Britain Lifts War Transport Marvels Across World
New figures reveal Britain moved 100,000 officers and 2.5 million soldiers overseas by end of 1918 along with vast quantities of food, forage, fuel, mail, and military stores. Railways and roads expanded into a vast wartime network, with Mesopotamian and French lines, Sinai desert tracks, and colonial rolling stock supporting Allied needs.
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Great Britain
Britain
Italy
France
Army of the Orient
East
West
Africa
British Isles
PRG Ooo
Mediterranean
Prange
United Kingdom
Bnid
Sinai
India
Mesopotamia
Sinai Wne
EL Kantori
Railroad and Roads Division
War Office
English Beauty Busy At War Work AaB
English Beauty engages in war work activities highlighted by AaB. The note emphasizes productivity and national effort with reference to wartime tasks and duties.
Oil Fever Grips Denver After Wyoming Strike
A speculative oil wave sweeps Denver as crowds flood new oil exchanges buying shares from three cents to ten dollars. Women and men alike trade certificates, ads seek oil stock swaps, and clerks, clergy, and city residents join the rush amid reports of rising values and booming local commerce.
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Denver
Wyoming
Milady
Capitol Hill
Lady’s Department
Albany Exchange
Seventeenth Street
Petrified Indian Head Found in Virginia Minnesota Root Cellar
A petrified skull unearthed on a Virginia Minnesota farm by Irvin Freidrichs from a recently dug root cellar is described as white and weighing three and a half pounds. Teeth and facial features are visible and archaeologists suspect it is an ancient Native American head. The specimen was sent to the University of Minnesota for study.
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M. Briand
England
Great Britain
Ines
Traffc
Virginia
Minn
Irvin Freidrichs
University of Minnesota
Actress Receives Potatoes After Act in London Theater
After performing in a London theater, Seraphine Astatsova the Russian dancer received a gift from two British soldiers a basket of potatoes and a two pound bag of sugar in a wartime gesture reflecting frugal britain.
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Seraphine Astatsova
London
Mother's Cook Book Charm Inspires Simple Joy
A small literary note features a Ruskin quote about happiness built on action love and hopeful outlook. It emphasizes music of life when one touches the right notes in tune.
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Ruskin
Meatless Tuesdays urged for patriotic women cooks
Article urges women to plan meatless meals on Tuesdays to avoid monotony and keep a variety of meatless recipes handy in their cookbooks. It emphasizes patriotic duty and kitchen preparedness.
Cooking notes for beans onions and rolls with cheese
A compact set of cooking tips describes flavorings for Lima beans with olive oil cider vinegar grated onion salt and paprika served with pickles. It includes peanut butter in baked beans as a variant and onion cheese bake with white sauce and buttered crumbs, plus a nut breaded egg roll with parsley Worcestershire and mushrooms in sauce.
Celery Soup from Outside Stalks
Cook celery stalks with water onion carrot and bay leaf until tender. Rub through sieve. Stir in butter and flour then hot milk. Cook with the celery until thickened. Season and serve hot.
Wives More Worried Than Men, Says Cartoons Magazine
A quoted line from Cartoons Magazine claims women worry more than men, noting men seek solace in the little brown jug while women face adversity with less calm. The text attributes this to temperament and a more highly organized nervous system in women, illustrated by a wife lamenting aging, decay, and a broken mop stick.
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Zini
Cartoons
Dealing in Stocks and the Path to Wealth
A cautious view on stock speculation warns that fortunes in Wall Street come to a few while many lose money. Wealth comes from informed buying in stocks and other assets, with disciplined selling to profit. Emphasizes sound judgment, avoiding Get Rich Quick schemes, and investing in dividend paying stocks.
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Wall Street
Leslie
Slackers Face Real Money as Draft Enforcement Costs Rise
United States District Judge Lewis with clerk Charles W. Bishop DA Harry B. Tedrow and U.S. Marshal Samuel J. Burris traveled from Denver to Grand Junction to dispose of William Robinson a miner charged as a slacker. The single docket item took 15 minutes after two days travel.
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Saim
Uncle Sam
Colorida
Con-Niel de
United States
Samuel J. Burris
Derever
Robinson's
Mount Pleasant man joins National Army after recovery
George Whipley of Mount Pleasant Virginia reports back after a broken back years ago. He now serves with army rookies at Camp Lee near Petersburg Virginia after enduring a long recovery and finally passing the army physical examination.
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George Whipley
Mount Pleasant
National Army
Camp Lee
Petersburg
A Whipley
Tian
Army
Onion Remedies Across Nations
The text describes onions used by singers in Spain and Turkey to strengthen voices. It mentions fried onions placed between muslin with a hot plaster on the chest overnight. Onion syrup is claimed by some to cure chest colds.
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Spain
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