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Newspaper
The Gallup Herald
Location
Gallup, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
3
In the nation’s capital a dry spell remains and the city adjusts to saloonless life. Citizens in distant states influenced Congress may repeal, but locals see few changes. saloonkeepers quit, rooms are repurposed for cafes, and war demand fuels quick turnover of buildings and staff.
Old armory built by the National Rifles in 1882 at cost 85 000 faces demolition as a ten story office building planned for 250 000. The National Rifles founded 1850 and once a premier District unit, played Civil War roles and boasted social events on upper floors. The building’s basement housed the unit while balls and dances filled the upper floors before disbanding in 1905.
The Red Triangle clubhouse in Washington furnishes enlisted servicemen with rooms meals books magazines and writing materials It is a 20 by 64 foot building moved from Long Island NY and set on Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue It operates under the Y M C A with William Knowles Cooper supervising and forms part of a national chain to aid soldiers with information and comfort Local churches and philanthropic groups support the project and more homes and rooms are being arranged for Sunday gatherings and crowded city nights
A big department store hosts a knitting class where women knit sweaters caps and other items for soldiers and sailors. The class grows as volunteers, including a recent recruit who is described as young and eager to help.
The article describes cotton and its by products driving Southern prosperity during wartime. Cottonseed meal and linters find food and industrial uses. cotton supports feed, lard production, and high explosives components. Record prices, from five to 27 cents, signal lasting demand and a strong war economy for cotton producers.
The article argues that labor shortages and a push for diversified farming depress last year's cotton yield yet promise higher future production. It cites tenant farmers, crop rotation, and soil renewal boosting yields to three bales per acre with better farming. The campaign aims to make the South self supplying, expanding corn, wheat, and fodder alongside cotton.
The quartermaster general seeks 8840 chefs to teach army kitchen science for cantoned troops as Aunt Diana recipes and Fort Riley methods form the Modern Army Cook book. Portable bakeries and rolling kitchens enable field meals for a War-strength company at 40 cents per man per day.
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