Home canning urged as patriotic duty for families
Aged and young alike urged to join a home canning effort to bolster food supplies during wartime. The article promotes simple equipment, department of agriculture guidance, and a family based “army” structure with mothers directing operations and children, grandmothers, and grandfathers serving as efficient helpers in a campaign across generations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hus
Department of Agriculture
United States
Grandpa
First Step to Canning Goods and Supplies
A guideline urges getting jars tops and rings ready, organizing a canning outfit, and using safe sanitary methods. It notes a government bulletin service from the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington to provide directions on canning preserving jelly drying and other conserving methods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Home Canning Essentials and Safety Rules
A compact guide on preserving jars and canning basics covers sterilizing jars, sealing to extend shelf life, and smart storage. It notes summer readiness, fall use, and winter hunger, plus tips like a rubber ring for seals and dry starch on minor skin injuries.
Cottage Cheese Creations For Everyday Kitchen Use
A vintage kitchen guide celebrates cottage cheese, detailing cheese based dishes like omelets croquettes and sandwiches. It also offers practical tips on tools, cleanliness, and efficient kitchen practices along with recipes for honey drop cakes corn flour chocolate cake and rice bread.
Did Bret Harte Resign Over The Lack of Roaring Camp
Verece Marweed recalls Bret Harte defending The Lack of Roaring Camp against indecency claims by Overland Monthly proofreader Alan, prompting a bitter ultimatum. The tale was published despite pressure, caused controversy in California, yet found major success in the East with a Boston offer for future work.
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Bret Harte
Overland Monthly
Alan
Harte
East
Boston
Women corrupt German captives plan assaults noted
The Literary Digest notes women including German gover nment figures are not insensible to male charm and may tempt imprisoned officers. Authorities thwart several attempts to communicate or pass objects, with severe penalties to deter such acts in future. Cuticura ads follow. Iceland will plant more potatoes and Ireland contemplates potato flour as grain shortages and shipping limits affect imports and farming.
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Gretchen
Iceland
Ireland
Wiic
Ferland
Shield of Glory Remains on Soldier Graves
A Saturday Evening Post description notes a cross marked grave for American soldiers in France with a metal shield showing a youth with broken sword and face lifted to heaven. The inscription reads He died to keep men free after which the shield would be sent to relatives and a permanent memorial devised by the war department.
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France
Red Cross
War Department
Elizabeth Prazer
Saturday Evening Post
Sailor Earns Gold Lifesaving Medal for Rescue
Wallace Odell Prater, machinist from Stafford Kansas, leaped into tropical waters after a sailor was mauled by sharks. He pulled the injured man to the ship while four sharks loomed nearby. For this act he received the gold lifesaving medal from the secretary of the treasury.
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America
Wallace Odell Prater
Prater
Secretary of the Treasury
Stafford
Kan
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