of abundant harvests grows.
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United States
Australia
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Canada
England
France
British Isles
Food Administration
American Liberty motor ushers in air power growth
Dayton reports confirm the mature success of the Liberty motor and battle planes, with fast aircraft being produced and shipped. Demonstrations show superior speed and altitude, and allied production is advancing despite prior doubts. The piece argues American industry will soon field large numbers of effective planes.
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New York Globe
Dayton
Ohio
Liberty Motor
Europe
Inventors Take Notice in Detroit News
A Detroit News notice warns inventors amid a flood of devices improving various parts of America, urging attention to innovation and new developments in the field.
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Detroit News
America
An Easy Trick for Women Camouflage in War Times
A Philadelphia Public Ledger column praises female camouflage as natural and adaptable. It argues women can mimic trees or logs to avoid German attention, noting fashion shifts and youthful appearances, and cites Edward Lear’s beard rhyme as comic precedent.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Red Cross
Phyllis
Edward Lear
No Party in War Taxation Opinion
The piece argues no partisan dispute should govern new revenue laws for war taxes, urging decisions on government needs over politics. It explains Congress and McAdoo should act if necessity arises, suggesting Ways and Means pre-session planning as likely. It reports a German U boat sinking Cork steamer Inniscarra and capture of crew members by an American destroyer.
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Charles P. Steinmetz
General Electric Company
C. L. Norton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Herbert Fisher Moore
University of Illinois
Berlin
Sam
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
House
Ways and Means Committee
U. S
London
Inniscarra
The
Chronicle
Cromwell News Roundup Includes Visits and Local Events
Cromwell area notes many visitors including G Newton of New Islington a theft incident involving Mr and Mrs Thomas Noble Mildred Perkins and Vera Bugbee visit local homes and churches plan a special Washington lodge meeting and B and A M degree Sunday services at Baptist and First Congregational churches with Memorial Day themed sermons and church school. Cromwell Red Cross drive nears goal with half raised. appeal for remaining funds due May 27 and a meeting of drive captains set at Belden library Sunday evening.
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Cromwell
G. Newton
New
Thomas Noble
Mildred Perkins
West Ham
W. Ranney
Vera Bugbee
Connecticut College
Bertha ‘Bee
Washington Lodge
A. M
The
Baptist Church
Florence ‘Smith
Hebron
First Congregational Church
Homer Wesley Hildreth
Bible School
Ruth Storken
America
Theodore Anderson
Red Cross
Dorothy Bush
Belden
Benefactor Edison Film for Red Cross Benefit at Moodus Hall
The Moodus Greenburg hall presents a matinee at 4 o clock and 8:30 showing The Benefactor a motion picture about Thomas A Edison plus a seven reel comedy. Admission is 1 and 22 cents with proceeds for Red Cross. Come early for seats. advy 275.
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Greenburg’s
Thomas A. Edison
Red Cross
Red Cross Benefit Fun by Froebel League
Mrs Langzettel of the Froebel League in New York invites the public to an afternoon of games songs and frolic to aid the Red Cross from 3 to 5 pm Monday May 27 Tickets cost 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children. Kaisers Secret Agreement reported from Amsterdam May 25 Count von Hertling German chancellor presented details of the cement of the two Kaisers to the bundesrat and it was approved according to Berlin depots.
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Middlefield
The
Red Cross
Langzettel
Froebel League of
New York City
the Red Cross
Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Bundesrat
Berlin
Ilay
Third Urgent Deficiency Bill Reported in Congress
Washington May 25 The third urgent deficiency bill of the present session of Congress was reported to committee or chamber, detailing funding adjustments and appropriations to keep federal operations running through that period.
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Washington
Congress
Frust-A-Tives Trial Size Offered by Ostrander
WM. H. OSTRANDER 50c per box six for 2.50 trial size 25c. Available at all dealers or sent on receipt of price by Frust-A-Tives Limited Ogdensburg N Y.
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WM. H. Ostrander
Frust-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N. Y
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Rts
New York World
Moodus
Westinghouse
Grant St
Buffalo
Tory
the Hartman
Bacon Bros
Sperry and Barnes
Twrevithich
Lyman D. Mills CO
Court Street
Wrubel Middletown
Royal Electric Vacuum
Blau
Walter A. Blau
Main St
George F. Redford
J. H. Leiferman
Main Street
W. A. Snow
Jackson Co
Court St
the City Savings
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