Legal guidance for soldiers on pay, wills, guardians, and debts
New York report details how the Judge Advocate General’s department aids soldiers at Camp Mills and Camp Upton and nationwide. It explains allotments of pay, will validity, guardianship of children, and handling debts, mortgages, insurance, and lawsuits while in service.
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New York
France
Europe
Hidge Advocate General’s Department
Camp Mills
Camp Upton
United States
Judge Advocate General's Department
Court of Appeals
Legal Aid Bureau
United States Army
Navy
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Arkansas Farmer Seeks Night Watch Job in Memphis
A young Arkansas farmer entered the Memphis federal building and applied for a night watch position in the engineering department. He said he wished to be sent to a cantonment to guard the soldiers, but staff replied the soldiers could guard themselves day and night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Federal
Engineering Department
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Beavers Cause Damage Near Helena Ranch
Rev. E. J. Stanley reports beavers dam up White Tail Deer creek on his ranch north of Helena. Each day workers venture up the creek to clear obstructions placed in the channel by the busy beavers.
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Helena, Mont
E. J. Stanley
British Isles
North Sea
British Channel
Girl Wears Live Snake as Neck Tie in California
Los Angeles resident Miss Nellie Bradley shows off a bright colored yellow and black gopher snake 40 inches long as a neck tie while at Switzer's Camp in the Arroyo Seco. She defends the fad and dislikes others’ aversion to it.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nellie Bradley
Switzer
Arroyo Seco
Economical peanut loaf recipe from Mother's Cook Book
The article promotes peanut butter as a nourishing ingredient for economical meals. It gives a recipe using one half cup chopped peanuts one cup boiled rice one cup fine bread crumbs one tablespoon softened peanut butter one beaten egg and a quarter teaspoon sage formed into a loaf baked thirty minutes and served with tartar sauce.
Rye meal mush with syrup
Mix rye meal with water and salt then add boiling water and cook in a double boiler for one hour. Serve with table syrup.
Preserve Green Tomatoes with Apples and Spices
Instructions detail packing sliced green tomatoes with 24 apples, brown sugar, raisins, currants, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and vinegar for 24 hours then cooking and sealing. Also a griddle cake batter uses sour milk, egg, soda, and wheat flours with bread crumbs for frying.
Oatmeal Bread Recipe Instructions
Scald milk and combine with oatmeal, shortening salt and molasses. Add one third yeast cake softened in warm water, three cups whole wheat flour and two cups white flour. Mix with a knife, add flour as needed, rise until double, bake two loaves for one hour after second rise.
Liners Bigger After War Says Carlisle
British designer Alexander M Carlisle predicts future liners will dwarfs past war ships like the Imperator and Vaterland. He rejects the idea of a standard 15 000 to 20 000 ton liner, citing harbor facilities and funding. He notes postwar competition and potential German shipping concerns facing dock worker boycotts.
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London
Imperator
Ody
Alexander M Carlisle
Carlisle
Notable Lives Span Years and Regions Across Nation
Ninety two year old N E Holister paints houses in Terryville Kentucky. Co I Bailey of Bangor Maine travels for work at ninety five. William Barnes a Pennsylvania hermit died after illness. J G Moore marks fifty years with a Washington bank. S N Murphy returns home to Carrollton Georgia after forty years of wandering. J G Harbon Pershing staff chief is Kansas and West Point trained and joined as a private. Dr Gordon Edwards Berkeley California proposes quinine spray to treat raw wounds as pain killer.
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N. E. Holister
Terryville
I Bailey
Bangor
William Barnes
Pennsylvania
J. G. Moore
Washington
S. N. Murphy
Carrolton
J. G. Harbon
General Pershing
Kansas
West Point
Gordon Edwards
Berkeley
Cal
Method in His Madness and Calorie Based Food Guidance
A tale of Alexander Dumas forgiving a harsh rival ends with a remark about a lynx eyed mother in law. The second piece explains calories as the basis for meal planning and how to calculate family needs using published guides and simple textbooks.
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Alexander Dumas
Dumas
Dinas
France
Arsons Probe After KC Stock Yards Fire
Kansas City police and government agents arrest two men in connection with the Tuesday stock yards fire. Authorities suspect incendiary origin. Names withheld. one arrested at home, another in Oklahoma City. Police say the in custody man named others.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Yale Finances Hit By War Deficit
New Haven reports Yale University faces a net deficit of about 258 866 dollars for the year due to war conditions despite savings near 200 000 from reduced faculty salaries as many members serve in government posts
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New Haven
Yale
High and Low Ground Across States Elevations
The United States Geological Survey reports Delaware as the lowest state with an average elevation of 60 feet. Colorado is the highest at about 6,800 feet, Wyoming close behind. Florida and Louisiana tie for second-lowest at around 100 feet. The U.S. average sits just above the global land average.
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United States Sealogical Survey
Delaware
Colorado
Wyoming
Florida
Louisiana
United States
Powerful Motor Tractor Replaces Horse in War Efforts
The article notes the shift from horses to motor tractors for heavy field artillery. It describes hundreds in American service, with tractors capable of pulling multiple horses’ worth of load, moving men and heavy batteries to Europe and handling steep grades and rough terrain.
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Europe
Homecoming on Meuse Canal Inspires French Troops
French soldiers reach the Meuse Canal after recapturing the area near Verdun two years after German occupation. A field kitchen is set up by the banks and the men find contentment amid war as they fight harder in the latest offensive, reclaiming positions once deemed impregnable.
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Meuse Canal
Verdun
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