Coal Industry Advances From War-Era Lessons
The wartime inventory exposed new coal mining insights of lasting value. In 1917 bituminous output rose nearly 10 percent to 601,790,563 tons while anthracite grew 13.7 percent to 99,611,811 net tons. Combined hard and soft coal surpassed 650 million tons with 757,317 workers across bituminous and anthracite sectors, reflecting the era’s chaotic but pivotal production surge.
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Lesher
United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Gospel Boat Goes Where Need Is Strong Across Puget Sound
Agnes Lockhart Hughes notes 18 of western Washington’s 19 counties reach seacoast via boats. The Robert G. Seymour, a floating church, sails Puget Sound under Rev. Wilbert H. Howell and wife, logging camps, 11 ports, and Hood Canal. It averages 8,000 miles yearly, weathering fierce gales while delivering sermons and fashion books, aiding a mother of nine who had not heard church work in twelve years.
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Washington
Agnes Lockhart Hughes
Robert G. Seymour
Puget Sound
Wilbert H. Howell
Island County
Uo Hood Canal
They Took Her Literally In Hicksville Entertainment
A popular musical comedy star vacationing in a New England village agreed to perform at a town hall entertainment for charity. She wore a New York costume on a poster, provoking local protests for its reveal. The star insisted she would appear in that costume, or not at all, leading to a shift in the village delegation’s stance.
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New England
Town Hall
New York
Misa de Lancy
Mise de Lancy
Hicksville
Indy
Philadelphia Ledger
Babies Help Pay For War Message From Home Sector
Economist William G. Shephard outlines wartime revenue sources in 1920. He breaks down contributions from soda drinkers, golfers, card players, automobile and motorcycle users, theatergoers, and the general public, estimating about 3 million dollars to Uncle Sam from pockets and purses. He notes Americans paid more internal revenue this year than in 1914, emphasizes widespread small tributes, and urges continued support for the government as worthy of sacrifice.
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William G. Shepherd
Uncle Sam
Iolke
Baby
Why Druggists Die Young
An Indianapolis News report describes a frantic scene in a drugstore where a worried customer demands genuine birdseed for her canary. The exchange reveals distrust in adulterated products, reflecting broader concerns about consumer protection and drugstore practices.
Afognak Island as a U S Game and Fish Reserve
Afognak Island off Alaska’s south coast measures about 65 by 40 miles with an irregular shoreline. Established in 1892 by President Harrison as a game and fish reserve to protect salmon runs. The volcanic island hosts Letnik Lake and a government fish hatchery. Once a Russian American Company salmon port, Aleuts and mixed descendants live there.
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Alaska
Afognak
Harrison
Letnik Lake
United States
Afognal
Banana farming for returning soldiers in New South Wales
The New South Wales government backs banana cultivation to employ demobilized soldiers. Four hundred acres begun with 12 months probation per settler. Each receives £25 for implements stock and building materials. Mr C Rose leads the project and predicts strong returns amid a buoyant fruit market.
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New South Wales
C. Rose
Prickly Pear Pest Spreads Along Rivers in Australia
Australia faces rapid prickly pear spread via waterways. Breaks from parent plants along streams float downstream to establish new colonies. Thousands of acres ruined yearly. rolling, spraying, and poisons fail to halt the advance. Hope rests on a scientist finding commercial uses for the plant.
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Australia
Tt le
Indian Women Progressing in Oklahoma Demonstrations
In Backhaw county Oklahoma Indian girls show strong interest in the political campaign alongside white peers. They attend meetings with the home demonstration agent and present an excellent exhibit of canned and fried fruit and vegetables. One Indian woman displays 100 chickens she raised.
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Oklahoma
London Housing Board Approves Conversions and Starts Work
The London housing board has inspected 2,000 houses that may be converted to state use. Of these, 1,000 have been approved and work is to commence immediately. Work has also begun on 8,000 houses.
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London
London Housing Board
Booklovers Tavern Mixes Drinks With Literature in New York
A new Booklovers tavern in New York combines a bar with a library style. Soft drinks and literature are dispensed together to provide mental exhilaration from novels. Prices like a Kipling highball at 1.75 dollars may deter book buyers and wartime alcohol restrictions.
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Booklovers
New York
Philadelphia Inquirer
Costs Money to Run a Zoo Feeds Elephants and Giraffes
Officials at the London zoo note rising costs to feed a year’s elephant diet estimated at two thousand dollars and a giraffe at half that. The piece lists diverse meats and foods for various animals, including birds, monkeys, and snakes, highlighting budgetary pressures and complex feeding regimens.
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London Zoo
Gum industry could rise with Mesopotamian roads and rail
The article envisions a budding gum market in Mesopotamia as roads and a northern railway link Mosul to the world. It notes current barter via Suleimanaya and Bagdad with Kurds and traders may expand into a full industry, potentially boosting wealth and regional development under British rule.
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Mesopottamia
Kurdikh
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Suleimanaya
Bagdad
Aleppo
Sigdan
Aviators in War Time Lose Fear but Seek Discipline
The article describes aviators as ardent fox hunters with keen hands for aircraft control. It notes older pilots drank freely while younger ones sought stimulants, all avoiding excess due to fatal risks. It also argues marriage augments responsibility, and a balance of courage and recklessness aids wartime achievement.
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England
Japan's rapid growth in machinery trade noted
Japan's machinery imports rose from 12.0 million dollars in 1914 to over 29.0 million in 1918. U S supply share shifted from 20 percent of imports to 80 percent by 1918. Exports, mainly to eastern markets, climbed from 0.634 million in 1914 to about 7.89 million in 1918, including electrical and textile machinery and lathes.
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Japan
United States
The Lucky Cuss and the Cold Bedside Banter
The Kansas City Star recounts a witty bedside exchange in which an invalid rejects sympathy, boasting of warmth and comfort despite a fever. The speaker and narrator describe the scene with humor, comparing the patient to a turtle retreating into its shell and dismissing conventional pity.
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Kansas City Star
French Coal Miners Demand Machinery Upgrade Overwork
French coal miners reject longer shifts and demand American style mining machinery. They claim an American miner using mechanical devices can dig about thirty tons of coal per week, while they in France produce only a tenth of that, indicating the need for improved equipment.
New Coal Storage Idea Fights Spontaneous Ignition
Ingenious plan in Dortmund Germany stores coal in carbonic acid gas to prevent spontaneous ignition. Three cylindrical bunkers, each 2,500 tons, have semi-spherical tops and bottoms with top fill openings and bottom discharges. Upper outlets operate without full leak proofing as gas is heavier than air. Coal is lifted by a steel tower, dropped into a hopper, then fed via a push plate conveyor into bunkers. Gas leaks are replaced to maintain levels.
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Dormund
Germany
Lengthening Life of Silk Stocking in Paris
In Paris a veteran stocking mender shows thrift by reviving worn silk stockings. Elise repairs up to thirty pairs, noting old threads and fragile webs survive only with patient care. Previously paid three half-pence per pair. now fourpence or fivepence, yet work time has lengthened from ten minutes to an hour per pair.
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Parisienne
Elise
Mallame
Madame
Fun for the Girl on Streetcar Ride
An evening crowd scene describes a man incorrectly escorting a tall stranger home after a theater outing. The stranger thanks him gracefully, saying a young man never escorted him across the street before. The man’s companion laughs at the mix up during the walk home.
Concrete bird tree proposed by Dr. Warren at West Chester
Dr H B Warren plans a concrete 15 foot tree on his West Chester lawn with a wire frame and varied sized holes to lure birds. A large concrete bath at the base would provide water, and initial limbs offer perches. The piece questions whether birds will be fooled by the elaborate imitation.
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H. B. Warren
West Chester
Ambrine Plastic Dressing for Wounds Replaces Old Methods
Industrial plants adopt Ambrine treatment for burns and surface wounds from World War I casualties. The wax and resin dressing remains solid when cold, heats to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and is applied by atomizer or brush. It forms an air impervious layer that does not adhere, promotes healing, and reduces disfigurement and scarring.
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Wounda
Bold Chinese Bandits Kidnap Ransom Plot Alarm Tenchowfu
Bands of 30 to 50 kidnappers terrorize Tenchowfu Shanting with high value captives. They extort up to 50000 dollars per victim, using torture to extract promises. Police pursuit fails as raiders reportedly sail from Danny across the Gulf of Pechili with captives.
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Tenchowfu
Shanting
China
Danny
Gulf of
Pechili
Spanish Licorice Industry Emerges In Spain
The manufacture of licorice extract and paste becomes an important Spanish industry. Previously the root was exported unmanufactured. In 1918 over 6,000,000 pounds of the root were exported and more than 600,000 pounds of extract and paste processed domestically.
Days of Chivalry Gone in Crowded Indy Car
Two young women aboard a crowded Indianapolis car endured heat and crowded aisles. An elderly man offered one a seat, then refused and sat down. The women kept their balance as the tall man delayed and finally exited two blocks later.
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Indianapolis News
Indy
Tammy
More Than Her Mouth at the Zoo Prompts Wonder
Report notes spring slowly approaching as visitors linger at National Rowlouteal Park. People observe the hippo mother and her youngsters while children remark that the animal seems to open its mouth wider than expected, sparking amusement amid chilly crowds.
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Snd
National Rowlouteal Park
Wally
Suimitters
Tomb Tramp Haunts Roman Tomb in Arles Ghost Encounter
A tramp living in an old Roman tomb at Arles startled two Dutch tourists by emerging ghostlike from the tomb under moonlight. They fled in terror and reported a resurrection sighting. Police will prosecute him for wandering without visible means of subsistence.
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Arles
Rhone
London Daily Mail
Captain Potter and grandson inspect Evansville river scene
Master Charles Wymond Potter accompanied his grandfather Captain Charles A to Evansville to check the elevator boats barges and coal. Charles asks why dirt is called dirt when wet and dust when dry, but the grandfather offers no answer as he ponders the question.
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Charles Wymond Potter
Charles A
Evansville
Charles
Grandfather
Indianapolis News
Motoring Dream Drives Pig Characters in Old Birmingham Alert
A quirky excerpt from the Birmingham Age shows two pig characters debating road life and a wish for a car so large nothing can pass on the second boulevard except a breeze. The dialogue captures early humor about cars and status in a rustic local scene.
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Birmingham Age
Fine Point In Draw Poker
Bloodthirsty Bill Cheater Charlie Daredevil Dick and Slasher Sam play a tense poker game with dramatic hands. Four twos and a royal flush spark loud calls as the dealer taunts a risky bluff and hints at hidden nerves in this London Ti-Bits recount.
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Bill
Charlie
Sam
Daredevil Dick
Daryedevil Dick
London
World Race Groups Describe Sun Shadows Across Hemispheres
A historical text outlines groups: antiscians live north or south of the equator with shadows casting in opposite directions, axclans experience no noon shadow at a time yearly, asxcians inhabit the torrid zone with two vertical suns, periscians near the polar circle see shadows move around the sky seasonally.
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Tropics
Equator
Tuon
Lattine
Perth
Polar Circle
Upending in Crete described by Prof Myres at RGS
The Royal Geographical Society heard Prof. T J Myres describe two major ground level shifts on Crete since ancient times. The island has rotated on an axis with the east sinking and the west rising, submerging Quays at Hierapetra and Spinalonga while Phalasarna’s harbor now stands dry and walkable.
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Crete
Royal Geographical Society
T. J. Myres
Scientific American
Hierapetras
Spinalonga
Phalusarna
Chinese Engineers Rise In Modern China
Chinese engineers have advanced more than in any branch of progress over the last twenty years, with medicine as perhaps the sole exception. The engineer class in China is here to stay, though some modern engineers criticize the Chinese for avoiding long training and dirty toil, preferring to pose as masters without hard work.
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China
War Torn Villages Rise From Ashes In France
Villages near St. Quent in rebuilt with a grinding machine turning shell debris into mortar due to shortages of stone and building materials. Artisans work to restore houses by reusing wreckage as new mortar.
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St. Quentin
France
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