Inexperienced Soldier Feeds Army Cheaper At Camp Taylor
Lucas Lincoln mess sergeant of the Forty second company Eleventh battalion at Camp Taylor reports feeding 145 men for under 24 cents per man per day. He describes well cooked meals and a saved government food allowance of 17.88 dollars across three meals. A sample menu lists breakfast ham burger steak biscuits syrup hashed brown potatoes coffee dinner vegetable soup macaroni and cheese bread hot tea peach cobbler supper boiled ham mashed potatoes bread syrup tea stewed prunes.
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Camp Taylor
Lucas Lincoln
Indianapolis
Lincoln
Cheetahs Used For Hunters
The cheetah, a tall spotted cat domesticated for control by humans, is praised for speed and stalking in Indian hunting regions. Princes use cheetahs for formal drives, while informal hunts involve maneuvers with the cat held in a cart before the hunt. Cheetahs can kill deer with swift, decisive charges, though the sport has risks when a deer defends itself.
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Himalayas
New Fashions Feature Medieval Sleeves and Flying Panels
Fashion writers note a revival of the medieval sleeve seen in Callot gowns and abbey-drawn silhouettes. Flying panels inspired by Chinese dress appear on skirts and bodices, with designers like Jenny Doeuillet Paquin Premet and Lanvin showcasing varied panel uses and color contrasts.
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America
Paris
King Lear
France
Jenny
Doeuillet
Mme. Paquin
Premet
Lanvin
Cheruit
McClure
Oil the Skin Also
W MacClunghey notes Hawaiians bathed in sea and fresh water daily and oiled their bodies with coconut oil. The Journal of the American Medical Association praises oiling for skin suppleness and warns against excessive detergent action of water baths.
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W. MacClaughey
Scientific Monthly
Journal of the American Medical Association
Buffalo Herd Saved for Canada Sets 107000 Acre Reserve Near Wainwright
Canada owns the world’s largest buffalo herd now protected in a 107000 acre national reserve near Wainwright Alberta. The 600 to 700 head from Michael Pablo of Montana were moved across the border to establish a thriving park with 18 lakes and streams, eight foot fencing, and a growing population. The U S responds with a bison range in Montana to support a nucleus herd, while Canada plans rapid natural increase.
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Canada
Wallwright
Edmonton
Grand Trunk Pacific
Michael Pablo
Montana
Rasvalli
Wainwright National Park
International Boundary Line
Pablo Ranch
Corral
Redmen
Dominion
United States
Flathead Indian Reservation
Ravalli
Dixon
American Bison Society
Kalispell
New Headgear in Paris by Polish Prisoners
In Paris a blue bonnet worn by Polish militia soldiers is seen on guards of the new Polish army. Polish prisoners at Montlucon wear handmade red and white headwear, signaling national pride. They perform songs in the courtyard and began Bastille Day with the Marseillaise, and receive preferential treatment.
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Paris
Montlucon
Bastile
Sorbonne Professor Feigns Blindness for Release
A Sorbonne professor hidden by willpower feigned blindness to escape a German prison in 1915. German doctors tested him with sudden lights and objects, but he maintained a blank gaze. He was declared totally blind and exchanged as a permanently disabled prisoner.
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Sorbonne
Gerryhans
Winter Coal Arrangements Stir Mysterious Talk
An inquisitive figure asks about winter coal supplies. Mr Jilway responds tersely that Pye secured a suitable place for it, and adds he does not share details of his financial affairs.
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Society
Bu Y George
Lippincott’s Magazine
Pye
Jilway
No-title but a pledge to customers at low prices
The passage expresses a merchant’s aim to please patrons by supplying what they want at the lowest prevailing prices, signaling a customer friendly pricing pledge.
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Federal Trade Commission
Swift & Company
Swift& Company
Food Administration
Council of National Defense
United States Food Administration
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Fury
U.S.A
Wainwright
B.C
Bath
N.Y
Hudson
Masonic
Utica
C.F
Lockport
Tor Cole
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
Kopf
Henry
Grocers
Ryptok
DR. Pulverman
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