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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
2
A traveling salesman Mr M Theman proposes hotel hosts nationwide hold nightly talks or informal speeches after supper to boost patriotism during wartime. The program aims to entertain and elevate guests while spreading American duties and preparedness, with hotel staff selecting speakers.
A distorted wartime analysis contrasts American and German suffering and mobilization. It claims the United States faced few casualties and raised vast sums while Germany, with 69 million people, bore 8.3 million casualties and $3.1 billion in war costs, arguing Germany mobilized all wealth for the war effort.
The text urges higher U S contributions beyond 93 million and implies a fixed and maximum target up to 94 million, arguing that Americans' sacrifices are small compared with Germany and urging stronger patriotic devotion. It references subscriptions and references a person named Joan in a garbled form.
Mr. Palmer and colleagues in New York examined ventilation and evaporation in classrooms. The study found humidified rooms with about 238 percent relative humidity produced greater drying power on the human body than drier rooms with 26 percent humidity, challenging simple dryness criteria.
The Scientific American analyzes how artillery barrages and German defenses evolved in World War I. It details shifting protective methods, trench design, and the German response to concentrated fire during the Somme and Champagne offensives, noting failures of earlier French tactics against reinforced, deep concrete dugouts and cemented trenches.
Mrs. Carlton Ro Kear, wife of Commander Kosr, United States Navy, assists the Cuban Red Cross as it sets up a 100 bed hospital with Cuban physicians and nurses. The article discusses German defensive methods including barbed wire, pill boxes, and the use of artillery and machine gun barrages in the context of British and French offensives, noting the adaptation of machine gun barrages to protect advancing infantry and the reported overstated strength of German defenses.
Allied artillery and aerial control hammer German lines as heavy concrete dugouts and pillboxes resist. French moving barrage and precise counterfire breach trenches while German defense concentrates troops to repulse assaults.
Money granted to Agricultural, Industrial and Training Course programs totals 427532 under the Smith act. The grant funds support salaries and materials for agricultural and vocational education, with state raised money and local matching funds. Thirty-six education districts submitted their plans to the federal board, awaiting approval.
Negotiations proceed between federal board and unsubmitted states with grant figures listed for agriculture teacher training industrial subjects and vocational centers in several regions including Angona Cory Utah California and Terarer. Cotton production data released while legal and advertising notices mix with film listings and a Thaw guardians case awaiting December trial.
A Red Cross flag donated by Queen Liliuokalani was raised over the Territorial Capitol in Honolulu. The event included about 16,000 members participating in Red Cross Day with a fund drive of 500 dollars, photographed with Hawaiian royal figures atop the palace.
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