Brakeman Survives 11,000 Volt Contact In Bronx Yard
A brakeman narrowly escaped serious injury after contacting a sagging 11,000 volt feed wire in the Bronx yards. He walked toward the rear of a freight car, was stunned but survived, with doctors noting no lasting impairment and the ambulance declaring him lucky. A French doctor meanwhile proposes ear protection to shield artillerymen from cannon blast shock using cotton padding soaked in glycerin and ear muffs to cover the ears.
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New York Dispatch
Bronx
New Haven Fairroad
Doctor Bar- Mer
New Draft Law Guides Registration and Polling Places
War department issues instructions for universal draft registration. Governors, sheriffs, and clerks organize registrars and polling sites in counties and cities, detailing absentee and sick registration, precinct boards, and the timetable after the president’s proclamation.
Proclamation Calls for Registration Instructions
The wardens of jails and reformatories should seek instructions from the county or city clerk on the sixth day. Five days after the president's proclamation, complete regulations reach sheriffs and city officials in areas over 1,000,000 population. The plan relies on voluntary public service and patriotism, with officers urged to aid in enforcing the law. Volunteers should contact the proper official immediately.
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Army Hill
Patriotiz
Banks Urged to Co operate on Bond Offerings
Secretary McAdoo urged 27 513 banks and trust companies to receive subscriptions for the 2 000 900 000 bond issue. He asked for rough estimates of bonds for each institution and patrons, praising banks for aiding the nation and the federal reserve banks. Subscriptions poured in from major cities and states as negotiations continued with allied nations for loans and credits.
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Washington
McAdoo
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Italy
Count di Cellere
Stalion
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
France
Jusserand
British War Mission Foresees Allied Financial Strength After War
Sir Hardman Lever forecasts a central American funded system for all Allied purchases in the United States. He predicts Teutonic credit trouble postwar, with Germany possibly bankrupt and forced to repudiate debt or curb reconstruction. Allies, he says, will finish the war solvent by selling securities and converting assets.
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Washington
United States
Hardman Lever
J.P. Morgan & Co
Germany
Agree on Paying Men in Training in Army Camps
Washington conferees on the army DIT approved a provision to pay 100 dollars a month to men in training camps seeking commissions in the officers reserve corps. The War Department announced that the 16 camps are poised for full quinquennial quotas of 2,500 applicants each, with May 15 opening for officer training. It urged further recruits among men of proved utility to fill the remaining needs.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Department
Chicago Mobilizes Naval Power for Submarine Chasers
Chicago acts under Navy orders to mobilize hundreds of power boats at the Great Lakes naval training station. Capt. W. A. Moffett orders rounding up boats to convert them into submarine chasers and speed them rapidly to sea.
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Chicago
Navy Department
W. A. Moffett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Moffett
Basis for road selection and ton mile cost view
George C Diehl of the American Automobile Association argues that road choice should hinge on ton mile cost rather than budget size. He urges collecting total construction and maintenance costs and traffic tonnage to compute the affordable rate per ton mile for planning.
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Treasury
George C. Diehl
Good Roads Board
American Automobile Association
Iuse Diehl
Roadbed Blasted Out of Rock
The cost must reflect the highway department outlay and avoid omitting items. Traffic counts should split data between passenger and commercial vehicles and between motorized and horse drawn. In New York, patrolmen could perform monthly counts with minimal cost to produce an accurate traffic census.
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Highway Department
New York State
Improvement of rural highways ties farms to world
The piece urges farmers to take pride in home grounds as roads expand rural access. It argues better highways increase traffic past homesteads, linking farmers to neighbors and distant areas, and urges turning yards into outdoor living spaces with neatness, shade trees, and flowers. It cites H F Major of Missouri College of Agriculture on home-life influence.
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H. F. Major
Missouri College of Agriculture
Allan
Road Dragging Time and Its Rural Pleasures
A concise note on road dragging as a rural pastime, highlighting the pleasure of a well-barged ride for readers and the occasional strain on horses during hot days, while acknowledging the shared enjoyment of the activity.
Beautify the Highways With Trees and Bridges
The piece envisions road beautification through trees shade pretty bridges flowers pleasant views and wide sweeps. It stresses milestones and warnings as part of creating a more attractive safer highway system.
Woman credits Pinkham’s remedy for health recovery
Mrs. Jenne Moyen of Lima Ohio recounts being bedridden until a friend urged Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. After spending $5 she recovered in two months, telling all fellow women to try the remedies and offering to answer questions.
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Lapintham
Lydia EL Pinkham
Jenne Moyen
North St
Lima
Ohio
Early Morning Garden Raid Beats Poison for Pests
A writer from American Boy urges children to weed pests at dawn using a simple can and hot water to kill squash bugs beetles and worms. The plan calls for three early-morning sessions weekly to protect peas beans cucumbers lettuce and radishes, promising bountiful harvests and a warning that talkative people think little.
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Pinkham
Stearns
Public Inquiry Bureau
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