Raiding in the Pacific ship taken by German raider Seeadler
Captain Smith recounts the voyage Slade from Sydney to San Francisco, ignoring submarine warnings, and its capture by the German commerce raider Seeadler off the equator. The crew faces risk, German demands for news and eggs, and the moment of the flag being lowered before transfer to the pirate ship.
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Smith
Pacific
Rushcutter
Seeadler
Atlantic
Mfor
Sydney
Tahiti
Society Islands
San Francisco
Seeacher
Rio Janeiro
Johansen
R. G. Slade
Preiss
Wrs
Slade
Europe
National Capital Housing Problem Reported In Washington
Washington society volunteers to help house Iowa arrivals as war workers in the capital. An wartime organization will welcome Iowans and match them with homes, led by Mrs. Bradford Sknapp and officers Ladd Baldwin and Sylvester. Government housing to serve 30,000 workers estimated for 1913 amid a $50 million appropriation debate. Medical reserve officers assigned to Fort Des Moines for duty. Soldiers in France raise French living costs, prompting Baker to seek price regulation and post exchange review.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
Town Society of Washington
Washington
Ebbitt House
Bradford Sknapp
W. G. Ladd
C. B H. Baldwin
J. M. Sylvester
War Administration
United States
Maj. E.ix Potter
War Department
Baker
Iowa Rainiows
France
The
Food Administration
Gen. Pershing
Towa
Medical Reserve Corps
General Hospital No. II
Fort Des Moines
Thomas McCaughan
Stevon
James F. Battin
Marshalltown
John J. Bowes
Liermore
Martin T. Brewer
de Soto
Harry E. Carver
Rose Hill
Frank L. Griffin
Baldwin
Ewart C. Hartman
Algona
Cipher Links Berlin to Lusitania Sinking Revealed
The World magazine article by John R. Rathom claims Berlin directed the Lusitania sinking. It cites 1915 cipher messages decoded via the New York World Almanac key, tracing to German agents and a NY World almanac page, noting a warning ad appeared before the Sinking.
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New York
Berlin
John R. Rathom
Providence Journal
Ailmanac
Atlantic
Lusitania
al- Tanti
Rathom
Naven
Sayville
Long Island
Prince Hatzfeldt
Amsterdam Money Artist Arrested Over Mock 50 Pfennig Note
An artist who designed a 50 pfennig note now in rural Prussia was arrested at Niederjaohnstein on charges of insulting the fatherland. The marginal decor on the bills featured food items and satirical lines about a gender memory and a fond hope, revealing the intended ridicule.
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Amsterdam
Prussia
Niederjahnstein
Masshhede
Rotterdam
Practical Suggestions For the Home and Farm BeOTo
Practical guidance for brood sow care during late gestation and farrowing season. Emphasizes exercise, voluntary feeding in stalk fields, winter corn rationing, and using a Hisure distribution method. Recommends protein feeds like shorts tankage and alfafa hay ground for better pig vigor at farrowing.
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Tate
United States Department of Agriculture
How to Dispose of the Soft Corn
The agricultural department warns soft corn stored in cribs during cold, freezing weather without ventilators will spoil when spring warms. Farm owners should remove damaged ears, provide ventilators, feed usable corn, dry or transport to feeding centers or terminals, lower drying temperature and extend drying time, save all dent corn for seed, and ensure germination is known before planting.
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the Agricultural Department
Towa
Essay Competition for Farmer Boys in Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County offers a chance for a boy to attend the Iowa state faire boys camp on August 21 80 by writing a prize winning essay on Tow the Farmer Boy Can Help Win the Wars The essay must be between 400 and 1900 words and filed with county chair man WW Moeller by March 75 Eligible entrants are former boys aged 13 to 19 with no disqualifying past six years Former camp boys may enter with county and district representation optional at the faire management expense
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Black Hawk County
Man
Moeller
Helpful Farm Notes Spur Readiness For Marketing Season
Farmers and producers should grasp marketing channels to sell their products more wisely. Food administration officials and rarity agents urge preparing for the year ahead before the season opens. All farm implements and machinery shops be put in readiness.
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Food Administration
Overbearing Strawberries Reach Market Potential
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that overbearing or everbearing strawberry varieties, especially Progressive and Superb, can extend fruiting from early summer to autumn. These hardy plants resist leaf-spot disease, tolerate frost, and may yield sizable crops in favorable years, though irrigation and climate greatly affect supply.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Kentucky
Arkansas
Kansas
Eat Vegetables and Be Healthy in Winter Diet
Advice to eat more fruits and vegetables in winter to boost health, especially for children. Highlights the minerals in vegetables, hydration of cooking water, and varied preparations with cabbage, turnips, onions, carrots, and potatoes. Recommends using beans, peas, and canned corn creatively as protein and fuel, and suggests reducing bread when serving starchy vegetables.
How to Boil Potatoes Fit for a King
An old test for cooks asks boiling a potato. The home economics division recommends boiling unpeeled potatoes in salted water 20 to 30 minutes, then draining. Avoid overcooking to prevent sogginess. peeling wastes part of the potato and can remove skins. Small potatoes can be boiled in jackets. best for mashed potatoes is to peel, mash, and beat with salt, butter, or oleomargarine and hot milk, then keep warm in a pan.
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Home Economic’ Division
Department of Agriculture
Department, of Agriculture
Mother's Friend Promises Safe Rearing of Strong Generation
An advertisement urges women to use Mother's Friend external preparation to ease childbirth and protect future health. It claims the product reduces breast soreness and abdominal tension, promoting a healthy baby. Readers are directed to The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia for a book and to obtain a bottle today.
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Moratoy Aick
Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar
Hamlin
Fear of Potato Shortage in 1918 Warned by Experts
Agricultural authorities warn 1918 may see a large potato crop followed by a sharp drop in acreage and prices. Growers storing tubers expect high prices, but experts predict a flood of supply as markets strain. Planting big potato acreages is urged to boost food supply amid wheat flour restrictions.
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Saupes
Mass Cheese Stock to Enter Market by June First
Chicago report states immense quantities of cheese in cold storage nationwide will be released to market by June 1 as the new cheese making season begins. On January 1 about 69 million pounds were stored with more unreported, marking a 0 percent change from a year ago. Illinois food administrator Harry A. Wheeler notes Chicago holds much for speculation and expects a market drop. Cheese prices remain high as consumption falls. no export due to British commandeering Canadian output. Retail prices range from 32 1/2 to 3 cents.
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Chicago
United States Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Harry A. Wheeler
Ilinois
National Food Administration
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Ialdor Smith
Halder Smith
Internationsl News Bureau
Portland
Hiora
Alaska
Sin
Polly
Wer Pals
A. B. Johnson
Hind. Rolph & Co
Cant
Peterson
National Capital
State Society
Congress
Secretary of Labor
New York World
Cipher
Tam
Turnip
Kaiser Perevish
Marroise
Tamcht
Esa Cela
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Blommbeld
Hamile
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