Six Red Months in Russia by Louise Bryant
Journalist Louise Bryant recounts the Death Battalion of Russian women and the split within, detailing recruits near Smony, fashion clashes, shortages of leather, and the June battle with 250 women, six killed and 20 wounded, plus personal encounters with Vera, Anna, Kira, and Antonoff as the Bolshevik era unfolds in Petrograd.
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Russia
Louise Bryant
Pubile Ledger Company
Canada
Pubiie Ledger Company
Bun
America
Smony Institute
Vera
Winter Palace
Red Guard
Siberia
Bashkarova
Petrograd
Kira Volokettnova
Kira
Anta Shub- Anna
Mohilev
Paviovsk
Ansa Shub
Chefly
Anna
Petrograd -1
Fruit Jar Shortage blamed on Transportation Blocks
Fruit jar makers argue a shortage of glass jars for canning stems from freight car congestion and railroad car shortages. They say production could run at capacity if freight movement improved, with factory prices near 1917 levels and the government urged to expedite rail service to relieve supply constraints.
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Federal Railroad Board
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Cultivates Potatoes in Both Directions
Lyman Crane of St. Lawrence County New York explains potato cultivation in Orange Judd Farmer. He describes preparing the ground plowing a straight furrow marking crosswise with a marker planting on the square, and depth that allows early cultivation. He says continuous cultivation with a cultivator keeps weeds down with little hand work, combining brains with horse power in modern potato growing.
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Lyman Crane
St. Lawrence County
New York
Orange
The Heavens in May A Brief Astronomy Lesson
Br. C Bralnin from Columbia University Observatory urges May as ideal to study astronomy. He notes practical uses in navigation timekeeping and tides, explains planets and constellations, and points to Mars in Leo and the June 8 total solar eclipse visible in parts of the United States.
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Br. C. 38
Bralnin
Columbia University Observatory
Washington
Naval Observatory
fragmentary notes on a guest spectacle in nature
Readable text notes a guest spectacle in nature described as a favored partial eclipse. The fragment mentions diagonally and a corner of the southeastern area, but many words are garbled so concrete details or entities are unclear.
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Visil
Books on Explosives Placed Under Ban by U S Government
Waterloo city librarian Maria Brace announces a federal order placing all books dealing with explosives under ban until war ends. The measure requires libraries to track and remove such volumes to prevent enemy access via public libraries.
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United States
Avas
Misa Maria Brace
Waterloo
Mrs De Weese Card Highlights Pinkham Remedy Endorsement
Oakland woman praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from irregularities and congestion. She cites improved sleep and energy after using the remedy and urges others to try it. The note claims long experience and invites readers to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Oakland
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Minneapolis, Minn
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