Special Form of Wire and Signal Corps War Work
Official reports detail American signal corps output in France near war end. A unique telephone wire produced at 26,000 miles monthly, with 96,000 miles of semi permanent telegraph lines in France and 658,000 miles of outpost wire used monthly at peak. 282 exchanges served 14,956 lines to 8,959 stations. 133 telegraph stations processed about 48,845 messages daily in late fighting. Field glasses demand surged. Bausch and Lomb expanded to 5,500 pairs weekly by January 1919. Motion picture photography captured war history. carrier pigeons proved 95 percent message reliability amid shell and gas barrages.
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Washington
Signal Corps
France
United States
Germany
Bausch and Lomb Company
Rochester
N. Y
Woman Leads Relief Effort for Czecho Slovakia
Lady Muriel Paget arrives from Prague to organize relief work in Czecho Slovakia. She plans to train local women in social welfare, mobilize American Czech women, and set up headquarters at Pressburg to feed, clothe, and medically assist sixteen needy districts amid severe food shortages.
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Paris
Europe
Muriel Paget
Czecho- Slovakia
America
Czecho-Slovakia
Lady Muriel
Trieste
Slovakia
Hungary
Pressburg
Postmaster 63 Years Loves the Work in West Virginia
George P. Moore has served as postmaster at Fidray Edray Pocahontas County for 63 years. At eighty four he expects to continue for ten to twenty years. He also runs a mercantile business owns a large farm presides over the First National Bank of Marlinton and serves as Southern Methodist pastor there delivering sermons twice weekly and leading prayer meetings.
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Wikins
W. Va
Fidray
Pocahontas County
Moore
Edray
J. K. Moore
Franklin Pierce
Tfirst National Bank of
Marlinton
Vase sale nets $27,016 at American Art galleries
New York Oriental art from the late Charles Stewart Smith collection fetched $11,500 for a tall sang de boeuf vase from the Lang Yao period, bought by Parrish Watson. A powder blue vase sold for $990 to J Voiran, and a small sang de boeuf vase went to J Goetz for $740. The session total reached $22,167 and the entire sale $27,016.
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New York
Charles Stewart Smith
Parrish Watson
Captain Brinkley
U.S. A
Japan
Rasputin Flogged by Grand Duke Nicholas, London Tale
Lieut. Col. Napier recounts Rasputin the hypnotist monk visiting Grand Duke Nicholas at headquarters. Rasputin declared his identity, the grand duke challenged him, and Rasputin was flogged. The grand duke stood alone in Russia for such punishment, with threats of hanging if he returned.
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London
Napier
Nicholas
Rasputin
Grand Duke
Russia
Daddy's Evening Fairy Tale
A whimsical tale by Mary Graham Bonner centers on sun and cloud fairies who stay up after sunset for a game of follow the leader led by Flame Fairy. They imagine the King of the Clouds, discuss rainy day lists for Army of Raindrops, and defer to the sun and clouds about plans for sunny and rainy days.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Mr. Sun
Sun Fairies
Cloud Fairies
Gray Fluif
Silver Hdge
Silver Eagle
Sun Fairy
Mame Fairy
Flame Fairy
Cloud
King of the Clouds
Sun
Engineer E L Stevens Advocates Earth Roads For Bond Elections
E L Stevens renowned road expert urges greater emphasis on earth roads to ensure bond elections succeed. Estes Park highway commissioner and inventor of the Stevens road drag argues that while concrete highways fit heavy traffic, earth roads feeding them underpin rural transport and overall development.
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E. L. Stevens
Stevens
America
Rocky Mountain News
Estes Park
Love Makes Us Better and The Blessings of Unrequited Love
A reflective note on love as a divine force that improves both giver and receiver. It claims love enriches the generous heart and even when returned with nothing, the one who gives gains from pure, unselfish affection. The passage presents love as inherently blessed and selfless.
Utah Plans Eight Million Road Spend Over Two Years
Utah will invest about 8 million dollars in state and federal road projects over the next two years with roughly 2 million spent this year. Funds will support the Arrowhead trail linking southern California regions from San Diego and Imperial Valley to Fresno and San Luis Obispo.
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Utah
California
San Diego
Imperial Valley
Fresno
San Luis Obispo
Highway funding and traffic census call for action
Government officials estimate annual U S highway construction and maintenance costs exceed 300 million dollars. If capitalized at five percent that would equal six billion dollars. There has never been a nationwide traffic census to show direction or volume of highway traffic.
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United States
Roads Must Be Linked Up for Cost Efficient Highways
The statement argues that to keep costs down highways should be connected by through trunk lines enabling feeder routes to be built. It stresses the need for an integrated road network to reduce overall expenditure and improve traffic flow.
Lower Hauling Costs Tied to Road Quality
The article notes hauling costs decline when roads are improved, stressing that road capacity is constrained by the worst segment. It argues that broader, better roads reduce friction and time, supporting business efficiency and trade.
Road building as a major government activity
The statement proclaims that road building will soon become one of the government’s major activities, signaling a shift in priorities. It reflects plans to expand infrastructure and public works, underscoring government commitment to transportation development.
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New South
Phosphate Treatment Promises Gain For Thin People
An advertisement touts nitro phosphate as remedy for extreme thinness. It claims to nourish nerves and body cells, boost weight, energy, and health, easing nervousness and sleeplessness. Caution warns against use by those not wishing to gain flesh.
Veteran preachers and war hero trek 100 miles to join colors
Sammy Coles of Luxborough, West Somerset, England, famed pedestrian preacher, spent 40 years walking 35 000 miles to keep preaching engagements. When war broke out Captain John Mac Gregor of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, VC recipient, snowshoed over 100 miles to volunteer.
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Sammy” Coles
Luxborough
West Somerset
England
John MacGregor
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Doctor and patient coordination in prescription debate
In a dialogue about medical care the patient questions whether the doctor’s coordination matches the rising prescription rates. The exchange suggests concerns over treatment consistency and access.
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Alfred Nerinox
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Red Cross
J. T. Stewart Motor CO
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Omaha
F. A. Lundgren
Lydia E. Finkham
Med
Paxton Toilet Company
Boston
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Marine Eye Remedy Co
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