Home canning drive aims at 1.5 billion quarts in 1918
United States Department of Agriculture notes a nationwide push to can and preserve food. About 1.5 billion quarts are the target with 3 000 home demonstration agents and thousands of leaders guiding boys and girls clubs. Last year 850 million quarts were put up. training and demonstrations will spread through the South North and West with school classes and county meetings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iueaders
Department of Agriculture
North
West
United States Food Administration
Potato Pens Fail to Seed Household Gardeners Cite Christie
Purdue’s Christie says the potato pens failed to return seed. Indianapolis reports show 40 pens with no seed recovered. U.S. Agriculture tests also disappointing with eight pounds harvested from twenty pounds planted at Washington. Farm Life notes the barrel plan similarly unproductive.
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Christie
Purdue University
Indiana
Indianapolis
Osborne
United States Department of Nent of Agriculture
Washington
Teach Us to Live with Strength and Gentle Grace
A Rudyard Kipling verse fragment asks for guidance from heaven to build an undefiled heritage Teach us to bear the yoke with steadfastness and truth Teach us to rule ourselves with control and temper that we may succor the distressed and forgive all acts of evil in love under the sun.
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Jook
Seth
Rudyard -E Kipling
Life of an Airplane and Motor Hours
The article estimates life spans for aircraft and motors. A well built airplane lasts about six hundred hours of flying barring accidents. Motors have a minimum of three hundred hours of running life. At 100 miles per hour the planes would accumulate around 60 000 miles in service.
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People's Hobie Journal
Last Half Hour of Day Is Most Important Time
A reflective essay urges focusing on the last half hour of the day to review, resolve, and bury worries. It describes this period as the crucial life balance point, offering a habit to build daily to accumulate strength and anchor through storms.
Old Garments and Shoes Repaired for Soldiers
The Quartermaster Corps reclamation division reports large scale repair of worn clothing and footwear for troops. Wives and mothers at Fort Sam Houston repaired an average 38,000 garments daily in May, while nearly 170,000 shoes were fixed in April. Salvage of garbage and metals proves profitable, and mobile laundries traveling with troops in France follow successful stationary operations in U S camps.
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Army
Quartermaster Corps’ Reclamation Division
Fort Sam Houston
France
United States
War's Global Balance: Nine-Tenths at War and Peace
Fragmentary OCR notes claim 1.6 billion people on earth with 1.6 billion other figures and a claim that nine-tenths are at war while one-tenth are at peace. The passage mixes numeric estimates and broken phrases about Teutonicales and nations.
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Satistica
Teutonicales
Early 19th Century Berry Preserves and Desserts Guide
Instructions for preserving and sweetening berries and fruits. Includes canning methods for strawberries raspberries currants and gooseberries and recipes for blackberry flummery strawberry cocktails currant ice cream and gooseberry fool with step by step cooking tips and ingredient quantities.
Khaki Color Named From Mud in British India Prophecy
The Columbus Dispatch notes khaki originated from muddy British Army uniforms in India after a tactic to disguise in mud. It argues khaki will come to symbolize courage, patriotism, and sacrifice like blue once did for the United States armed forces.
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India
Streim
United States
Columbus Dispatch
German internees farm work in Arkansas amid wartime shifts
A stray OCR summary notes German internees in Arkansas doing farm work under wartime policy. It mentions United States authorities enforcing loyalty laws and references broader war demands affecting supply chains such as glycerin for soap. An incident in Los Angeles involves an 18 year old man accusing a doctor of a radiation burn.
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Arkansas
United,States
Texas
United States
Angeles
Distinguishing Iron From Steel in Workshop Tests
A practical method from Popular Science Monthly explains how to tell wrought iron cast iron and mild steel apart. Make a bright spot on the metal and apply a drop of nitric acid. After a few minutes ash gray indicates wrought iron, brownish black indicates mild steel, and deep black indicates cast iron.
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Selerice Monthly
Allied offensive near Oureq river drives German retreat
American forces along the Soissons Rheims salient push from Sergy toward Nesles forest aided by French gains northeast of Fere en Tardenois. German rear guards fight hard with heavy casualties as Allies extend the line north of the Oureq river and dimishes Clerges positions. Rome report notes artillery duels and thirteen enemy aircraft downed.
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Paris
Oureq
Soissons-Rheims
Sergy
Germany
Middle Western
Serry
Nesles
Fere-en- Tardenois
Soissons-Rheima Salient
Clerges
Bengneux
Fere-en-Tirdenois
Grand Rozsy
Fere
Rheims
St. Euphraise
Altho
Rome
Giudicarja and
Val
Plave
House Committee Plans Radical Levy Boost on Luxuries
Washington report shows the House Ways and Means committee proposing a major tax hike in the $8 billion war revenue bill. Taxes on gross sales of autos, cosmetics, proprietary medicines, cameras, sporting goods, piano players and phonographs would rise to 10 percent, from current 2 or 3 percent, with admissions and dues potentially doubling to 20 percent.
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House
Washington
Houseways and Means
Woman Driver Killed in Morrison Collision
Mrs Anna Good rich was killed and two passengers in the large auto truck she drove were seriously injured in a collision with a small car at Looking Glass point between Five green and Morrison.
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Morrison, Colo
Anna Goodrich
Looking ‘Glass Point
Fiver
Green
Morrison
Tobacco Stock Up In Washington On July 1
The report shows about 220 million pounds more imported tobacco on hand July 1 than a year earlier, indicating a rise in available inventory. Details highlight shifts in supply for the Washington market and potential impacts on pricing and output.
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Washington
Simple Fall School Frocks Highlight Wartime Conservatism
A war influenced move toward plain, practical children’s frocks dominates fall fashion with repurposed wool and wool blend fabrics. Designs emphasize simple bodices, plaited skirts, bold shoulder details, practical pockets, and adaptable pieces that can be remodeled for grownups.
Serge and Georgette Dress Designs
A new dress model combines navy blue serge with Georgette. The outfit features a dashed skirt and a sleeveless back panel, with Georgette sleeves and a front apron-like section. Bright bead fringe echoes the embroidery colors across the knee-length apron.
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Serge
Georgette
Georgett
Minde
Dyeing Tips Emphasize Clean Clothing Prep
A historical note stresses washing garments thoroughly before dyeing. Boil items in water until clean, then rinse in cold water to ensure best color results.
Hand-Sewing Undermuslin Styles in Midsummer Work
The article praises hand sewing undermuslin garments during warm midsummer days. It highlights fabrics like crepe de chine satin cotton batiste and nainsook with pink flesh and white colors. It notes finishes such as Val lace French knots and fine tucks. It describes two gown models with lace yokes and embroidery and emphasizes ease of laundering crepe de chine.
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Batiste
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