Worthwhile Achievement on Independence Day War Output
The article lauds a July Fourth shipbuilding surge with over 100 ships totaling about half a million tons launched in one day. It credits workers, Pershing Hurley cooperation, and calls for home front unity to win the war. Senator Tillman’s death is noted as a naval affairs loss.
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Germany
General Pershing
Hurley
Shipping Board
Pershing
United States
Tillman
Senate
France
England
Baker
Navy
Patriotic Songs and War Era Reflections
The article recalls how America and other national songs were penned quickly by their authors, noting Francis Scott Key, Samuel F. Smith, and Julia Ward Howe. It also mentions France’s Marseillaise and then shifts to wartime topics like war gardens, Savings Stamps, and political commentary on Wilson, the Republicans, and daylight saving efforts.
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America
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Key
Baltimore
Frederick
Maryland
Samuel F. Smith
Boston
Mass
Newton
Julia Ward Howe
Washington, D. C
John Brown
Viewpoints on War and Reform in Published Snippets
The item quotes American aviation bravado, public-mind influence, and male reform antics from the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, Savannah News, Houston Post, and Buffalo Enquirer. It highlights wartime attitudes, social reform, and a humorous note on a Private Glickman’s potential French service.
Wheat flour free sponge cakes from barley and corn
The Evening Times presents Cake recipes using barley corn and oat flours as wheat substitutes. Instructions cover Barley Sponge Corn Sponge Oat Sponge and Rice Sponge Cakes with mixing steps baking guidance and notes on flavor and texture. Also includes a Spice Cake recipe using barley flour with fat sugar sirup eggs and spices.
Cannergrams Promote Home Canning Across Living Arrangements
A persuasive piece extols canning jars as a defense against winter hunger. It highlights sterilizing jars, rubber rings, and wooden bottoms as essential, and argues canned gardens require little dirt and suit all homes from apartments to bungalows.
Night Raid on Paris Described in Alarm and Awe
A near midnight aerial attack over Paris triggers sirens and darkness as bombs burst and air guns roar. From a third floor viewpoint, Gas lights flicker while American girls watch the dazzling battle among the stars, a scene mingling fear with boyish thrill and detached curiosity.
Hazebrouck Described as Wartime Rail Junction and Town
National Geographic Society issued a description of Hazebrouck noting its strategic rail junction from Dunkirk and Calais to Ypres and Arras, its Franco Flemish character, historic Saint Eloi church spire, and old convent hospital. It cites 113,000 inhabitants and prewar trade in grain, hops, starch, leather, beer, soap, and oil.
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National Geographic Society
Hazebrouck
Dunkirk
Calais
Ypres
Armentiers Lille
Bethune
Arras
Saint Eloi
Rheims
Lilers
Artois
France
Two Men Fall to Death as Aerial Battle Unfolds
In a vivid Harper's Magazine passage by Margaret Deland, a scene shows German aviators in a dramatic air encounter. A star-like plane spirals, plunges from the sky, and crashes, watched by eager youths who race to identify the pilot, hoping for a German foe to witness.
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Margaret Deland
Harper's Magazine
Singing Requires Strength Says Vocal Teacher
A vocal instructor notes singing demands strong physical conditioning. The late Madame Nordica likened it to prizefighter training. He cites weaker abdominal muscles over time and argues survival of the fittest governs vocal prowess.
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Madame Nordica
Yew Trees Among Longest Living Native Trees
Yew trees are among the oldest native species with some specimens known to exceed 2000 years. Oaks rival them with several documented to be about 1500 years old. Chestnuts occasionally reach 300 years, while elms may live up to about 300 years.
Reassuring note on rat growth and Dover visit
A biologist is told a comforting idea that rats left undisturbed could multiply to 37 1000 000 in two years, though the reassurance seems contradicted. Miss Etta Mills returns to Dover New Jersey after visiting Mrs. Samuel Stroud in Clarendon.
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Etta Mills
Dover
N. J
Samuel Stroud
Clarendon
Coal Remedy Faces Coal Shortage Amid Producer Standstill
The Rochester Herald notes the coal supply will be tight as three leading anthracite producers control the market. The piece quips that absent drastic action a shortage will persist, implying a call for decisive collective effort.
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Rochester Herald
The Lasso Man in America
Private Glickman a skilled lasso expert may adapt his talent for battlefield use in France. The Buffalo Inquirer speculates his rope skills could surprise a Kaiser by lassoing enemies or objects across No Man's Land into Allied trenches.
Confronting War Rhetoric and Reversal of Fortune
A clip contrasts comments on gender conceit with a judge's remark about character in business. It notes both Americans and Germans may retreat from gains, acknowledging a possible inevitable walk back in the conflict.
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Indianapolis News
Kaiser’s Sanity Questioned Over War Absences
Savannah News argues the Kaiser and his sons avoid the front line, questioning their claimed sanity as they keen from battle with apparent composure in the face of war.
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Kaiser
Savannah News
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Mr. Wilson
Democratic Party
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Boies
Sam
National Expressman
West Virginia
Minneapolis Morning Tribune
O Leary
Houston Post
the Evening Times’ Food Dept
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Dearie
WELC
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Eres
Ryan
Paris
Harper's
Aathy
Nowa
the Lasso Man
Milly
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