Southern States Rush to Build Modern Road Network, Spurring Funds
The Manufacturers' Record reports a southern drive to fund better roads with at least 100 million dollars slated for state and county projects this year. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas show large bond issues and planned construction, with annual totals ranging from millions to tens of millions across counties and state programs.
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Arkansas
State Highway Department
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Georgia
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi
Maryland
Missouri
St.Louis
Jefferson
Clay
North Carolina
Texas
Baker Outlines How All Persons May Aid Nation
Secretary Baker reports daily inquiries from citizens eager to serve in the present crisis. He describes avenues for service including the regular army and national guard, the reserve corps, and the quartermaster and ordnance branches. Women are urged to join local agencies and national groups. Skilled labor can find roles through the labor department and civil service commission in arsenals and navy yards.
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Reserve Corps
Quartermaster’s
Council of National Defense
National Security League
National Woman Suffrage Association
National Association of Women’s Clubs
Defence Council
Baker
Department of Labor
Civil Service Commission
Moving pictures to aid Avon church in Avon New York
Historic Avon church plans to operate as a moving picture house to fund a new church. Other items note a Detroit barber retirement after fifty two years, a California divorce case, and a Jersey boy regaining speech after a football incident.
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Historic Church
Avon, N. Y
Moving Picture House
New Church
Detroit
Peanuts Replace Cotton in Texas Agriculture Shift
A Farm and Fireside writer notes Comanche county Texas shifted from cotton to peanuts, producing over 8.0% bushels last year. He adds a dozen counties west and southwest of Fort Worth may yield from a quarter to a million bushels this year as peanuts spread across Texas and Oklahoma. Peanuts are drought resistant and can be planted April to June with harvest in October and November.
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Comanche County
Tex
Fort Worth
Texas
Oklahoma
Price of Dill Pickles Rises Amid Government Orders
Long Island pickle growers report new contracts at three dollars per thousand as government orders expand. The ruling price had ranged from two to two and a quarter dollars over the past two years.
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Long Island
Clothing for the British Army Reveals Vast Material Needs
An American officer notes a British War Office table showing total material orders from Aug to Dec for uniforms, shoes, and apparel. The list includes vast amounts of cotton, woolen cloth, flannel, drill, denim and other fabrics, underscoring the scale of provisioning for front troops. He predicts the U S quartermaster corps will face a similar challenge in wartime.
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Great Britain
British War Office
Army and Navy
J .Choajeseess
Ridoofe
Fatih
Ocean Ruececeve
Germany
Quartermaster Department
Quartermaster Corps
TANNING FISH SKINS Experiment Underway
The bureau of fisheries has placed 227 shark skins and about fifty skins of other fishes including cod, garter, targsh and stingray with tanners for experimentation. A large shark skin and samples show promise for tanning, tested for strength and wear. Firms are lining up to buy fish skins and others are developing tanning processes.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Standards
Florida Legislature Adopts Dry Referendum Resolution
Tallahassee Florida April 12 Both houses of the Florida legislature have adopted resolutions for submission in 1918 of a state wide prohibition amendment.
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Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Hay Act Expands Presidential War Powers and Draft
The Hay national defense act authorizes a large war mobilization including drafting ages eighteen to forty five, organizing reserve battalions, and placing mandatory orders on firms. It allows unlimited unorganized militia drafts in war, enables rapid army expansion, and imposes felony penalties for noncompliance. It also covers arms production tools, nitrate plant operation, and an officers reserve corps for wartime.
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United States
National Guard
Coast Artillery
Potatoes and the 1916 crop outlook from Colorado
Eugene H. Grubb known as the potato king of Carbondale Colorado argues the 1916 potato crop allows only one potato per person every three days based on 250 million bushels total. He notes US farmers lag European methods and could raise yields from 80 to 200 250 bushels per acre with soil and management improvements.
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United States
Eugene H. Grubb
Carbondale
Colo
Europe
Mr. Grubb
America
Scribbling Pads for Office Figuring in Various Sizes
The Mail Printing Co of Warren Pa offers Scrib bling Pads in different paper grades and sizes for heavy figuring in factories and offices. Custom orders can be made to required dimensions when a sufficient quantity is bought. Contact by telephone or mail.
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the Mail Printing Co
Warren
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