Local items and notices from Wahpeton section
The Wahpeton paper lists residents visiting or traveling, including PN rica Bilnor visiting on business and E N Pennington of Milnor in town. It notes street paving plans on Eighth Street, various people traveling to Saint Paul Fergus West Point and Moorhead, and upcoming local events and meetings such as guilds, aid societies, and a church missionary gathering. Additionally, a draft call for 117 men is announced for the county.
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N. P. Brady
St. Paul
Eighth Street
Marie Hill
Saint Paul
Frances ‘Brown
William
St. Frances Guild
St. Ritas Aid
Anna
Lauretta Bell
Elma Huppeler
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Ladies of
Dwight
Eighth Rae Final Examinations Notice
Eighth Rae final examinations will be held on Tuesday and Friday June 27 with locations to be announced in county papers. Pupils who completed work and wish to write must notify the county superintendent by June 15. Send through teachers if possible or direct to the office with name age grade post office school district school attended and teacher name TAS Hanson County Superintendent.
North Dakota District Court summons notice in Richland County
In District Court Fourth Judicial District plaintiff sues detainee of North Dakota. Service of summons within thirty days exclusive of service day. Complaint seeks relief upon May date. Residence Wahpeton referenced. Lawyer Lauder for plaintiff. Abate action noted.
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State of
North Dakota
Richland
Fourth Judicial District
Unpatriotic Hoarding Addressed During Crisis
The Food Administration warns against hoarding as the nation safeguards food reserves for home needs. It notes some farmers hold multi year flour supplies and urges citizens to share, not restrict, to ensure steady supply for all regions during wartime.
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America
Food Administration
Make Your Own Sugar From Maple Trees At Home
The article explains how families can increase sugar by tapping sugar maples, collecting sap, and boiling it to syrup or crystallizing into sugar. It notes ten trees can yield about four gallons of syrup or thirty pounds of sugar, and urges readiness as warm sunny days arrive. The process is described as simple and rooted in early American home industry.
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United States
America
Prediction that whiskers may be a wartime fad
The Lousville Courier notes war influences on facial hair. Beards grew in trenches, and veterans returning may revive the full beard in Europe, America, and possibly after the Civil War precedent. War fashion impact on whiskers discussed with historic examples.
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London
Europe
America
Loulaville Courier
Alexander the Great
Bearis
England
Coal Gas Fueled Car Claimed First in America
A New York machine is reported to run on coal gas as motor fuel. It features an 8 by AS inch steel tank on a running board and a cylinder pressurized to about 2,000 psi. The article says this fuel can propel the car over 120 miles and that compressed gas costs about 80 cents per thousand feet, roughly 25 percent cheaper than gasoline at 28 cents.
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America
New York
Mechanics Magasine
Red Cross Knitters Learn Twin Sock Method for Army Boys
Report describes Red Cross workers in Sydney and spreading to the United States adopting a twin sock knitting method. Instruction details outline how to cast, join, and knit two socks simultaneously to boost output for war relief efforts.
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Red Cross
Inventions and Notes from Readers Pressed Feathers To Stove Latch Map
Italian priest invents clothing from pressed feathers as wool substitute. A gasoline blowtorch fuels a camp stove. A pneumatic latch opens doors from afar. A water fed car wash map uses a hollow handle. Two British physicians experiment on a parasite to exterminate insects.
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Att Nies
Soldiers Find Texas Cities Like Those Back Home
Soldiers from the North and East in Texas praise Dallas and other cities noting they resemble home towns. The piece remarks on uniform modernization across the United States and comparisons of American cities to European capitals, with Dallas singled out as familiar.
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Texas
United States
Lone Star
Dallas
Europe
Rome
London
Paris
New York
Dalae
Tex
Massachusetts
Tilinois
Colorado
California
Amery
Merv to Balram All and the ruins of the oasis city
The article recalls ancient Merv and its dammed Murghab irrigation, from Nestorian roots to Arab conquest, its destruction by Genghis Khan, rebuilding, then decline. It notes Balram All and nearby ruins, the irrigation revival, and the fall of old Berv to desert. It also details a dog sledge journey, cracker oil experiments, and a French refugee account about singing La Marseillaise during wartime.
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Merv
Bairum All
Fot
Gia Morr
Margheb
Abess
Familly
Maynard Owen Willams
Christian Herald
Wlodom
Beleucus Nikator
Mohamet
Murghab
Oasla
Bagiad
Orient
Jhenghis Khas
Mery
Bokhara
Sultan Beat
Od Bfery
Balram All
Old Berv
Women in the workforce expanding across sectors
The article notes women are increasingly present in smaller population centers and in lighter manufacturing, stores, hotels, and streetcars, taking over roles left by men in the army and government service. It highlights common tasks like soda-water dispensing and elevator running as becoming widespread in cities.
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Army
Navy
Scientific American
Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes in New Helmet Adaptation
A Popular Science Monthly note describes a chain fringe added to the steel shrapnel helmet to shield the eyes and upper face from wood and stone splinters and flying debris. The device borrows from chain curtain tech used in metal and glass works to guard workers from furnace heat and molten splashes, designed to be loosely fitted so vision is not impaired.
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Saya
Popular Science ‘Monthly
Chemical 34 Glass Works
A Doctor on War and Minds Behind History’s Figures
The article notes a wartime physician’s neutral work yet free thoughts on bodies and minds, linking physical infirmities to historical figures. It cites Napoleon, Tamerlane, Pope, Byron, the Kaiser, Treitschke, Nietzsche, and Dr Frederick Peterson, suggesting body and genius influence on national fanaticism and world upheaval.
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Napoleon
Tamerlane
Asia
Pope
Twick
Enham
Byron
Hellespont
Kaiser
Treltschke
Nietzsche
Frederick Peterson
Owls Plunder Pigs in China Town Pigsery Tale
A Chinese pig raiser Sam Yik Kee reports ten pigs kept at his yard were reduced by horned owls. One carcass hung from a tree reveals the culprit. Authorities say an active war is now waged against the feathered thieves as depredations continue.
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Sam Yik Kee
Canada
Cherantos
New York World
Telegram Against War Opponent Sparks Local Debate
A reader-questioning excerpt quotes a man planning to go to Honolulu to avoid the war and a reply urging him to stay and do his share. The message scolds escapism and urges citizens to face duty, arguing the war affects everyone and cannot be escaped. American Magazine.
Reading Method While Mother Shelves Pantry Mae Assists
A fragment notes Mae helping her mother during pantry shelving as she reads aloud about satin eye ad. The passage hints at Mae’s involvement in a daily domestic task and a satin eye advertisement context.
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Mother
Mae
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