Fish as a staple prove dietetic value of seafood
The United States Department of Agriculture reports high digestion efficiency for fish in a simple diet. Boston mackerel, butterfish, grayfish, and salmon showed protein digested around 92 to 93 percent and fat digestion from 86 to 95 percent. Subjects consumed substantial amounts with relish. The bulletin notes commercial freezing preserves fish for months but cannot reverse prior heating or mishandling effects. chemical analyses show no major changes in fish stored 27 months.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Boston
Germany Allows Home Help for American Prisoners in Germany
The Spanish ambassador in Berlin says American prisoners in Germany both civilian and military will be allowed to receive funds from home via credit on prison exchanges. Officers may spend 60 marks weekly, others 50. civilians get 60 marks for better social positions and 50 marks for others. Remittances go through the American Red Cross with checks or money orders.
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Berlin
Germany
Bureau of Prisoners’ Relief
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
To the Point: Witty Observations on Justice and Borrowing
A terse collection of aphorisms on manners justice and debt. It notes that injustice favors some while justice punishes others and that borrowers quickly learn how others stay broke. The tone is puckish and cautionary.
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Injustice
Justice
World’s Tallest Tree Figures and Australian Gum Trees
The tallest California big tree stands at 825 feet while several Australian gum trees exceed 400 feet. A southeast Australian specimen felled measured 471 feet, the tallest on record, according to Popular Science Monthly. Gum trees grow rapidly.
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California
Australia
Popular Science Monthly
Simple Remedies for Roaches in Homes and Offices
The United States Department of Agriculture says roaches thrive where food is available. Eliminate attractive substances, store food securely, maintain cleanliness, and use powders such as sodium fluorid or borax with chocolate to control pests. Roaches vary by species. keep poultry and other livestock funded by kitchen scraps and waste.
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United States Department of Agriculture
England
Poultry Converts Waste into Food War Demand
The United States Department of Agriculture stresses poultry as a war necessity to turn waste materials into edible food and reduce waste. It urges national and individual duties to keep sufficient poultry, utilize diverse wastes, and avoid overstocking on any one kind.
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United States Department of Agriculture
March of the Defenders and the Wisconsin kite frame
The piece blends a martial ode to fallen heroes and a lyric invocation of spring. It names Marion Couthony Smith of the Vigilantes and also mentions a Wisconsin invention: a kite frame with ribs radiating from a central metal disk.
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Marion Couthony Smith
Vigilantes
Wisconsin
Evian Evacuees Return to Free France with Red Cross Aid
At Evian on the Swiss border about 4 500 returning exiles pass daily to find home in free France. The American Red Cross helps with medical inspections, a children’s hospital, and convalescent homes in monasteries and chateaux near Evian and Lyons.
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Evian
France
Germany
Belgium
Red Cross
Lyons
Age 85 Woman On Growing Old Gracefully
Elizabeth Cady Stanton at eighty five shares tips for aging well. She cites sound health routine, humor, empathy, and purpose beyond personal gain, noting fifty as the era of peak intellect and urging living in the present while avoiding past regrets.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Cheaper Magnesium Promises New Metal Materials
Cheapened metallurgical processes may bring several metals into common use including magnesium, which is expected to become a widely used metal soon.
New Grader Is Marvel for Large Contractors
A remarkable grading machine claimed to do the work of 125 men cuts a five foot seven inch wide path up to two feet deep. Built to order, it rips out old macadam or moist clay as easily as gravel, standardizing grading costs and easing labor shortages.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
States split on capital punishment methods
Five states abolish capital punishment and fix life imprisonment for murder. The electrocution states include Arkansas Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania and South Carolina. In remaining states hanging prevails.
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Kansas
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Two Soldiers Visit Doctor Carroll on furlough
Lieutenant Hanlon and Sergeant Farrell visit Dr. Walter Carroll at his home. They meet Miss Madeline and Miss Mary Carroll, celebrate the twins' eighteenth birthday, share stories, gifts, and a playful cake ring contest before departing aboard the U S transport Alicia with vows of a future reunion.
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Hanlon
Farrell
Doctor Carroll
Sims
Scott Hanlon
Scott
Sergt
John Farrell
One Hundred and Seventh Artillery
Jack
Doc
Madeline
Mary
Madeline Carroll
Sergeant Farrell
Mary’s
Walter Carroll
One Hundred and Seventh Regiment
Trench
Carrolls
Mary Carroll
Tom
Doe
U. S
Alicia
Jack Farrell
Ancient Soap Making in Pompeii Excavation
The Pompeii dig reveals a soap boiler shop buried in A D 79 ashes. Soap remained partly effective after 1800 years, with historical notes on high soap prices driving substitutes. Gauls reportedly made soap two thousand years ago from beech ashes and goat fat.
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Pompeii
Pony the Elder
The Limit
Two colored men discuss the limits of dumbness with a morgue joke. One remarks that a deceased man’s brain wasn’t used, noting the punchline about his supposed stupidity.
Forest Skyscrapers and the Tallest Tree Record
The article notes the tallest of California's big trees and a felled southeastern Australia giant at 471 feet, claiming it as the tallest on record. It adds that gum trees grow rapidly and mentions Popular Science Monthly.
Not True Calvin Learns About Butler College
A child questions a distant campus as his father explains Butler College is not a training ground for butlers. A string of quips follows about love and pain, including an old sailor’s remark on a tarnation mess and a London Tit Bits snippet about married life.
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Calvin
Irvington
Butler College
London
Swedes Plan Colonization of French South Sea Island
Report notes Swedish interest in establishing a colony on a South Sea island currently under French ownership. Details on dates, arrangements, or fleet movements are not provided in the fragment.
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M‘neill & Libby
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U.S.A
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