Corn as War Food Aimed to Sustain Nation and Allies
An editorial urges Americans to boost corn production and diversify meals to feed both U S and Allied peoples during war. It extols corn’s nutritional value, notes food shortages at home, and cites historical and indigenous uses of corn from bread flour to parched grain and tortillas as essential symbols of national resilience and military sustenance.
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Europe
America
United States
Wannlalant
Caesar
Whittier
What the Insignia On Uniforms Means
In peace and war the army uses shared insignia across branches to denote rank and unit. The corporal bears two bars, sergeant three inverted V bars, and enlisted men wear organization buttons with branch symbols. Officers display collar pins and shoulder insignia. first lieutenants have silver shoulder bars, captains two bars, colonels a silver crest, and brigadier generals a silver star. Hat cords and branch colors identify corps. green for home defense, buff for quartermaster, red and white for engineers, orange and white for signals, maroon and white for hospital, gold and black for general wear.
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Fela
Ray
Edther Canstar
Engineering Corps
Signal Corps
Hospital Corps
Quartermaster’s Corps
Rngineering Corps
Rev
Dattshure
New York
Protests of Esteem In Turbulent Public Debate
A fragment from a public discourse shows a speaker railing against perceived fakes and questioning patriotic sentiment. The exchange centers on whether love of country is proven by actions toward family and national duty, revealing tensions over loyalty and trust.
Expensive intellect in a garbled item
A fragmentary OCR text mentions Testely and a ten dollar brain, with garbled phrases about wine, steriods, and Athens. Many words are unclear, names unreadable, and the passage does not present a coherent event or identifiable subjects.
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Helee
Loferuarion
Athens
Bayonne to offer night classes teaching English
Education board plans evening courses to teach English for Bayonne residents who make up half of the city’s 70 000 population. New Orleans group starts large schooner service with gasoline engines linking New Orleans Calat and Mexico. Mrs Harriet T Richbardson aged ninety five joined First Methodist in Lynn and keeps long term church membership. A Popular Mechanics contributor describes a new blue print sensitizing timeline enabling 150 to 200 yards of paper per hour. Freight and passenger rail lines see 15 percent fare increases to state treasury despite rail costs rising 60 million over 1915. Raccoons raid corn fields prompting dog hunts at night. raccoons noted as intelligent pets.
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Education Board
New Orleans
Calat
Mexico
Harriet T. Richbardson
Gexington
Mass
First Methodist
Lynn
Popular Mechanics
Gertrude Taser
New York
Jeri
Flatoes
Spain
Werth
First Savings Bank Founders and Purpose in Early Banking
The first bank organized to serve as a safe place for savings of self depositors was established in May in a true village at Rothwell. Earlier institutions confined deposits to savings of homemakers and other workers, paying interest and returning funds to members as annuities after a set age.
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Rothwell
Ready Made Pie Crust Reported by Providence Bulletin
A Providence Bulletin note describes a ready made pie crust that can last a year. The article suggests cooks have long experimented with new compositions and hints at origins of these innovations in a broad, observational tone.
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Providence Bulletin
Cost and Value Clash in Prices Spark Debate
A Memphis Commercial Appeal line questions price by contrasting necessities and luxuries, noting the struggle to distinguish essential goods from indulgences in everyday spending.
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Memphis
Lesson for June 24 Review in Church Class
Review outlines two main methods for teaching past quarter lessons and emphasizes making Jesus real to students. It lists significant gospel events and suggests using golden texts, present-day emphasis, and concise outlines to help adults and children grasp key Christian themes and beliefs.
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Pilate
Nerad
Smith Family in the Major Leagues
The Smiths are heavily represented in the major leagues as the TT pentant rrees begin. George Smith joins the Giants after fame at Columbia, with Smiths also in Brooklyn and Boston. Elmer Smith is an outfielder for Washington and "Popboy" Smith a pitcher for Cleveland.
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Jack Sodth
Fred Smith
Mister Doggins
Dardanis
Jo Carlyle Smith Stal
Boston Braves
Elmer Smith
Washington
Popboy” Smith
Cleveland
Mwn
War and sport mingle as nations crave diversion
A fragmentary discussion from Sporting News and the New York Tribune weighs how wartime mood and wartime news affect baseball interest in the US. It argues sport remains essential as a distraction, with fans seeking relief in games while war looms.
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New York Tribune
Toronto
Montreal
Canady
Tts
Mack Seeks Consistent Pitching From Peculiar Club
Cope Mack stresses steady mound work as the team builds a versatile roster. He cites pitchers Bush Meyers Johnson and Noyes as key dependents while noting the players are not stars yet can run bases and contribute with hits.
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Uyl
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Noyes
Dubuc Dubue Poised for Salt Lake City Breakout
Ed Spencer, veteran of the minor leagues and Pacific Coast circuit, predicts Jean Dubue will be a big winner for Salt Lake City this season. He praises Dubue’s slow ball and notes it’s rare on the coast, expecting him to outduel batters and hit well, possibly surpassing two hundred.
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Tiger
Jean
Pacific
Jean Duabue
Salt Lake
Dubue
Salt Lake City
Ible
Loyalty of Athletes and National Service
In a Washington Times piece Bob Theser notes nations mobilize athletes for patriotic duty while the United States has yet to recruit prominent baseball, golf, tennis, or other sports stars. He argues real loyalty will matter when such figures join.
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Italy
Australia
Canada
Cnited
Bob Theser
Washington Times
Baseball Notes From Early Season Contests and Player Moves
A snapshot of early season baseball chatter including Diamond Notes on Slim Caldwell and Tinker's team, Braves lineup surprises with Fifteen Travis, bench noise versus batting, and Reds and Cardinals rosters. Mentions Groh, Cravath, Cobb, Alexander, and Mack era fixtures.
War raises canary prices hit by wartime supply shock
Canaries, once 3.50 to 6 dollars, leap to 12 to 15 dollars amid wartime disruption. German monopoly on imports ended when the Turkish blockade cut supply, leaving Americans unable to meet demand. Dealers note bird values rise with scarcity and no fixed market price. A separate note: Atlanta penitentiary plans a plant to manufacture cotton for laces.
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Igher
An Electric Pistol From an Inventor's Workshop
An inventor builds an electric pistol using a brass cylinder a small battery and coil. Gases are supplied from outside or a small tank. The device aims to mimic powder explosions and propel a fast projectile. The piece notes it is an experimental use of electricity for explosive effect. Howard's bedtime mischief follows with a comic line about “Ditting back In.” Oat cakes in Scotland are described as close to primitive bread.
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Islands
Tetepe
Mer
Oas
Arizona
Ratty
Scotland
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